1036 Compositae. 
1442. (7). Centaurea scoparia DC. Prodrom. VI (1837) p. 596. 
— Phaeopappus scoparius Boiss. Flor. Or. II, p. 602. — Aschers.- 
Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p. 95 no. 604. — A perennial often shrubby 
plant, 20—60 cm high or more. Woody at the base; stems forked; 
branches interlocked, 1-headed. Lower leaves pinnatilobed, inter- 
mediate undivided, upper ones small, scale-like. Heads oblong, pedun- 
cled; scales of the involucre yellow, tipped with a spreading spine 
longer than the scale, with two prickles at the base; pappus white, 
about twice as long as the achene. — Flow. March to April. 
D. a. sept. Suez. — D.a. mer. (Without locality Acerbi.) 
Local name: herqin; burqin; (Wilkinson, Schweinfurth). 
Also known from Arabia Petraea and Tropical Arabia. 
1443. (8.) Centaurea eryngioides Lam. Dict. I, p. 675. — 
Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. @’Eg., p. 95 no. 607. — Sickenberg. 
Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 248. — Boiss. Flor. Or. II], p. 659. — Carduus 
eryngioides P. Alpin Exot, p. 158. — A perennial plant, 30 to 
50 cm high, or sometimes somewhat more, crisp-puberulent, green, 
coarse-pubescent at the neck; stems rigid, thickish, usually branching 
from the base. Leaves lyrate-pinnatipartite into small, obtuse lobes, 
the terminal lobe ovate-oblong. Heads globular, 2 cm in diameter, 
with long, stout, nearly naked peduncles; scales of the involucre 
glabrescent, pale, broad-ovate, margin pectinate-fringed with white 
prickles, terminal spine stout, 1—3,5 cm long; flowerets pink. — 
Flow. March to April. 
D. a. sept. Northern and Southern Galala. 
Local name: yamrar (Wilkinson); daqan-el-bedan (Schweinfurth). 
Also known from Arabia Petraea, Palestine and Syria. 
1444. (9.) Centaurea Calcitrapa L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), 
p. 1297. — Boiss. Flor. Or. Il, p. 689. — Rehbeh. Ic. XV, tab. 67. 
— Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p. 96 no. 611. — Sickenherg. 
Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 249. — A biennial plant, 40—60 cm high 
or more, papillose; stem erect, forked, branching from the base. 
Root-leaves, pinnatipartite into linear, dentate lobes; stem-leaves 
sessile, lobes few, the uppermost leaves undivided. Heads lateral 
and terminal, solitary, ovate, 1 em long; prickles of the involucre 
5—7 at each side of the terminal spine, short; flowerets purple; 
achenes bald. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. M. p. N. d. N.f. N. v. O. D. a. sept. Common throughout. 
Local name: shok; murreyr; murrar (Schweinfurth). 
Also known from Europe, Canarian Islands and some parts of the 
Sahara region. 
