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485. PICNOMON. 



485. PICNOMON. 



1. Acarua. L. decurreut, lineari -lanceo- 

 late, tomentose, hoary, dentate, spinose and 

 ciliato-spinulose ; upper surrounding flowers. 

 a. 6. Barren fields, s. Eur. 



486. ONOPORDON. 



A. Stem erect, inany -flowered. Outer Fhyl- 

 laries sjjreading, nearly as long as inner. L. 

 decurreut. 



1. Acanthiuin. L. sinuate, spinoso-den- 

 tate, tomentose on both sides. Phyll. Uneari- 

 subulate, woolly at base. b. 7, 8. Vncult. 

 Not in Sic. 



2. virens. L. sinuate, spinoso-dentate, 

 green on both sides. PhyU. rigid, lanceolate, 

 somewhat cottony and viscid at base. a. b. 7- 

 TJncult. Montp. Rome. Sic. 



3. horriduiu. L. sinuato-pinnatifid, with 

 strong spines : lower somewhat villous ; upper 

 nearly smooth. PhyU. ovato-lanceolate, smooth; 

 outer somewhat reflexed. b. 6, 7- Bonifacio. 



4. illyricum. L. oblongo-lanceolate, si- 

 nuate, deutato-spinose, tomentose ; the upper 

 very short. PhyU.. tomentose at base, smooth 

 at top, ovato-lanceolate : outer recurved ; inner 

 spreading, b. 6, 7- Hough and uncult. s. Pr. 

 Italy. 



5. macracanthum. L. oblongo-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, sinuato-pinnatifid, with spines- 

 cent teeth. PhyU. webby at base, smooth at 

 top, lanceolate, acuminate : middle ones subu- 

 lato-spinose, spreading, equaUing tube of co- 

 roUa. b. 6. Walls and banks. I. la Mad- 

 dalena, Sard. Hardly distinguisJiahle from 0. 

 iUyricum. 



B. Stem erect, many flowered. Outer FJiylla- 

 ries imbricate, evidently shorter than inner. 



6. arabicum. L. decui-rent, oblongo-lan- 

 ceolate, sinuate or pinnatifid, dentato-spinose, 

 tomentose on both sides. PhyU. nearly smooth, 

 lanceolate : outer adpressed. b. 6, 7. Dry 

 shores. Sard. 



C. Stem none. 



7. psrrenaicum.. L. stalked, tomentose, 

 white beneath, pinnatifid, dentato-spinose. Fl. 

 many, obovate. PhyU. lanceolate, subulato- 

 spinescent, nearly erect, b. O^wn rough. 

 €. Pyrenees. 



487. CYNARA. 

 1. Cardunculus. Branched. L. spinose. 



aU pinnati-lobate. Div. often pinnatifid, to- 

 mentose beneath. Phyll. ovate, acuminato- 

 spinescent. p. or b. 6, 7- Hough fields, s. Pr. 

 Sard. Mtp. Cors. 



2. horrida. Branched. L. spinose, pinna- 

 tifid, tomentose beneath : lower somewhat de- 

 cm'rent. Spines at the base of L. and of their 

 divisions connate at base. p. 6, 7. Hry. Ci- 

 vita Vecchia. Sic. 



3. humilis. Stem simple. L. not decur- 

 reut, pinnatipartite. Div. pinnatifid, Knear, 

 spinescent, tomentose beneath. PhyU. ending 

 in a subulate spine, p. ? Hugged hills. Cors. 



488. ATRACTYLIS. 



1. cancellata. Stem branched. L.lineari- 

 lanceolate, cUiato-spinulose, pubescent. Outer 

 PhyU. setaceo-pinnatifid, spinose, connivent, ex- 

 ceeding flowers. Pits. aU alike, a. 6. 0])en. 

 rocky. Mdt. 



2. Immilis. Stem somewhat branched, 

 somewhat woolly at base. L. oblongo-Unear, 

 pectinato-pinnatifid, spinoso-dentate. Fl. 1-8, 

 terminal, yellow. Outer Fits, complete, pal- 

 mate, resembUng rays. b. Open barren. 

 Narb. It.— DC. 



3. radiciflora. Stems numerous, short. 

 L. lanceolato-Unear, hairless, pinnatifido-den- 

 tate. Teeth spinescent. Fl. soUtary, nearly 

 sessUe on the neck of the root. Outer Fits. 

 generaUy abortive, long Ungulate, 5 -fid, radiate. 

 p. Narbonne ? M. purple. Resembles A. hu- 

 mUis, but the interior Fhyll. are not truncate. 

 —DC. 



Tribe III. CARLINEM 

 489. KENTROPHYLLUM. 



1. lanatum. Base of Cal. cuneate. Outer 

 PhyU. wooUy, squarrose, leaf-Uke ; inner ad- 

 pressed. Stem webby at top. Lower L. pin- 

 natifid, dentate; uppennost amplexicaul, pin- 

 natifido-dentate. a. 7, 8. Barren, s. Fr. 

 Sw. s. e. G. It. 



2. turbinatuxn. Base of Cal. turbinate. 

 Outer PhyU. straight, wooUy. Stem webby. 

 Upper L. amplexicaul, dentato-pinnatifid. a. 

 6, 7. Melds. Polizzi, Sic. — Guss. 



490. CARDOPATIUM. 



1. corymbosum. Corymbose. L. pin- 

 natipartite. Lobes pinnatifid, incise, spinose. 

 Fl. blue. p. F)ry fields. Abruzzi. 



