542 coMPOSiT^. Cirtium. 



viore '^ . C. canum M.B. III. N' 1657. — Ic. Jacq. Austr. tab. 42. — 

 Rchb. t. 97. 



Hab. \n pratis humidis Lycaoniae inter Beychehr et Koniah (Heldr. exs. sub 

 C Panwomco), inuliginosisGiaurGdlCataoniae(Hausskl),Paphlagonia(Wiedl), 

 in prov. Gaucasicis ad fluv. Terek (M.B.), ad Narzana (C.A.M.), in planitie 

 Kabardae minoris (Hoh I). 



Ab affini C. Pannonico radice, foliis supra basin non angustati.^, capitulis 

 majoribus distinctura. 



Ar. Geogr. Norvegia, Germania orientaiis, Austria, Italia boreali-orientalis. 

 regio Danubialis, Serbia, Rossia media et australis. 



47. G. rhizocephalum (G.A. Mey. Eaiim p 70) glabriuscu- 

 lum pallide virens acaule vel breviter caulescens, radice fibras basi 

 incrassatas edenle, foliis in lacinias triangulari-rotundatas lobulalas 

 et denliculatas crebre flavido-spinosas sinuato-pinnatifidis, capitulis 

 majusculis sessilibus glomeratis rarius solitariis foliis floralibus 

 angustis in spinas crebras flavas pinnatipartitis involucrum aequan- 

 tibus bractealis, involucri glabri phyllis oblongo-lanceolatis apice 

 nigricantibus carinatis in spinam erectam crassiusculam attenuatis 

 intimis scarioso-cuspidatis, floribus ochroleucis vel purpureis ^. Cni- 

 ciis ucanlis M.B. Taur. Gauc. II, p. 280 non L. — C. esculentum var 

 /3 Caucasicum G.A. Mey. Girs.'Ruth. p. 4! 



Hab in pratis alpinis humidiusculis, Taurus Cilicicus (Ky! Bal!), mons 

 Begdagh Cataoniae (Hausskl), Armenia ad Daratschitschag (Seidli), Gaucasus 

 Ibericus (Hohl), centralis 9t orientalis 6000'-9000' (C.A.Ml Ruprl), mons Elbrus 

 Persise (Buhsel), Aflfghaniae montes ad Yonutt 10500' (Griffl). 



/3. caulescens. — Gaulis 1-6-polIicaris 1-3-cephaIus interdum basi 

 ramosus. — C. grumosum F et M. M^m. Petrop. et herb! 



Hab. in Gaucaso australi cum forma typica (Ruprl). 



y. sinuatum. — Acaule rarius caulescens, folia sinuata spinis 

 abbreviatis tenuioribus. Phylla in spinas tenuiores breves abeuntia. 

 — C. sinualum Boiss. et Ky. pl. exs. 1859. — C. Frickii F. et M! 



Hab. in Armeniae Turcicao alpinis Alischeri Khan inter Trapezuntem et 

 Baibut 6200' (Ky . Suppl. 631 !), in monte Alagos Armeniae Rossicae (Herb. Petropl). 



Species in alpinis Orientis C. acaulis vices agens, ab eo spinis foliorum cre- 

 brioribus, involucri phyllis in spinam abeuntibns nec inermibus (an satis?) 

 distincta. C. esculentum C.A Mey. Sibiricum herb4 valde affine differt (an 

 specifice?) radicis fibris tenuioribus. 



48. C. simplex (G.A. Mey. Enum. p. 70) glabrum, radice obli- 

 qua fibras tenues edenle prsemorsd, caule simplici folioso 1-3-cephaIo, 

 foliis integris tenuiter setoso-marginatis oblongo-Ianceolatis radicalibus 

 basi attenuatis caulinis amplexicaulibus, capitulis mediocribus termi- 

 nalibus subsessilibus glomeratis foliis summis angustissimis longe et 

 creberrime pectinato-ciliatis eis brevioribus suffultis, invoulucri glabri 

 phyllis rubellis oblongo-lanceolatis in spinam tenuem erectam atte- 

 nuatis, flosculis purpureis ¥ . 



