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500. CENTAUREA\ 



Lower L. dentate, lyrate ; upper sessile, amplexi- 

 caul : all L. mucronate. Fl. radiant, sessile 

 among upper L. p. 7, 8. Stony, s. Fr. 

 Piedmont. 



18. flosculosa. Somewhat branched, 

 roughish. L. lanceolate ; the lower stalked. 

 Fl. without rays, sessile among upper L. p, 

 7, 8. Pdm. Belg. {Var. ofC. phrygia, Koch.) 



19. nervosa. Stem simple, 1-fiowered. 

 Crest nearly as long as seed. L. lanceolate, 

 denticulate, undivided : upper deeply toothed 

 and somewhat truncate at base. Fl. nearly 

 sessile among upper L. p. 7, 8. Mountain 

 pasttires. Sw. s. Tyr. Carn. 



20. phrygia. Stem simple, 1 -flowered. 

 Crest about one-third as long as seed. L. 

 ovate or elliptic, denticulate, often deeply 

 toothed at base, somewhat am-icled. Fl. glo- 

 bose, sessile among upper L. p. 7, 8. Moun- 

 tain woods and pastures. Alps. 



21. uniflora. Simple, 1 -flowered, cottony, 

 hoary. L. lineari-lanceolate, acuminate: 

 lower attenuate, somewhat dentate; upper 

 sessile, somewhat auricled, entire. Fl. sub- 

 globose, nearly sessile among the upper L. p. 

 7, 8. Mountain pastures. Savoy. Dau. 



C. Appendage somewhat decurrent, unarmed. 



i. Outer Phyllaries without membranous mar- 

 gin. Appendage pectinato-ciliate, unarmed. 

 Stem corymbose. 



22. Cineraria. Appendage dark. Phyll. 

 5-7, ribbed. The whole plant veiy hoaiy. 

 Nearly all L. bipinnatipartite. Segm. obtuse. 

 p. 5, 6. Calc. rocks on sea-shore. Terracina 

 to Calabria. 



23. Parlatoris. "Appendage scarioso- 

 cUiate. Outer Phyll. shorter, with black cilia 

 and a short terminal spine ; inner unarmed. 

 Stem angular. Branches irregularly length- 

 ened. Root-L. lyrato-pinnatifid and bipinnati- 

 fid. Stem-L. pinnatifid at base. The outer 

 Segm. longer. L. of Branches linear, dentate 

 at base. p. 6, 7- Mountain pastures. Sic." 

 — Guss. 



24. cserulescens. Appendage with dark 

 spot, mucronate. Phyll. 5-7-ribbed. Root- 

 L. bipinnatipartite. Segm. acute ; upper linear, 

 entire, p. mdt. Eur. ? 



25. maculosa. Appendage with dark 

 spot, quite unarmed. Phyll. 5-7-ribbed. Lower 

 L. bipinnatipartite : upper pinnatifid. Segm. 

 linear ; uppermost close to flowers, b. 7, 8. 

 Open uncult. m. and s. Eur. occ. 



26. busambrensis. "Phyll. with long 

 brown cUia at top and on margin, spotted. L. 

 pinnatifid. Segm. broad, acute, often inciso- 

 dentate. p. 5, 6. Stony calc. hills. Monte 

 di Calcanturo. Busambra. Isaello in Sicily. 

 Differs from Cineraria in rarely exhibiting 

 somewhat bipinnatifid root-L." — Guss. 



27. cinerea. Hoary. Appendages darlc. 

 Phyll. 5-7-ribbed. Root-L. pinnatipartite. 

 Segm. lanceolate, somewhat incise, obtuse ; 

 upper pinnatifid at base, close to flowers, p. 5-7- 

 Bi'y hills. It. 



28. paniculata. Appendage pale. PhyU. 

 5-7-ribbed. L. somewhat woolly : lower bi- 

 pinnatipartite ; upper pinnatipartite. Segm. 

 Mnear, acute ; a few of uppermost quite entire, 

 close to flowers, b. 7, 8. Warm uncult. s. 

 Europe. 



ii. All Phyllaries with pale, entire, membra- 

 nous margin. 



a. Appendage pectinate. 



29. cristata. Crest 0. Middle Div. of 

 Appendage mucrouiform. Root-L. nearly tri- 

 pinnate ; upper pinnate. Lts. and uppermost L. 

 linear. Branches divaricate, b. 7, 8. Dry 



stony. Trieste. 



30. dissecta. Crest very short. Appen- 

 dage black, with white decmTent border. 

 Plant grey, cottony. Root-L. pinnatipartite ; 

 segm. oblong, somewhat toothed. Stem-L. 

 sessile : segm. linear, entire, p. Stony. K. 

 Nap. Sic. Not in Guss. 



31. laciniata. Hoaiy. Crest very short. 

 Appendage reddish, decurrent in a scariose 

 border. L. nearly all pinnatipartite. Segm. 

 long, linear, acute, quite entire; uppermost 

 linear, undivided, p. Stony. Abr. 



32. ambigua. Somewhat cottony. Crest 

 very short. Airpendage pale, decurrent. Root- 

 L. lyrato-pinnatifid. Stem-L. sessile, linear, 

 quite entire ; the lower with 1 or 2 lobes on 

 each side of base. p. Dry. K. Naples. 



33. kartschiana. Hairless. Crest as long 

 as seed. (Appendage produced into a spine, 

 Koch.) Root-L. nearly bipinnate. Stem-L. 

 pinnate. Segm. and upper L. lanceolate, some- 

 what wider upwards. Stem much branched 

 from base. p. 7, 8. RocJcy mountain meadows. 

 Duiao. Cherso. 



b. Appendage palmate. Stria of Phyllaries 

 depressed. 



34. sempervirens. Somewhat shrubby. 



