104 Compositae. 
B. Capitula mediocria, 2—4 cm. diametro, subglobosa vel ovata ; 
involueri phylla anguste lanceolato- vel lineari-subulata, non 
constricta, 
X Perennes; folia praesertim superiora parenchymate fere de-- 
tituta, longe et valide spinosa. 
4. C. armatus Dois. et Heldr. diagn. VI. p. 104. — C. eronius Bois. 
fl. or. III. p. 515 p. p. — Exsiec.: Held. fl. gr. exs. a. 1855; Bald. 
it alb. alt. n. 142; Dórtl. fl gr. n. 213. 
Multiceps; caulibus erectis, simplicibus, glabris vel parce araneosis, 
ad apicem usque foliosis, alatis, alis in lobos lanceolatos, longe spinosos 
partitis; foliis glabriusculis glabrisve, in segmenta anguste et longe 
lanceolata, longe spinosa, pinnatipartitis ; capitulis subsessilibus, folii: 
summis saepe superatis, approximatim corymbosis vel racemum thyrso- 
ideum foliosum formantibus; involucri glabrescentis phyllis erectis, a 
basi anguste lanceolata longe subulato-spinosis, externis vix brevioribus, 
intimis subscariosis, longe acuminatis; floseulis roseis. —. Foliis laete 
viridibus, fere substantia foliacea orbatis, spinis flavis, acerosis, tenuibus, 
ad 4 em. longis dense armatis, insignis. 
p. eronius Dois et Heldr. diagn. VI. p. 105; Bois fl. or. III. 
p. iOS. ps RD p. 307; Hal in z. b. G: 18889 pubs ND: 
Z. 1897 p. 285; Heldr. chlor. Parn. p. 21; Form. in Ver. Brünn 1896 
50; pro sp. — Caulis et folia araneoso-cana, subtus interdum niveo- 
lanata; phylla externa intimis saepius manifeste breviora. — Specimina 
extrema a formis fere omnino glabris typi valde recedunt. —  Excicc.: 
Heldr. herb. norm. n.. 226; Orph. fl. gr. n. 466 et. 796; Dorfl. fl. 
gr. n. 425. 
In regione abietina et superiori, gregarie. Epirus: mt. Cika in monte 
Acroceraunicis (Bald.); Thessalia: mt. Dokimi (Form. Olympus (Heldr.); 
Euboea: mt. Dirphys (Heldr.; Aetolia: mt. Chelidoni, "TTymphrestus 
(Heldr., Korax (Tunt.); mt. Kiona (Tunt.) Parnassus (Guiec.); Achaia: 
mt. Kyllene, Klokos (Orph.) Chelmos (Leon.; Laconia: mt. Malevo 
(Orph.) Taygetos (Heldr). — Jul. Aug. 9l. 
XX Biennes; folia parenchymatosa, minus valide spinosa. 
() Caulis ramosus, pleiocephalus; capitula solitaria vel 2— 3 
ageregata, pedunculis crispatis spinosis suffulta. 
5. C. aeanthoides L. sp. p. 821; S. et S. pr. IL. p. 149; Raul. 
cret. p. 192. — Icon: Jacq. austr. t. 249. —  Exsice.: N. 
Caule erecto, araneoso, ad apicem usque alis angustis, in lobulos 
erebre spinosos partitis marginato; foliis glabris vel subtus an nervos 
pilosulis, sinuato-pinnatifidis, seementis inciso-dentatis, dentibus spinuloso- 
ciliatis, spinaque longiore terminatis; capitulis plerumque — solitariis, 
erectis; involucri glabriuseuli phyllis lineari-subulatis, erecto-patulis, rarius 
subsquarrosis, in spinam pungentem desinentibus; flosculis purpureis. 
. thessalus Bois. et Heldr. diagn. ser. 2, III. p. 46; Form. in 
D. bot. Monat. 1890 p. 20; pro sp.; Bois. fl. or. III. p. 518; Hal. 
