470 coMFOsiT-s:. Cousinia. 



tibus spinosis intimis flosculos luteos non sequantibus, acheniisparvis 

 obovatis costalo-subangulatis apice truncatis margine obsoleto, pappo 

 pauciseto '^ . Onobroma lucidum Auch. Mss. 



}Iab. in desertis Assyriae (Auch. 3500 !). 



Plantautvideturhumilis dumulosa, capitula sex lineas longa 3 V» lin. diam. 

 lat:i 



21. C. aggregata (p.c. Prodr. VI, p. 353)perennis, caulealbido 

 glabro superne corymboso, foliis rigidis supraglabrissubtus adpresse 

 canis pectinatim sinuato-pinnatifidis dentatisve lobis et dentibus in 

 spinas tenues flavidas abeuntibus radicalibus oblongis brevissime 

 petiolatis basi partitis caulinis breviter decurrentibus, capitulis par- 

 vis 3-4-floris oblongo-cylindricis ad apices ramulorura inter bracteas 

 aequilongas anguste lanceolatas pinnatilido-spinulosas congestis, recep- 

 taculi setis glabris, involucri phyllis 12-15 breviter velutinis lanceo- 

 latis spinosis erectis adpressiusculis, infimis vix brevioribus, intcrio- 

 ribus sublongioribus serrulatis apice dilatatis submuticis, flosculis 

 involucro sublongioribus e sicco luteolis, acheniis junioribus angula- 

 tis apice truncalis marginatis, pappo brevi :}<:. C. pauciflora Bge 

 Cous. p. 12. 



Hab. in Persia loco non indicato (B61angerl), ad radices montium Sergen- 

 deh prope Teheran (Bge !). 



Caulis semipedalis vel pedalis, collum crassum petiolorum reliquiis stipa- 

 tum, folia radicalia 1 Vi-2 poUices longa, glomeruli ssepe longiuscule pedun- 

 culati magnit. avellanse , capitula vix 6 lineas longa, erronee in d.g. Prodr. 8- 

 10-flora ex plurium in unicum confusione dicta. 



22. G. heterophylla (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. II, 3, p. 54) perennis 

 cespitosa tenuuiter araneoso-canescens, caule humili superne confer- 

 tim corymboso oligocephalo, foliis coriaceis margine undulato-sinua- 

 tis breviler lobato-dentatis spinosis radicalibus petiolatis suborbicu- 

 latis, caulinis ovato-oblongis latiuscule decui-rentibus , floralibus 

 minutis lanceolatis capitula subsequantibus, capitulis brevissime 

 pedunculatis minimis ovato-oblongo-cylindricis 3-5-floris, involucri 

 araneosi phyllis 20-25 adpressissimis lanceolatis in mucronem bre- 

 vissimum rectum e villo vix exsertum attenuatis ab infimis ad 

 superiora auctis, flosculis luteis, acheniis apicetruncatisminute denti- 

 culatis V. 



Hab in regni Cabulici collo Khojuk ultra locum Sir i Asp dictum in lapido- 

 sis (Griflf. Journ. 7601). 



Semipedalis, folia radicalia diam. IVi pollicem lata, involucrum tres lineas 

 tantum lon^um. Flosculi (cl. Griff. Not. p. 281 indicante) lutei! Species form4 

 foiiorum radicalium et involucro piso dimidio minore distincti.ssima. 



23. C. cylindracea (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 6, p. 115), perennis 

 glabra lucida viridis tota punctulis resinosis adspersa. caule a basi 

 ramosissinio ramisque fiexuosis foliosis dumulum densum formanti- 



