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HTML

<div class=" fields" id="area_fields_56">​
​  <div class="field  twelve wide required">​
​    <label for="comune">Comune</label>​
​    <div class="search selection ui dropdown">​
​      <select data-validationrules=". . ." data-validate="comune-main" data-events=". . ." data-autocomplete="1" data-url=". . ." name="comune" id="comune" data-mincharacters="3" type="select">​
​        <option value="2" class="addition">2</option></select>​
​      </select>​
​      <i class="dropdown icon"></i>​
​      <input class="search" autocomplete="off" tabindex="0">​
​      <div class="text">Alagna Valsesia</div>​
​      <div class="menu transition hidden" tabindex="-1">​
​        <div class="item" data-value="1">Ala di Stura</div>​
​        <div class="item active selected" data-value="2">Alagna Valsesia</div>​
​        <div class="item" data-value="9">Alassio</div>​
​        <div class="item" data-value="18">Alagna</div>​
​        <div class="item" data-value="22">Ala</div>​
​        <div class="item" data-value="25">Alano di Piave</div>​
​        <div class="item" data-value="60">Alatri</div>​
​        <div class="item" data-value="68">Alanno</div>​
​      </div>​
​    </div>​
​    <small class="field-desc">inserisci almeno 3 caratteri</small>​
​  </div>​
​  </div>​
​  </div>​

JavaScript

var comune =  jQuery('#comune option:selected').text();
alert(comune);