Compositae. 103 
Caule erecto, simplici vel ramoso, alis angustis lobatis spinosissimie 
marginato, araneoso, apice plus minus longe nudo, tomentoso; foliis 
oblongo-laneeolatis lanceolatisve, sinuato-pinnatifidis, araneosis, laciniis 
trifidis vel dentatis, dentibus spinosis; capitulis erectis vel cernuis; 
involueri plus minus araneosi phyllis exterioribus in appendicem lanceo- 
latam, basi 3—5 mm. latam, eis latiorem et longiorem, patulo- 
reflexam, in spinam rigidam sensim attenuatam abeuntibus, flosculis 
purpureis. 
B. braehycentros Haussk. symb. p. 123. —  Caule apice longe 
nudiusculo; involucri glabri phyllis glabris vel intus subciliatulis, in 
appendicem reflexam, spina breviori terminatam abruptius contractis. 
— Exsicc: Held. it thessal. IV. a. 18865. 
7. Sporadum. — C. nulans Hal in à. b. Z. 1895 p. 460, 
non L. — C. macrocephalus Hal. in ó. b. Z. 1897 p. 95, non Desf, 
qui phyllis involucri latissimis insignis. —  Caule apice ionge nudius- 
culo; foliis pinnatipartitis, laciniis longius spinosis; capitulis maximis, 
involueri glabri phyllis in appendicem stricte patentem, angustam, valde 
'arinatam, ei: multo longiorem, spina elongata valida revoluta termi- 
natam, sensim abeuntibus, — Species forsan propria. — Exsicc.: Heldr. 
et Hal. fl. sporad. a. 1896. — 
In ruderatis, sterilibus regionis inferioris et montanae, Epirus: 
in valle Dipotami (Form.); in Peloponnesi agris (Sibth.); —  g.Thessa- 
lia: pr. Rivali, Pharsalus (Haussk.); y. Sporadum i Jura (Leon). 
— Maio, Aug. 
3. C. taygeteus Bois. et Heldr, diagn. ser. 2, III. p. 42; Hal. 
in z, b. G. 1888 p. 759, Beitr. fl. Epir. p. 28, Beitr. fl. Achaia 
p. 25. — C. nuíans Bois. fl. or. III. p. 516 p. p. — C. mutans v. 
taygeteus Heldr. chlor. Parn. p. 21. — Excsiec.:: Heldr. herb. norm. 
n. 709. 
Caule erecto, simplici vel ramoso, alis angustis lobatis «pinosissimis 
marginato, araneoso, apice plus minus longe nudo, tomentoso; foliis 
oblongo-lanceolatis lanceolatisve, sinuato-pinnatifidis, parce araneosis, 
laciniis trifidis vel dentatis, dentibus spinosis, capitulis erectis vel 
cernuis; involucri glabriuseuli vel araneosi phyllis exterioribus in appen- 
dicem lanceolato-subulatam, 2—4 mm. latam, eis vix latiorem, longiorem, 
refractam, in spinam validam revolutam sensim attenuatam, abeuntibus; 
flosculis purpureis. — Differt a praecedente, ad quam formis inter- 
mediis transire videtur, involucri phyllis in spinas refractas tenues, nec 
lanceolates patulo-reflexas abeuntibus. 


8. parnassieus. — Involucri dense araneoso-lanati phyllis angusti- 
oribus, refractissimis, spina valde elongata rigida terminatis, — Excicc.: 
Doerfl. fl. gr. n. 214. 
In lapidosis regionis mediae. ^ Epirus: mt. Tsumerka, Peristeri 
(Hal); Doris: mt. Kiona (Hal); mt. Parnassus (Heldr.); Peloponnesus: 
mt. Olenos (Hal) Panachaicon, Taygetos (Heldr. — Jul. Aug. Cj. 
