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versely muriculato-granulate or rugose. — Linn. Sp. 1116 (excl. 
varr. y, 8) ; Lam. Diet. iii. 398 (excl. var. (3) ; l)esf. ii. 224 ; 
Brot. i. 316 (excl. var. 2) j Pers. ii. 363 (excl. var. /3) ; Buch 
194. no. 217 ; EB. t. 843 ; Sm. E. FI. iii. 343 ( excl. varr. y, 8) ; 
Spr. iii. 648 ; Kocli 497 ; Coss. et Germ. ii. 436 ; J. A. Selim. 
FI. Verd. 203 ; Bab. 195 ; Gren. et Godr. ii. 324 ; RFG. xix. 
28, t. 59. f. i. ; Willk. et Lange ii. 242. S. kevis Till. Dauph. 
iii. 158 ; WB. ii. 447. S. ciliatus DC. vii. 185. — Herb. ami. 
Mad. and PS. reg. 1, 2, 3, ccc ; ND, GD, SD, c. In vineyards, 
gardens, cornfields, beds of ravines, by roadsides, &c. every- 
where a universal weed. At all seasons. Varr. : — 
ct. triangularis Wallr. ; 1. runcinato-pinnatipartite, terminal 
lobe large triangular. — RFG. 1. c. f. i. ; Willk. et Lange 1. c. ; 
a. runcinatus Coss. et Germ. L c. ; (3. nmcinatus Koch 1. c. S. 
l<svis B, Yill. 1. c. — The usual form. 
(3. lacerus Walk*. ; 1. pinnatifid or pinnatipartite, lobes sub- 
equal cuspidate-toothed or spinulose. — RFG. 1. c. ; Willk. et 
Lange 1. c. ; Coss. et Germ. 1. c. ; y Koch 1. c. — Less frequent 
than a in Mad. ; in ND. low, branched, bushy leafy prickly. 
y. laciniatus Lowe ; 1. laciniatelv pectinato-lyrate finely di- 
vided, the segm. narrow elongate linear or linear-lanceolate. — 
ND. near the ruined house. About a foot high, much branched 
bushy leafy, altogether smooth. Foliage much like that of 
Tolpis succulenta (Ait.) a, dark smoky gr. ; auricles acute. 
Heads numerous in ample forked cymes, not umbellate, very 
prominently and abruptly ventricose and fleshy at the base. 
Ach. and pappus quite normal. A very distinct well-marked 
form. 
8. integrifolius Wallr. ; 1. more or less undivided oblong or 
sinuato-panduriform toothed. — y RFG. 1. c. ; Willk. et Lange 
1. c. ; a Koch 1. c. S. Iccvis A, Yill. 1. c. — Occasionally in 
Mad. 
The peculiar seeds at once distinguish from the following 
sp. every form of this most variable pi. 
f2. S. A 8 PER Yill. 
St. thick succulent branched ; 1. firm harsh stiff crispate 
copiously shandy and ciliatelv spinous-toothed and harshly 
anned or prickly, shining lucid mostly bright light or full gr. 
above, glaucescent beneath, shallowly sinuato-pinnatifid or run-* 
cinate (not lyrate) or undivided, auricles of the st.-l. rounded 
subdecurrent erectly stem-clasping or spirally up-curved and 
subperfoliate ; heads subumbellate, ped. and inv. mostly naked 
smooth ; ach. winged or marginate strongly and distinctly 3- 
ribbed on each flat face, sometimes denticulate or muncate 
