Centaurea. coMPOsiXiE. 65i> 



Caules e rhizomate plures 8-10-pollicares, folia radicalia saepe caule vix 

 breviora segmentis magnitudine et form^ variis, involucri spina? 6-9 lineas 

 longae. Species pulchra foliis et indumento C. Cinerariam, capitulis C. eryn- 

 f/ioidem referens. 



98. C. eryngioides (Lara. Dict. I, p. 675) crispule puberula 

 viridis, collo dense borabycino, caulibus rigidis crassiuscub"s monoce- 

 phalis vel saepius basi in ramos rigidos submonocephalos divisis, foliis 

 sublyrato -pinnatisectis segraentis parvis obtusis terrainali ovato - 

 oblongo lateralibus rainutis oblongis rachide lobulata, capituiis glo- 

 bosis majusculis peduncuh's longis validis subnudis suffuitis, involucri 

 glabrcscentis pallidi phyllis late ovatis niargine ciliis al])is lanceolatis 

 pectinatis apice in spinara validam inferne canaliculatani et pinnatira 

 spinulosara in interniediis flosculos sequantem abeuntibus, flosculis 

 roseis, acheniis puberulis. pappi serie penultinia achenio sesquiion- 

 giore, intimaachenio duplo breviore "^ . Carduns eri/ngioides P. Alpiii 

 Exot. 158 Icon. 



Hab. in Arabia petra-a in tissuris montis Sinai (Bove! Schimp. 327!), Syria 

 in Libano supra Eden (Boiss !) et Bescherre (Bl!), ad Khan Nedeiridj inler 

 Berythum et Damascum (Gaill!), in monte Gerbi Antilibani supra Zebdani 

 4500' (Ky. 91!), Tauro (Auch. herb. d.c. an scheduhe errore?), in Egypto 

 orronee indicata. 



/3. brachyacantha. — Spina? subtenuiores phyllis equidein duplo 

 longiores sed flosculos non sequantes. Intermediis in typum transit. 



Hab. in Palestina ad S'-Saba (Boiss!), in Antilibano prope Zebdanicum typo 

 (Boiss !). 



y. Ainetensis. — Pilis annulatis cinerascens, capitula minora oblonga 

 basi rotundata nec truncala, spiuce ut in var. /3 breviores, antherarum 

 tubus purpurascens uec flavidus, achenium circa hiluni densius pilo- 

 sum. — C. Ainetensis Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 10, p. 117. 



Hab. in sylvaticis Ca^lesyrise inter Ainete et Deir el Achmar ad radices 

 Libani (Boiss!). 



Species caulibus validis sed brevibus semipedalibus rarius pedalibus, folia 

 3-i pollices longa angusta segmentis lateralibus confertis ina^qualibus stepe 

 rotundatis et minimis. Ab affinibus collo lanuginoso distinguenda. Varietas 7 

 videtur tantum forma serotina e loco sicciori et umbroso. 



99. G. carduiformis (d.c. Prodr. VI, p. 590) pilis papillosis 

 patulis vel flexuosis inferne prsesertim hirta cincrea rarius cana. collo 

 non lanato, caulibus rigidis crassiusculis moiiocephalis vel parce 

 ramosis corymbosis, foliis in segraeuta oblonga vel obloiigo-lineaj-ia 

 subdentata lobulis sjepe intermixta pimialisectis, capitulis majusculis 

 globosis, involucri phyllis tomentellis lafe ovatis raargine crebre et 

 longe ciliato-pecfinalis pallidis vel sicpius apice fuscis iii spinara plus 

 rainus validara flavidamvel fuscam patenti-retlexam phyllo duplo sal- 

 tem longiorera interdura flosculos superantem abeuntibus. flosculis 

 purpureis vel paliide roseis, acheniis puberulis, pappi violascentis 

 serie intermediA achenio sublongiore, intima eo triplo breviore ^. 



