434 LXXiii. COMPOSITJE (OLIVER AND hiern). [Carduus. 



at both ends, sessile, ranging up to in fine specimens 18 in. long, gla- 

 brescent above, puberulous beneath, pinnatisect or deeply pinnatifid ; 

 segments ovate or lanceolate, incise-dentate, teeth and apex spinons- 

 pointed. Capitula oblong, |-1 in. long, about 30-flowered, on very 

 short pedicels crowded many together into dense globose cymes of 

 2-3 in. diam. Involucral bracts narrowly oblong, terminating in a 

 long spreading spine with subulate base, the innermost wider with 

 scarious ciliate margins, about equalling the purple or violet florets. — 

 G. abyssinicus, Schultz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss, ii. n. 910 ; A. 

 Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 455. 



arUe 3«and. Abyssinia, Ruppell ! Schimper ! Plowden ! Ferret ^ Galinier. 



2. C. chamaDcephalus, 0. ^ JS. Acaulescent perennial herb. 

 Leaves in a rosette, narrowly elliptical, petiolate, pinnati partite, 

 5-10 in. long, puberulous ; segments shortly ovate, incise-dentate, 

 sparingly spinous-ciliate, teeth and apex terminating in spines xff-y in* 

 long. Capitula oblong, IJ-l^ in. long, sessiloj many together in a 

 solitary rounded cluster of about 4 in. diam. Involucral bracts nearly 

 glabrous, the outer ones lanceolate, the inner ones narrowly so, all gra- 

 dually terminating in a rather long straight erect spine. — Cnicua chcu- 

 moecephaluSf Vatkein Linnasa, xxxix. p. 511 (1875). 



Vile ]«and. Abyssinia, alt. 8,500 ft., Schimper! 



3. C* ScWmperl, Schultz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss, ii. n. 

 1301. Acaulescent perennial herb. Leaves in a rosette, narrowly 

 oblong, petiolate, deeply pinnatifid, 2-5 in. long, puberulous; seg- 

 ments shortly ovate, incise-dentate, sparingly spinous-ciliate, teeth and 

 apex terminating in spines J— J in. long. Capitula oblong or campa- 

 nulate, l-lj in. long, sessile, few together, in a solitary cluster of 

 IJ— 3 in. diam. Involucral bracts imbricated in many rows, the outer 

 ones lanceolate, the inner ones linear-oblong with lanceolate tip termi- 

 nating gradually in a very short erect spine, glabrous or very nearly 

 so, minutely ciliate above. Flowers purple. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 

 p. 455. 



arile ILand. Abyssinia, Mount Selki, alt. 10-13,000 ft., Sckimper ! Samen, 

 Ferret 4" Galinier. 



DOUBTFUL AND UNKNOWN SPECIES OF CARDUUS. 



Carduus Buchingeri, Schultz Bip. ex Schweinf. et Aschers. Enum. p. 283, name 

 only, from Abyssinia. 



Carduus macr acanthus, Schultz Bip. I. c. also from Abyssinia. We have seen a 

 single involucral bract with a pinnatifid flpine, lent from the Berlin herbarium 

 (Schimper § v. n. 61, ed. Buchinger, anno 1854). 



98. CNICUS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 468. 



Habit and character wholly of Carduus excepting setae of pappus 

 conspicuously plumose. 



Another large genus chiefly confined to the Northern Hemisphere. 



