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interdum duplo superantibiis suffulta; involucri parcissime araneosi 

 vel saepius glabrati foliola adpressa, a raedio erecta, coriacea, 

 rigida, superne subcarinata, margine spinulis brevissimis scabra, 

 e basi obloDga vel ovato-obloDga ad trientem inferiorem parura 

 angustata, linearia, apieem versus paullatim sed parcissime dilatata, 

 abruptiuscule in spinam subrecurvam validam 2 — 5 mm longara 

 flavam duramque excurrentia, ab infimis ad intima plus duplo 

 loDgiora sensim aucta. Flores rosei involucrum subsuperantes ; 

 limbus eorum a tubo valde distinctus eoque paullum brevior. 

 © ? Julio, Augusto. 



Habitat: Asia minor: Paphlagoniae districtas Kastemuni: in 

 monte Giaur-dagh prope Tossia (Sintenis, It. Orient. 1892, 

 nr. 4869). — Pontus Galaticus, Amasia: in regione montana montis 

 Ak-dagh, 1200 — 1500 m s. m. (Bornm., Pi, exsice. Anat. or. 

 ann. 1889, nr. 1495 et ann. 1890, nr. 1614). 



Hieher zwei Unterarten : 



Ssp. galaticuni Freyn, 1. c, p. 367, pro parte; Bornm., 

 1. c, p. 356, pr. parte ! 



Caulis elatus, ut videtur ad 100 cm altus, sulcatus, parce 

 araneosus, a medio saepe raraosus, reniote foliatus. Folia subtus 

 parce araneosa vel plerumque viridia, glabrescentia, ambitu ovata 

 vel ovato-oblouga, in lacinias triangulari-lanceolatas saepe bifidas 

 sinubus dentatas spina subvalida 6 — 10 mm longa terminatas 

 sinuato-pinnatifida. Capitula in apice raraorura solitaria vel 2 — 3 

 congesta bracteis 2—6 submaioribus profunde piunatifidis suffulta, 

 globosa vel ovato-globosa, 27^ — i^Vo cni longa; iuvolcuri parce 

 araneosi foliola e basi ovato-oblonga lanceolato-linearia, media parte 

 vix vel parcissime angustata, superne subcarinata, apice abrupte in 

 spinam brevem 1 — 2 mm longam excurrentia, cetera fere ut in 

 typo. ©? Julio, Augusto. 



Habitat: Asia minor: Armenia Turcica: Gümüsch-khane, in 

 pratis silvaticis ad Tempede (Sintenis, It. Orient. 1894, nr. 7440). 



Ssp. arniatuni m. 



Syn: C. Sintenisii Freyn ß. armatum Freyn in Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss., III., p. 467 (1895). — „C Boissieri Freyn et Bornm. var." 

 Bornm. in exsice. nee — ut cl. Freyn 1. c. dixit — „ü. Szo- 

 ivitsii var." Bornm. in exsice. (Bornm. in litt.!!). 



Caulis 20—35 cm altus, sulcatus, subdense araneosus, siraplex, 

 dense vel subdense foliatus. Folia subtus arachnoideo-tomentosa, 

 ambitu ovato-oblonga vel oblouga, in lacinias angustas, margine 

 plus minusve revolutas, lineares vel triangulari-lineares, acuminatas, 

 Spina valida 6 — 12 mm longa terminatas, saepe bifidas pinnatifida. 

 Capitula in apice caulis 1 — 4, aggregata sessilia vel subsessilia, 

 globosa vel ovato-globosa, 3V2 — 5 cm. diam., bracteis numerosis ab 

 exterioribus ad interiores decrescentibus suffulta. Involucri parcis- 

 sime araneosi foliola exteriora et media e basi ovato-oblonga ad 

 medium angustata, hinc inde apieem versus spathulato-dilatata 



