434 DR. G. E. POST: DIAGNOSES 
Cırsıum Amant. Bienne, bipedale vel procerius, caule papil- 
loso-pubescenti striato versus apicem parce ramoso, ramis monoce- 
phalis, foliis firmis supra glabris strigosis subtus minute araneosis 
oblongis sinuato-lobatis lobis acutis acute lobato-dentatis 
capitulis mediocribus foliis summis involueratis, involucri glaber- 
rimi phyllis linearibus margine ciliatulis in spinulas tenuissimas 
flavidas erectas flores duplo breviores attenuatis. 
Hab. in cacumine montis Amani supra Hassan Beyley. 
Not nearly allied to any oriental species, distinguished by few 
solitary terminal heads longer than a hickory nut, non-decurrent 
leaves, and fibrous roots spreading laterally from neck.. Plant 
2-3 feet high. 
CENTAUREA Doppsi1. Perennis, caule elato inferne pilis undu- 
latis erispis obsito, superne araneoso remote 8-14-cephalo, foliis 
firmis papillosis radicalibus longe petiolatis ovatis basi subcordatis 
integris vel subrepandis, caulinis inferioribus oblongo-lanceolatis 
acutis basi in petiolum alatum longe attenuatis, superioribus 
linearibus sessilibus sensim diminutis, capitulis magnis globosis 
basi truncatis pedunculis eis brevioribus suffultis, involucri glabri 
phyllis latis stramineis margine crebre pectinato-spinulosis spi- 
nulis debilibus, intermediis in spinam stramineam, eis longiorem 
attenuatis, floseulis . .. . aeheniis..... 
Hab. in planitie Antiochis ad radices montis el-Jebel-el-Ahmar 
(Ghizil-Dagh) Amani; floret Julio. 
Sect. VII. Acrocentron . . . . Cynaroidec, nearest to C. Hauss- 
knechtis, Boiss., but differs from itin bein g à taller plant (3 feet or 
more in height), in its crisp undulating indumentum, in its longer 
simple leaves, ovate-cordate at base,a foot in length, and 3-4 
inches broad, and larger heads (an inch long). Named formerly, 
in a schedule submitted to M. Boissier, C. polycephala. 
C. TRACHONITICA. Perennis, subacaulis, radice crasso verti- 
cali, foliis omnibus radicalibus velad basin pedunculorum in- 
sertis rosulatis firmiusculis strigosis lyrato-pinnatisectis, segmentis 
parvis valde inequalibus oblongis et oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis vel 
acutis mucronatis plus minusve irregulariter dentatis decurren- 
tibus, capitulis 8-15 breviter pedunculatis ovafis majusculis, 
involueri glabri phyllis ovatis virido-rubellis superne albo-ciliatis 
in spinam inferiorum brevem intermediorum phyllo 1-2-plo longi- 
orem validem patentem vel reflexam abeuntibus intimis in- 
ermibus rubris apice scariosis ciliatis, flosculis purpureis, acheniis 
parce et adpresse sericeis parvis basi pilis flaviusculis obsitis, 
