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CENTAUREA suaveolens.
Yellow sweet Sultan, or Centaury.
Natural Order. C o m p o s i t æ . Adanson fam. 2 .1 0 3 ,
Sect. II. C A R D U A C E Æ . .
C EN TAU R E A . Receptaculum setosam. Pappus simplex.
Corollæ radii infundibuliformes, longiores, irregulares.
Sect. I. (Centaurea J mss.) FZ o rc s centrales bermaphroditi,
marginales neutri. Involucri squamæ inarmes simplices. Folia
simplicia aut pinnata.
C suaveolens, involucris inermibus glabris, squamis subrotundo-
ovatis obtusiusculis apice sphacelatis, foliis lyrato-pmnatifidis.
Willden. sp. p l. 3. p . 2279. j ^
Centaurea suaveolens. Pers. syn. 2. p . 481. Hort. Kew. ed. 2.
V. 5. p . 144.
Annual. Stem erect, much branched, from a foot
to 18 inches in height; branches angular, pubescent.
Leaves lyrately pinnatifid, when young pubescent, the
pubescence gradually wearing off; lower ones ovate
or elliptic, more or less sharply toothed ; upper ones
oblong, or lanceolate, more pointed; segments bluntish.
Peduncles terminal, 1-flowered, many angled, pubescent.
EZowm large, golden yellow. /wvoZMcre manyleaved,
imbricate; scales roundly-ovate, blunt, ana
terminated with a brown point, the upper ones sphacelate,
smooth, or slightly pubescent. Receptacle flat,
setose. Marginal florets very large, barren, tubular,
terminated with from 18 to 24 sharp pointed teeth.
Florets o f the disk fertile, tubular, and terminated in
5 loiis: pointed teeth, furnished both with stamens and
pistil. Stamens 5 ; filaments distinct; anthers con