TIUIOLIUM. 
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lateral solitary, calyx lO-nervcd hairy: leeth subulate tiiuuiual 
straight mucronate about as long as the cor., tube veiitricose ia 
fruit, sti]). ovate cuspidate, leaflets ohcordate or obovate ; veins 
equal and straight at the inargius. — E. B. 184.‘1. St. If!, (i. 7- — 
St. j)rocumhent, 4 — 10 in. long and as well as the 1. silky. l'"l. 
small. Seeds oval, brownish yellow, radicle not |)rominent. 
Throat of the calyx thickened within. — /3. erectum (Leight.); st. 
erect, heads elongated subconical, cor. longer than the calyx. 
Seeds (?). — Dry and sandy places. A. VI. VII. 
8. T. scabrum (L.) ; heads ovate sessile terminal and lateral 
solitary, cal. 10-nerved hairy : teeth lanceolate mucronate about 
as long as the cor. loith 1 strong prominent nerve at length patent, 
tube cylinclrical in fruit, stip. ovate cuspidate, leaflets obovate : 
veins thickened and curved at the margins. — E. B. 903. — St. 
procumbent, spreading. FI. small. Cal. of the fruit very rigid. 
Seeds ohlong, reddish yellow, radicle not prominent. Throat of 
the cal. thickened within. — Dry sandy places. A. V. — VII. 
9. T. Bocconi (Savi) ; heads oblong-ovate sessile terminal usu- 
ally 2 together, cal. 10-nervod 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-obovate : veins equal and straight at the margins, seeds 
with the radicle slightly prominent. — E.B. S. 2868. — St. 2 — 6 in. 
high, erect. FI. small, pale yellow. Seeds oval, brownish yellow. 
Throat of the calyx hairy within. Heads dense, somewhat conical. 
— In (h’y ])laces, very rare. Cadgewith, Cornwall. A. VII. E. 
10. T. maritimum (Huds.); heads ovate-globose stalked termi- 
nal, cal. strongly nerved : teeth ciliated at first subulate erect 
shorter than the cor. afterwards broad leafy acute spreading 
\-nerved the lower one longest and ‘d-nerved, tube haiiy above 
obconical in fruit, stip. broadly subulate very long, leafl. oblong- 
obovate. — E.B. 220. — St. spreading, usually procumbent. FI. pale 
red, small. Throat of the cal. with an elevated thickened ring, hairy 
on its upper side, within. — Muddy salt marshes. A. VI. VII. 
** FI. sessile j throat of the calyx naked within ; heads few- 
fiowered, at length producing thick stellated fibres {abortive 
calyces) from their centre which ultimately fold over the fruit. 
11. T. subterraneum (L.); heads 2 — 5-flowered erect deflexed 
in fruit, calyx glabrous : teeth filiform hairy nearly equal shorter 
than the corolla, tube iuflated in fruit and at length split longi- 
tudinally, abortive calyces numerous slender stellate with 5 points, 
stip. ovate pointed, leaflets ohcordate. — E. B. 1048. — St. pro- 
strate and as well as the 1. hairy. FI. white, considerably longer 
than the calyx. The curious abortive calyces are remarkably 
chaiacteristic of this species. — Dry gravelly places. A. V. VI. 
