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 Echinops Ritro. Small Globe-Thistle, 



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Oafs and Order. 

 Syngenesia Polygamia Segregata. 



Generic Character. 



Cal 76. i-florus. Coroll. tubulofae, hermaphrodite. Rccept. 

 fetofum. Pappus obfoletus. 



Specific CharaRer and Synonyms. 



ECHINOPS Ritro ; capitulo globofo, foliis pinnatifidis fupra 

 glabris. Syjl. Veg. jyj. Reich. 3. p. 946. Hort. 

 Kew. 3. p. 281. Mar/. M/7/. £>/#. 7ro». /. 130. 



ECHINOPS Ritro. Sp. PL 1314. Hort. Up/. 248. P/V/ar* 

 Dauph. 3. ^>. 265. 45V^. Gzr#. (Ech in op us) 



994» 

 ECHINOPS foliis fupra glaberrimis, fubtus tomentofis caule 



multifloro corymbofo. Gouan llluftr. 74. 

 ECHINOPS caule fubunifloro, foliis duplicato-pinnatifidis, 



foliolis latiufculis vicinis. Gmel. Sib. 2. p. 100. 

 ECHINOPUS minor. Bauh. Hijl.%. />. 72. Tourn. Infi. 463. 

 CARDUUS fphaerocephalus caeruleus minor. Bauh. Pin. 381. 



Prf r£. Pa *W. />. 33 2 . /. 33 1 . /. 5. Rait Hi/}. 3 83. 

 RITRO floribus casruleis. Lob. Icon. 2. p. 8. 

 CROCODYLIUM monfpelienfium. Dalecb. Hi/1. 1476. 



Two fpecies of this genus are frequently to be met with 

 cultivated in our gardens, viz. Jpharocephalus and Ritro. Both 

 remarkable for the exaa globular form of the flowering 

 heads. 



Our plant, though leaft common, is the moft ornamental, 

 on account of its blue flowers, and better fitted for the flower- 

 garden frem its more moderate fize. 



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