COMPOSITiE. 



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L. lanceolate, with a tooth on each side of 

 base, otherwise entire : lowermost hastate. Fl. 

 naked. s.S. or p. Calc. motmtains. K. Nap. 



35. intybacea. Somewhat shrubby. Lower 

 L. pinnatipartite, segnaents lincari-lanccolate, 

 acuminate, quite entire ; upper sessile, with a 

 few large teeth. Fl. naked. s.S. or p. Open. 

 Mars. Narbonne. 



c. Appendage of middle Fhyllaries entire. 



36. aplolepis. Whitish, cottony. Phyll. 

 quite smooth. Margin of Appendage entire, 

 except in the inner phyllaries. Lower L. bi- 

 pinnate or, pinnate, with incise, lanceolate Lts. ; 

 middle pinnatifid, segments quite entire ; up- 

 permost undivided, p. 5, 6. Coasts. Genoa. 

 Volcanic rocks. Lipari Islands. 



iii. Margin dark, somewhat jagged at top. 

 Appendage pectinate. 



87. puUata. Stem simple. lloot-L. pin- 

 natifid. Lobes ovate, entire. Stem-L. (if any) 

 attenuate at both ends. Fl. ovate, sessile 

 among upper L. p. Coasts of Mdt. Hedges in 

 s, Fr., according to Biibg and Beslo7ig champs ; 

 but it does not seem to be the same. Not in 

 Hal. Moras. 



iv. Margin dark, pectinate, passing into ap- 

 pendage. 



38. Scabiosa. Branched, many -flowered. 

 L. pinnatifid. Segm. lanceolate, pinnatifid at 

 base. Div. entire, each ending in a callous tip. 

 Appendage narrower than phyllary. p. 7, 8. 

 Meadows and tmcult. 



j8. spimdosa. Middle of Appendage pro- 

 longed into a spine. — Koch. 



39. kotschyana. 1-2-flowered. L. pinna- 

 tifid or lyrato-pinnatifid. Segm. lanceolate, 

 sometimes toothed, ending in callous tip. Ap- 

 pendage broader than phyllary. p. 7, 8. Slopes. 

 Mount Ortscher in lower Anst. 



40. sordida. Lower L. bipinnate ; upper 

 pinnatifid. Segm. linear, ending in a bristle- 

 like mucro. Appendage not covering the nerve- 

 less phyUai-ies. p. 6, 7. Bry meadows. Cam. 

 adr. G. — Koch. 



41. aracbnoidea. 



Segm. linear, fun-owed. 



Stem-L. bipinnate. 

 Carrara. — Pers. 



V. Margin serrato-ciliate, passing into ap- 

 pendage. 



42. Cyanus. Floccoso-tomentose. L. li- 

 near, sessile, quite entire : lower broader, pin- 

 natifid or toothed at base. Crest about as long 

 ss, seed. b. 6, 7. Corn. 



2 k 



43. jtnontana. Stem nearly siini)lc. L. ob- 

 longo-lanccolate, deciuTcnt, somewhat wcbby. 

 (Length of Fringe about equal to breadth of 

 margin, Koch.) This last character, on vjhich 

 Koch rests in order to distinguish this species 



from the following , appears to me very uncer- 

 tain, p. 7j 8. Mountain and hilly pastures. 

 m. Europe. 



44. a'KiUaris. Fringe somewhat cartila- 

 ginous, more than twice as long as breadth of 

 margin. L. deeurrent, elongato-lanceolatc, en- 

 tire or sinuato-dentate. p. 7, 8. Warm hills. 

 s. of Alps. This includes stricta, W. and K., 

 and seusana, Vill. 



D. Appendage to Fhyllaries spinescent. 



i. Fhyllaries with pectinate appendage pro- 

 longed into a soft spine. 



45. filiformis. Crown of Eoot covered 



with reddish-brown velvet. Stem otherwise 

 hairless. Lower L. bipinnatipartite ; upper pin- 

 natipartite. Segm. lineari-filiform, acute, p. 

 5-7. Calc. mountains. Cors. Sard. Tavolara. 



ii. Fhyllaries spinoso-ciliate and prolonged 

 into a rigid, terminal spine. 



46. diffiisa. Divaiicato-ramose. Fl. neaiiy 

 naked, purpde. Sjjine of Phyll. spreading. 

 Crest 0. Root-L. bipinnatifid. Lower stem- 

 L. pinnatifid ; njiper Hneari-lanceolate. b. 

 7, 8. Port Juveual near MontpeUier. 



47. horrida. Shrubby, much branched, 



cottony. Fl. purple. Spine short. Crest 

 double. L. pinnatipartite. Segm. subulate, 

 spinescent. s.S. 5, 6. 2Iarit. rocks. Genoa. 

 Sardinia. 



48. hybrida. Branched. Phyll. adpressed. 

 Spine straight. Radiant Fits, pm'ple ; those 

 of Disc yellow. L. somewhat wooUy : lower 

 pinnatifid ; upper lineari-laneeolate, mucronate. 

 b. Open hills near Turin. A hybrids between 

 cserulescens and solstitialis ? — DC. 



49. rupestris. Fl. yellow, on long, naked 

 branches. Lower L. bipinnatipartite ; upper 

 pinnatipai'tite. Segm. linear, entii'c, with very 

 acute mucro ; the terminal longest, p. 6, 7- 

 Rocks. Caa'n. Apenn. Abr. 



j3. subinermis. Appendage to Phyll. hardly 



spinescent. Carrara. 

 7, aeuleosa. Appendage ending in a long, 



rigid, spreading spine. Cai'u. 



50. ceratophylla. Flowering-branches 

 few, leafy almost to top. Lower L. pinnati- 

 partite. Segm. lineal', vei'y acute, quite entire. 



