Centaurea. ] LXXVIII. composizz. (J. D. Hooker.) 385 
2. ©. depressa, M. Dieb.; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 635; annual, appressed- 
tomentose or hoary, stem simple or branched, lower leaves petioled entire or 
pinnatifid, cauline linear-lanceolate, heads ovoid, invol. bracts glabrous margins 
scarious white or brown toothed, teeth lanceolate white, ray-flowers large 
spreading blue, achenes shining puberulous equalling or shorter than the middle 
row of pappus-hairs, basal areole bearded. DC. Prodr. vi. 578; Clarke Comp. 
Ind, 245. 
Norta West Invra, Royle. Western Treet,; Ladak, Stoliczka, sporadic.— 
Distr. Affehanistan and westward to Asia Minor. 3 
Heads larger than C. Cyanus, and leaves broader. 
3. C. melitensis, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iii. 686 ; pubescent tomentose 
or glabrate, erect, branches strict rigid narrowly winged, radical leaves lyrate- 
pinnatifid cauline linear decurrent, heads small ovoid, invol. braets ending in & 
spreading and recurved spine margins spinulose, flowers yellow, achenes minute 
puberulous produced below the basal areole. DC. Prodr. vi. 593; Clarke Comp. 
Ind. 243. 
Nucuerry Mrs.; alt. 6-7000 ft., sporadic.—DisTrRip. Westwards to the Atlantic. 
4. C. Calcitrapa, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iii. 689; branches angular 
spreading from the base, leaves spreading pubescent radical pinnatifid or pinnate, 
lobes linear toothed cauline sessile uppermost entire, heads ovoid lateral and 
terminal sessile or peduncled, invol. bracts with narrow membranous margins 
terminating in a long strong spreading spine with short lateral ones at its base, 
flowers purple, achenes small white, pappus 0. DC. Prodr. vi. 597; Clarke 
Comp. Ind. 243. 
Nort Western Ixp14 ; the Punjab and Kashmir, ascending to 3500 ft. Mysore ; 
sporadie.—DisTrRrs. Western Asia and Europe, introduced in most parts of the 
world. 
Cottony or glabrous, rigid. Branches 1-2 ft. long. Heads 4-2 in. diam. exclusive 
of the yellow spines. Achenes mottled. 
5. C. iberica, Sien, ` Boiss. Fl. Orient. iii. 600; characters of C. Calci- 
trapa, but heads smaller, flowers paler and achenes with a very short pappus. 
Kasumir, alt. 5-6000 ft., Thomson.—Distrin. Westward to the Atlantic. 
6. C. phyllocephala, Boiss. Fl. Orient. iii. 684; glabrous or hispid, 
branches wide-spreading cylindric white, leaves small sessile lower lanceolate 
entire or pinnatifid margins spinulose-toothed and scabrid, cauline with am- 
plexicaul cordate bases, heads small terminal, outer invol. bracts ending in oblong 
pectinately ciliate leaves, inner entire white ending in a long strong spine, 
innermost acuminate, achenes minute longer than the paleaceous pappus. 
. Clarke Comp. Ind. 944. Tetramorphea Bruguiseriana and Belangeriana, DC. 
Prodr. vi, 609. 
The Punsap, Falconer; Peshawur, Stewart.—DisrRIB. Westwards to Asia Minor. 
A very pretty species, easily recognised by the white terete branches and green 
outer invol. bracts. 
900. CARTHAMUS, Linn. 
Thistle-like herbs. Leaves alternate, rigid, spinescent. Meads usually homo- 
gamous; fl. all P, fertile ingen a few marginal 9 or neuter) and similar, 
yellow white or purplish, tube slender; limb oblong, dilated at the base, 5-cleft 
(or 0 in 9 fl). Znvolucre ovoid or subglobose; bracts oo-seriate, inner dry 
entire or with a short fimbriate appendage, outer with a foliaceous toothed or 
spinescent appendage (sometimes absent in cultivated specimens); receptacle 
flat, densely dr Filaments usually hairy in the middle; anther-bases sagit- 
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