, breviusculis, rigidis, potius tenuibus, glabra, floceu-
losa, vel tomentosa prssertim subtus , numerosa , ap-
proximata, ima in petiolum brevem decurrentia, reli-
qua sessilia, exquisite cordato-amplexicaulia , auricu-
lis spinosis. Cephala mediocria, solitaria in apice cau-
lis,ramorum , et ramulornm , involucrata bracteis folia-
ceis, non valde numerosis, radio calathi paulo longio-
ribus , aut snbaqualibus, patentibus , reliqua folia re-
ferentibus. Calathus arachnoideo-floccosus, squamis ter-
minatis spina brevi , saepe pinnata, in reliquo margine
inermibus, suprernis elongatis in ligulam radiantem,
lanceolato-linearem, acutarn, luteo-auream , subinde dor-
so purpureo-rnbentem , scariosam , nitidam. Corollula
luteo-aureae. Achenium fulve villosum , pappo dimidio,
aut triplo brevius. Fimbrilla receptaculi acuminata ,
longiores superne clavulat®.
9. C a e l ina racemosa: lana ta ; cau le dichotomo, simpli-
c ive j foliis lanc eo la tis , dentato-spinosis j cephalis sub-
sessilibus , p a rv is , terminalibus su bg em inatis, alaribus
solitariis.
G. racemosa S p .p l.p . 1061. De Cand. Prodr. 6. p. 547.
n. 10. ex cl. syn. Viv. Ait. Kew. 0. 4 .p. 489. Coll. Herb.
Ped. 3.- p. a3o. n..6. Moris. Sard. 2. p. 435.*
C. sulphurea Desf. Atl. 2. p. z 5i . tab. 224. Boiss. Voy.
en Esp. 2. p. 340.
Atractylis integro etcinereo folio,fl. citrino Barrel.Ic.5q3.
Carlina silvestris minor Clus. Hisp. p. 452. fig.
C. silves. minor Hispan. Clus. Hist. pi. lib. 5. p. CLVIJ.
fig. ead.
Ital. Carlina zolfina.
Ann. Habui ex udis Sardinia ab Eq. Prof. Mobisio. Floret
Septembri, Octobri.
Radix fusiformis , crassiuscula , longa, inferne ramoso-
-fibrillosa. Caulis teres, striatus, erectus, dichotomus,
vel simplex, a semipede ad pedem longus, interdum
jam ab imo ramosus. Folia lanceolata , ima tenuiora,
superiora cartilaginea , rigida , conduplicata , patenti-
-recnrva , omnia remote dentata, dentibus spina lon-
giuscula, flava terminatis, et. inter dentes ciliato spinulosa.
Cephala parva , brevissime pedicellata, aut sub-
sessilia , terminalia cauli, ramisque valde approximata,
plerumque geminata, quorum singula folio suo axilla-
r ia , raro tria racemata, in caule dicothomo etiam
alaria , solitaria. Bracte® involucrantes radio calathi longiores
, patenti-recurv®, reliquis foliis similes. Calathus
turhinato-campaniformis , squamis externis tomentosis ,
terminatis spina longiuscula, flava, in superioribus plerumque
atro-purpurea, suprernis elongatis in ligulam
scariosam, lanceolato-linearem, acuminatam, saturate
luteo-citrinam, nitidam, glabram. Corollulse lute*. Achenium
tectum pilis fulvidulis, pappo brevius. Fimbril-
lse receptaculi acuminats, longiores clavulat*, flave-
scentes. Tota planta albo-lanata.
ATRACTYLIS.
Linn. Gen. p. 4 1 1 • Juss. Gen. p. 1 7 2 . Vent. Tabl. 2.
p. 4 9 4 . p a r t im a p u d om n e s .
C i r c e l i u m Lamch. tab. 6 6 2 . fig. 2. t a n t u m .
C h am a e l e o n Cass. Diet, des scienc. nat. tom. 5o . p. 5g .
n o n D e C a n d .
A c a rn s e s p e c i e s Willd. Sp.pi. 3. part. 3. p. 1 6 9 9 .
C a r l i n a s e c t . 3. De Cand. Prodr. 6.p. 5 4 7 . Lessing.
Syn. p . 12. Endl. Gen. p. 4 69 - n. 2 8 5 9 . sect. c.
C r o c o d i l o i d e s sp . 1 . Vaill. in Hist, de V Acad, des
scienc. Mém. ann. 1 7 1 8 . imp. 1 7 4 1 . 7 7 . 1 6 a .
C e p h a l u m g r a n d e , m u l t i f l o r u m , a q u a l i f l o r u m , i n -
v o l u c r a t u m b r a c t e i s f o l i a c e i s , d e n t a t o - s p in o s i s .
C a l a t h u s h em i s p h a r i c u s , s q u am i s im b r i c a t i s , l a n -
c e o l a t o - l i n e a r i b u s , e x t e r n i s s p in a t e rm in a t i s , s u -
p r em i s m u t i c i s , n o n r a d i a n t i b u s . F l o s c u l i l im b o
q u i n q u e p a r t i t o . S t am i n u m f i l am e n t a g l a b r a , a n -
t h e r a t e rm i n a t a s q u am i s t r u n c a t i s , b a s i a p p e n -
d i c u l a t a e a u d i s p lum o s i s . A c h e n i u m b r e v e , o b -
o v a t u m , c o tn p r e s s um , a d p r e s s e v i l l o s u m , v i l l i s
s u p e r i o r i b u s l o n g i o r i b u s , p a p p u m c a l y c u l a n t i *
b u s . P a p p u s s e s s i l is , lo n g i s s im u s , p lu r n o s u s , s e -
t i s b a s i c o n n a t i s . R e c e p t a c u l u m c a r n o s u m , p a l e i s
s im p l i c i b u s , in t e g r i s , v e l c o n n a t i s , e t a p i c e s c i s s i s .
Habitus. P l a n t a p e r e n n e s , a c a u l e s , v e l s u b a c a u l e s .
F o l i a p in n a t i f id a , l a c in i i s v a l i d e sp in o s i s . C e p h a l
a s o l i t a r i a . C o r o l l u l a p u r p u r e a ,
Obs. A d h o c g e n u s r e f e r o t am Atractylem gummi-
feram L . , q u a m Atractylem macrocephalam D e s f . ,
ne e a l ia s .
Ord. nat. U t in Arctio F l . I t a l . t om . 8. p . 5 9 7 .