546 coMPOsiT*. Cirsium^ 



Facies, folia inermia spinuloso-ciliata Cardui PersonaUjp sed.Cirsium veruin, 

 caulis non alatus, capitula manifeste majora bracteata. Flosculi e sicco llavidi 

 vel sordide albi. Species insignis. 



58. C. cynaroides (Lam. Dict. I, p. 702 sub Cardiw) caulibus 

 canis erectis simplicibus mouocephalis vel diciiotome ramosis 2-3- 

 cephalis, foliis lanceolatis supra glabriusculis subtus canis in seg- 

 menta ovata 3-5-lobata tenuiter subulato-spinosa sinuato-piniiatipar- 

 titis sectisve, caulinis amplexicaulibus, capitulis luagnis termiiialibus 

 solitariis peduiiculatis, involucri arachnoidei phyllis in spinam valid;tni 

 lanceolalam infnnorum rellcxain intermediorum patulam pliyllo muUo 

 longiorem flosculos purpureos subsuperantem abeuntibus, intimis 

 purpureis scariosis erectis ^. C.cynaroides Sprcn<;. Syst. 111, p. 372. 

 — Chamcepeuce cynaroides d.c. Prodr. VI, p. 659. — Cnicns cyna- 

 roides Desf. Cor. tab. 35. 



Hab. in rupestribus et pinetis siccis Laconire in Tavgeto supra Mistra 

 (Boiss!) et in monte Malevo 2()00'-y000' (Orph. Fl. exs.'79a!}, Messenia ad 

 Pylos (Heldr!), in pinetis insulo^ Poros (Heldr!), Creta (Tourn., Sieb. exs. sub 

 Cnico Afro!), Pamphylia in rupibus maritimis Adalia (Bourg. 150!), Gilicia 

 supraKechlik(Bal!}. 



Facies omnino Lomyra\ sed ob achenium valde compr.^ssum oblongum 

 (2Vi lin. longum V» latum) epicarpio membranaceo madefacto glutinoso iiec 

 durum ovato-globosum sectioni Chanudeoni adnumerandum. 



59. C. sinuatum (Trautv. Pl. nov. p. 9 sub Cham(rpeuce](i?iU\Q, 

 cano folioso flexuoso apice l-3-cephalo, foliis coriaceis supra viridibus 

 parce arachnoideis subtus canis oblongis acuminatis basi attenaatis 

 semiamplexicaulibus sinuato-pinnalilobatis lobis in lacinias lanceolalas 

 apice spinosas bipartitis rachide vix longioribus. capitulis breviter 

 pedunculatis mediocribus, involucri phylUs araneosis a basi latiore iri 

 spinas longas subulatas demum palenti-reflexas ab inferioribus ad 

 intima flosculis breviora elongatas abeuntibus ^ . Cnicus cynaroides 

 M.B. Taur. Gauc. II, p. 280 non Lam. 



Hab. in Transcaucasia ad Altiagatsch (Seidll), in Caucaso orientali ad Kurt 

 Bulak (M.B!), in Daghestania (Becker!). 



Pedale, folia inferiora diminuta subpetiolata, intermedia 4-5 pollices longa 

 2 poUices lata, capitula magn. C diacanthi. Facies Lamp-ft; aed ob achenia 

 juniora elongata potius prope C. cynaroidem collocanduni. al< eo foliis yix ad 

 medium lobatis nec profunde partitis sectisve, lobis integris vel bindis nec 

 3-5-fidis, spinis involucri brevioribus distinctum. 



§ 2. Cauiis foliorum decurrentia alatus. 



60. C. palustre (L. Sp. 1151 sub Carduo) caule elatu rigido 

 alato superne stricte ramoso, foliis parce arachnoideis lanceolatis in 

 lacinias triangulari-oblongas breviter 2-3-lobatas sinuato-pinnatifidis 

 vel parlitis tenuiter et crebre spinulosis, alis caulis et ramoruni 

 angustis lobulatis spinulosissimis, capitulis ovatis parvis brevissime 



