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iriteriora adj^ressa, purpurascentia, siiperne subcariiiata, in spiniilain 

 brevem inliiinam 1 — '6\'., min longam abrupte abeuiitia vel raro 

 altenuata, margine tota brevissime sed densissime spinuloso-serru- 

 lata. Corollae limbus a tiibo vix distiuctus eumque aetiuans vel 

 paulliim superans. ö? Julio, Augusto. 



Habitat: In silvis Thraciae prope Ineada (d'Urv. see. DC. ; 

 Boiss.) — Asia minor: in Olympo Bithyiio (Form. 1890). 



Ssp. PU'hleri iii. 



Sjn.: C. FUhleri Huter in Ost. bot. Zeifschr.. LVI., p. 286 

 (1906). — C. Siutcnisii Freyn ssp. (jalutictini Bornra., 1. c, 

 p. 355 — 356, nee Freyn. 



Caulis elatus, eorymbosu.';, subdense araehnoideo-tomentosus. 

 Folia subtus tomentoso-cana, pinnatitida, laciniis angustis linearibus 

 Spina 3 — 8 mm longa subvaiida terminatis. Capitula in apiee caulis 

 vel ramorum 2 — 3 congesta. raro sub.^olitaria, i)reviter pedunculata 

 vel subsessilia. ovata vel ovato-globosa, bracteis 4 — 8 paullum 

 loDgioribus i>uffulta. 2— 3 cm diam.; involucri glabrati vix araneosi 

 foliola lineari-lanceolata, erecta, margine densissirae spiuuloso- 

 aspera. in spinulam brevissimam Ys — IV2 '^"^ longara abrupte 

 abeuniia. Corollae subcarneae limbus a tubo satis distinctus, paullum 

 brevior vel aequilongus. 



Habitat: Asia minor: in Olympo Bithyno (Th. Pichle r, 

 Exsiec. fl. rumel et bith. 1874!) — Brussa (Formänek 1890!). 



Area geogr. C. bidgurici incl. subsp. : Europa austro-orien- 

 talis: Thracia. — Asia minor boreali-occidentalis. 



2. Cirsium Sintenisii Freyn in Bull. Herb. Boiss., IlL, 

 p. 466 (1895). 



Syn.: C. Uoissieri Freyn et Bornm. in Bor um., plant, 

 exsicc. Anatol. or. ann. 1889 et 1890; cfr. Bornm. in Ost. bot. 

 Zeitsehr.. 1. c, p. 357. — C. Sintenisii Freyn ssp. galaticum 

 Freyn. 1. c. pro parte. — C. Szowitsü var. Freyn in exsicc, 

 uec Bornm. in exsicc, nee Boiss.. Fl. Orient., HL, p. 527 

 (1875), nee Epitruchys Ssoivitsii C. Koch in Liunaea, XXIII., 

 p. 307. 



Caulis elatus, ca. 20—65 cm altus, sulcatus, parce araneosus, 

 Simplex vel apice subramosus, crebre foliatus. Folia subrigida, 

 elevatira stramineo-nervosa. supra spinulis rigidinsculis striiiosa, 

 subtus plus minusve plerumque laxe araneosa, i-aulina sub.sessilia, 

 a basi subauriculato-amplexicauli spinoso-laciniata, ambitu oblonga 

 vel lanceolato-oblouga, ad rhacliidem lere in laeiuias lanceolatas 

 vel triaugulari-lanceolatas, bi- rarius trifidas, spina valida vel vali- 

 dissima 8 — 12 mm longa terminatas pinnatifida. Capitula ovato- 

 globo.'^a, maxima ad 5 cm longa, in apice caulis 3 — 5 sessilia vel 

 sul)sessilia brevissime pedunculata plus minusve congesta, bracteis 

 vel ambitu ovato-lanceolatis piunatilidis vel lineari-lanceulatis margine 

 rtmote .^pinuloso-ciliatis capitula subaequautibus vel plus minusve 



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