Centaurea. coMPOsiTiE. (363 



Hab. in regione interniedia Parnassi ad Livadi prope Delphi (Heldrl). 

 Fl. Jul. 



/3. brachycentra. — Involucri spinae teniies phyllo breviores vel 

 tantum sequilongae, pappi interioris palese omnes breves. — C. Cordo- 

 nis Boiss. et Orph. Mss. — C. Grceca Griseb. Spicil If, p. 242 (excl. 

 synom. Siblh.) non Boiss. Diagn. 



Hab. in Macedonia ad Thessalonicam (Friv! sub C eryngioide') ., supra 

 Vodena (Orph!). 



Sesquipedalis, foliorum segmenta pollicaria vel minora ; species a caiteris 

 C eryngioidi alRnibus inflorescentiu racemosa, foliorum segmentis indivisis 

 discedens. Synonymon Florae Graecai huc a cl. Grisebach citatum ad C 

 Achaiam spectat. 



107. C. psilacantha (Boiss. et Heldr. Diagn. Ser. II, 3. p. 82) 

 glabrescens viridis, cauiibus gracilibus elalis angulato-striatis a medio 

 vel superne corymbose ramosis. foliis ampiis in segmenta parva 

 mucronata margine aspera foliorum inferiorum ovala vel oblonga 

 superiorum dissita lineari-elliptica acuta bipinnatisectis. pedunculis 

 giacilibus capitulo saepius longioribus, capitulis mediocribus globosis, 

 involucri pallide virentis velutino-puberuli phyllis orbiculatis adpres- 

 sissimis margine breviter ciliatis infimis spina brevi intermediis spina 

 subulala patula basi spinulosa longissima flosculis purpureis longiore 

 abrupte terminatis, intimis apice inermibus fimbriatis, achenio oblongo- 

 lineari hirto, pappi aibidi serie penultima achenio sesquilongiore intima 

 achenio triplo breviore "^ . 



Hab. in regione inferiori montis Parnassi prope Rachova (Guicc! Orph. Fl. 

 Gr. exs. 309 !j. 



Planta 2-3-pedalis, folia valde dissecta segmentis majoriljus 5-6 lineas longis, 

 capitula eis C. Achaice et eryngioidis minora spinis patulis sat tenuibu? 12-15 

 lineas longis C. solstitialem referentia. Species distinctissima. 



108. G. Spruneri (Boiss. et Heldr. Diagn. Ser. I, 6, p. 132)foliis 

 viridibus parce papillosis et arachnoideis sub anthesi emarcidis eva- 

 nidis, radicalibus petiolatis lyrato-pinnatisectis segmentis integris vel 

 repandis terminali ovato vel oblongo lateralibus utrinque 3-5 trian- 

 gularibus vel subrotundis lobulis inlermixtis, foliis caulinis paucis 

 parvis subindivisis , canle erecto paniculato 2-5-cephaIo capitulis 

 magnis breviter pedunculatis ovatis, involucri phyllis glabrescentibus 

 flavidis ovatis longe pectinato-ciliatis infimis in spinam brevem inter- 

 niediis in validissimam basi lataextus striatamsupernecanaliculatam 

 spinulosam flosculis sequilongam vel longiorem abeuntibus, phyllis 

 intimis inermibus apice dentato-ciliatis, flosculis roseis, acheniis ovatis 

 compressis subpuberis, pappi sordidi serie intermedia achenio 3-4 

 plo longiore, intima eo subsequilonga ^:^ . C. heterophijUa Sprun. pl. 

 exs. non Lag. — C. saxicola var. Spruneriana Sch. Bip. Flora 1842, 

 I, p. 160 non Lag. 



Hab. in campis aridis Atticse ad Phalerum (Sprun! Heldr!). Folia vere, flores 

 Septembri. 



