538 composit;e. Cirsium. 



strigosis subtiis araclinoideo-canesceiiUbus iii lacinias lanceolatas 

 bifidas integras ciliatas breviter apice spinulosas pinnatipartitis, radi- 

 calibus petiolatis inferioribus petiolo brevi basi dilatato sufFultis 

 superioribus amplexicaulibus diminutis, capitulis parvis sessilibus 

 terniinalibus dense glomeratis foliis summis brevibus involucratis 

 ovatis, involucri glabrescentis phyllis adpressis lanceolalis subulato- 

 triquetris apice spinulosis exterioribus vix brevioribus ^ . 



Hab. in prov Transcaucasici Guria ( Nordm ! ) , districtu Alagir supra 

 Kadschor 720D' (Ruprl), in pralis alpinis Ponti Lazici 7000* (Ball). 



Bi vel tripedale ; inflorescentia, folia, capitula magnit. C. rivulari» sed pagina 

 superior foliorum strigosa!; phyllis e.xternis quoque elongatis nec ut m fere 

 omnibus valde abbreviatis insigne. Quamvis inflorescentia et characteribus 

 C. rivulari proximum sit ob folia supra stngosa inter Epitrachydes militat 



§ 2. Folia decurrentia. 



37. C. Italicum (Savi Bot. Etrur. III, p. 140 sub Carduo) caule 

 subhumili stricte ramoso et dense corymboso, foliis angustis supra 

 strigosis subtus margine subrevolutis araneoso-canescentibus in laci- 

 nias anguste lanceolatas spina terminatas pinnatipartitis longe acumi- 

 natis in alam brevem auriculaeformem integram decurrentibus, capi- 

 tulis parvis ovatis subsessilibus sffipius aggregatis foliis suprerais 

 anguste lanceolatis flores superantibus bracteatis, involucri vix ara- 

 neosi phyllisoblongo-lanceolatis adpressis subspin4terminali tenuiter 

 subulata non adpressa callo dorsali oblongo brunneo obsitis ®. C. Ita- 

 liciim D.c. Hort. Monsp. 96. •— Ic. Moris Fl. Sard. t. 87. — Rchb. 

 tab. 96. 



Hab. in cultis et ad vias regionis inferioris et montan», Laconia, Messenfa 

 et Argolis (Bory ! Heldr I), Parnassus supra Rachova (Orph 1), Zacynthus (Marg ! », 

 Bithynia ad radices Olympi (Auch!). 



Ar. Geogr. Corsica, Sardinia, Italia australis. 



38. C. lanceolatum (L. Sp. H49 sub Carduo) caule elatoalato 

 superne ramoso, foliis supra strigosis sabtus viridibus vel plus minus 

 araneoso-canis in lacinias insequaliter et divaricalim lobatas spinosas 

 sinuatim pinnatifidis parlitisque, caulinis in alas angustas lobatas 

 decurrentibus, capilulis magnis ovatis basi breviter et anguste brac- 

 teatis, involucri phyllis viridibus lanceolatis superne triquetris in 

 spinam tenuem flavidam attenuatis rarius omnibus erecto-patentibus 

 externis sjcpius recurvis ®. C. lanceolatum Scop. — Ic. FI. Dan. 

 H73. - Rchb. t. 95. — C. mmorale Rchb. Fl. exc. 286 (forma follis 

 hypoleucis). 



Hab. in regione inferiori et prasertim montani totius regionis a Pelopon- 

 neso (Orph !), Attica ad Pentelici radices (Heldr!) et Macedonia (Orph!) ad 

 Anatoliam austro-occid (Bourg !), Syriam borealem (Haussk I), Kurdistaniam 

 Persicam (Haussk!),Persiam borealem in monte Elbrus (Ky!), prov. Khoras- 



