458 LXII. COMPOSITJE. | Centaurea. 
C. melitensis, Linn.; DC. Prod. vi. 593. An erect rigid annual 
spines at the anes the inner ones tapering into a very short ege spine. 
Florets yellow. Pappus of several series of bristles, the outer ones short, the 
intermediate gradually longer, the innermost row very short. — C. apula, 
Lam. ; DC. Lc. 
> CH of the Mediterranean rion, now spread over cultivated and waste places in 
of the warmer regions both o the New and the ve World, oe near the sea, 
Wal ; Tas- 
ak very abundant in various e d f Queensland, W. S. s, Victoria 
ia, and S. Australia. 
The following European s of this E gc of other genera of Cynarocephale, have 
also been sent from Australia as sintrodnee v 
C. solstitialis Linn. ; DC. Prod. vi. 594. Fs annual, with the habit, enger: - ipee 
florets of C. meliten ni bat t with a much longer and stouter spine to the 
lueral bracts, w whilst th the i inner ones have a Jagged’ scarious Ebert rdi wer i 1ne.— 
. F. Mueller. 
C. calcitrapa, tun: DC. Prod. vi. 597. A coarse annual, green or slightly co overed with 
co'tony down, seldom rising to a foot in height, but with very spreading or prostrate 
brane es. Leaves pinnatifid, with a few 1 long linear or lanceolate lobes. Flower-hea ds 
sessile in the forks or within the last dama. of the branches. Tnvolueral bracts, à at least the 
intermediate ones, ending in stiff spreading spines of 4 to 1 in., with 1 or small ones at 
ir base. Florets purple. rete EES any pappus. —Tasmania, Herb. F. Mu 
Carthamus reviens I: DC. sibus vi. pic An erect Mts glabrous herb of 1 te 
w 
Carduus Sr Ka (Si ybum marianum, n.; DC. Prod. vi. 616.) 
mbric yb 
stiff spreading leafy appendage en ending i ina long Si [eren with prickles at its. phi 
nh eoa between the florets. Achenes glabrous. Pappus of si imple hairs 
ourn (tn. 
^w m lanceolatum, Sp; DC. Pro vi. 636. a rather stout = SC 3 f 
Y up 
stiff prickle. Florets purpl between the flor"? 
Achenes glal ora all tubular, Receptacle with h bristles bet, e C. palustre, Sp 7 
DC. Prod. vi. 645, A tall Thistle, with the stems quite covered with the prickly 
Fal ete 
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