280 Composite. 



ritacea Ten. qui ne nous parait pas devoir etre maintenu 

 comme espece. 

 782. Centaurea (Pkalolepis) bella Trautv. Mel Biol. Bull. Acad. 

 Petrop. X, p. 394. 



Prope Batum in rupibus regionis silvaticae inferioris secus 

 flumen Adjari-Tzchali prope pagum ejusdem nominis, 21 Jun. 

 fr. (omnino deflorata). — Imeretia ad flumen Eion, loco non 

 notato, Jun. 1877 fl. fr. (Brotherus). — Borjom, Jun. 1881 

 fl. fr. (Brotherus, Psephello dealbato J£ 489 admixta). 



Descriptio ad specimina Adjarica: 



Discolor griseo-incana, pedalis et ultra; rhizomate obliquo 

 elongato squamoso non crasso rosulas steriles et caules emit- 

 tente; caulibus gracilibus basi tomentosis ad medium foliatis 

 simplicibus monocephalis vel saepius infra vel parum supra 

 medium 2-3furcis et 2-3cephalis, ramis tenuibus strictis basi 

 2-3foliatis apice longe nudis bractea una alterave lineari obsitis 

 denique glabratis; foliis teneris ambitu lanceolatis supra griseo- 

 tomentellis subtus albo-pannosis, infimis obovatis integris par- 

 vis in petiolum attenuatis citius inarcescentibus, rosularum 

 petiolatis pinnatisectis segmentis remotiusculis utrinque 2-4 

 ellipticis vel obovatis, obtusis vel obtusiusculis superficialiter 

 et obtuse crenulatis, caeterum subintegris, raro prope basin 

 lobulo auctis, inferioribus saepius subpetiolulatis, superioribus 

 decurrentibus, terminali caeteris subaequali rarius majore, in- 

 tegro vel rarius inciso-lobato; foliis caulinis conformibus sensim 

 decrescentibus ; capitulis mediocribus, fructiferis e basi angusta 

 obconicis; involucri phyllis non numerosis exterioribus vix 

 tomentellis brevibus lanceolato-triangularibus inter mediisque 

 lanceolato-oblongis appendice fusca suborbiculata margine albo- 

 scariosa demum lacera terminata, intimis glabris elongato- 

 linearibus in appendicem scariosam pallidam oblongam sub- 

 integram eis 5plo breviorem et vix latiorem abeuntibus; flos- 



culis ; achenio albo compresso araneoso-tomentoso coronula 



brevi terminate, hilo laterali; pappo aureo-rufo barbellato ima 



