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caule sulcato canescenli vel cano, foliis supra virentibus tuherculis 

 papilliferis asperulis subtus canis, infenoribus amplis ambitu ovalo- 

 oblongis in segmenta stepe relrorsa late oblongo-lanceolala remote 

 et breviter lobata breviter spinosa pinnatipartitis rachide laliuscula. 

 foliis superioribus sensim diminutis angustius Jaciniatis, peiiicilli 

 setis paucis dimidio involucro brevioribus, involucri glabri j)byllis 

 17-t9 infimis a basi tenui apice minute triangulari-delloideis denli- 

 culatis. inlermediisa medio subulato-attenuatis longe pectinato-ciliatis, 

 iutimis non brevioribus ad quarlam vel quintam partem inferiorem 

 coalitis, pappi setis in^equalibus barbellatis ad medium usque concre- 

 tis 2(J, E. horridus d.c. Prodr. (ex parte quoad pl. Szovitsii.) 



Hab. in montibus prov. Transcaucasicae Karabagh (Szov ! exs. sub E. pam- 

 culato.'), in prov. Aderbidjan ad Muschanjbar prope Tabris (Buhse!). 



Folia inferiora pedem sa^pe longa 8 poll. lata segmenLis 4-5 pollices longis 

 ea Ci7'sn erisithalis referentia, involucrum 7-8 lineas tantum longuiu Species 

 phyllis intimis basi tantum connatis transitum ad gregem phyllis liberis 

 donatam prajbens. 



6. E glaberrimus (d c. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1834, p. 260) viridis 

 nitensglaber vel ad paginam inferiorem parcissime arachnoideus.caule 

 gracili simplici monocephalo, foliis rigi .is elevatim nervosis lanceo- 

 lalis iu segmenla parva ovalo-oblonga creberrime lobato-spinosa in 

 spinam tenuem flavam longissimam abeuntia pinnaiisectis, pedunculo 

 terminali longo nudo,capitulo mediocri, penicilli setis paleaceis scabridis 

 dimidium involucrum ffiquantibus, involucri glabri viridis phyllis sub 

 16 ab inferioribus apice Iriaiigularibus mucronatis integris ad interrYie- 

 dia a medio subulato-attenuata ciliata auctis, intimis in tubum cylindri- 

 cum iiigrum ad medium us(iue concretis, pappi paleis brevibus bar- 

 bellatis liberis ^. E. spinosus Bove exs. non L. - E PrescoUii F. 

 et M. Mss. 



Hab. in deserto Sinaico Arabiae petreae (Bove 112! Schimp. 267!) 

 Bipedalis, insignis glabritie, segmentis valde abbreviatis spinosissimis, 

 loborum sinul'us rotundatis, spinis ad segmentoruni apicem tenuibus longis. 

 Phyllum alterum in capitulis superioribus interdum utiu coiigeneribus multis 

 in cornu breve productum est. Involucrum 7 lineas longum. 



7. E. ceratophorus (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 6, p. 100) adpresse 

 canus vel canescens prsetereaque setis papillosis fle.Kuosis glanduli- 

 feris crebre conspersus, caule gracili 1-3-cephalo, foliis lanceolatis in 

 laciuias angustissime lineari-lanceolatas longe et tenuiter spinosas 

 pinnaliparlilis sectisve superioribussensim diminutis, penicilli iuvolu- 

 cruni dimidium superantis setis adpresse barbellatis, involucri phyl- 

 lis 11-13 glabris ab intimis a basi attenuata minute delloideis acutis 

 penicillo brevioribus denticulatis ad intermedia a medio serrulata et 

 in spinam attenuata elongatis, intimis lanceolatis superne fin:briatis 

 ultra medium in tubum concretis, capitulis summis sterilibus ionge 

 cornigeris, pappi setis paleaceis barbellatis fere ad basin liberis in 

 coronam conniventibus ^. 



