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in Psephello lieteropliyllo collum valde lanuginosum , cauW apice, 

 louge denudati (lion ad periclinii basin folio stipati), squainamm 

 periclinii appendices fuscescentes (non nigrescentes) cetq. 

 6. Centaurea (Aetheopapptis) RaiMucuia Trautv. perennis; 

 caulibus erectis, subsimplicibus, submonocephalis, parce arach- 

 noideo-pilosis; foliis lineari-oblongis, integris, remote serrato- 

 denticulatis vel subintegerrimis, acutis, supra glabresceutibus, 

 subtus cano-tomentosis, inferioribus in petiolum longum angu- 

 statis, mediis et superioribus sessilibus, supremis sub ipso cala- 

 thidiominutis, lineari-lanceolatis, scariosis;periclinio subgloboso, 

 basi albido, apice fuscescente, sub lentr tewtissiiM puberalo; 

 squamarum appeudicibus scariosis, lanceolatis, acuminatis, iner- 

 mibus, pectinato-ciliatis, adpressis; floseulis purpureis, ixteriori- 

 bus radiantibus; achaenio glabro, laevi; pappo achaenio duplo 

 longiore, molli, plumoso-scabro, albido; areola oblique literati. 

 In Armenia? tractu pascuo, Kasikibaran dicto (Radde). 

 Radix perennis, multiceps. Caules erecti, simplices vel ra- 

 rissime ramulo solitario instructi, tcnues, exalati, parce arach- 

 noideo-tomentosi, demum glabrescentes, ad 42 centim. alti. Fo- 

 lia lineari-oblonga, utrinque angustata, acuta, infinia et suprema 

 suhintegerrima, reliqua remote serrato-denticulata, supra viridia, 

 parce arachnoideo-pilosa, demuiii glabrata, infra cano-tomentosa, 

 radicalia et caulina inferiora in petiolum longum angustata, cum 

 petiolo 10-18 centim. longa, 8-12 milUm. lata, media et 

 superiora sessilia, sursum decrescentia; folia suprema minuta, 

 squamaeformia, scariosa, lineari-lanceolata, sub ipso calathidio 

 approximata, sensim in periclinii squamas abeuntia. Calathidia 

 terminalia, solitaria. Periclinium subglobosum, diametro 2— 2 A 

 *4m. loago, basi albidum, apice fuscescens, sub lente tenuis- 

 ales imbricatae; appendices 



bquamae 



inermes, adpressae-mnma 

 sessiles (parte basilar!, herbacea deliciente), lanceolatae, acumi- 



scariosae, pectinate ciliatae, inermes, adpressae -infimae albae. 



