608 coMPOSiT^. Psephellus. 



I)aiiciserialis conformis paleolis caducis scabridis ab externis ad inti- 

 mas elongatis constans. — Herbae perennes. — Genus ad Phccopappi 

 Sect. Microeephali accedens sed pappo fugacl discedens. 



1. P. dealbatus (Willd. Sp. IIL p. 2295 sub Centaured) cauli- 

 biis infrarosularibus ascendenti-erectis foliosis parce raniosis vel 

 monocephalis, foliis hypoleucis superne virentibus petiolatis subbi- 

 pinnatisectis segmentis oblongis acutiusculis indivisis vel pinnatifidis, 

 foliis superioribiis diminutis sessilibus, capitulis majusculis plus 

 minus bracteatis ovato-globosis, involucri phyllis appendice scariosa 

 pallida vel fuscescenti puberuM in intermediis ovato-orbiculat^ pro- 

 funde fimbriata superatis fimbriis ciliolatis areae centralis latitudine 

 aequilongis vel longioribus, terminali aliis non longiore, flosculis roseis 

 valde radiantibus :^. Psephellus mlocephalus Gass. — Ic. Bieb. Gent. 

 Rar. tab. 53. 



Hab. in coUibus herbidis et pratis sylvaticis totius Caucasi 2000*-5000' (M.B. . 

 Ruprl), Georgiae Caucasicae et prov. Talysch (Hohl C.A. Meyl), Persiae borea- 

 lis in montibus Ssav^-alan (Buhsel), Djulfek Kou (Auch. 48331). 



j6. hiimilior M.B. II, p. 349. — Gaules abbreviati, magis declinaii, 

 mouocepliali. Foliorum segmenta latiora breviora obtusiora saepe 

 indivisa subrotunda. — C. procumbeiis Hablitzl in Gmel. It. — Ps. 

 Lazicus Boiss. in Bal. exs. 



Hab in apricis siccis, Caucasi prope Tiflis (Rupr!), Salataviaet DaghestanlA 

 supra Gunib (Rupr!), ad radices montis Sarial (Hoh !), ad Kasbek (Rehm!), in 

 CartaHnia (Szovl), Persia bor. in jugo Elbrusensi (Buhsel) et inter Schahrud 

 et Nischapur prov. Khorassan (Bgel), Ponto Lazico ad Djimil 60 X)' (BalJ), 

 prope Gumuschkiiane (Tchih !). 



y. stenophyllus. — Foiia anguste lanceolata sfmpliciter pinnatisecla 

 sublyrata laciniis minutis, caules declinati submonocephali rosulS vix 

 longiores. 



Hab. in Daghestania prope Kutuschi et Gimri 3000'-COiX)' (Rupr I). 



2. P. Kacheticus (Rehmann in litt.) caulibus pluribus decum- 

 bentibus elongatis ramcsis, foliis hypoleucis indivisis integris ovatis 

 et oblongis inferioribus petiolatis superioribus dimiuutis sessilibus, 

 capilulis majusculis ovatis foliis parvis saepius bracteatis, involucri 

 phyllis appendice scariosa fuscesceuti puberula in intermediis ovato- 

 oblonga profunde fimbriata superatis, fimbriis asperulis areae centralis 

 latitudine aequiiongis terminali aliis non longiore, flosculis roseis valde 

 radiantibus '^. 



Hah. in montibus prope Gambory Kachetiae Caucasicoe (Rehml). 

 Caules 8-lO.pollicares, folia inferiora bipolUcaria. Ab affini P. dealbato fohis 

 indivisis, invohicri fimbriis brevioribus diversa. 



3. P. leucophyllus (M.B. Taur. Gauc III, p. 391 sub Centau- 

 red) caulibus ascendentibus extrarosularibus simplicibus vel parce 



