PfurOpappUS. COMPOSIT.E. 601 



Variat foliis oblongo-lanceolatis interdum 6 lineas latis — Cen^ inuloices 

 Fisch. Mss. 



Ar. Geogr. Transylvania, Rossia australis. 



20. P. Ruprechti, basi suffrulescens multicaulis dumosus, cau- 

 libus basi floccosis tenuiler virgatis inferne ramosis ramis monoce- 

 phalis, foliis indivisis angusle lineari-fiiiformibus subcanaliculatis 

 acutis superioribus sensim abbreviatis, capituiis oblongis mediocribus, 

 involucri phyllis pallidis adpressis ovatis et oblongis appendice bre- 

 vissima triangulari vel anguste semiorbiculari breviler albo-fimbriala 

 in inferioribussubdecurrenti superatis, flosculis roseis subradiantibus, 

 pappo rufo achenio fere dimidio breviore ^. 



Hab.propeGolotlDaghestaniaemediaeinascensu ad Awariam 2600' (Rupr!). 



Dumus pedalis ramis numerosis intricatis, folia inferiora 8-10 lineas longa 

 lineae •/♦ lata. Affinis P. trineroio differt suffrutescentia, foliis filiformibus bre- 

 vibus, pappo duplo longiore. 



21. P. amblyolepis (Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, p. 703 sub Centaured) 

 pluricaulis caulibus a basi in ramos tenuiter virgatos foliosos mono- 

 cephalos divisiscum eis adpresse albo-sericeis, foliis subsericeis demum 

 glabrescentibus petiolatis in lacinlas anguste oblongo-lineares lineares- 

 que pinnatisectis, mtermediis in lacinias anguste lineares tripartitis, 

 summis linearibus indivisis, capitulis lougiuscule pedunculatis nudis 

 parvis ovatis, involucri phyllis ovatis appendice minima membranacea 

 ovato-triangulari inermi in fimbrias crispulas parlita ad phylla exte- 

 riora cito decidua superatis, flosculis r6seis vix radiantibus, pappo 

 achcnio subbreviore y. Centaurea amblyolepis Lcd. 



Hab. in Cauca^o (Willml), prope Achalziche (Stev !). 



Rami tenues erecti saepe pedales, foliorum intermediorum lacinise elongatne 

 lineam vel paulo ampiius latae, capitula magn. C. cyani, phyllorum appendices 

 linese 7» longae fimbriis utrinque 3-4 terminali vix validiore. 



Centaurea cyanifolia G Koch Linn. XXIV, p. 43(3. — Carduus Armenus 

 cyanifoliis Gundelsh. herb! videtur Phceopappi species alfinis foliis omnibus 

 aspens integris linearibus 1-3 lineas latis 2-3 poll. longis, phyllorum fimbriis 

 validioribus magis spinescentibus sed ob specimen nimis incompletum hunc 

 describere non audeo. Pappus videtur genens, achenio multo brevior. 



22. P. dichrous (Boiss. et Heidr. Diagn. Ser. I, 10, p. 111 sub 

 Centaured) basi suffrutescens multicaulis, caulibus erectis tenuiter 

 virgatis ramosis ramisque rigidulis monocephalis , foliis adj resse 

 canescentibus inferioribus congestis in lacinias integras 5-7 lineares 

 pinnalipartitis, caulinis et rameis strictis abbreviatis indivisis, capi- 

 tulis minutis longe pedunculatis oblongis, involucri pallidi phyllis 

 scariosis adpressissimis ovatis et oblongis obtusis membrana angus- 

 tissima subdecurrenti in cilia brevia alba fimbriata marginatis, flos- 

 culis ochroleucis non radiantibus, antheris violaceis, pappo achenio 

 triplo breviore y . Centaurea dichroa Boiss. et Heldr. 



