( 1788 ) 

 StobjEa pinnata. Carthamus-like Stob^ea. 



Class and Order. 

 Syngenesia Polygamia ^Equalis. 



Generic Character. 



Receptaculum hispidum, favosum. Pappus paleaceus. Cor. 

 flosculosa. Cal. imbricatus, squamis dentato-spinosis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



STOBiEA pinnata ; foliis sessilibus subtus tomentosis pinnati- 



fidis : pinnis lanceolatis dentatis sursum deorsumque 



divaricatis spina terminatis. 

 STOBiEA pinnata ; foliis tomentosis pinnatifidis : pinnis linea- 



ribus spina terminatis. Thunb. Prod. 141. fVUld. Sp. 



PL 3. p. 1705. 



This plant rises up with a straight woolly stem about a 

 foot high, dividing into several alternate branches towards 

 the top, bearing each one flower at the extremity. In a 

 native specimen, we have observed that, after these flowers 

 decay, the stem has again shot out and born fresh flowers on 

 short branches, as at first, the prickly heads of the old flowers 

 remaining as a fence below. Leaves oblong, tomentose on 

 the under side, deeply cut into lance-shaped segments, directed 

 alternately one up and another downwards, furnished with 

 small teeth at the sides and a strong spine at the extremity. 

 Calycine leaflets imbricate squarrose, longer than the florets, 

 armed with a strong spine at the point and spinous teeth at 

 the base. Receptacle bristly. Head of flowers small discoid : 

 floscules tubular with a five-cleft border. Stigmas exserted, 

 revolute, 



Stob^ea is a genus of plants, natives of the Cape of Good* 

 Hope, established by Professor Thunberg, and named, we 

 suppose, in honour of Dr. Kilian Stqb;Eus, an eminent 



professor 



