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RELHANIA pungens. 
Prickly Relhania. 
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SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA4A. 
Nat. ord. Composirm. Adanson fam. 2. 103. 
CoRYMBIFERR. Jussieu gen. 177. Div. V. Receptaculum 
paleaceum. Semen nudum seu non papposum. Flores plerimque radiati, 
rard flosculosi. Pappus nunc brevis. ; 
RELHANIA. (Pappo phyllode aut paleaceo. Thalamo paleaceo.) 
Cal. ovato-oblongus, imbricatus squamis cartilagineis appressis, apice ap- 
pendiculatis scariosis. Flosculi disci androgyni; radit feeminei, ligulis 
ovato-lanceolatis integerrimis: utrique fertiles. Pappus foliolis quinis aut 
paucioribus, brevibus. Gertn. sem. 2. 440 (sub EcLoPE). Genus ATHA- 
NASIE affine, ut nihil sit aliud quim ATHANASIA radio larvata. Gaertn. 
Div. Floribus solitariis. ‘ 
R. pungens, foliis linearibus subpungentibus subtis striatis, floribus sessili- — 
bus. L’Hérit. sert. angl. 24. ; 
Relhania pungens. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 2138. , 
Fruticulus pedalis et ultra, debilis, ramosus, ramis duris, undique 
foliosis, superné tomentoso-cinereis. Folia acerosa, rigida, sessilia, adscen- 
dentia, laxiis sparsa, lineari-subulata, % uncie v. circa longa, integerrima, 
dorso convexa striata subtomentosa strigilosa virentia, intus concava tomento 
denso candicantia, ab apiculo fusco aciculari subpungentia. Flores concolores, 
aurei, terminales, sessiles, solitarii, foliis partim obvallati, unciam diametro 
excedentes. Cal. oblongus, turbinatus (deorsiim attenuatus ) melino-subfusces- 
cens, corolle discum plurimiim exsuperans, infra arcté imbricatus et areolis 
tomentoso-albis varius, supra radiato-patens glaberrimus: foliola inequalis- 
sima, intima spathulato-ligulata cum lamina lanceolaté sublatiore ungue. 
Corollw radius plurimus: flose. feminei, subcontigui, lamina obverse ligulata 
edentuld, biplicato-striatd, subtis secundim medium longitudinis rubente, 
vesperé connivente flore convoluto-complicandd mane reseranda, tubo pariim 
breviore, compresso, recurvo, subpiloso : germ. oblongum, triquetro-compressum, 
sericeo-tomentosum; pappus brevissimus paleaceus villosus laciniato-jissilis 
acuminatus equalis: stig. 2, glabra, filiformia, subexserta, flava: discus pla- 
niusculus, flavus, tubis radit paulo altior ; flosc. hermaphr. glabri, subpellu- 
centes, exteriores peripheriam versis recurvati ; tubo terett ; fauce subampliore, 
oblonga, cylindricd, marginato-5-gond ; limbi lactniis brevibus ovato-acumi- 
natis: anthere lave, tilamentis elasticis: germ. oblongum, cultrato-com- 
pressum ab acie interiore villosa; pappus radit similis nist quod sepé infloscu- 
lis centralioribus lacinularum una interior in setam longiorem producatur : 
stig. 2 furcato-recurva, linearia, glabra, flava. Recept. planiusculum 
angustum: pale lanceolato-cuspidate, . flosculis disci partum breviores, 
scariose, naviculares, singule flosculum singulum complectentes, carind 
denticulato-pubescente. 
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Till now only known by the above short phrase in 
“ Sertum Anglicanum,” where it has been entered by L’Hé- 
