99 Compositae. 
9. Tribus. CARLINEAE Less. syn. p. 11. 
34. Cardopatium Juss. in ann. mus, Par. VI. p. 324. 
] 
1. €. eorymbosum L. sp. p. 815 (Echinops); Pers. syn. IH. p. 
500; Bois. fl. or. III. p. 442; Heldr. fl. cephal. p. 46, in Sitzungsb. 
acad. Wiss. Berl. 1883 p. 8, Fl. Aegina p. 304; Form. in D. bot. 
Monat. 1890 p. 21, 1898 p. 78, in Ver. Brünn 1896 p. 53, 189* 
p. 38; Haussk. symb. p. 119. — Carthamus corymbosus L. sp. ed. 
2. p. 1164; S: et S. pr. II. p. 161; Ch. et B. exp. p. 244, "EL pelop. 
p. 57; Fraas fl. class. p. 206. — .Brotera corymbosa Willd. sp. III. 
p. 2399. — Onobroma corymbosum Spreng. syst. III. p. 393. — 
C. orientale Spach. in ann. sc. nat. 3, ser. V. p. 237; Raul. cret. 
p. 786. — Icon: Fl. gr. t. 844; Jaub. et Sp. ill. or. t. 426. —  Exsicc.: 
Orph. fl. gr. n. 317; Heldr. herb. norm. n. 241 et 851. 
Glabrum vel parce arachnoideum; caule humili, ramoso dense 
corymboso; foliis radicalibus petiolatis, oblongo-lanceolatis, pinnatipartitis, 
segmentis oblongis, inciso-pinnatifidis, spinosis, caulinis sursum dimi- 
nutis sessilibus, secus caulem decurrentibus; capitulis numerosissimis, 
ovato-conicls, 8—-10 floris, in glomerulos bracteatos spinosissimos con- 
gestis; involucri squarrosi phyllis spinulosis, in spinam recurvam ab- 
euntibus, intimis subscariosis, subinteegris; corolla cyanea, rarissime alba; 
pappl uniseriati paleis lanceolatis, fimbriatis, acuminatis, corollae tubo 
aequilongis. 
In campis, collibus aridis regionis inferioris. "Thessalia: frequens 
in planitie a Trikala, Pharsala, Karditza usque Larissa et Volo (Heldr.); 
Attica: pr. Athenas, Phalerum, insula Aegina (Heldr.; Peloponnesus: 
ad fluvium Eurotas, pr. Epidaurus Limera, Monembasia, Damala (Chaub.); 
Cycladum insula Naxos (Chaub.); Creta: in planitie Messara (Raul.); 
Cephalonia: pr. Argostoli (Heldr.). — Jun. Jul. 9L. 
2. €. Vrionis Heldr. in Bois. fl. or. III. p. 443. — Icon: Rouy. 
ill. t. 160. — Exsiee.: Heldr. herb. fl. hellen. n. 112. 
Praecedenti maxime affine, ab eo parum differt folis minus spi- 
nosis, caulinis brevius decurrentibus, capitulis submajoribus, ovatis et 
pappi paleis corollae tubum dimidium aequantibus. 
Aetolia: in halipedo pr. Mesolongion et ad ripas Eueni fluminis 
(Nieder. — Jun. Jul. 2j. 
3. C. Boryi Spach in ann. sc. nat. 3ser. V. p. 243; Bois. fl. 
or. III. p. 443. — 
Ex descriptione praecedentibus simile, sed foliorum segmenta paulo 
latiora et capitula submajora, spinis validioribus; ab iis praesertim differt 
pappo duplici, externo paleis 10— 13liberis, ovario et tubo corollae duplo 
brevioribus constante, interno brevissime coroniformi 5-denticulato. 
Laconia (Bory) sine loci specialis indieatione. Jun. Jul. 9i. N. v. 
