342 coMPOsiT^. Micropus^ 



Hab. in siccis regionis superioris montis Kerata prope Eleusin Attic» 

 (Heldrl), Smyrnae(Ball), Syrice prope Aleppo (Ky. 2J7I). prope Tcharmelik 

 Mesopotamise (Hausskl), in monte Gebel Belas deserti Syriaci (Bl!). 



Valde affinis M. erecto a quo tamen differre videtur foliis non undulatis, flo- 

 ralibus brevioribus, latia glomerulorum copiosiori inflata. 



Ar. Geogr. Hispania, Gallia australis, Africa borealis. 



3. M. lougifolius (Boiss. et Reut.) lana adpressiuscula brevi 

 ad glomerulos infiata obsilus a colio patule ramosus, foliis longis 

 linearibus acutiusculis planis floralibus glomerulos valde superanti- 

 bus, involucri phyllis foliaceis oblongo-liiiearihus obtusis, paleis fruc- 

 tileris teneris inermibus dense lanatis seniicirculariler incurvis dorso 

 non gibboso rostello terminali 0. 



Hab. in saxosis collinis et agri^; sterilibus Phrygiae ad Bulghas Keui (Bal. 

 1273!), Syria- ad Aleppo (Haussk! Ky. 192! snb M. erecto var.) ad Aintab etia 

 Mesopotamia et Assyrii vulgatus (Hausskl), Damasci supra Saknaya (Gaill. 

 18921), Persia bor. orient in regione montana inter Nlchapur et Mesched 

 (Bgel), australi (Haussk! Ky 771 sub M hombycind), prope Kerman et inter 

 ispahan et Teheran (Bge!), AfrghaniA (Griff!), Belutschia (Stocks!). 



Prupter folia longiora acutiora et capitula majora eximie distinctus a praece- 

 dentibus paleis fructiferis achenia includentibus niembranaceis nec coriaceis 

 et forma omnino diversis. 



4. M. supinus (L. Sp. 1313) adpressissime canus a collo ramo- 

 sus ramis brevibus diffusis, foliis spathalatis oblusissimis basi atte- 

 nuatis, capitulis axillaribus solitariis, involucri phyllis obsoletis, paleis 

 paucis demum induratis obtri;>ngularibus dorso echinatis O. Ic. Lara. 

 m. tab. 694, fig. L — Rchb. Ic. Germ, 943. 



Hab. in siccis hyeme inundatis, Byzantii ad radices Bougourlu (Duparql), 

 Pamphylia ad Adaba (Heldrl), Aleppo (Auch. 32161 Ky. 20HI Haussk !), Pales-^ 

 tina (Boissl), prov. Transcaucasicie Somchetia et Karahagh (Szov!). 



Ar. Geogr. Lusitania, Hispnnia, Africa borealis. 



EVAX (Gsrtn. Fnict. II, p. 393). 



Capitula muUiflora discoidea glomerata. Involucrum subbiserialfr 

 phyllis scariosis sensim in receptaculi paleas conformes abeuntibus. 

 Receplaciilum conicum summo apice inter flores masculos nudum, 

 inter flores femineos paleaceum. Flosculi exteriores feminei multise- 

 riales tenuiter filiformes apice denticulati singuli ad axillam paleae 

 siti, centralcs masculi pauci tubuloso-obconici quadridentati. Anthene 

 basi caudataB Styli rami filiformes. Achenia compressa rarius sub- 

 teretia vel oblonga epapposa. — Herbse albo-lanat» subacaules vel 

 breviter caulescentes. 



* Folia floralia glomerulis longiora. 

 1. E. pygmsea (L. Sp. 13H sub Filagd) simplex vel a collo 



