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veins thickened and curved at the margins. E. B. 903. St. 

 procumbent, spreading. Fl. small. Gal. of the fruit very rigid 

 Seeds oblong, reddish yellow; radicle not prominent. Cry 

 sandy places. A. V. VII. E. S. I. 



9. T. Bocconi (Savi) ; heads oblong-ovate sessile terminal usu- 

 ally 2 together, cal. 10-veined hairy, teeth lanceolate-subulate 

 mucronate about as long as the cor. with 1 strong prominent 

 vein erect, tube cylindrical in fruit, stip. obhny with a long subu- 

 /ate point, leaflets oblong obovate or roundish o bo v ate in the lower 

 leaves, veins equal and straight at the margins, seeds with the 

 radicle slightly prominent. E. B. & 28(58. St. 26 in. high, 

 erect. Fl. small, pale yellow. Seeds oval, brownish yellow. 

 Heads dense, somewhat conical. In dry places, near the Lizard 

 Point, Cornwall. A. VII. E. 



10. T. squamosum (L.) ; heads ovate-globose stalked terminal, 

 cal. strongly veined, teeth ciliate at first subulate erect falling 

 short of the cor. afterwards broad leaflike acute spreading 1- 

 veined the lower one longest and 3-veined, tube hairy above 

 obconical in fruit, stip. broadly subulate very long, leaflets oblong- 

 r.bovate. T. maritimum (Huds.) ed vni. E. B. 2:20. St. 

 spreading, usually procumbent. Fl. pale red, small. Muddy 

 salt marshes. A. VI. VII. E. 



** Fl. sessile; throat of the calyx naked within ; heads few- 

 Jtoicered, at length producing thick stellate fibres (abortive 

 calyces) from their centre which ultimately fold over the fruit. 



11. T. subterrdneum (L.) ; heads 2 ^-flowered erect deflexed 

 in fruit, calyx glabrous, teeth filiform hairy nearly equal short r 

 than the corolla, tube inflated in fruit and at length split 

 longitudinally, abortive calyces many slender with 5 points, stip. 

 ovate pointed, leaflets obc'.adate. E. B. 1048. St. prostrate 

 and as well as the 1. hairy. Fl. white, considerably longer thrri 

 the calyx. The abortive calyces are remarkably characteristic 

 of this species. Dry gravelly places. A. V. VI. E. I. 



*** Fl. sessile or stalked ; throat of the calyx naked within, not 

 inflated ; pods 2 ^.-seeded. 



12. T. ylomerdtum (L.) ; heads globose sessile terminal and 

 axillary, calyx sessile 10-veined, teeth ovate very acute veiny 

 nearly equal reflexed, stip. ovate taper-pointed, leatlets obcor- 

 date the upper ones obovate, seeds 2. E. B. 10b'3. St. pro- 

 cumbent. Fl. rose-coloured ; standard persistent, striate. Seeds 

 transversely ovate-reniform, radicle prominent. Gravelly places 

 East and South of England, rare. Wicklow, 1. A. VI. E. I. 



