2/T2 SPACII. — CARDOFATIUM. 



b) Folia indecurrentia v. brevissime decurrentia , rachi sinubusque integerrimis v. 

 parcissime denticulatis . Bracteœ et bracteolœ indecurrentes (v. solum infimœ sub- 

 decurrentes). Beceptaculi fimbrillœ capillares, integerrimœ. 



5. Gardopatium amethystinum, Spach. 



Cymulae repetito-dichotomse , compacta?. Bractese et bracteolse 

 coriacese, colorât*. Calathidia subcylindracea v. conico-cylin- 

 dracea , subfastigiata. Anthodium vix aut ne vix squarrosum, sub- 

 radians ; squamis plerisque cartilagineis : intimis apice utrinque 

 2- v. 3-dentatis : dentibus setoso-aristulatis. Pappi paleolae pro- 

 funde fimbriataB. — Crescit in Mauritania. (Prope Algeriam :Bové! 

 Durieu! — Prope Or an : Durieu!) 



Planta 1,2-1-pedalis, glabra , v. subglabra, caule ramis ramulisque 

 simul ac folio rum (saltem superiorum) costa, bracteis, bracteolis et antho- 

 diis violaceis v. cœrulescentibus. Radix crassa. Caulis plus miausve 

 ïlexuosus, plus minusve angulatus (angulisplerumque obtusis), haud raro 

 digitum minorem crassus , secus basin plus minusve sulcatus , in parte 

 superiori plerumque esulcus, apice 2-^-furcalus, cœtero indivisus. Rami 

 angulosi (nunc obtusanguli, nunc acutanguli, nonnunquam subancipites), 

 erecto- divergentes, stricti, esulci, caule nunc breviores nunc subœqui- 

 longi, simul ac caulis estriati, laevigati, glabri, lucidi et exalati (ideoque 

 inermes), apice trifurcati, c'aetëro indivisi, inferne 1-v. 2-phylli. Ramult 

 ancipites v. trigoni (raro pluri-anguli ), glabri, v. laxe arachnoidei , 

 crassi, cymula 2- v. 3-racliataiterato-dichotoma v. trichotoma terminati, 

 castero indivisi, inferne 1- v. 2-pliylli. Folia juniora laxe lanuginosa v 

 arachnoidea, adulta glabra; segmenta nunc alterna nunc subopposita , 

 varie lobata v. dentata ; rachis subintegerrima (simul ac sinus et lobi seg- 

 mentorum). Folia radicalia ( in planta florente plerumque emarcida) 

 1/2-1-pedalia, viridia, foliis caulinis tenuiora, pinnatipartita ; segmenta 

 pleraque profunde sinuato-lobata, supra avenia v. obsolète venulosa : 

 lobis irregulariter subrotundis v. subovalibus, sinuato-lobulatis v. sinuato- 

 dentatis ; segmenta infima ad dentés 1-3-aristulatos reducta ; rachis 

 crassa, subtus convexa et subcarinata, supra concava v. planiuscula , 

 sensim in petiolum dilatata ; petiolus setoso-ciliatus f setis demum deci- 

 duis), planiusculus, striatus. Folia caulina foliis radicalibus evidentius 

 venosa, minora, sessilia , v. subsessilia ; inferiora sicut radicalia pinnati- 

 partita ; superiora profunde sinuato-lobata : lobis inferioribus palmatis 

 (aristalo-3-f>-fidis), sequenlibus triangularibus, v-, oblique aut dimidiato- 



