Pseudorlaya pumila, (L.) Grande

10. D. crinitus Desf. View in CoL , op. cit. 242 (1798).

Like 9 but stems sparsely retrorse-scabrid; basal leaves pubescent; male umbels more or less flat, with up to 30 unequal rays; bracts 6-10; bracteoles linear-lanceolate; petals sometimes purplish beneath; primary ridges with biseriate, sericeous bristles; secondary ridges with spines 1^-2 times as long as the width of the mericarp. Dry hillsides and disturbed ground. C. & S. Spain, Portugal. Hs Lu.

109. Pseudorlaya (Murb.) Murb. 1

Leaves 2- to 3-pinnate. Bracts several, linear. Sepals conspicuous. Petals white or purplish, scarcely radiating; apex inflexed. Fruit ellipsoid; primary ridges filiform, ciliate; secondary ridges with 2-3 rows of glochidiate spines.

Fruit 7-10x5-6 mm; all secondary ridges with smooth spines 2-5-3-5 mm, those of the lateral ridges widened at the base

1. puntila Fruit 5-6 x 2-5-3-5 mm; all secondary ridges with scabrid spines 0-5-1-5 mm, not widened at the base 2. minuscula

1. P. pumila (L.) Grande View in CoL , Nuovo Gior. Bot. Ital. nov. ser., 32: 86 (1925)

{ Daucus pumilus (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link , Orlaya maritima (L.) Koch , Pseudorlaya maritima (L.) Murb. ; inch P. bubania (Philippe) Murb. ).

Densely hairy annual up to 20 cm, branched from the base. Leaves 2- to 3-pinnate, the segments divided into ovate lobes. Rays 2-5, unequal. Bracts 2-5, linear, acuminate, green, sometimes 3-fid; bracteoles linear-lanceolate. Petals white or purplish, the outer only slightly larger than the others. Fruit 7 -1 0x5-6 mm, ellipsoid; lateral secondary ridges with 8 prominent, smooth spines, widened at the base, the other secondary ridges with c. 18 narrow spines 2-5-3-5 mm. 2n=16. Maritime sands; more rarely inland. Mediterranean region, C. & S. Portugal. Al BI Co Cr Ga G r Hs It Lu Sa Si.

A well-marked variant with short spines on the fruits ( var. brevaiculeata (Boiss.) Heywood ) is found in various parts of the range of the species; a similar variant with smaller fruits occurs in S. France and has been confused with the following species.

2. P. minuscula (Pau ex Font Quer) Lainz View in CoL , Bol. Inst. Estud. Astur . {SupI. Ci.) ser. C, 5: 39 (1962)

{ P. pycnacantha H. Lindb. ).

Like 1 but petals usually white; fruits 5 -6 x 25-3-5 mm; spines on all secondary ridges 25-40, similar, 0-5-1 - 5 mm, scabrid, not widened at the base. Maritime sands. • N. & C. Portugal; Sardegna; probably also in Spain and S. France.?Ga?Hs Lu Sa.

Very like 1 in its vegetative characters and often confused with it, but distinct in its fruits. The distribution is not yet fully known.