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lateral solitary or the terminal in pairs, calyx 10-veined hairy, 

 teeth subulate unequal straight mucronate about equalling the 

 cor., tube ventricose in fruit, stip. ovate cuspidate, leaflets obcor- 

 <late or obovate, veins equal and straight at the margins- — E. B. 

 1843. St. 16. 6. 7. — St. procumbent, 4 — 10 in. long and as well 

 as the 1. silky. Stip. with reddish veins. Fl. small. Seeds oval, 

 brownish yellow ; radicle not prominent. — (3. ereetum (Leight.) ; 

 St. erect, heads elongated subcorneal lateral shortly stalked, cor. 

 longer than the calyx. — Diy and sandy places. A. VI. VII. 



8. T. scabrum (L.); heads ovate sessile terminal and lateral 

 solitary, cal. 10-veined hairy, teeth lanceolate mucronate about 

 equalling the cor. with 1 strong prominent vein at length patent, 

 tube cylindrical in fruit, stip. ovate cuspidate, leaflets obovate, 

 veins thickened and curved at the margins. — E. B. 903. — St. 

 procumbent, spreading. Fl. small. Cal. of the fruit very rigid. 

 Seeds oblong, reddish vellow; radicle not prominent. — Dry sandy 

 places. A. v.— VII.' 



9. T. Bocconi (Savi) ; heads oblong-ovate sessile terminal usu- 

 ally 2 together, cal. 10-veined hairy, teeth lanceolate-subulate 

 mucronate about as long as the cor. with 1 strong prominent 

 vein erect, tube cylindrical in fruit, stip. oblong with a long 

 subulate point, leaflets oblong-obovate in the lower leaves 

 roundish-obovate, veins equal and straight at the margins, seeds 

 with the radicle slightly prominent.— E. B. S. 2868.— St. 2— 6 in. 

 high, erect. Fl. small, pale yellow. Seeds oval, brownish yellow. 

 Heads dense, somewhat conical. — In dry places, near the Lizard 

 Point, Cornwall. A. VII. E. 



10. T. maritimum (RuA^.) ; heads ovate-globose stalked termi- 

 nal, cal. strongly veined, teeth ciliated at first subulate erect fall- 

 ing short of the cor. afterwards broad leaflike acute spreading 

 \-veined the lower one longest and 3-veined, tube hairy above 

 obconical in fruit, stip. broadly subulate very long, leaflets oblong- 

 obovate. — E. B. 220. — St. spreading, usually procumbent. Fl. 

 pale red, small. — Muddy salt marshes. A. VI. VII. E. I. 



** Fl. sessile J throat of the calyx naked within j heads few- 

 flowered, at length producing thick stellated fibres {abortive 

 calyces) from their centre which ultimately fold over the fruit. 



11. T. subterraneum (L.); heads 2 — 6-flowered erect deflexed 

 in fruit, calyx glabrous, teeth filifoinn hairy nearly equal shorter 

 than the corolla, tube inflated in fruit and at length split longi- 

 tudinally, abortive calyces numerous slender stellate with 5 points, 

 stip. ovate pointed, leaflets obcordate. — E. B. 1048. — St. pro- 

 strate and as well as the 1. hairy. Fl. white, eonsiderbly longer 

 than the calyx. The curious abortive calyces are remarkably 

 characteristic of this species. — Dry gravelly places. A. V. VI. 



