Gymnarrhena. gompo81T.e. 24i 



Schiinp. pl. Arab. eiuii icuiie. (Aiialys. imperl".).— Critptadia Eiiphra- 

 lensis Cliesney Narr. Euph. p. 441, tab. 95! 



Hab. in arenis desertorum ^Egypti prope Kahiram (Boissl Huss!) etsuperio- 

 ris iu Thel)aide (Husson!). Arabict! Petreai (Schimp. «99! Boiss!), in coilibus 

 aridis calidis Judese inter Hierosoiymani et S' Saba (Buiss!), circa Damascum 

 (Ivy. 5";G!), in Persia orientnli et AtTghania occidentnli freqnens (Bge!) , in 

 As.syria (Oliv. et Briig!), in Belutschia prope Khozdar (Stocks!). Fl. Mart. Apr. 



Capitula a pisi ad avellanai maon. variantia, folia 3-4-pollicaria 2-0 lin. lata. 

 Occurrit in Africa boreali forma foliis anguste lineari-lanceolatis qwM cieterum 

 non dilferre videtur. Achenia cum pappo tres lineas longa. Stirps characteribus 

 ft facie insignis,in areiu'i. inobili siipe omniiiosepultacuspidibus emergentibus 

 s(|uamarum solum manifesta. 



Ar. Geogr. Deserta Algeria'. interioris et regni Tunetani. 



MICROPUS (L. (ien. 996). 



Capitiila paijcitlora discoidea glomerata. fnvolucrum uniseriale 

 phyllis la.Kis planis. Receplaculuni ad periph.Teriam paleis uniseriali- 

 j)us galecerormibus laleraliter compressis llores femitieos includenti- 

 bus obsitum, centro nudum. Flosculi exleriores uniseriati teminei 

 fililbrmes singuli paleis iiiclusi et fruclireri cum eis decidui, cenlrales 

 niasculi pauci tubulosi quinquedentali. Anlherce basi caudatte. Styii 

 rami liliformes. Achenia couipressa ol^ovata nuda. — Herbce annuse 

 j>lus rninus copiose albo-lanatt«. 



1. M. erectus (L. Sp. 1313) lana adpressiuscuhl brevi obsitus, 

 caule simplici erecto stricUuscule ramoso vel a collo ramosus ramis 

 tateralibus diffusis, foliis sessilibus oblongis margine undulatls flora- 

 libus glomerulos superantibus. involucri phyllis niembranaceis oblon- 

 go-lineHribus obtusis. paleis frucliferis coriaceis inermibus lanatis 

 incurvis dorso valde gibbis et obliquissime rostellalis Q. lc. Lam. lU. 

 tab. G94. — Gen. FJ. Germ. 



Hal). in tiridis calcareis Archipelagi (Sibth.), Macedoniae ad radices Korthiati 

 (Orph. Pl. exs. 773!), Phryiii;e ad Bulghas Keui in consortio M tonf/i/otii 

 (Bal!). Cariie in planitiei Gybirensis cultis (Boiss!), Libani ad Hadet (Bl!), 

 Antililja' i ad El Keneise (Gaill!), Armenia3 australis ad Goschkar (Kyl\ Tau- 

 ria et prov. Transcaucasi,cis (Led., Hohen!), Persia bor.-orienlali ad Siarel 

 (Bgel\ Atfghanii ad Otipore (Griffl).. 



&.r. Geogr. Gallia, Belgium, Hispania, Italia, Istria, Oalmatia, Hungaria, 

 Songaria, Africa borealis. 



-2. M. bombycinus (Lag. Gen. et Sp. p. 3:2) lana alba ionga 

 ad glomerulos praeserlim inflata obsilus simplex vel a collo ramosus 

 erectus, foliis planis oblongo-linearibus floralibus glomeruio non lon- 

 gioribus. involucri phyllis niembranaceis oblongo-linearibus obtusis, 

 palcis frucUferis coriaceis inermibus dense lanatis incurvis dorso 

 valdc gibbis et obliquissime rostellalis O. Ic. Rchb. Germ. tab. 943, 

 % 2. 



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