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491. CARDUNCELLUS. 



A. Crest as long as corolla. Flovjers solitary. 



1. pinnatns. L. pinnatipartite to midi-ib. 

 Segm. 7-10 on each side, lanceolate, spinescent. 

 Margin serrato-spinescent. Outer PliyU. leafy, 

 serrato-spinescent. Seed with 4 acute edges. 

 p. 5, 6. Fields. Sic. 



2. inonspeliensium. L. rigid, pinnati- 

 partite almost to midrib. Segm. 4-7 on each, 

 side, lanceolate, spinescent. Margin serrato- 

 or often inciso-spinose. Outer PhyU. often 3- 

 nerved at base, spinose. Seed obovoid, with 4 

 nerve-like angles, p. 7. Barren, s. Fr. It. 

 Sometimes stemless. 



3. mitissimus. L. neai-ly unarmed, pin- 

 natipartite almost to midrib. Segm. 5-7, lan- 

 ceolato-linear, acute, inciso-serrate. Phyll.leaty, 

 inciso-serrate. Seed obovato-oblong, with 4 

 nerve-Hke angles, p. 6, 7. Barren uncult. 

 s. Fr. occ. Etampes. 



B. Crest half as long as corolla. 



4. cseruleus. Lower L. oblongo-spatulate, 

 spinescent, dentate (stalked, Guss.). Outer 

 PhyU. leafy, 3-nerved, serrato-spinose : middle 

 striate ; inner with long cilia, a. 5-7. 



5. timgitanns. " Stem simple, 1- or more 

 flowered. Lower L. lanceolate, spinoso-pinna- 

 tifid, widened at base and amplexicaul. p. 5-7. 

 Clayey. Sic." — Guss. 



492. CARTHAMUS. 



1. tinctorius. Stem-L. ovato-lanceolate, 

 serrato-spinulose. Seed somewhat 4-edged. 

 a. 7, 8. s. Eur. Probably escaped. 



493. CAELINA. 



A. Outer FJiyllaries leafy ; inner radiating : 

 hardly any intermediate ones. 



1. acanthifolia. Stemless. L. staUced, 

 pinnatifid, somewhat hirsute on both sides. 

 Segm. dentato-spinose. Fl. solitary, very large. 

 Longer Chaff acute, slightly thickened below 

 the summit, p, Mowitain pastures, w. Alps. 

 Cai'niola. Tusc. 



i8. Cynara. Inner L. sessile ; all smooth 

 above, e. Pyr. 



2. subacaulis. Stem very short, 1-flow- 

 ered. L. stalked, pinnatifid. Segm. inciso- 

 dentate, spinescent. Longer Chaff obtusely 

 clubbed, p. 7, 8. Mountain pasf^tres. 



a. Radiant PhyU. linear at base. 



j3. simplex. Radiant PhyU. attenuate at base. 



3. vulg'aris. Stem 1- or more flowered, 

 wcbby. L. lanceolate, spinoso-dentate, pubes- 

 cent beneath. Inner PhyU. whitish, exceeding 

 the outer. (Flowering-branches everywhere 

 leafy, GoDR.) b. 7, 8. Bry hills. Interme- 

 diate PhyU. not always altogether wanting, 

 but they are very few and small. 



B. Imbricate Phyllaries between the leafy 

 and the radiate. 



4. longifolia. Stem 1-3 -flowered. L. lan- 

 ceolate, remotely dentate : lower very long. 

 Radiant PhyU. white, ciliate to middle, falling 

 short of outer, b. 7, 8. High rocky. Three- 

 foui-ths of the flowering-branches quite naked. 

 Granite of the upper Vosges. — Godr. Slopes 

 above the Sintersbach WasserfaU near Kitz- 

 biihel in the Tyrol. This is placed by Koch 

 with C. nebrodensis. 



5. nebrodensis. Stem simple, about 3- 

 flowered, wooUy. L. Hneari-lanceolate, dentate, 

 spinescent ; upper tomentose on both sides. 

 Fl. on long stalks. Radiant PhyU. yeUow, 

 brownish externally, hardly exceeding the outer. 

 p. 7, 8. Rough hills. Nebrodes. Vosges. Tyr. 



6. sicula. Stem 1-3 -flowered, hairless. L. 

 pinnatifid, dentato-spinose, hairless above. Fl. 

 sessUe. Radiant PhyU. sUvery ; outer spines- 

 cent, as long as inner, p. 7, 8. Uncult. 

 SicUy. 



7. lanata. Stem forked. L. lanceolate, 

 sinuato-spinose. Fl. soUtary, in the forks, and 

 terminal. Radiant PhyU. pm-plish, hairless. 

 a. 6, 7- Open rough, s. Fi-. It. Sai-d. 



8. involucrata. " Stem forked or corym- 

 bose. L. oblongo-Unear, cUiato-spinidose, pin- 

 natifid. Segm. somewhat squarrose. Cal. glo- 

 bose. The yeUow radiant PhyU. not exceeding 

 the outer, sinuato-spinose ones. b. 9, 10. 

 Barren hills. Sic." — Guss. 



9. macrocephala. " Stem simple or 

 somewhat branched (not forked). Bracts spi- 

 nose. Outer PhyU. few, coloui-ed ; imier ra- 

 diant, Unear, acuminate, tapering pretty regu- 

 larly fi'om the base to the summit, b. 7. Sigh 

 stony. Monte Gennargentu, Sard." — Mokis. 



10. corjnmbosa. Stem corymbose. L. 

 cordato-lanceolate, pinnatifido- dentate, spinose, 

 hairless. Fl. all terminal. (Cal. cuneate at 

 base, Guss.) Inner PhyU. yeUow. a. b. 6, 7. 

 Stony. Mdt. 



11. raceiuosa. Stem wooUy, branched. 



