Centaurea. coMPOsiXiE. 625 



Rami squaraosi 2-3-pollicares, folia cum petiolo 3-4-pollicaria segmentis 5-9 

 lineas longis, caules 9-10-pollicares, facies et folia Psephelli, capitula eis C 

 Cadmece duplo majora. 



12. C. simplicicaulis (Boiss. et Huet Diagn Ser. II, 3, p. 67) 

 rhizomatis ramis decumbentibus, caulibus ascendentibus simplicibus 

 basi tantum ibliosis elongatis monocephalis, foliis brevibus petiolatis 

 supra viridibus subtus adpresse canescentibus infimo alterutro ovato 

 indiviso cseteris pinnatisectis segmentis parvis ovatis vel oblongis 

 obtusis integerrimis lateralibus utrinque 1-3 terminali submajori, 

 capitulis mediocribus ovaiis, involucri phyllis ovatis oninino scariosis 

 niacuU triangulari fusca notatis late albo-membranaceis el in dentes 

 triangulares acutos laceris obtusis, flosculis purpureis marginalibus 

 valde radiantibus, acheniis Qunioribus) hirtis, pappi scabri serie 

 intermedia achenio longiore, interna paleacea brevi ^ . 



Hab. in Arnienia Turcica prope Ispir (Huet!j. 



Gaules 7-12-pollicares tenues, folia cum petiolobipollicaria segmento termi- 

 nali 4-6 lineas longo Facies Psephelli et capitula eis Ps. dealhati imnoTn. 



13. C. mucronifera (d.c. Prodr. VI, p. 569} adpresse pannosa 

 argyreo-cana rarius flavida, rhizomate demum lignoso crasso pulvi- 

 nato pluricipiti, caulibus erectis vel ascendentibus inferne tantum 

 foliosis simpiicibus monocephalis, foliis integris radicalibus crebris 

 obovatis vei ellipticis in peliolum altenualis, caulinis sessilibns 

 anguste oblongo-linearibus, capitulo ovato majusculo, invoiucri pliyl- 

 lis ex toto scariosis membrana alba lata acute denticulata non decur- 

 renti orbiculata vel ovata breviter membranaceo-cuspidata supcratis. 

 flosculis roseis marginalibus radiantibus, acheniis compressis, pappi 

 purpurascenlis serie intermedia achenio dimidio breviore interna 

 paleacea brevissima ^. Hyalea miicromfera Jaub. el Sp. Illustr. 

 lab. 214. 



Hab. ad rupes alpinas Tauri Gilicici ad Bulghar Maaden 0000' (Ky. 213! Ball), 

 •Cappadocioe (Auch. 3169!) et in monte Karamasdagli (Balll, GataoniiB monte 

 Berytdagh 9000' (Hausskl). 



Pedunculi semipedales rarius pedales, folia inferiora limbo -5-8 lineas longo, 

 achenia 2 V« lin. longa. Gapitula cis C pergamacece minora. 



14. C. Cadmea (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 4, p. J6) adpresse pan- 

 jiosa cana, rhizomate indurato, caulibus extrarosularibus ascenden- 

 libus vel decumbentibus dichotome et subdivaricatim 5-7-eephaIis, 

 foliis radicalibus petiolalis lyratis segmenlis subintegris obtusis late- 

 ralibus utrinque 3-5 oblongis terminali ovato 2-3-pIo majore, foliis 

 <;au]inis pinnatipartilis laciniis acutioribus summis oblongo-Iinearibus 

 minimis, capitulis mediocribus ovatis, involucri phyllis oblongo-Ian- 

 «eoialis fuscis membrana albo-hyalina nitida decurrenti denticulata 

 vel lacera late marginatis in cuspidem erectam inermem selaceam 

 -elongatam abeuntibus, flosculis purpureis, acheniis nitidis glabrius- 



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