TAB. 27g.
SON CH US CANDOLLEANUS, Nob.
SO N CH U S , Linn.
Sub gen us RHABDOTHECA (Genus)-Cass., in Diet, des Sciences Nat., vol. 48, p'. 424. (Non Rhabdotheca, D. C:, Prndr.)
— Z ollikofeb'ia (Genus),- D. Ci, Prodr., vol. 7, p. i 83.
Calathidia etiam fructijeraerecta. Calyculi squarnulce herbaceo-membranacece. (Reliqua omnino subge-
neris Prenocephalum, Schultz, Bip., nisi quod achaenia graciliora sint et pleraque teretiuscula. —
Conf supra, p. 108.)
SONCHUS CANDOLLEANUS, Nob.
Ex parte Z olliroferia chondrilloides, D. G.,. Prodr.,, vol. 7,.p. i 83. (Confer Sonchum Cassinianum, Nob.)
Ex parte Z olliroferia mucronata- et ex parte Zolliroferia arabica,. Boiss., Diagn. Plant. Orient., 7, p. 12.
Scorzonera resedæfolia , Delile ! in Herb. Mus. Par.
Verosimiliter ex parte Scorzonera resedæfolia, Linn.
Verosimiliter ex parte Leontodon mucronatus, Forsk., Descr., p. i44*
Radice perenni, repente, demura multicipite. Foliis varie disseetis. Ackceniis pappo semel plusve
brevioribus (1 1/2-2 lin. longis); exterioribus cinereis v. nigris, papilloso-velutinis; interioribus lævi-
gatis v. obsolete sparseque papillosis, pallide brunneis v. stramineis; costis estriatis v..obsolete stria-
tulis, ecarinatis. Pappo persistente, pluriseriali, innumeriseto ; setis perinæqualibus : plerisque tener-
rime capillaceis, flexilibus, intimis conspicue robustioribus et longioribus rectis, omnibus basi in
annulum concretis.
Planta perennis, glaberrima, glaucescens, erecta, 1/2-1 -pedalis (y. hebetata 2-3-pollicaris), habitu et foliis variabilis, haud
raro formis schizophyllis Picridii tin gitan i sat similis, præsertim autem cum nostro Soncho Cassiniano (tab. 280) facilius com-
rautanda. R adix perennis, repens, vetula pleio-cephala, speciminibus .obviis calami anserini crassitie v. tenuior. Caules exiles
v. subfasciculati, flexuosi v. fractiflexi, plus minusve angulati, striati, lævigati, foliati, plus minusve ramosi (macriores
simpliciter bifurcati, hebetati simplices, vegetiores nunc in parle inferiori alterne ramosi, apice dichotomo-paniculati,
nunc ab ima fere basi dichotomi), firmi, fared, crassitie calami anserini v. tenuiores. R ami caule tenuiores et remodus
foliati (interdum fere aphylli), divaricad v. angulo plus minusve aperto divergentes, interdum suberecri, dichotomi v.
simplices, omnes florigeni. F olia carnulosa, costato-uninervia, subavenia, polymorpha, varie laciniata et dentata v.
dendculata (dentibus nunc crebrioribus nunc parcioribus simulac segmentis in mucronem conicum v. subulatum rectum
v. uncinulatum albidum cardlagineum desinendbus), nunc plana nunc crispula, plerumque immarginata, interdum car-
tilagineo-(albido-)marginulata. Folia radicalia caulinaque infima 2-5 pollices longa , conferta, in petiolum plerumque brevem
basi dilatatum striatum angustata, modo interrupte pinnatipardta (segmentis angusdus ladusve linearibus v. lanceolato-
linearibus, obtusis v. acutis v. acuminads, terminali haud raro longe lineari-subulato, pauci-v. pluri-dentatis, dendcu-
ladsve, v. pinnatifido-dentads, v. interdum integerrimis, longitudine et direcdone variandbus; rachi alata v. anguste
màrginata, crebriûs parciusve dendculata v. sinuato-dentata) et Resedce lutece v. Rescdce albee foliis plus minusve similia,
nunc sinuato-pinnadfida (lobis obtusis brevibus paucidentads) ; indiyisa in speciminibus obviis nulla observavimus. Folia
caulina (excepta infima) sparsa (inferiors plus minusve approximata, superiors simulac ramealia gradadm remotiora et minora,
pleraque minuta v. minima), sessilia, subamplexatilia, varie auriculata (auriculis abbreviads v. elongads, crenads v.
inciso-dentads v. palmadfidis v. irregulariter laciniads v. eroso-denticnlatis, haud raro côchleato-contortis v. inflexis, ad folia
uldraa plerumque rotundatis subintegris], inferiora simili modo ac radicalia pinnatipardta v. pinnadfida, superiora et ramealia
ovato-v. oblongo-lanceolata, v. e dilatata basi lineari-lanceolata, v. subovata, v. deltoidea, pinnatifido-v. inciso-v. crenato-
dentata, v. eroso-denticulata, summa interdum integerrima. Calathidia longe pedunculata, erecta, multiflora. P edunculi
terminali-subgemini, v. in ramis robustioribus distiche oppositifolii terminalesque, monocephali, graciles, bracteolati, tere-
tiusculi, striatuli, 1 /2 -3 (plerumque a) pollices longi, apice haud incrassati. Bracteol* nunc parciores nunc crebriores,
sparsse, plus minusve remotæ, subadpressæ, e cordato-v. subsagittato-auriculata basi subrotundæ v. ovatæ v. ovales v.