DIPSACEiE. 



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Stem-L. lyrate : terminal division very large, 

 ovate, acute, serrate. Uppermost L. piimatifid : 

 divisions lanceolate, inciso-serrate ; the termi- 

 nal confluent, p. 8, 9. Hills. Carniola. Is- 

 tria." — Koch. 



21. pauciseta. Crown equal to one-third 

 •of tube and of setse. Seta; 1-3, on a ring. 

 Root-L. coarsely dentate, lyrato -pinnatifid, hii'- 

 sute. Stem-L. pinnatipartite. Divisions nar- 

 row. H. radiant. Head of Fr. glohose. p. 



6, 7. Fields, s. Fr. It. This is the Gra- 

 muntia of some authors, — not of Linn., io/iich 

 has a quadrifid corolla ; it is also the uniseta 

 of Savi. 



22. suaveolens. Crown equal to one- 

 fourth of tube and two-thirds of seta3. Eoot- 

 L. quite entire. Stem-L. pinnatipartite, wth 

 thick, linear, quite entire lobes. Fl. radiant. 

 Head of Fr. somewhat ovate, p. 7-9- Hills, 

 occ. Fr. Ger. 



23. vestina. " L. of baiTcn tufts spatu- 

 lato-cuneiform, quite entire. Stem-L. pinna- 

 tipartite : all the segments linear and quite 

 entire. Crown of outer Cal. imdivided, cre- 

 nate. Setfe fom- times as lona; as crown, p. 



7, 8. Woods, s. TvroL"— Koch. 



** L. undivided. 



24. dichotoma. Crown, including setfc, 

 equal to hall' tube;. L. coarsely serrate : upper 

 lanceolate. Heads nearly sessile in the forks 

 of the stem : the terminal stalked. Fl. alike. 

 a. 5, 6. Clayey fields. Sic. 



c. Crown divided to middle into four acu- 

 minate lobes. 



25. silenifolia. (Shrubby, Bert.) Lower 

 L. and those of barren shoots obovato-cuneate, 

 quite entire (with a single nerve and no veins, 

 Bert.) ; upper pinnatifid. Segments linear, 

 quite entire ; the terminal one very large. Setee 

 but little exceeding cro\\Ti. p. (or w.) 7-9. 

 Rocky. Gottsche in Carniola. Abr. Umbria. 



B. Corolla ^-cleft. L. simple. Flowers alike. 



26. Succisa. Tube 4-edged. Crown and 

 setae very short. Stem-L. connate, lanceolate, 

 nearly entire, p. 8, 9. Grassy. 



27- australis. Tube bottle- shaped. Crown 

 nearly. Teeth entirely wanting. Lower L. 

 somewhat auricled. Stem creeping at the base ? 

 Root not prsemorse. p. 8, 9. s. e. G. 



LYI. COMPOSITE.. 



Flowers in a head, having in general the appearance of a single flower (the compound flower of 

 Linnseus), and surrounded by an Involucrum, or common calyx. Separate flowers or florets su- 

 perior. Calyx 0, or forming a crest to the seed. Corolla of one petal. Filaments inserted in 

 the tube. Anthers united. Fruit a dry seed without albumen. The Tribes are explained in the 

 analysis of the 'Genera in the Linnasan class Syngenesia. 



Sub-order I. LiaULAT^. 



Tribe L CATANANCHEJE. 



381. CATANANCHE. 



1. cserulea. L. villous, linear, sometimes 

 pinnatifid at laase. PhyUaries ovate ; the mid- 

 rib produced in a point. FL blue. p. 6-8, 

 Stony hills, s. Fr. It. 



2. lutea. L. villous, lineari-lanceolate, 3- 

 nerved. Outer PhyUaries ovate, acute ; inner 

 longer, acuminate. Fl. yelloiv. a. 5-7. Hry 

 Mils. Briglio in Pdm. Common in Sicily. 



Tribe II. SCOLTMEM 

 382. SCOLYMUS. - 

 1. xnaculatus. Crest a crenate margin. 



Stem completely winged by the decmTcnt L. 

 Fl. solitary, somewhat corymbose, a. 7, 8. 

 Dry borders, s. Fi-. It. 



2. hispanicus. Crest of 2 principal teeth. 

 Stem interruptedly winged. Fl. each with 2 

 bracts, disposed in a leafy spike, b. 7, 8. Dry. 

 s. Europe. 



3. grandiflorus. Crest of 2 principal 

 teeth. Stem winged, somewhat villous, as well 

 as L. Fl. solitary, generally terminal. Bracts 

 2-4. p. 5, 6. F)ry. EousiUon. Colliom'e. 

 Port Vendi-e. 



Tribe III. LAPSANEJE. 

 383. LAPSANA. ~ 

 1. coimxaunis. L. ovate, stalked, dentate. 



