450 coMPOsiT^. Carhna. 



Hab. in regione inferiori Cretse (Raull), et regione subalpinA montis Ida 

 4600'-6000' (Heidr!), Syriae littoralis adradices Libani (Boiss! Gaill!). 



t. Libanotica. — Araneoso-canescens, phylla externa oblongo- 

 lanceolala radium valde superantia. — C. Libanotica Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 

 iO, p 95. 



Hab. inCaelesyria et regione montitnaLibani australis propeDeir elKammar 

 (Boissl), in Libano medio circa Dimam et Eden (Bl!), circa Damascum(Gaill!), 

 Syria boreali ad Marasch (Hausslcl). 



Ax. Geogr. Europoe regio Mediterranea omnis, Africa borealis. 



5. C. frigida (Boiss. et Heldr. Diagn. Ser. I, 6, p. 109), glaber- 

 rima nilida, caulibus dense foliosis congestim corymbosis 2-6-cepha- 

 lis rarius monocephalis, ibliis anguste lineari-lanc^olatis pinnatipar- 

 titis segmentis crebris lineari-lanceolatis in spinas longas tenues 

 attenuatis, capitulis majusculis. involucri phyllis externis foliaceis 

 rigidis anguste iinearibns pinnatim et tenuiter spinosis apice acerosis 

 radium duplo superantibus, intermediis araneosis liueari-lanceolatis 

 inermibus apice rubris in spinam tenuem abeuntibus, intimis radian- 

 tibus stramineis linearibus acutisad mediumusque ciiiatis, palearum 

 fibris subulatis ®. 



Hab. in regione alpina Taygeti et Kyllenes 3000'-4500' (Heldr !), Parnassi 

 (Guiccl Heldr. Herb. Norm. 51(3!). 



Pallide virens, elevatim et reticulatim nervosa, folia fenuiter et creberrime 

 spinosa rachide lata, infima in petiolum planum spinulosum brevem attenuata, 

 csetera sessilia. A formis C. corj/mhosa' glabrltip, foliisangustls profunde dis- 

 sectis, radio pallide straraineo, palearum fibris non incrassatis, statione- alpina 

 discedens. 



6. C. oligocephala ( Boiss. et Ky. Diagn. Ser. II, 3, p. 51) 

 adpresse araneoso-canescens, caule erecto folioso rariusmonocephalo 

 SJEpius corymbose o-.^-cephalo, foliis inferioribus lineari-lanceolalis 

 pinnatipartitis rachide lata segmentis anguste lanccolatis spinosis, cau- 

 linis sessilibus plicatis lanceolatis spinoso-dentatis, capitulis medio- 

 crihus, involucri phyllis externis foliis supremis similihus coriaccis 

 lanceolatis plicatis remote spinosis acerosis radio sesquilongioribus, 

 intermediis lanatis margine inermibus apice spinosis, intimis radian- 

 tibus scariosis stramineis linearibus acutis tola longitudine ciliatis 

 apice lanceolatis, rcceptaculi tlbris majoribus superne dilatatis acutis- 

 simis, pappo achenio duplo longiore @. 



Hab. in valle Gusguta Tauri Cilicici 5500' (Ky. 281!), in montibus supra 

 Ermenek (Per!), in Cappadocia circa C»saream 3G00' (Bal!), Armenia in 

 incultis ad Baibut (Bourg !), monte Kechkischdagh prope Tokat (Wied !). 



/3. nmrocephala. — Capitula minora magis condensata, folia supe- 

 riora et phylla externa sublatiora et magis abbreviata. — C. foliosa 

 Boiss. et Haussk. Mss. 



Hab. in Syria boreali circa Marasch, Behesne, et in monte Gorkumdagh 

 {Haussk !). 



