Cardopatium. ooMPOsiXiE. 443 



foliis radicalibus longis ambilu attenuato-oblongis pinnatipartiiis, seg- 

 mentis superioribus oblongis in lacinias ovatas lobatis cseteris secus 

 peliolum sensim diminutis omnibus apice breviter spiuosis et margine 

 spinulosis, foliis caulinis angustioribus diminutis in spinas tenuiter 

 subulatas secus caulem plus minus longe decurrentibus. capitulis 

 ovato-conicis 8-JO-floris numerosissimis in glomerulos bracteatos 

 spinosissimos congestis, involncri squarrosi phyllis linearibus obtuse 

 carinalis margine spinulosis in spinam patenti-recurvam abeuntibus, 

 intimis subscariosis subintegris a basi lanceolata subulatis, pappi 

 uniseriati i^aieis lanceolatis fimbriatis acuminatis corollse tubo apqui- 

 Jongis, corollis caeruleis rarius albis ^. Ic. Fl. Grrec. t. 844. 

 — C corymhosum Pers. Ench. 2, p. 500. — C. Orientale J. et Sp. 

 III. Or. tab. 426. — C. Apulum et C. Billardieri Spach Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 3, Ser. V, p. 233. 



Hab. in collibus et aridis regionis inferioris Laconiae (Boryl), Atticw (Sprl 

 Heldrl), Macedoniae et Tiiracise (Grisl Orphl), Byzantii ad insularn Prinkipos 

 (Couml), totius Anatoliae occidentalis et australis a Phrygiai ad Ciliciam I, 

 Archipelagi (Urvl), Greta? (Heldrl), Cypri (Kyl), Syriai borealis ad Marasch 

 (Hausskl) et littoralis ad Berythum (Bl!). 



Pappi paleai in speciminibus caeterum simillimis liberse vel basi subconnatse, 

 species igitur a cl. Spach propositae iion retinendae praeter C. amethytinum 

 Spach ex Africa boreali, foliis bracteisque non decurrentibus aliisque notis 

 specifice diversum. 



Ar. Geogr. Italia australis. 



2. C. Vrionis (Heldr. Mss.) parce arachnoideum, caule humili 

 superne 1-2-furcato corymboso, foliis abbrevialis oblongo-Ianceolatis 

 in segmenla breviter lanceolata lobata apice longe spinosa pinnati- 

 partitis,inferioribus in petiolum brevem spinulosum attenuatis,supe- 

 rioribiis breviter decurrentibus, capitulis ovato-globosis 10-J2-floris 

 confertis, involucri squarrosi phyllis triangulari-oblongis obtuse cari- 

 nalis in spinam pinnatim ramosam apice patenti-recurvam abeuntibus, 

 pappi uniseriati paleis breviter lanceolatis parce fimbriatis corollae 

 tubum dimidium sequantibus ^. 



Hab. prope Misolonghi CEtoliae (cl. Nieder et Vrionis!) Gomm. am. Hel- 

 dreich. 



Planta semipedalis, folia eis C. co7-?/mJosi breviora longius spinosa, caulina 

 brevius decurrentia, capitula majora'. Species pappi charactere ut videtur dis- 

 tincta. 



3. C. Boryi (Spach Ann. Sc. Nat. loc. cit. p. 245) glabrum, caule 

 brevi a basi ramoso dense corymboso ambitu hemisphaerico, foliis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis ramos aequantibus pinnatipartitis segmentis supe- 

 rioribus oblongo-lanceolatis in lacinias triangulares lobatis inferioribus 

 secus petiolum sensim diminutis omnibus margine spinulosis et lon- 

 giuscule spinosis, foliis superioribus sensim diminutis in spinulas 

 decurrentibus, capitulis ovatis 10-12-floris congestis bracteatis, invo- 

 lucri squarrosi phyllis externis spinulosis in spinam durara patenlem 



