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—E. B. 1843. 5^!!. 16. 6, 7.— St. procumbent, 4—10 in. lon^ 

 and as -well as the 1. silky. Stip. -with reddish veins. Fl. small. 

 Seeds oval, brownish yellow ; radicle not prominent. — ^. erec- 

 tum (Leight.) ; at. erect, heads long subcorneal lateral shortly 

 staUied, cor. longer than calyx. — Dry and sandy places. A. Vl. 

 VII. E. S. I. 



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

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

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

 tiihe 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. E. S. 1. 



9. T. Boccdni (Savi) ; heads oWong-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 subu- 

 late point, leaflets oblong obovate or roundish obovate in the lower 

 leaves, veins equal and straight at the margins, seeds with the 

 radicle slightly prominent.— X 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. marit'imum (Huds.) ; heads ovate-globose stalked termi- 

 nal, cal. strongly veined, teeth ciliate at first subidate erect fall- 

 ing short of the cor. afterwards broad leaflike acute spreading 1- 

 veined the lower one longest and S-veined, tube hauy above ob- 

 conical 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; throat of the calyx naked within; heads feio- 

 flowered, at length producing thick stellate fibres (abortive 

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



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

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

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

 longitudinally, abortive calyces many slender with 5 points, stip. 

 ovate pointed, leaflets obcordate. — E. B. 1048. — St. prostrate 

 and as well as the 1. hairy. Fl. white, considerably longer than 

 the calyx. The abortive calyces are remarkably characteristic 

 of this species. — ^Dry gravelly places. A. V. VI. E. I. 



