— 108 — 



ordines axium 2—3, capitula (2—) 4—7 (—15). Involucrum 9—13 mra longum late 

 globosum denique late ventricoso-depressum, squamae latiusculae v. latae lineares v. lanceo- 

 latae acutae, dilute virides v. obscurae dilute niarginatae, floccis albidae v. fere effloccosae. 

 Pili involucri nulli v. ± sparsim evoluti, caulomata epilosa v. ad summum disperse pilosa, 

 infra caulem niedium cito denseque evoluti, caulis deorsum densissime villoso-pellitus; folia 

 pilis eximie plumosis brevissimis crispis densissime albo-tomentosa quasi cretata v. pilis 

 plumosis subelongatis directis dense pellita. Glandulae in involucro fere semper evolutae 

 interdum fere subnullae minutae, saepius mediocriter numerosae v. densae elongatae, taulomata 

 superne subglandulosa interdum fere eglandulosa, glandulae semper citissime deminutae et 

 nuUae. Flocci in involucro saepissime densissimi rarius dispersi, caulomata supeme dense 

 floccosa, inferne ± effloccosa v. flocci usque ad caulis basin descendentes, folia effloccosa. 

 Flores lutei semper lingulati, dentes ligularum glabri, stylus luteus. Achaenia straminea 

 V. diiute brunnea, (2,5 — ) 3—4 mm longa. 



Croatia, Bosnia, Hercegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Serbia, Bulgaria. — Fl. lul— Aug. 



Dispositio gregum: 



a. Plumulosum Zahn. Folia pilis brevissimis valde crispis cirratis densissime albotomentosa 

 saepius quasi cretata, acladium 8—30 mm longum, involucra dense albido-floccosa v. tomen- 

 tosa. — Ssp. plumulosum, nipholeucum, thapsiforme. 



b. Suborieni Zahn. Folia ut in grege Plumuloso, acladium interdum paulo longius, involucra 

 fere effloccosa v. saepissime basin versus subfloccosa maiora obscura. Transitus primus 

 plumulosum — >- orieni. — Ssp. suborieni. 



c. Lanifolium Zahn. Folia pilis subelongatis saepe sericeis 3—6 mm longis directis flexuosis 

 densissime tomentoso-pelhta, acladium (1—) 3—8 (—12) cm longum, involucra ± dense albo- 

 floccosa. — Ssp. Delpinoi, sublanifolium, lanifolium. 



a. Plumulosum. 



1. Caulis effloccosus v. apiee tantum parcefloccosus, ± viridis. 



Subspecies plumulosum A. Keruer 1. c; H. gymnocephalum N. P. 11 p. 292 p. p.; nec 

 Griseb.; H. plunmlosiim, Vlasitschense et Brandisii Freyn, Bull. herb. Boissier (1895) no. 10. 

 Folia versus caulis basin v. altius dense conferta, abrupte decrescentia sursum remota et 

 saepe bracteiformia, rarius sensim decrescentia subremota aequaliter dispertita, late obovata 

 V. eUiptica v. Hngulata obtusa v. acutiuscula mucronata, integerrima, sensim in petiolum ± 

 brevem latissime alatum angustata. CauUs 30 ad 50 cm aUus subsulcato-striatus eglandu- 

 losus effloccosus v. omnino piUs brevissimis exiraie pluraosis valde crispis disperse lanatus, 

 cum plurimum apicem versus tantum parcefloccosus. Inflorescentia laxe paniculata, acladium 

 10 — 80 mm rarissime longius, rami primarii 3—5, inferiores valde remoti saepissime valde ab- 

 breviati, capitula (1—) 3—6 ( — 15, sed ramaUa inferiora saepissime haud evoluta). Invo- 

 lucrum 10—12 mm longum, squamae lanceolatae acutae obscure canae fere immarginatae, 

 densissime floccosae mediocriter v. sat dense glandulosae epUosae v. piUs plumosis brevibus 

 subpilosae, tum niinus glandulosae. PeduncuU dense floccosi v. subfloccosi mediocriter glandu- 

 losi V. fere eglandulosi epilosi v. rarius parcepilosi, glandulae ubique dilutae. Achaenia 

 dilute luteo-brunnea. 



Variat: a) genuinum Zahn; H Brandisii Freyn, BuU. herb. Boiss. (1895) no. 10; 

 E. Schlosseri Freyn oUm in sched. CauUs supra mediuni omnino epilosus 

 et saepissime scapiformis (foUa abrupte decrescentia). 

 1. normale Zalin. Involucra et peduncuU epilosa canofloccosa glandulosa 



