563 coMPOsiTiE. Onopordon. 



pinnatilobatis partitisve lobis spinosis. caiilinis valde diminutis decur- 

 rentibus, capitulis magnis vel mediocribus basi truncatis vel convexis, 

 involucri basi plus minus tomentosi phyllis in spinas semitereti-subu- 

 latas acerosas basi adprcsa oblonga multo longiores angustatis,inti- 

 mis erectis flosculos viscidulos sequantibus caeteris patule curvatis 

 vel reflexis, acheniis griseis tetragono-compressis tenuiter costalis 

 transverse rugosis pappo duplo longiore superatis 0. 0. macracan- 

 thum Fl. Greec. IX, p. 23, tab. mi non Schousb. — Carduus Groicus 

 parvus Tourn. Gor. 31. — 0. GrcBcum Fl. Pelop. non Gou. — 0. ara- 

 neosum Boiss. in Bourg. pl. 1860 exs. (forma glabrescens.) — 0. Weis- 

 sianum Asch. in Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien. 1869 ( forma capitulis 

 minoribus). 



Hab. in cainpis sterilibus Atticffi (Heldr. Fl. Gr. exs. 1917! Orph. FI. Gr. exs. 

 768 sub 0. Alexayidrino!), Messeni* ad Methonem (Bory!), Cretfe et Archipe- 

 lagi (Sibth.), Syra (Weiss!), Lycia ad Elmalu (Bourg!). " 



/3. Alexandriuum. — Minus tomentosum, araneoso-griseum, folia 

 interdum pinnatisecta. — 0. Akxandrinum Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, !0, 

 p. 93. — 0. carduiforme Boiss. Diagn. loc. cit. p. 92. 



Hab. in Palestina maritimu ad Gaza (Boiss!), iEgypto iuferiore ad Alexan-^ 

 driam (Cadet de Fontenay! Gaill!). 



y. Anaiolicum. — V;ilde canum, phylla supra basin adpressam in 

 spinam tenuiorem abruptius abeuntia. — 0. Anatolicum Boiss. et 

 Heldr. pl. exs. 



Hab. in collibus Lydise ad Laodiceam (Boissi), Pisidi» ad Beychehr (Heldr!), 

 Cappadocioe prope Talasse (Bal!). 



Planta 0. Illyrico minor, capitulis minoribus, ab eo spini.s involucri non 

 tantum longioribns sed tenuioribus et supra basin angustatls distincta, quoad 

 indumentum et foliorum divisionem polymorpha. Accedit, pra^sertim var. Ana- 

 iolica^ ad O amhigavrn quod dillVrt foliis brevibus subintegris, spinis totius 

 pIanta^creberrimistenuibuselongatis,involucri phyllispaucioribus suprabasin 

 abruptius contractis. 0. macracayithtrm Schousb. — Boiss. V^oy. Esp. p. 358 

 est species diversissima. 



Ar. Geogr. Algeria interior (sub 0- amhiguo). 



9. O ambiguum (Fresen. Mus. Senck. p. 83) dense cano- 

 tomentosum. caule mediocri ramoso ut et rami alis pluribus angus- 

 tissimis multispinosis vix Jobatis marginato, foliis parvis vix lobatis 

 margine creberrime et tenuiter spinis longis flavidis marginatis i*adi- 

 calibus obovato-oblongis, capitulis mediocribus globosis subtus con- 

 vexis, involucri phyllis a basi adpressa ovata tomentella abrupte in 

 spinam subulatam (enuem longissimam intimorum erectam flosculos 

 fequantem exteriorum patulo-reflexam contractis, acheniis tetragono- 

 comprcssis acute costalis transverse rugosis ®. 



Ilab. in desertis Sinaiticis (Riipp., Schimp. 356! Boiss!), in collibus circa 

 Damascum (Boiss! Gaill!). 



Pedale vel bipedale, foliis parvis subindivisis crebre at tenuiter flavido-spi- 

 lo-i^ insigne. in volucri spina* 12-1-5 lin. longae. Specimina Algeriensia sub hoc 

 nomine ad 0. SibLhorpianum referenda sunt. 



