458 PENTAND. DIGITS'. 538; Exoacjtntha. 539. Echin'^P 
junceum. Stem ereft, panicied: leaves linear: involucres 3 
as long as the umbel ; invohiccls 5-leaved 
im*'" 
South of Europe. Sism with alternate creft branch^® ■ -jj, 
llovv)*' 
Hat, 
grafl'y, 2-rowed; umbel .y-x^sed. : farets 5 or 6, yc- 
nudum. Stem branched, Icaflefs: root-leaves decompound) 
involucres and involucels lance-oblong. 
The Cape. Alton Ke^ic. l. /, 331. IVilld. l. p. I 
B. Sbrubhy. 
arhorsscem. Slirubby : leaves oblong, very entire, petioled. 
Tlie C.ipe, ‘Thunb. prodr. 50. Tf'illd. l. p. 1377. 
Leaures rather acute at the tip, With a point. 
frutkosum. Shrubby; leaves lance-obovate, very entire, feffi!‘‘' 
South of France. Levant. Mill. fig. t, 74. 
Leakes obtufe at the dp, with a point. 
coriaceum. Shrubby : leaves lanceolate, tapering both waVS) 
tire, feilile. r, 35’’: 
Spain. UlJerit.fiirp. noui. 1. r. 67. Jacq. ic. rar, t. gjjaVS‘'‘ 
Leau/cs oblique: branched ; general in’volud't ^ ^ 
fruikescens. Shrubby: leaves linear : involucre general and 
Spain. Cauian. k. 2. t, ic6. Barr, rar, 623. t. 
d M* 
fi'finosum. Shrubby : older branches of the panicle naked a*’ 
cent: leaves linear. 
Spain. Gouan. illiAir. p. 8. t. 2. f. 3. 
veC 
Lcrr'ivr acute : umbeh i-eXtif. umbellels iy~iz\sh. 
dijorme. Shrubby : fpring-leaves decompound, flat : 
fummer filiform, angular, trifid. 
The Cape. Burm.afr. 193. t. yi./l 1 • 
Umbels fome fimple, others compound. 
thofe 
of 
^38. EXOACANTHA. Involucre 
lucels halved, with unequal rays; all 
hermaphrodite, with equal heart-fhape^ 
Jeedi 2, ovate, llriate on one fide, fiat on ^ 
heferophyila ExOACANTHA. |,, 
Syria. Billard. k. Sqr. p. 10. tab. 2 . jg, tC*’* 
ftriate, glabrous: /fawr pinnatej root-leafets 
cdjcut; fteni-leafets lanceolate, acute ; /Wr vvun 
* tO 
539. ECHINOPHORA. Involticel 
leafed, 6-cleft: flowzrs of the margin 
dicelled ; the central one female : ^ 
in the involucel. 
