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teeth suhttlatc uneqxial straight niucronate about equalling the 
cor., tube ventricose in fruit, stip. ovate cuspidate, leaflets obcor- 
date or obovate, veins equal and straight at the margins. — E. B. 
1843. St. 10. G. 7. — St. procumbent, 4 — 10 in. long and as well 
as the 1. silky. Stip. -with reddish veins, Fl. small. Seeds oval, 
brownish yellow ; radicle not prominent. — /3. erectum (Leight.) ; 
St. erect, heads long subconical lateral shortly stalked, 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 niucronate about 
equalling the cor. with 1 strong prmnimnt vein at length patent, 
tube cylindrical in fruit, stip. o^ ate cuspidate, leaflets obovate, 
veins thickened and cua'\'ed at the margins, — E. B. 903. — St. 
procumbent, spreading. Fl. small. Cal. of the fruit veiy rigid. 
Seeds oblong, reddish yellow; radicle not prominent. — Drv sandy 
places. A. \.—VL\. £. S. I. 
9. T. BoectSni (Savi) ; heads oblong-omte sessile terminal usu- 
ally 2 together, cal. lO-veined hairj', teeth lanceolate-subulate 
mucronate about as long a.s the cor. with 1 strong prominent 
vein erect, tube cylindrical in fruit, stip. oblong with a long 
subulate jmint, leaflets oblong-obovate roundish obovate in 
the lower leaves, veins equal and straight at the margins, seeds 
with the radicle slightly prominent.— 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 Jirst subulate erect fall- 
ing short of the cor. afterwards broad leqflihe acute spreading 
\-veincd the lotcer one longest and ii-veined, tube hairy above 
obcouical in fi'uit, stip. broadlg .iubulaf every long, leaflets ohlons- 
obovate. — E. B. 220. — St spreading, usually procumbent. ¥1. 
pale red, small. — Muddy salt marshes. A. Vl. VII. E. I. 
** Fl. ses.sile ; throat of the, calyx naked within; heads feio- 
Jloicered, at length producing thick stellate fibres {abortivo 
calyces) from Oteir ce^re which idtimately fold over the fruit. 
11. T. subterrdneum (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 7nany slender with 5 points, slip, ovate 
pointed, leaflets obconlate. — E. B. 1048. — St. prostrate and as 
well as the 1. haiiy. Fl. white, considerably longer than the 
calyx. The. abortive calyces are remarlcably characteristic of 
this species. — Dry gravelly places. A. V. VI, . .. . E. 
