C M P S 1 T A E 479 



lincas quinque, qulnquc ci seinis longns, akcnlis oblongis, com- 

 pressis, obiler slrialis, nilidis triplo fere longior. 



Capilulis minoribus et 12-20- nuni(piam 3o-5o-florisj corollis 

 lineas 5-5!'., non 6/1-8 longis; invohicri squamis exiimis apice minus 

 longc auenualis, intimis corollas supcranlibus, didert ab adini Car- 

 duo CandoUei Moretti!, Cardiio liligioso Nocc et Balb.!, Carduo 



acanlhoide All.! ex parte. : 



In aridis montanis Fonni cl in liloreis marilimis Tarau, Villa grande, Bosa. 



Fl. maio, iunio.(2)'? 



^ ' ^ 7,5. CARDUUS CEPHALANTHUS 



C. foliis arachnoidco-villosulis costaque dorsali sublanatis, pin- 

 nis lol)isve inciso-dentatove-spinosis; capitulis tereti-ovatis , soli- 

 tariis plurimisque aggregatis , breviier pedunculatis sessilibusve , 

 plerisque 30-70-floris; involucri, aracbnoidei, squamis lanceolatis, 

 adpressis, planisj exlimis in spinam brevem, rectam altenuatis; in- 

 limis apice membrauaceis, breviter acutis obtusisve ; pappo coroUis 

 breviore. 

 Cardnus cephalanlluis Viv.! Fl. cors. Diagn. i. p. i^. Salis-Marschl. Aufzahl. 



dcr in Korsik in Bot. Zeit. (i834) p. 32. Moris el DeNot. FloriJ. Caprar. 



p. 79. DC. ! Prod. 6. p. 625. {excl. specim. corsicis Ph. Thomas! et Soi.eirol. ! 



ad Carduum sardoum spectantibus). Savi Petr. ! Pl. siccat. ex insula Ilva. 



lc. — Tab. xc. 



Caulis sesquipedalis, quadripedalis, villoso-aracbnoideus, snperne 

 lomentoso-lanatus , ramosissimus , angulatus, sulcatus, alatus, alis 

 saepe interruptis appendicibusque alaribus brevibus : rami alter- 

 ni, ascendentes patentesve. Folia palmatim, ad pinuas lobosve , 

 multifldo-spinosa passimque dentato-spinulosa , facie viridia , subtus 

 virentia, utrinque arachnoideo-villosula, et ad costam medlam, dor- 

 salem pracscrtim, saepe lanata, demum glabriuscula j radicaba et in- 

 feriora oblonga , petiolata; caetera sessilia, decurrenlia 5 superiora 

 sensim angustiora, lanccolataj floralia longius validiusque spinosa, 

 capitula, longliudine, superantia. Capitula raro aliquot solitaria , 

 saepe aggregata et ad summum praesertim caidem, ramulis pe- 

 dunculisve ibidem confortis, numero decem, triginta, ad quadra- 



