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CARTHAMUS tinctorius. 
Safflower, or Bastard-Saffron. 
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA EQUALIS. 
Nat. ord. CinarocePHaLe. Jussieu gen. 171. 
Div. I. Cinerocephale vera. Squame calycis spinose. 
CARTHAMUS. Flores hermaphroditi. Cad. multiplici serie 
polyphyllus, imbricatus, squamis interioribus simplicibus acuminatis aut 
Spiniosis, exterioribus basi arctis, apice foliaceo divaricatis, et margine 
dentato- aut sinuato- spinosis. Recept. tectum pilis. Herbe spinose aut 
mites, quedam calyce subinermi minis congeneres. _ Semen C. tinctorii 
nudum pappo mox deciduo. Flosculi radiales ex Hallero neutri aut 
abortientes in C. lanato et C. cretico inde ad Caucitrapam depellendis 
et Caucitrar benedicte affinioribus. Juss. gen. 172. 
C. tinctorius, caule glaberrimo, foliis ovatis integris spinoso-dentatis, 
seminibus nudis. Wild. sp. pl. 3. 1706. 
Carthamus tinctorius. Lin. sp. pl. 2.1162. Hasselg. it. 483. Mill, 
dict. ed. 8.n. 1. Beckmann in Nov. comm. goett. IV.94. Regn. 
bot. Gaertn. sem. 2. 375. t. 161. fig. 2.  Allioni pedem. n. 562. 
Zorn ic. 140. Hort. Kew. 3. 150. ed. 2. 4.491. Lam. et Decund. 
Sl. frang. 472. Lam. illustr. t. O61. f.3. j , : 
Chicus sativus S. Carthamus officinarum. Rumph. amboin. 5. 215. t. 
79. . 
Cnicus vulgaris. Clus. hist. 2. 152. 
Herba annua nunc 3-pedalis. Caulis erectus, teres, strictus, solidus, 
glaber, 2 viridi albidus 5 superne Sastigiato-ramosus. Folia sparsa, caulina, 
patentia, semiamplexicaulia, ovalia, acuminata, venosa, nuda, spinuloso- 
dentata ; radicalia oblonga, inferné angustata. Flores capitati, ramulorum 
in pedunculos Jfistuloso-clavatos abeuntium terminales, crocum redolentes. 
Squame calycinee numerose capitato-compacte, interiores arct? conniventes 
lineari-lanceolate nervoso-striate villo minuto tecte simplices, mediex 
squarrose semifoliacee, exteriores patentissime omnind ahs Flosculi 
ultra unciam longi, plurimuim superantes calycem, omnes androgyni, glabri, 
graciles; tubus striatus superné coccineus, 3-plo longior limbo; limbus 5- 
partitus, connivens, flavus aurantiaco notatus, laciniis ovali-lanceolatis mar- 
gine involutis, erectis. Anth. inclusa, flava, obtusata. Stig. flavum, exser- 
tum, simplex, lineare, secundiim marginem canaliculato-dehiscens, quasi con- 
fectum ex 2% laminulis ad oppositos discos conferruminatis et peripheriam 
wersis solutis. Germ. glaberrimum, calvum, compresso-anceps. Sem. tur- 
binatum, nitidum, niveum; testa nucumentaced; umbilico supra basin 
posito. 
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A native of Egypt, recorded as growing in the gardens 
of this country as far back as 1551. The flowers con- 
stitute a dyer’s drug, which forms a considerable article of 
