composite;. 



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** Hardly or not at all expanded at 

 base. Sp. 23-25. 



b. L. decurrent, but not to next L. 

 Sp. 26, 27. 



c. L. decurrent beyond next L. Sp. 

 28-30. . 



A. L. setoso-scabrous on upper surface. 



i. Stalk iviih about 5 wings. 

 1. lanceolatum. Fl. ovate, solitary, webby. 

 PhyU. lineari-lanceolate, spinose; tbe outer 

 spreading. L: deeply lobed. Segm. 2-3-cleft, 

 with teeth in the sinus. Terminal Lobe pro- 

 longed, b. 6-9. Waste. 



j3. nemorale. L. less divided and whiter 

 beneath. Wood, near Leipzig. Probably 

 a hybrid with C. pratense. 



HTBniDS. 



1. lanceolato-palustre. Bracts lanceolate, 

 spinoso-dentieulate at base, much shorter than 

 calyx. Phyll. gradually naiTowed, keeled, 

 hardly viscid, ending in a slender, yellowish, 

 weak, spreading spine, about one-fifth as long 

 as phyUary. Ziirich. — Njsgeli in Koch. 



2. lanceolato-pratense. L. less decmTent. 

 Stem nearly simple. Paris. Geneva. 



3. lanceolato-acaule. L. of C. acaule, but 

 somewhat decm-rent. PL of C. lanceolatum., 

 but with shorter spines. Savoy. — N^egeli in 

 Koch. 



2. crinitiiin. "PI. nearly globose, few, at 

 the ends of the branches, somewhat webby. 

 Phyll. narrow, long-acuminate, spinescent, 

 slightly recurved, quite entire. L. webby be- 

 neath, pinnatifid. Div. somewhat lobed, ending 

 in strong spines. Narbonne. Resembles C. 

 echinatum, but with decurrent L. 11. nearly 

 tvnce as large as in C. lanceolatum." — DC. 



3. sylvaticum. PI. nearly globose, brac- 

 teate, stalked, solitary, webby. Phyll. recm-ved, 

 spreading. L. oblongo-lanceolate, sinuato-pin- 

 natifid, cano-tomentose beneath. Div. some- 

 what trifid, cUiato-spinulose. b. Moist moods. 

 Boh. liot in Koch. 



ii. L. decurrent, but not beyond the next L. 



4. giganteum. L. amplexicaul, slightly 

 adnate. L. smooth above when old, with a 

 white tomentum beneath. Segm. short, ob- 

 tuse, spinous. PI. about 3 together, at the 

 ends of the branches. Phyll. lanceolate, acu- 

 minato-spinescent, nearly straight, b. 7- Ilry 

 hills. Cal. Sic. Sai'd. 



5. italicuiu. L. webby beneath, not en- 



larged at base, distinctly pinnatifid. Outline 

 oblong. Inline very narrow linear. Div. 

 smaU, bifid or simple, with a spine in the sinus. 

 Segm. spinescent. Fl. ovato-oblong. PhyU. 

 lanceolate, spinescent. b. 7, 8. Barren hills. 

 Italy. . 



iii. L. not decurrent. 



6. ferox. L. amplexicaul, pinnatifid, with 

 a hoary web ; upper crowded about flowers. 

 PI. broad ovoid. Phyll. subulato-spinose, ser- 

 rulate, somewhat spreading, b. 7, 8. TJncult. 

 s. Prance. 



/3. Lobelii. PI. smaller, and woolly. Abr. 



7. echinatum. L. with a hoary wool, 

 piimatipartite. Div. divaricate, bilobed. Segm. 

 spinescent. PI. ovoid, wooUy, sessile among 

 the upper L. Phyll. lanceolate, ending in a 

 strong spine : outer somewhat recurved ; in- 

 ner erect, p. 7. Barren fields. Ste. Lucie, 

 Narbonne. Sic. Smaller than C. eriophonun, 

 and with much stronger spines to the Phyll. 



8. eriophorunx. L. piunatipartite. Div. 

 bipartite. Segm. nearly equal, oblong, spines- 

 cent. Outline of lower L. lanceolate, attenu- 

 ate into a spinose stalk. Inline linear. PI. 

 large, globose, generally veiy wooUy. Phyll. 

 linear, generally obtuse and somewhat en- 

 larged at top, spinescent ; outer recurved, b. 

 Bry bushy. 



/8. spurium. PI. smaller, ovate, more nu- 

 merous. Lake Picino. 



7. spatulatum. Gaud. Inner PhyU.. more 

 evidently spatulate. 



Cosson also mentions a var. found at Mont 

 Louis, e. Pyrenees, with a leafy Pnvol. sur- 

 rounding each flower. 



S. L. not setoso-scabrous on the upper surface. 



i. Flowers accompanied by floral L. 



a. Stalk about 'h -winged. 



9. pungens. " L. lanceolate, pinnatifid, 

 white, cottony, wooUy beneath. Div. 2-3- 

 cleft. Segm. and wings (?) ending in a strong 

 spine. Margin serrulato-spinose. PI. in a 

 crowded raceme. PhyU. ovate, not longer than 

 the straight spreading spine, p. 6, 7. Moist. 

 Sic."— Guss. 



^. siculum. PhyU. longer than the some- 

 what recm-ved spine. 



10. palustre. L. pinnatifid, pubescent. 

 Div. lanceolate, somewhat incise, dentato-spi- 

 nose. PI. crowded, ovato - globose. PhyU. 

 ovato-lanceolate, adpressed, ending in a short 

 mucro. p. 7, 8. Wet meadows. 



