1038 Compositae. 
p. 799 no. 159. — A biennial plant, 40—60 em high or sometimes 
somewhat more, pruinose, diffusely forked. Root-leaves rosetted, 
pinnatipartite or lyrate; upper leaves sessile, oblong to linear, toothed. 
Heads ovate, 1 cm long; terminal spines of the involucre white, 
terete, or flat above, with 2—3 prickles on each side at the base; 
flowers pale-yellow; pappus as long as the achene. — Flow. March 
to April. 
M. ma. M. p. N. d. N.f. N. v. D. 1. D. i. D. a. sept. Common 
in sandy places throughout. 
Local name: amrir; harrar (Schweinfurth); murrar (Ascherson); 
generally: murreyr. nub. kenissa kul. 
Also known from Arabia Petraea and Syria. 
var. brevicaulis (DC.) Boiss. Flor. Or. HI (1875), p. 691. — 
Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p.96 no. 613. — Centaurea palle- 
scens var. gracilis Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 249 partly. — 
Centaurea Calcitrapa var. brevicaulis DC. Prodrom. VI, p. 598. — 
Centaurea brevicaulis Boiss. Diagnos. Plant. Or., Ser. I fase. X p. 120. 
— Stems very short often 0; spines of the involucre longer and 
more fleshy. — Flow. March to April. 
D. |. D. a. sept. Common in deep sandy places. 
Local name: murreyy. 
Only known from Egypt. 
1448. (13.) Centaurea solstitialis L. Spec. Plant.1 (1753), p. 1297. 
— Boiss. Flor. Or. II, p. 685. — Sibth. and Smith Flor. graec., tab. 908. 
— Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., Supplem. p. 765. — A annual 
plant, 30 cm to 1 m high, appressed-cobwebby, canescent; stem and 
branches rigid, winged, the latter spreading. Lower leaves lyrate, 
stem-leaves linear, entire, decurrent into entire wings as long as 
the internodes. Heads terminal, solitary, ovate, 1—1,5 em long; 
lower scales of the involucre terminating in 3, short prickles, the 
intermediate ones in a slender, sharp spine as long as the head or 
twice as long, with 2 prickles on each side at the base; flowers 
yellow. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. Alexandria. 
Also known from Greece, Caucasia, Arabia Petraea, Syria and Mesopotamia. 
1449, (14.) Centaurea aegyptiaca L. Mant. I (1771), p. 118. 
— Boiss. Flor. Or. III, p.687. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., 
p. 96 no. 610. — Del. Ilustr. Flor. d’Eg., tab. 49 fig. 2. — Centaurea 
cancellata Sieb. in Spr. Syst. Plant. VI, p.406. — Centaurea eriophora 
Forsk. Flor. aeg.-arab., p.145 not of Linn. — A biennial plant, 
15—20 cm high or more, densely crisp-papillose, canescent, branching 
