448 coMPOsiTiE. Carlina. 



biseriales in 3-4 fibras plumosas partitje. — Herbae rnonocarpicae vel 

 perennes foliis el involucris spinosis. 



Sect. I. EucARLiNA. — Puppiis uniserialis, involucri phylla intima 

 radiantia. 



\. C. acanthifolia (Ali. Pcd. I, p. 156, tab. 51) caule subnullo, 

 foliis rosiilalis subtus araneosis coriaceis petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 in lobos triangulares spinoso-dentatos pinnatifidis, capitulo maximo 

 ir rosula subsessili hemisphserico, involucri phyllis exlernis foliaceis 

 duris oblongo-lanceolatis indivisis margine spinosis radio breviori- 

 bus, intermediis nigricantibus anguste linearibus pectinatim spinosis, 

 inlimis muUo longioribus linearibus superne subdilatalis acuminatis 

 scariosis albis, receptaculi palearum fibris omnibus acutis longioribus 

 superne subcrassioribus, pappo semine duplo longiore ^ . Ic. Rchb., 

 tab. 9. 



Hab. in subalpinis siccis Rumelise loco non indicato (Friv I), in Arcadi4 (ex 

 Fl. Pelop?). 



Ar. Geogr. Gallia australis,Ilalia,Dalmatia, regioDanubialis,Rossiaau8tro- 

 occidentalis. 



2. C. vulgaris (L. Sp. 1 161) caule ereclo 1-2-cephalo vel coryra- 

 boso, foliis subius araneosisradicalibus oblongo-lanceolatis spinuloso- 

 dentalis, eaulinis coriaceis canaliculatis oblongis dentato-spinosis basi 

 sessili amplexicauli vix attenuatis, capitulo mediocri hemisphserico, 

 involucri phyllis externis oblongo-lanceolalis margine et apice spino- 

 sis radio brevioribus, intermediis spinis nigricantibus ramosis pecti- 

 nalim marginatis, intimis multo longioribus linearibus acuminatis 

 scariosis albidis ad medium usque ciliatis, palearum fibris omnibus 

 subulatis, pappo semini aequilongo @. Ic. SchJi. tab. 232. — Rchb. 

 tab. 11. 



Hab. in siccis montanis, Thracise et Macedonise montes (Friv ), Byzantium 

 (&ibth.),Tauria (M.B.),Gaucasus centralisetorientalis 48UO'-G000' (.M.B.,Rupr!), 

 Transcaucasia (Ledeb.). 



Ar. Geogr. Europa omnis a Britannia et Scandinavia ad Rossiam mcdiam, 

 Sibiria. 



3. C. longifolia (Rchb. Ic. fig. 8) caule erecto 1-3-cephalo, 

 foliis subtus araneosis, radicalibus longe lineari-lanceolatis remote 

 dentatis, caulinis oblongo-lanccoiatis basi sessili altenuatis margine 

 spinulosis, capitulis majusculis hemisphflericis , involucri phyllis 

 externis lanceolatis radium superantibus. intermediis spinis nigri- 

 cantibus ramosis pectinatim marginatis, intimis linearibusaciiminatis 

 inferne sublatioribus ad medium usque ciliatis,palearum fibris subu- 

 latis, pappo semine longiore 0. Ic. Rchb. tab. 11. 



