120 Compositae. 
47. Cynara L. gen. n. 928. 
1. C. earduneulus L. sp. p. 827; Marg. et R. fl. Zante p. 60; 
Heldr. Nutzpfl. p. 27, Fl. cephal p. 47; Raul. eret. p. 791; Bois. 
fl. or. IIL p. 557; Hal in z. b. G. 1888 p..«59 me NZD NECIU- 
fl. Aetol. p. 7, Beitr. fl. Achaia p. 24; Form. in Ver. Brünn 1895 
p. 27. — C. scolymus S. et S. pr. IL. p. 157; Ch. et B." exp. 
p. 243; Fl. pelop. p. 57; non L. — C. horrida Ait. hort. Kew. III. 
p. 148; S$.-et S. pr, II, p. 157, Fl er. t: 834; Ch* et? BIexp um 321 
Fl. pelop. p. 57; Friedr. Reise p. 285. — C. humilis Heldr. Nutzptl. 
p. 27, non L. — Exsicc.: Hal. it. gr. a. 1888. 
Caule robusto, simplici vel ramoso, foliis supra glabrescentibus, 
subtus cano-tomentosis, oblongis, in lacinias lanceolatas, pinnatilobas, 
valide spinosas, secus rachidem decurrentes pinnatisectis; capitulis magnis, 
solitariis, involucri glabriusculi phyllis late oblongo-triangularibus, in- 
fimis spina brevi terminatis, intermediis in acumen longum, lanceo- 
latum, supra canaliculatum, erecto-patulum abeuntibus, intimis sub- 
scariosis; flosculis coeruleis. 
In arvis, pratis, collibus arenosis regionis inferioris; Epirus: pr. 
Nikopolis, Luros, Philippiades (Form.); Aetolia: pr. Mesolongion et 
copiosissime in planitie pr. Antirrhion, pr. Amphissa Doridis (Hal.); 
in planitie Thebana, pr. Lebadia Boeotiae; pr. Oropos Atticae (Heldr.); 
Corinthus (Hal.; Argolis (Chaub.); pr. Nauplia (Friedr.; Achaia: pr. 
Patras (Hal); Elis, Messenia (Sibth.): pr. Navarin (Chaub.); Creta 
(Bibth.): in planitie Messara (Raul); Zante: pr. Argassi, ad paludem 
Makri (Marg.); Cephalonia: pr. Lixuri, Lychata (Heldr); Corcyra: 
pr. Alipu, Kanali (Form.); Cycladum insula Naxos (Sibth). — Jul. 
Aug. 9|. 
Obs. C. scolymus LL. sp. p. 827; Dallap. prosp. p. 109, Marg. 
et Reut. fl. Zante p. 85; Fraas fl class. p. 202; Raul. cret. p. 191; 
Heldr. chlor. Thera p. 29. — Forma culta praecedentis , à quo differt 
capitulis maximis, involucri phyllis inermibus, basi valde carnosis, — 
Colitur in. hortis. 
2. €. Sibthorpiana- Bois. et Heldr. diagn. X. p. 94, Fl. or. III. 
p. 557; Raul. eret. p. 792, t. 15. — C. humilis S. et.S: pr. IL. p. 157; 
Fligr IX. p. 25, t. 835; Ch. et B, exp. p. 2485; -Pigelopip nz 
non L. — 
Differt a praecedente foliorum breviter et tenuiter spinosorum 
segmentis minus dissectis, non decurrentibus, involucri phyllis in acumina 
contractis, floseulis albis. 
In Peloponneso et Creta (Sibth.): pr. Piskokephali eparchiae Sitia 
(Heldr). — Apr. Maio. 9l. N v. 
