C 1248 ] 



Centaurea macrocephala. Large- 

 headed Yellow Centaury. 



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C/4/) a»J Order. 

 Syngenesia Frustranea. 



Generic Character. 



Recept. fetofiim. Pappus fimplex. Cor. radii infundibuli- 

 formes, longiorcs, irregulares. 



Specific Cbaracler^ and Synonyms. 



CENTAUREA macrocephala ; calycibus globofis folitariis : 

 fquamis fcariofis oibiculatis lacero-cilialis, 

 foliis lanceolatis fubintegerrimis fuperne fca- 

 berrimis. 



CENTAUREA maaocephala / calycibus fcariofis, fquamis 

 fubrotundo-ovatis ciliatis, foliis oblongo lan- 

 ceolatis indivifis fcaberrimis acutis ferratis. 

 IVilld. Sp. PI. 3. p. 2298. 



CENTAUREA macrocephala. Com. Muffin Pujhhn. 



Desc. Stem ereft, fimple, fomewhat hifpid, thickly clothed 

 with lanceolate entire leaves, of which the lower ones are de- 

 current and a little toothed, the upper ones fmaller, lefs decur- 

 rent, and quite entire, very rough on the upper furface. Calyx 

 folitary, terminal, globofe, very large: fcales, at the lower 

 part, fmooth, green, oblong-ovate, the upper lax part orbi- 

 cular, fcariofe, ruit-coloured, irregularly fringed. Flower 

 folitary, yellow, flofcular without radius. Filaments hifpid ♦ 

 anthers, in our fpecimen, Ho firmly adhering together, that the 

 JJyle, unable to perforate them, is frequently turned to one 

 fide. Pappus of the germen ftmple, purple-tipped. 



We think that Willdenow fhould have placed this fpecies 

 in the fe&ion of the Rhapontica and next to Centaurea 

 Rhapontica, with which it has the greateft affinity. The fcales 

 of the calyx are rather minutely lacerated than properly ci- 

 liated. 



Communicated by Meffrs. Loddiges, in whofe garden B 

 has been cultivated feveral year?. Native of the countries to 

 the fouth of Mount Caucafus. With us a hardy perennial. 



