SIVKII. CAR DOPAI II SI. !>37 



inulaiu plus minusyç contractam v. rarius elongatam disposita; 



alia al aria, ebractcolata , nunc 1-bractcata nunc et ebracteata , 

 alia aut solitarie v. geminatim terminalia, aut in spiculassecun- 

 das digesta, 1-bracteata, 2- v. 3-bracteolata. Bractile et brac- 

 teolje coriacese v. cartilagineae , decurrentes v. indecurrentes , 

 aristato-pectinata? v. aristato-dentatœ , aristato-acuminata? ; aris- 

 tis pungentibus. Bracteœ unilatérales ( respectu cymula3 centro 

 posticse), bracteolis majores , calathidia plus minusvc superantes ; 

 infimae foliis ramularibus similes. Bracteol.e opposita? (subver- 

 ticillata) dum ternse ), latérales, subadpressae , calathidiis sub- 

 sequilongae. 



Genus inflorescentia dichotomo- v. trichotomo-cymulosa brac- 

 teosa , necnon antherarum caudis retrorsum hirtis pappoque 

 membranaceo insigne , attamen , uti jam rectissime optimus mo- 

 nuit Cassinius, Atractyli proximum, omnino contra Naturam a 

 Carlinearum grege phytographi recentiores divulserunt. 



SUBGENUS I. — MONOSTEMM A , Spach. 



Pappus simplex (intérims nullus), paleaccus, corollœ tubum 

 œquans, ovario longior. — Caulis apice 2- i-furcatus, ramos 

 nullos axillares agens. 



Sectio I. 

 Pappi paleolai ( pleraeque saltem) ab ima basi distincte. 



a) Folia omnia (caulina brevius, ramealia et ramularia long i us) decurrentia ; rachi 

 sinubus segmentisque crebre setoso- v. aristulalo-dcnticulatis . Bracteœ decur- 

 rentes. Bracteolœ decurrentes v. indecurrentes. Beceptaculi fimbrillœ sctacea- i\ 

 hntceolato-subulatœ, denticulatœ v. fimbriolalœ. 



1. Cakdopaîium orientale, Spach. 



Carthamus ACULEATUS CARLINJE FOLIO, FLORE UULTIPTJC! VELIJTI UM- 



bellato, ïourn., Cor. p. 33. (Fide Herbar, Vàïll'antl — Planta 

 deest in Ilerbario Tourncfortiano.) 

 Ex parte Cakthamus corymbosls et EtHifcoPS corymbosos, Linn. 



