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LIMBA'RDA.* *. 
Linnean Class Sj- Order. Syngene'sia f, Polyga'mia, Supe'r- 
flua X- 
Natural Order. CoMPo'siTJEg, tribe, Corymei'fer-e ||. Juss. — 
— Lindl. Syn. pp. 140 & 142. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. pp. 197 
and 199. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 142. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th edit.) 
p. 410. — Compo'sit.e ; subord. Cardua'ce.® ; Loud. Hort. Brit, 
pp. 520 & 521. — Synanthf/re.® ; tribe, Corymbiferje, Rich, 
by Macgilliv. pp. 454 & 455. — Corymbifer^e, sect. 2. Juss. Gen. 
PI. pp. 177 & 180.— Sm. Gram, of Bot. pp. 121 and 123 .— Sy- 
ringales; subord. Asterosa?; sect. Asterin.e; subsect. As- 
terian/e; type, Astkraceas, Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 900, 901, 
920, 924, & 926. — Compo'sit.e, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Involucrum f common calyx) (fig. 1.) imbricated; 
scales narrow, simple, without any appendage. Corolla compound* 
radiant ; florets of the disk (fig. 4.) numerous, perfect, tubular* 
with 5 equal segments ; florets of the ray (fig. 2.) strap-shaped* 
3-toothed, yellow. Filaments (see fig. 5.) 5, in the florets of the 
disk only, thread-shaped. Anthers united into a cylindrical tube, 
with bristles at their base (see figs. 5 & 6). Germen (see fig. 4.) 
in all the florets fertile, oblong. Style (see figs. 2 to 5.) thread- 
shaped, cloven. Stigmas spreading, oblong, rather blunt. Seed- 
vessel none, but the unaltered involucrum. Seed linear, quadrangu- 
lar. Pappus (see figs. 2 to 5, & fig. 8.) simple, rough. Receptacle 
(see figs. 7 & 9.) naked. 
The imbricated involucrum of many narrow, simple scales ; the 
anthers with 2 bristles at their base; the naked receptacle; and 
simple, rough pappus ; will distinguish this from other genera, with 
radiant flowers, in the same class and order. 
The narrow simple scales of the involucrum will distinguish it 
from I'nula, t. 265. ; and the simple pappus from Pulicaria, 1. 170. 
One species British. 
LIMBA'RDA TRICU'SPIS. Three-pointed Limbarda. Golden 
Samphire. Samphire-leaved Flea-bane. 
Spec. Char. Leaves strap-shaped, fleshy, generally 3-toothed 
at the extremity. 
Limba'rda TRicu'.sris, Cassini. — Lindl. Syn. p 143. — Limbarda crithmoldes. 
Hook. Brit. FI. p. 363. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 143. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 275. — I'nula 
crithmoldes , Engl. Bot. t. 68. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1240. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd cd. ) 
p. 369. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 893. ; Engl. FI. v.iii. p. 442. — With. (7th ed.) v. iii. 
p. 946. — Ilook. Brit. FI. 4th ed. p. 306 ; 5th ed. p. 197. — Macr. Man Brit. Bot. p. 
124. — Davies* W T elsh Bot. p. 79. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 245. — Bab. Prim. FI. Sam. 
p. 50 . — Tuula crithmifolia, Linn. Syst. Veg. 13th ed. p. 638 ; 15th ed. p. 809. — 
Willd. Sp. PI. v. iii. pt. Hi. p. 2101. — With. (2nd edit.) v. ii. p. 924. — Lightf. FI, 
Fig. 1. Involucrum. — Fig. 2. A Floret of the Ray of the Corolla. — Fig. 3. Down 
and Pistil of ditto. — Fig. 4. A Floret of \he Disk. — Fig. 5. Stamens and Pistil of 
ditto. — Fig. 6. A single Stamen.— Fig. 7. A vertical section of a Flower, showing 
the situation of the Florets on the Receptacle. — Fig. 8. A single Ray of the Pap- 
pus. — Fig. 9. A small portion of the Receptacle. — Figs. 4* 5, 6, & 8, magnified . 
* Named from Limbarde, as the plant is called in some parts of Franee. Hooker. 
+ See fol. 91, n. •J-, J See fol, 36, n. t, \ See fol. 27, a • |) See fol. 36, a. 
