652 coMPOsiTiE. Centaurea. 



Hab. in Orienta fere totOjGraecii except4,typo phyllis subinei mibus donato 

 muKo vulgatior, in collibus, cultis derelictis, Anato.ia borealis (Wied!), Lyca- 

 oniapropeKaraman(Heldrl), Cappadociae mons Alidagh (Ball), Cilicia(Bal !), 

 Armenia Turcica ad Erzerum et Baibut (Huetl, Bourg!), Syria (Auch. 51831), 

 planities elata inter Antiochiam et Aleppo (Boiss!), Ctelesyria (Gaill !), Mesopo- 

 tamia ad Diarbekir (Ky. 2591), monsGaraKurdistani8e(Ky..S03!), montes Kur- 

 distaniai Persise flnitima? 3000'-5000' (Hausskl), montes Sawers et Kuh Gelu 

 Persiae austro-occid. 3003'-9000' (Haussk!), Persia bor. a prov. Aderbidjan ad 

 ditionem Khorassan (Buhsel, Bge!), Transcaucasia ad Caspium, Armenia 

 Rossica ditio Talysch (C.A.M! Hohen!, Szov!), Turkestania ad Samarkand 

 et in monte Karatau (Lehm!), Affghania (Griffl). 



Species elegans phyllis in spinam plus minus longam erectam vel patulo- 

 recurvam abeuntibus ciliisque plus mmus longis valde variabilis, ab affini C. 

 diffusd distincla indumento saepius copioriori, spinis tenuioribus, ciliis albit; 

 tenuibus nec flavidis spinuliformibus intertextis. 



Ar. Geogr. Sibiria Uralensis et Altaica. 



81. C. leptocephala (Boiss, Diagn. Ser. I, 10, p. HO) parce 

 araneosa aspera paliide virens, caulibiis rigidis angulatis superne 

 laxe corymboso-paniculatis, foliis rigidis inferioribus in segmenta 

 anguste linearia lateralia brevia pinnatipartitis,superioribuslinearibus 

 dentatis et integris, capitulis solitariis anguste cyliiidricis paucifloris 

 parvulis, involucri puberuli phyllis lanceolatis scariosis duris brevis- 

 sime et parce pectinato-ciliatis in spinam lanceolatam fuscescentem 

 squarroso-recurvam abeuntibus, flosculis purpureis non radiantibus, 

 acheniis calvis 0. 



Hab. in collibus sterilibus Antilibani et Caelesyrioe (Boissl). 



Aflfinis C. virgatce var. squan-osf' ab e4 diflfert capitulis tenuioribus, ciliis 

 paucis brevibus phyllcrum, spin4 terrainali validiori lanceolata valde recurv^. 

 An nihilominus polymorphae speciei varielas ? 



82. G. consanguinea (d.c. Prodr. VI, p. 585j adpresse canes- 

 cens, cauiibus elatis angulatis a basi vel [)arte superiore ramosissimis 

 composite paniculatis vel subcorymbosis ramis tenuibus rigidis, foliis 

 in lacinias tenuissime lineares pinnatisectis infimis bipinnalisectis, 

 rameis squamiformibus integris, capitulis minutis ad ramulorum 

 apicem 3-5 subsessiiibiis aggregatis oblongis, involucri scariosi phyliis 

 ovatis et ellipticis obtusis mulicis in cilia alba phyili latitudine lon- 

 giora pectinatim pinnatipartitis, flosculis paucis purpureis, acheniis 

 radii calvis disci brevissime papposis ^ . 



Hab. in collibus siccis Anatoliae borealis ad Brussam (Auch. 3163!, Thirkel, 

 Fritsch I) in coUibus prope Samsum (Tchih I). 



C. virgatm valde et forsan nimis aftinis diflfert phyllis obtusissimis longius 

 pectinato-ciliatis, mucrone a ciliis distincto prorsus nullo. 



83. G. aggregata (F. et M. in d.c. Prodr. VI, p. 585 et herb. 

 Petrop!) adpresse araneoso-canescens vel cana. cauiibus erectis vir- 

 gatis superne composite corymbosis, foliis radicalibus lyratis segmento 

 terminali ovato-rhombeo lateralibus oblongis lobulis mlnutis saepe 



