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CARTHAMUS CjERULEUS. BlX E- FLO WERE D 



Carthamus. 



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C/ass awd Order. 



&YNGENESIA PoLYGAMIA jEQUALIS. 



Generic Character. 



Recept. paleaceo-setosum. Cal. ovatus., imbricatus squa- 

 mis apice subovato-foliaceis. Pappus paleaceo-pilosus s. 

 nullus. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Carthamus c&ruleus ; caule subunifloro., foliis ovato-lan- 



ceolatis spinoso-dentatis. Willd. Sp. PL 3. p. 1709. 



Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 492. 

 Carthamus cceruleus ; foliis lanceolatis spinoso-dentatis 



caule subunifloro. Sp. PL 1163. Lam. Encycl. I. 



p. 638. 

 Cnicus caeruleus asperior. Bauh. Pin. 378. 

 Cnicus alter. Clus. Hisp. 453. / 454— Hist. 2. p. 152. 

 Cnicus flore caeruleo. Lob. ic. 2. 19. 

 Cnicus alter caeruleus. Ger. em. 1169. f. 2. Tabern. 



Kreuterbuch 1076. 

 Cnicus alter perennis Clusii. Park. Theatr. p. 260. /. 3. 

 Carduus erectus caeruleus Cnici facie foliis dissectioribus. 



Moris. Hist. 3. p. 159. §. 7. t. 34. / 19. saltern quoad- 



figuram. 

 Onobroma caeruleum. Gaert. Sem. 2. p. 380. t. 160./ 7. 



Carthamus caruleus and tingitanus have been by some 

 supposed to be the same species, and LiNNiEus himself has 

 observed that they are too nearly related ; he has indeed 

 quoted Morison's figure under his C. tingitanus, which is 

 only a copy of Clusius's, referred to by Linn^us as repre- 

 senting his C cceruleus; and this has probably occasioned 

 the confounding of the two species. Lamarck, whilst he 



supposes 



