506 coMPOsiT-a;. Cousinia. 



compressis insculptis apice areolatis immarginatis "^ . C. actinorephala 

 J. etSp. III. tab. 175. 



Hab. in prov. Laridjan Persise australis in montibus (Auch. 48091). 



Planta verosimiliter elata, folia caulina 2-3-pollicaria, capitula cum phyllis 

 radiantibus diam. 2 Vi-pollicarii, phylla 1-1 V»-pollicaria infcrne 2 lineas lata. 

 Receptaculi setae majores superne 1-3 denticulis ren^otis obsitae nec ut in affini- 

 bus crebre denticulato-scabrae. 



118. C. grandiceps (Bge Gous. p. 54) biennis parce arachnoidea 

 pallide virens, caule elato albido ramoso glabrescente interrupte et 

 late alato, foliis coriaceis radicalibus elongaiis lineari-oblongis sinua- 

 tim ad medium in iobos late et breviter ovalos longe et valide spinosos 

 parlitis, caulinis ovatis apice et lateraliter valide et longe spinosis 

 longe lateque cuneato-decurrentibus, capi4,ulis terminalibus maximis 

 subsessilibus a basi truncata depresso-globosis 170-180-floris, invo- 

 lucri phyllls glabrescentibus a basi ovata apice constricta in appen- 

 dices late ovato-Ianceolatas virides aceroso-attenuatas margine utrin- 

 que 1-2 spinulosas extimas patentes cseteras erectas adpressas 

 flosculos roseos aequautes abeuntibus, phylJio mtimis scariosis acumi- 

 natis subbrevioribus, acheniis tetragonis obsolete marginatis apice 

 obtuse denticulatis @. 



Hab. in montosis prov. Khorassan ad austrum urbis Ssebsewar (Bge!). 



Folia radicalia pedalia cum .spinis 8-9 lin. longis 3 poUices lata, capitula 

 generis fere maxima diametro cum appendicibus 3 V»-polli(^aria, corollai 2U 

 lineas longa^, appendices 1 V» pollicem longae basi 7-'J lata^- Affinis C. onopor- 

 dioidiet albicaidi, a priori caule interrupte alato, a posteriori foliis longe decur- 

 rentibus, ab utraque appendicibus majoribus praeter infimas non squarrosis 

 discedens. 



119. C. cynaroides fM.B. Taur. Gauc. 11, p. 285 sub Carthamo) 

 biennis. araneoso-canescens, caule infra medium vel a medio ramoso 

 ramis erecto-patulis corymbosis monocephalis alatis, foliis radicalibus 

 molliusculis oblongo-laneeolatis pinnalilobatis spinosis, caulinis rigi- 

 dioribus triangulari-lanceolatis sinuato-dentatis longe spinosis longe 

 decurrentibus, capitulis niagnis ovato-globosis multifloris, involucri 

 parce araneosi phyllis supra basin adpressam ovalo-oblongam apice 

 constriclam appendice foliacea rigida late lanceolata carinata superne 

 concava margine utrinque 4-o-spinulosa in spinam terminalem sensim 

 attenuata reflexa vel squarrose pateiitissima involucri diametro et 

 flosculis iongiore auctis, phyllis intimis scariosis lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis, flosculis albidis. acheniis compressis striatis margine fere obso- 

 leto ®. C. cynaroides G.A. Mey. Enum. p. 230. — Onobroma cyna- 

 roides Spr. Syst. III, p. 392. 



Hab. in siccis Georgia? Gaucasicae orientalis inter Kuba et Schamachi 

 (M.B.), ditionis Taiysch (G.A. M! Hohen !), Armeni* Rossicae et prov, Kara- 

 dagh (Buhse!), Turcomania^. (ex Karelin), Aderbidjan (Bgel). 



Pedalis v^-l humilior, phyllorum appendices latissime lanceolatae interdum 

 pollicem longae basi 3-4 lineas latae, coroUae 10-11 lineas longae. 



