Cousinia. <;omposit^. 479 



truticalis margine oblique quadridentato O. C. sylvicrtla B(^e loc cit 

 p. 358. 



Hab in deserto Kisilkum et sylvulis Haloxyli TurkestaniiB occiden alie 

 (Lehml). 



Dumnlus plus minus densus hemisphairicus diametro semipedalis, lolia 

 majora pollicaria, capitula piso duplo majora. C sylvicola cx speciniine ittate 

 magis provecto descripta differt tantum phyllis paulo magis recurvis. 



47. G. Gandolleana (Jaub. et Sp. III. Or. H, p. 74, tab. I06) 

 biennis, caule glaberrimo elato superne subaphyllo laxe paniculalo- 

 corymboso pleiocephalo ramis tenuibus ereclo-patulis, Ibliis iufeiio- 

 ribus crebris coriaceis adpressis rigidis prseter costam sublus plus 

 minus lanalam glabris in segmenla lineari-subulata integerrima spi- 

 nosa pinnatisectis rachide nngustd integerrimS, foliis superioribus 

 diminutis in spinulas 1-2 utrinque brevissime et angustissime decur- 

 rentibus, rameis niinimis a basi laliori subulalis, capitulis longe et 

 tenuiler pedunculatis a basi rotundato-truncala ovalis circ. 20-floris, 

 involucri glabriusculi straminei phyllis 35-40 imbricalis adpressis ab 

 inferioribus coriaceis ovatis et oblongis in spinam brevissimam recur- 

 vam contraclis ad inlima membranacea lineari-spathulata apice ereclo- 

 subpatula sensim auctis, flosculis luteis, acheniis subfungosis subcom- 

 pressis acute 3-5-gonis scrobiculatis apice truncato iobulatis 0. 

 Auchera orientalis u.c. Prodr VI, p. 557. Mem. IX, tab. 11. 

 Hab. in Persia (Auch. exs. ao30!). 



Planta 2-3-pedalis, folia inferlora subsemipedalia segmentis tenuibus ter- 

 minali longissimo capitula magn. Centaureae Cx^ani. Hoec speci^s cum sequenti 

 inflorescentia paniculata ob folia superiora valde diminuta suhn jda ab omni- 

 bus affinibus distinguitur. 



48. C. Griffithiana (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. II, 3, p. 55) biennis, 

 caule elato ramosissimo ramis ereclo-patulis paniculam amplissi- 

 mam laxe polycephalam formantibus , foliis inierioribus ambilu 

 oblongo-lanceolatis supra glabris subtus araneoso-canescentibus in 

 lacinias lineari-filiformes margine revolutas sjepe longissimas integras 

 apice spinulosas pinnatisectis, rachide angustissima subalata remote 

 spinulosS, capitulis tenuiter pedunculatis ovato oblongis 15-20-floris, 

 involucri tomentelli phyllis 30-35 praeter villum pruinosis ab inferio- 

 ribus coriaceis oblongis in spinas hamato-recurvas eis duplo breviores 

 abeuntibus ad intima membranacea erecta elongalis, flosculis (ex: 

 Griffith) lilacinis, acheniis parvis fungosis prominenter 3-5-costatis 

 scrobiculatis apice costarum productione lobatis 0. 

 Hab. in Affghanii prope Nquruk (Griff. 764!). 



Planta tri-quadripedalis, inflorescentise rami primarii sa^pe pedales, filia 

 infer. semipedalia laciniis lineam latis 1-2 pollicaribus. Capitula eis C. Candol- 

 leance duplo minora,angustiora,achenia duplo mmora. Pra-.ter colorem llorun^ 

 rachide spinulosd, phyllis longius spinosis ab ea discedetis. 



