Evax. coMPOsiT^. 343 



ramosa ramis simplicibusbreviSvSimis vel subgloineriilo eentraii pro- 

 lifere rainulosis, foliis spalhulato-oblongis obtnsis cano-tomentosis 

 floralibus glomerulo longioi ibus. capifulis ovatis in glomerulos ternii- 

 nales conglobalis rarius solitariis, involuci-i phyllis et paleis dorso 

 glabriusculis vel sub acuniine piiberulis ovalis apice abrupte patulis 

 et acuminatis, receptaculo elongalo, acheniis obovatis margine minute 

 scabridis ©. Ic. Siblh. Fl. Gr. t. 921. — ^. pygmtva Pers. Syn. 11, 

 p. 422. — E. vmhellata Gfprtn. 



Hab. in aridis, apricis et hyeme inundatis, Gra^cia in Peloponneso (Sibth.), 

 Argolide (Sprun!), Zacyntho (Marg!), Cycladibus (Sibth.), Chio (Orphl), 

 Byzantii (Auch. 31291), Bilhynia (Pest. ex Griseb ), Svria littorali ad Ras Bai- 

 rut(Bl!). Fl. vere. 



Ar. Geogr. Regio rnediterranea totius Europae et Africae borealis, insulae 

 Canarienses. 



2. E. asterisciflora (Pers. Syn. II, p. 422) simplex vel e collo 

 ramosa ramis simplicibus rarius ramulosis, foliis lineari-oblongis 

 aciitiusculis cano-tomentosis floralibus glomerulum multo superanti- 

 bus, capitulis ovatis in glomerulos termiiiales conglobatis, involucri 

 phyllis et paleis dorso sub acumine puberulis vel glabris a basi ovalo- 

 oblonga abrupte et patule acuminatis, receptaculo elongato, acheniis 

 obovatis margine breviter clliolatis apice ob ciliola utrinque subelon- 

 gata bifurcis ©. Ic. Lam. fll. tab. 694. 



Hab. in collibus Smyrnai (Fleisch!), Cypri Labill!). 

 Ar. Geogr. Hispania, Sardinia Sicilia, Africa borealis. 



3. E. contracta (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, H, p. 3) acaulis simplex 

 vei ad colhim 1-2 ramulis ascendentibus aucta adpresse cana,capitulis in 

 glonierulum radicalem congestis, foliis oblongo vel obovato-spatliula- 

 tis in peliolum longe attenuatis petiolorum vaginis dilatatis et post 

 anthesin induratis glomerulum involucrantibus eoque multoties lon- 

 gioribus, involucri phyllis extus laxe et longe lanatis paleisque ovatis 

 abruptiuscule et longe setaceo-acuminatis. acheniis ovatis undique 

 pruirioso-scabridis O. 



Hab. in agris calcareis Syriae prope Aleppo (Hausskl), insuU Cypro prope 

 Larnaca (Ky. Suppl. 4761), Syria littorali ad Tripolin (Bll), Palestina in deser- 

 tis Judil (Rothl), interS*Saba et mare Morluum (Ky. 491 !) et ad meridiem 

 Gaza (Boiss!), Persia australi propeDalechi(Ky.exs.9()8 sub E.asterisciflord.') 



Affinis E. astemsciflwa; ditlert foliis supra vaginam basilarem demum sub- 

 induratam valde contractis, achenio undiquo .scabrido. 



4. E. Anatolica (Boiss. et Ileldr. Diagii. Ser. I, H, p. 2) griseo- 

 lanatn acaulis vel breviter caulescens simplex vel saepius a collo sub 

 glomerulo centrali ramosissima, foliis oblongo vel lineari-lanceolatis 

 acutis glomerulo 2-3-plo longioribus, capitiiiis in glomerulos conges- 

 tis, involucri phyllis paleisque oblongo-spathulatis cymbiformibus 

 carinatis basi glabra angustatis dorso crispe lanatis apice in mucro- 



