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rectns, parce ramosus, sparse tnbercnlatas et villis solitariis 

 vel binis ab nno tnbercnlo ortis; folia lanceolato - linearia, 

 villis pnngentibns et verrncis albis obsita; radicalia, obtu- 

 sinscnla, in petiohim attenuata, canlina ovata, sessilia, an- 

 gnstiora, raagis undnlata, apice acntata et minus strigoso- 

 villosa; radix simplex, fusiforrais vel fusiformi-ramosa. 



Floret Aprili, Jnlio. (2). 



Aetnae, in arenosis vnlcanicis pederaontanae et nemorosae 

 regionis: Catania, Villascahrosa, Ognina, Acireale, Giarre, 

 Mangano, Massannunziata, Bronte, Aderno. 



Icon. Nnlla. 



Ecliinm pustulatnm. Sihth. Prodr. Fl. Gr. 1. pag. 125 ex 

 parte.— Gwss. Syn. Fl. Sic. 1. pag. 232. — DC. Prodr. 10. 

 pag. 19.—Torn. Fl. Sic. pag. 398.—Strohl Fl. Etn. p. 133. 



Echinm vulgare var. ^. Parl. Fl. Ital. cont. da T. Ca~ 

 ruel vol. 6. pag. 930? 



6. E. maritimum. — Flores grandiusculi, racemosi, racemis 

 terminalibus cauli et raniis, simplicibus vel conjugatis, ini- 

 tio brevibus, densis, insigniter revolutis, dein elongatis, la- 

 xis, vix numquam totis rectis, sed apice recurvis, semper hi- 

 spidissimis, villis canis, senio lutescentibus; pedicelli brevis- 

 simi et vix ulli; hracteae semicordato-lanceolatae, acutiuscu- 

 lae, calyci subaeqnales; calyx hispidissimns, quinquepartitus, 

 laciniis lanceolato-linearibus, subinaequalibus; corolla infun- 

 dibiliformi - tubulosa, calyce duplo triploque longior, ora o- 

 blique secta, nubilis rubida, dein dense purpureo - coerulea, 

 externe tota cano-hirsuta, limbo breviter quinquilobo, lobis 

 obtusis, quidquam inaequalibns; stamina oram longiorera co- 

 rollae snbaequantia, filaraentis glabris, apice coeruleo - pnr- 

 pureis, antheris parvis, ovatis; stylus hirsutus, apice exce- 

 pto, staminibus aeqnalis vel paulo longior, superne colo- 

 ratus; siigma insigniter bifidum, laciniis capitellatis, obtusis; 

 nuces tuberculatae; caules caespitosi, decumbentes, adscenden- 

 tes, erecti, tereti-angnlosi, snrsura hispidi, pilis numerosissi- 

 mis, adpressis, e tuberculo ortis, canescentibus, simplices vel 

 parce ramosi, spithamali - pedales; /o??a obverse lanceolata, 

 sphathulata, nnnc latiora, nunc angustiora, obtusa vel acu- 

 tiuscula, adpresse hispida et tuberculis albis crebris scaber- 

 rima, integra, inferiora in petiolum attenuata; radix fusifor- 

 mis, simplex. 



