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erect, heads elongated subconical, cor. longer than the calyx. 
The seeds of this var. require to be examined. — Dry and sandy 
places. A. VI. VII. 
8. T. scabrnm (L.) ; heads ovate sessile terminal and lateral 
solitary, cal. 10-nerved hairy : teeth lanceolate mucronate about 
as long as the cor. with 1 strong prominent nerve 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 yellow, radicle not prominent. Throat of 
the cal. thickened within. — Dry sandy places. A. V. — VII. 
"f"D. T. Bocconi (Savi) ; heads oblong-ovate sessile terminal usu- 
ally 2 together, cal. 10-nerved hairy : teeth lanceolate-subulate 
mucronate about as long as the cor. with 1 strong prominent 
nerve erect : tube cylindrical in fruit, stip. oblong with a long 
subulate point, leaflets oblong-obovate in the lower leaves 
roundish-obovatc : veins equal and straight at the margins, 
seeds with the radicle slightly prominent. — St. 2 — 6 in. high, 
erect. Fl. small, pale yellow. Seeds oval, brownish yellow. 
Throat of the calyx hairy within. Heads dense, somewhat conical. 
- — In dry places, very rare. Cagewith, Cornwall. A. VII. E. 
10. T. maritimum (Huds.) ; heads ovate-globose stalked termi- 
nal, calyx strongly nerved : teeth ciliated at first subulate erect 
shorter than the corolla afterwards broad leafy acute spreading 
1-nerved the lower one longest and 3-nerved, tube hairy above 
cylindrical in fruit, stip. broadly subulate very long, leaflets oblong- 
obovate. — E. B. 220. — St. spreading, usually procumbent. Fl. 
pale red, small. Throat of the calyx with an elevated thickened 
ring, hairy on its upper side, within. — Muddy salt marshes. A. 
VI. VII. 
** Fl. sessile ; throat of the calyx naked within; heads few - 
flowered, at length producing thick stellated fibres {abortive 
calyces) from their centre which ultimately fold over the fruit. 
11. T. subterraneinn (L.) ; heads 2 — 5-flowered erect deflexed 
in fruit, calyx glabrous : teeth filiform 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, considerably longer 
than the calyx. The curious abortive calyces are remarkably 
characteristic of this species. — Dry gravelly places. A. V. VI. 
*** Fl. sessile or stalked; throat of the calyx naked within, not 
inflated, pods 2 — 4 — 8 -seeded. 
12. T. glomeratum (L.) ; heads globose sessile terminal and 
axillary, calyx sessile 10-nerved : teeth ovate very acute veiny 
