050 coMPOsiT^. Centaurea. 



duris flavidis lanceolatis a medio longe ciliato-pectinatis in spinam 

 rectam rarius patulam ciliis ssepius longiorem attenuatis, flosculis 

 luteis non radiantibus, pappi albi serie intermedia achenio sequilonga 

 interna multo breviore @. C. xanihina Boiss. et Heldr. Mss. 



Hab. in Isthmo Gorinthiaco inter Kalamaki et Lutraki (Sam. et Guiccl), 

 regione infer. Pai-nassi a Lebadea ad Rachova 3000'-350l)' (Guiccl Orph Fl. Gr. 

 exs. 307!), ad radices montis Pelion Thessaiiae prope Volos (Auch. 31911 

 Orph. Fl. Gr. exs. 7361). FI. Jun. Jul. 



Pedalis et elatior dumulosa polycephala, folia parva brevia, capitula eis 

 C. paniculatces\xhvci2qoxdi ; insignis flosculis luteis non radiantibus. A C. diffusd 

 capitulis majoribus,phyHis brevius spino3is,acheniis longe papposis distincta. 



77. C Orphanidea (Heldr. et Sart. in Diagn. Ser. H, 3, p. 73) 

 araneoso-canescens, caulibus jam paulo supra basin dichotomeet sub- 

 divaricatim ramosissimis ramisque crassis rigidis angulatis foliosis, 

 foliis rigidulis scabridis inferioribus breviter peliolatis cseteris sessi- 

 libus omnibus in lacinias breves oblongas mucronatas parce lobatas 

 vel integras pinnatipartitis summis minutis integris, capitulis solita- 

 riis mediocribus ovato-oblongis, involucri glabri phyllis Isevibus infi- 

 mis triangularibus caeteris lanceolatis apice longiuscule pectinato- 

 ciliatis fuscescentibus in spinam fulvam erecto-subpatulam validam 

 ciliis triplo iongiorem attenuatis, flosculis purpureis subradiantibus, 

 pappi serie intermedia achenio parvo aequilonga 0. 



Hab. in campis Atticae prope Eleusin (Sprun. exsl sub C virgatd), prope 

 H^gia Glykariaet ad radices Parnethos (Heldrl, Orph. Fl. exs.1241). FI. Junio 



Dumosa, pedalis vel humilior laxe paniculato-corj^mbosa rigidissima, capi- 

 tula magnit. C. Pelioe a quA differt ramis et ramulis crassis hisce abbreviatis, 

 phyllorum spina multo validiore basi lanceolat4, flosculis roseis. 



• * * * Cylindraceae. 



78. C. diffusa (Lam. Dict. I, p. 675] aspera pallide virens, cau- 

 libus erectisangulatis fere a basi divaricatimet intricatimramosissimis 

 ramisque rigidis paniculato-corymbosis polycephalis, foliis radicalibus 

 cito exsiccatis subpetiolatis vel sessilibus ambitu elliptico-oblongis in 

 lacinias minutasoblongas mucronalas bipinnatipartitis, caulinis abbre- 

 viatis sessilibus paucilaciniatis et summis indivisis, capitulis solitariis 

 breviter pedunculatis terminalibus baei ssepius bracteatis parvis 

 oblongis, involucri minute glanduloso-pruinosi phyllis scariosis coria- 

 ceis flavidis lanceolatis longe et rigide spinuloso-ciliatis in spinam 

 patulo-recurvam lanceolatam eis longiorem abeuntibus , flosculis 

 roseis albidis vel flavidis vix radiantibus, acheniis calvis (?). C. par- 

 viflora F\. Graec. X, p. 9, tab. 9i!2 non Desf. — C. calolepis Boiss. 

 Diagn. Ser. I, 6, p. 129. Ic. Tchih. Voy. tab. 31. 



Hab. in sterilibus Macedoniae ad Thessalonicam (Heldr! Orph. Fl. Gr. exs. 

 7431), ad Byzantium (Noel, Gleml), Anatolii in arenosis vallium Lydiae prope 

 Kassaba, Philadelphiam (Boiss!), ad Smyrnam (Heldr!, Bal. 3661), Pisidia et 

 Pamphylia (Heldrl), Caria (Pinard!), Lycia ad Elmalu (Bourgl). 



