112 Compositae. 
valida terminatas abeuntes pinnatipartitis; capitulis ovatis, nucis magni- 
tudinem non excedentibus, foliis summis, flores aequantibus vel super- 
antibus bracteatis ; involucri parce araneosi phyllis anguste lineari-subulatis, 
minutissime serrulatis, in spinam erectam vel erecto-patulam, tenuem, 
longam attenuatis; floribus sordide albidis. —- A praecedentibus praeter 
alias notas, praesertim involucri spinis sub apice non dilatatis discedens; 
habitu C. Lobeli? simile. 
In regione media et superiori. "Thessalia: mt. Ghavellu et Karava 
ERES Eurytania: mt. Tymphrestus (Heldr.) — Jul. Aug. C. 
C. leucoeephalum Willd. sp. III. p. 1668 (Cpnicus); Spreng. 
syst. Tr. p. 377; Raul. cret, p. 792. — Carduus leucocephalus Pers. 
syn. Il. p. 387. — Serratula leucocephala Poir. dict. VI. p. 565. — 
C. lappacewum v. leucocephalum Bois. fl. or. III. p. 532. — 
Caule erecto, subracemoso, araneoso; folis supra viridibus, subtus 
tomentosis, in lacinias lanceolatas, basi bipartitas, in spinas tenues ab- 
euntes pinnatipartitis; capitulis cylindraceis, parvis, solitariis vel binis, 
in racemum simplicem longum interruptum dispositis, foliis summis in- 
voluero brevioribus vel aequilongis bracteatis; involucri araneosi phyllis 
adpressis, ab infimis ad superiora valde elongatis, in spinam subrecurvo- 
patulam, tenuem, longam attenuatis; floribus purpurascentibus. 
In Creta (Willdenow l. c); a recentioribus non lectum. — Jul. 
Aug. CJ. N. v. 
b. Folia caulina decurrentia. 
. €. lanceolatum L. sp. p. 821 (Carduus); Scop. fl. carn. ed. 
2, "i p. 130; Marg. et R. fl. Zante p. 60; Clem. sert. p. 55; Bois. 
fl. or. III. p. 538; Heldr. fl. cephalon. p. 4?; Form. in D. bot. Monat. 
1890 p. 20, 1897 p. 74 var. brunneum, in "ep Brünn 1895 p. 28 
eum f. opacum, 1896 p. 53, 1897 p. 38 cum var. brunneum; Hal. 
in 6. b. Z. 1897 p. 285. — C. nemorale Rchb. fl. germ. exe. p. 286, 
f. foliis hypoleucis. — Icon: Rehb. t. 95. — Exsiec.: Sint. et Bornm. 
i. turc. n. 1316. 
Caule erecto, superne ramoso; foliis supra viridibus, subtus plus 
minus araneoso-canis, in lacinias inaequaliter et divaricatim  lobatas, 
spinosas sinuatim pinnatifidis partitisve, caulinis in alas angustas lobatas 
decurrentibus; capitulis magnis, breviter et anguste braeteatis; involucri 
araneosi phyllis lanceolato-subulatis, apice non dilatatis, in spinam erecto- 
patulam sensim attenuatis; floribus purpureis. 
In regione inferiori et montana. Frequens in Epiro et Thessalia 
a Pindo per planitiem usque ad Olympium et Pelion (Form.); Aetolia: 
pr. Prusso (Samar.); Locris: pr. Granitza (Tunt); Boetia: ad Cephissum 
(Sart); Attica: mt. Parnes, Pentelicon, pr. Kephissia (Heldr.), mt. 
Hymettus pr. Caesariani (Clem.); Zante (Marg.); Cephalonia: pr. Poros 
(Heldr.); Corcyra (Form.) — Jul. Aug. C2 
9. C. italieum Savi bot. etrur. III. p. 140; Ch. et B. exp. p. 242, 
Fl. pelop. p. 56; (Carduus); DC. hort. monsp. p. 96; Link in Linnaea 
