Centaurea. gomposit^. 651 



/5. brevispina: — Involucri spinpe abbreviatse rectiusculse. — C. spi- 

 nosa Griseb. Spic. non L. 



Hab. in Macedonia (Friv!), supra Vodena (Orph!), Taurii (M.B., S*-Supery!), 

 Tataris Kuraj dicia. pabulum ovinum hybernum prsebet. 



Affinis C. virgatce var. squarrosce, phylla in spinas validiores lanceolatas 

 longiores ciliis validioribus spinulosis intertextis abeuntia. C. parvifiora Desf. 

 Africana diflfert rhizomate ut videtur perenni,caulibus parcius ramosis, phyl- 

 lorum spinis brevibus uncinatis ciliisque brevibus, acheniis papposis. 



Ar. Geogr. Rossia australis. 



79. G. microlepis (Boiss. in Bourg. Pl. Lycise 1860) e rhizo- 

 mate indurato pluricaulis, caulibus vircntibus tenuiter virgatis a basi 

 stricte ramosissimis laxe paniculato-corymbosis polycephalis, foliis 

 punctatis angustis radicalibus canis petiolatis lyrato-pinnatipartilis 

 laciniis lateralibus 2-4 anguste linearibus terminali anguste oblongo- 

 lanceolata, foliis caulinis glabrescentibus inferioribus in lacinias 

 paucas anguste Janceolato-lineares pinnatisectis eseteris et rameis 

 linearibus indivisis , capitulis solitariis pedicellatis angustissime 

 oblongo-cylindricis paucifloris, involncri glabri phyllis adpressis sub- 

 striatis ovatis et oblongis obtusis muticis membrana hyalina decur- 

 renti superne in cilia brevissima lanceolata fissa marginatis, flosculis 

 roseis vix radiantibus, pappo (aclieniorum juniorum) elongato '^ . 



Hab. in rupes collium prope Ehnalu Lycise (Bourgl). Fl. Jun. 



Bipedalis ramosissima stricta, folia radicalia 2-2 Vi-pollicaria segmento ter- 

 minali 6-8 lineas longo,capitula 5-7-flora, involucrum 4 lineas longum. Fucies 

 C. virfjatoe, ab ea et affinibus phyllis obtusis muticis distincta. 



80. C. virgata (Lam. Dict. I, p. 670) adpresse pubescens canes- 

 cens vel virescens, caulibus erectis angulatis rigidis tenuibus a basi 

 vel superne composite paniculatis ramis erecto-patulis, foliis radica- 

 iibus petiolatis sfepius adpresse et tenuiter canis in lacinias lineares 

 elongatas pinnatim vel bipinnatim sectis infimo allerulro interdum 

 oblongo indiviso, caulinis sessilibus breviter paucilobis et integris, 

 rameis minimis squamaeformibus, capitulis pedunculatis solitariis vel 

 binis parvis anguste oblongo-cylindricis paucifloris, invoiucri phyllis 

 scario.sis subcoriaceis parvis sub lente pruinosis ovatis et breviter 

 oblongo-ianceolatis profunde et pectinatim albo-ciliatis pallidis vel 

 aplce spliacelatis mucrone terminali recto ciliis vix validiore et ssepius 

 breviore, flosculis roseis subradiantibus, acheniis radii saepius epap- 

 posis disci papposis serie intermedia achenio subduplo breviore i . 



Hab. in graminosis collium Lycia? prope Elmalu (Bourg. exs. 151! sub C. 

 Ca7iensi \ar.), in siccis Lyciae (nec Armenise) Michaux in d.g. herb!), prope 

 Aintab et in Mesopotamia ad Kharran (Haussk !), inter Diarbekir et Suerek 

 (Ky.327!). 



/3. squarrosa. — Involucri phylla in spinam validiorem ciliis inter- 

 dum duplo longiorem patulam vel recurvatam abeuntia. — C. squar- 

 rosa W. Sp. III, p. 2319. 



