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CULLUMIA ciliaris. 
Ciliated Cullumia. 
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SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA TFRUSTRANEA. 
Nat. ord. ConyMBIFERE. — Jussieu gen. 177. Div. II. Recept. nudum. 
Sem. papposum. Flores radiati. 
CULLUMIA. Recept. favosum. Semina glabra.  Pappus nullus. 
Cal. monophyllus: foliolis imbricatis tectus. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 
137. 
C. ciliaris, foliis ovatis glabris imbricatis bifaridm ciliato-spinosis: spina ter- 
minali reflexa. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5.137. ; 
Berckheya ciliaris. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 2273. 
Rohria ciliaris. Thunb. prod. 140. Act. soc. nat. scrut. hafn. 3. 99. 
Gorteria ciliaris. Lin. sp. pl. ed. 2. 2. 1284. 
Carlina foliis imbricatis oblongis reticulatis et in aculeum aduncum desinen- 
tibus. Burm. afr. 151.t, 54. fig. 1. 
Aculeosa xthiopica, atractylidis facie. Pluk. amalth. 51. t. 354. fig. 3. 
Frutex: rami loricato-foliost, superné paniculatim divisi, prope florem cum 
calyce arachnoideo-pubescentes, lactescentes. Fol. sparsa, a dimidio superiore 
squarroso-patentia, a disco ad medium usque adnata, ovato-lanceolata, gla- 
bra, convexa, margine depressa cartilaginea, spinis alterno-bifariam biseriatis 
ciliata, spina terminal longiori reflexa. Vlores ramulorum terminales, solitarii, 
lutei, diametro biunciali v. majori. Cal. folioso-tectus, limbo membranaceo 
multifido, segmentis ovato-lanceolatis planis villoso-ciliatis spina erectd pra- 
fizis. Discus floris calyct equalis, radio recurvo-patente subius obsoleté pur- 
purascente 2-3-plo brevior. lose. disci hermaphroditi, limbo ultra medium 
5-fido erecto acuto glabro, tubo duplo breviore villosiusculo: stig. 2 revoluta, 
flava: germ. oblongum glabrum alveolo PESTS immersum. — Flosc. radii 
neutri, plurimi, unciales v. ultra, sublanceolato-ligulati, sulcato-striati, 4- 
dentati. Trecept. planum, ex paleis ciliatis coadunatis favosum. 
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Curitumia was detached from Berckusya by Mr. Brown > 
in the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis. It has smooth 
seed and no pappus, while in Bercxueya the seed is villous, — 
and endowed with a pappus which is either chaffy or else 
partly chaffy and partly bristly. Both genera have an 
alveolate or honeycombed receptacle, and thus differ from 
Gorrerta and Gazanta where the seeds are not lodged in 
distinct cavities formed by the chaffy bractes that beset the 
surface of the receptacle. 
The very curious manner in which the foliage is disposed 
in this species for the protection of the branches and its 
armature consisting of a double edging of fine spines that 
point alternately upwards and downwards, seem to have im- 
