446 coMPOsiT^. Xeranthemum. 



Capitula angusta X. cylindracei^ phylla interna ut in X. annun eisquoi-roso 

 elongata rosea sed angustiora, erecta nec radiantia. 



?). X. cylindraceum (Sibth. etSm. Prodr. 11, p. 172) adpresse 

 canescens, caule stricte ramoso ramis tenuiter virgatis apice nudis 

 monocephalis, capitulo tenuiter oblongo-cyiindrico 12-15-floro, invo- 

 iucri phyllis adpressis pallidis muticis dorso tomenteliis ab exteinis 

 ovatis obtusis ad interna lanceolata acutiuscula brevissime radiantia 

 elongatis, antherarum caudis minute mucronatis, pappi paleis 10-15 

 intequalibus a basi trianguIari-lanceolatS subulato-attenuatis achenio 

 brevioribus ©. Ic. Rchb tab. 7. — X. wamrtum M.B. Taur. Cauc. 

 302 non W. 



Hab. in siccis regionis prsesertim montana^, Grsecia in Boeotia (Sprun!), 

 Thessalia (Orph!) et regione inferiori Parnassi (Heldr!), Macedoniaad radices 

 montis Korthiati (Orph. Fl. Gr. exs 755!), Byzantii (Coumany!) et in Olympo 

 Bithyno (Sibth.), Syria borealis ad Aintab ( Auch !), in monte SsofFdagh (Haussk!), 

 Libanu.s ad Eden et inter Dnuam et Hasrun (Reygasse! Bl!), Tauria (Stev.), 

 Iberia Caucasica et ditio Talysch (Hoh!). 



Ar Geogr Hispania orientalis, Gallia orieritalis et australis, Italia, Istria, 

 regio Danubialis, Rossia australis. 



CHARDIMA (Desf. mm. Mus. Par. III, 455, lab. 21). 



Capilulum heterogamum flosculis externis paucis femineis cyiin- 

 dricis 3-5-dentatis, cseteris hermaphroditis limbo quinquefido. Invo- 

 lucri phylla imbricata scariosa inermia. Receptaculum paleis siepe 

 divisis flores amplectentibus obsitum. Staminum filamenta glabra in 

 tubum alte connata, antherse basi minute auricuIato-mucronatcB. 

 Achenium flosc. femineorum glabrum subcompressum basi attenua- 

 tum i-3 paleis rigidis superatum vel calvum trialatura, alis margina- 

 libus denticulatis basi angustatis dorsali angusta carinaeformi, omni- 

 bus supra achenii areolam in cornua excurrentibus. Achenium florum 

 herniaphroditorum lineare teretiusculum longitudinaliter multisulca- 

 tum parte inferiori villosum paleis 10 late lanceolatis acuniinatis 

 denticulatis coronatum. — Herba aimua inermis foliis integris, facie 

 Xeranthemi. 



i. C xeranthemoides (Desf. loc. cit.J aapresse cana pumila 

 sffipius ramosa, foliis anguste ellipticis linearibusque, ramulis apice 

 breviter iiudis monocephalis, capitulis parvis 8-10-floris oblongis 

 frucliferis valde auctis obconicis, involucri glabriuscnli phyllis adpres- 

 sis imbricatis scariosis pallidis ovatis obtusis mucronulatis ab infimis 

 ad interiora margine subundulata auctis ©. X. annnuin var. y. Linn. 

 Sp. 11201. — X Orientale Willd. Sp. Ill, p. 1902. — Ch. macrocarpa 

 G. Koch Linn. XXIV, p. 382 1 



Hfib. in agris derelictis et lapidosis siccis pra-sertim regionis montanse^Ana- 

 tolia in monte Cadmo Carise supra Denisleh (Boiss I), Lycia (Pestal! Bourg!), 



