coMPOsiT^. 435 



* • Involucri phylla saltem externa lanigera. 



25. E. cephalotes (d.c. Prodr. VI, p. 526) totus adpressissime 

 canus niveus eglanduiosus, caule crebre folioso, sinf>plici vel rainoso 

 foliis coriaceis oblongo-lanceolatis grosse undulatis et lobatis lobis in 

 spinas filavas abeuntibus, caulinis auriculalis,capitulis breviter pedun- 

 culatis, penicilli setis paucis paleaceis involucro triplo brevioribus 

 Iseviusculis, involucri phyllis 12-13 externis apice minute deltoideo- 

 spathulatis lanatis, intermediis carinatis a medio subulato-attenuatis 

 pectinatis alterointerdumin spinam longiorem abeunte,intimis oblu- 

 sis fimbriatis ultra medium in tubum pentagonum concretis, pappi 

 setis barbellatis fere liberis conniventibus ^. E. candidus Boiss. 

 Diagn. Ser. I, IV, p. 86. - E. lasiokpis Bge loc. cit. p. 379 (forma 

 glabrescens). 



Hab. in Persia (Belanger 524 !), in monte Sofa prope Tspahan (Bode!), ad 

 radices montis Elburs prope Derbend (Ky. 419!), inter .Jezd et Ispahan (Bgei). 

 Specimen non sat evolutum e Belutschiu ( Stocks. 983), huc quoque spectare 

 videtur. 



Insignis foliis valde coriaceis undulato-sinuatis. 



26. E. robustus (Bge loc. cit. p. 382 ) totus adpresse canus 

 eglandulosus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis amplexicaulibus subtus ele- 

 vatim nervosissimis in lobos breves longe et validissime 3-5-spinosos 

 fere ad medium pinnatilobatis, glomerulo magno, penicilli involucro 

 triplo brevioris setis paleaceis fragilibus margine scabris, involucri 

 phyllis 12-13 externis ex basi longe attenuata apicepuberulis spalhu- 

 latis truncatis mucronulatis, intermediis oblongis carinatis superne 

 breviter attenuato-spinosis denticulatis altero ssepe in s])inam vali- 

 dam flosculis aequilongam abeunti, intimis in tubnm subcoriaceum 

 ultra medium concretis apice fimbriato-laceris, pappi setis paleaceo- 

 complanatis plumosis inaequalibus in coronam contiguis sed ferc a 

 basi liberis i. 



Hab. prope Kaschan et Nasrabad inter Ispahan et Toheran Persise (Bge !). 



Folia semipedalia. Valde affine E. cephaloti, glonioruli majores; Denicilii 

 setis scabris, phyllis externis truncatis et pappo iniiequali nagis paleaceo ;ib 

 60 an sat distinctus? 



27. E. villosissimus (Bge loc cit. p. 383) caule adpresse cano 

 corymboso, foliis supra canescentibus glandulis ses.silibus adspersis 

 subtus canis nervis prominentibus in segniCMla triangulari-lanceolufa 

 lobata longe spinosa pinnatisectis, foliis su|)erioribus valdc dimlnutis 

 et abbreviatis, penicilli saltem in capitulis inferioribus involiicro lou- 

 gioris setis numerosis barbellatis, involucri phyllis 11-13 indrnisapice 

 araclmoideo-lanatis breviter deltoideis serrulatis penicillo brevioribus. 

 intermediis a parle medid subarachnoidca scrrulalis in spiuafn alt.'- 

 nuatis altero in cornu aliis longius et validius sie.ic abeinli, intiniis 



