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** C. Handelii Petr. in Sitzgsanz. Ak. W. W., LXIIL, 110 (1926). 

 Sect. Chamaeleon DC. 



Radix parva, 0, crasse fusiformis, apice incrassato fibris filiformibus nume- 

 rosissimis barbata. Caulis erectus, ad 2 1 / 2 m altus, crassus, profunde striato-sulcatus, 

 glabrescens vel parcissime arachnoideo-pilosus, subdense vel fere remote foliosus, 

 e tertio supero ramosissimus, ramis ^ elongaiis, usque ad apices remote vel sub- 

 dense foliosis, plerumque monocephalis vel apicem versus in ramulos 2 — 4 mono- 

 cephalos divisis. Folia radicalia et caulina inferiora sub anthesi nulla, media 

 ambitu oblonga vel oblongo-elliptica, basi late semiauriculato-semiamplexicauli 

 sessilia, non decurrentia, utrinque glabrescentia vel subtus tantum parcissime 

 arachnoideo-pilosa, supra obscure viridia, subtus pallidiora, ad medium c. subre- 

 mote sinuato-pinnatilobata, lobis late triangularibus, bi- vel trinerviis, sub- 

 obtusis vel abruptiuscule acuminatis, margine irregulariter spinuloso-denti- 

 culatis, dentibus parvis subobtusis vel acutiusculis, margine inaequaliter spinu- 

 loso-ciliatis, spinis stramineo-brunneolis, subvalidis, 6 — 9 mm longis termi- 

 natis. Folia caulina superiora sensim minora, e basi late semiamplexicauli paulatim 

 attenuata, ambitu lanceolato- oblonga vel lanceolata, remotius sinuato-pinnati- 

 lobata, lobis apicem versus sensim minoribus, late triangularibus, ceterum ut 

 media. Folia summa saepe fere bracteiformia, e basi ^ dilatata semiamplexicauli 

 elongato-attenuata, margine inaequaliter spinuloso-dentata, spinis crebrioribus 

 nee longioribus nee multo validioribus. Calathia caule ramisque vulgo solitaria, 

 raro 2 — 3 J^ aggregata, sessilia vel subsessilia, bracteis 1 — 3 brevioribus vel 

 fere aequilongis lineari-lanceolatis, basin versus inaequaliter spinuloso-denti- 

 culatis vel tantum pectinato-spinulosis fulta, ^ cernua, subglobosa, e. 25 — 35 mm 

 lata, sub anthesi cum floribus 25 — 30 mm longa, basi excavata. Involucri glaber- 

 rimi phylla exteriora et media e basi ovato-oblonga abruptiuscule attenuata, 

 integerrima, e tertio infero c. erecto-patentia, apicem versus subcarinata, ob- 

 scure fusco-purpurascentia et sensim in spinas vix subvalidas, brunneolas, 

 3 — 5 mm longas excurrentia, interiora gradatim longiora, intima lineari-lanceolata 

 vel linearia, sensim attenuata et acuminata, reeta, apieibus tantum ± uncinato- 

 vel undulato-curvata nee rigida. Corollae rubrae (e nota ad vivum) sub anthesi 

 pappum paulo superantis, post illam eocum aecrescentis eumque saepe aequantis 

 limbus a tubo sat distinetus eoque paulo brevior, ad tertium superum inaequaliter 

 quinquefidus, lobis anguste linearibus, abruptiuscule acuminatis. Filamenta tota 

 parce papilloso-pilosa. Pappus sordide albus, setis plumosis, apice scabridis 

 tantum, vix clavellatis. Achaenia oblonga, 3V 2 — * mm longa, 1,8 — 2 mm lata, 

 compressa, brunnea, vix nitida. 



ÜNfW-Y. : Lichtungen der tp. und wtp. Regenmischwälder des birm. Mons. 

 zwischen Mekong und Salwin, auf Granit und Schiefer, 2400 — 3350 m. In dem 

 vom Si-la nach Tseku herabführenden Tale, 28°, 28. VIII. 1916 (10003, Typus) 

 und jenseits bei Bahan, 23. VI. 1916, v. E. (9029). 



Species valde affinis C. pendulo Fisch., quod differt imprimis ramis paucis 

 subnudis, foliorum forma eorumque spinis multo paucioribus mitioribusque, 

 involucri phyllis brevius mitiusque spinosis. 



C. Bodinieri (Vant.) Levl. in Rep. sp. nov., XII., 189 (1913) {Cnicus B. 

 Vant. e typo). H.: Häufig in Buschsteppen der wtp. St. um Hsikwangschan 

 bei Hsinhwa, 600—800 m (11 918). W-Ki. : Um Pinghsiang, c. 600 m (Plt. sin. 193). 



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