COMPOSITE. 



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Seeds without crest. L. auricled, not decur- 

 rent, amplexicaul, oblong, inciso-dentatc ; lower 

 pinnatitid. p. 5. Sandy shores. It. Sic. Cors. 

 Sardinia. 



69. aspera. M. bracteate. Spines 3-5. 

 Seeds all crested. L. not decurrent, nearly all 

 pinnatipartite, with large blunt teeth, p. 6-9. 

 Uncult. s. Eui'. The Spines seem to he some- 

 times erect and sometimes spreading, or even 

 refiexed. 



70. Isnardi. Fl. bracteate. Seeds all 

 crested. A large portion of upper L. linear, 

 quite entire, p. 6-8. Guernsey, s. Pr. 



71. sonchifolia. Erect. M. bracteate. 

 Spines 5, somewhat reflexed. Crest very short. 

 L. oblong, amplexicaul, semidecurrent. Teeth 

 mucronate, spinescent. L. stalked, undivided, 

 p. 4, 5. Sandy shores. Nap. Nice. Prov. n. 

 Sicily. 



/3. auriciilata. Pees. L. with broad am'icles. 



73. napifolia. Erect. M. sessile among 

 upper L. Spines erect, nearly parallel. Stem- 

 L. very decurrent, lineari-lanceolate ; lower 

 pinnatifid. Root-L. lyi'ate. a. 5-7. Open 

 barren. Rome, Cors. Apulia. Sic. Sard, 



Not well known. 



73. crassifolia, Bebtol. Hairless. Stem 

 furrowed, nearly simple. L. quite entire ; the 

 lower obversely lanceolate. Cal. turbinate. 

 PhyU. ovate, naked, striate, quite entire : the 

 outer acute; the inner obtuse. Crest rusty 

 white, longer than the seed. Malta. 



74. Stoebe, Linn. L. pinnatifid, linear, 

 very entire. Phyll. oblong, ciliate. Aust. ? 

 Marseilles ? 



75.peregrma,LiNN. L. lanceolate, stalked, 

 toothed at base. Phyll. setaceo-spinose. s. 

 Europe. 



501. GALACTITES. 



1. tomentosa. L. pinnatifid. Hoary be- 

 neath, marked with white above, without hairs. 

 Segm. spinose. a. b. 5, 6. Coasts. Mdt. 



Tribe V. XERANTEE3IEM. 

 502. XERANTHEMUM. 



1. annuuxn. Shafts of Crest of complete 

 Pits. 5, falling very short of chaff of receptacle. 

 Pits, about 100. Phyll. mucronate, quite hair- 



less : inner radiant. 

 s. Eur. s. e. G. 



a. 5, 6. Dry stony. 



2. inapertum. Shafts of Crest of com- 

 plete Pits. 5, somewhat exceeding chaff' of re- 

 ceptacle. PI. 30-40. Phyll. hairless ; inner 

 somewhat longer, hardly radiant, a. 6. Ojjen 

 rocky hills. VaU. Coasts of Mdt. 



3. cylindraceuHi, Shafts of Crest of 

 complete Pits. 8-10, far exceeding chaff of re- 

 ceptacle. PL 10-12. Cal. ovoideo-oblong. 

 Phyll. woolly at back ; inuer somewhat longer, 

 hardly radiant, a. 5, G. Open dry. mdt. 

 Eui-ope. 



Tribe VI. CALENBULEM 

 503. CALENDULA. 



1. oiBcinalis. All Seeds curved, muricate 

 on the back ; outer somewhat larger, crested, 

 slightly lengthened. Lower L. spatulate ; up- 

 per cordato-lanceolate, amplexicaul, somewhat 

 dentate, a. 7, 8. Fields, s. Eur. Escaped 



from gardens. 



2. maritijnaa. Villous, viscid. Outer Seeds 

 em'ved, truncate, shorter than calyx, hardly 

 muricate ; inner nearly annular, muricate on 

 the back. Lower L. obovate, attenuate ; upper 

 lanceolate, semiamplexicaid. a. Nearly all the 

 year. Trapani. 



3. arvensis. All Seeds cm'ved, rostrate, 

 twice as long as calyx, echinate on the back ; 

 innermost narrow. Lower L. oblongo-spatu- 

 late, entire ; upper cordato-lanceolate, amjjles- 

 icaul, somewhat dentate, a. 5-8. Fields. 

 m. and s. Europe. 



)8. hicolor. Disc dark red. Rays orange. 



Sicily. 



4. parviflora. Outer Seeds cm'ved, winged, 

 hai'dly twice as long as calyx ; some echinate 

 and with a short beak, others truncate and 

 nearly smooth ; innermost terete, annular, 

 somewhat margined. Lower L. oblong, atte- 

 nuate, entire; upper lanceolate, semiamplexi- 

 caul, dentate, a. 11-5. Fields. Sic. Li- 

 termediate hehoeen Sp. 3 and 5. 



5. sicula. Outer Seeds slightly curved, 

 echinate on the back, crested internally at 

 base and summit. Middle Seeds subrotund, 

 broadly winged, truncate ; innermost boat- 

 shaped, somewhat winged^ rugoso-granulate on 

 the back. a. 12-4. Calc. hills, s. Sic. 



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