Centaurea. composit*:. 665 



crebre pectinato-ciJiatis apice purpiireis in spinam tenuem eis aequi- 

 Jongam inferiorum patulo-reflexam superioruni erectam rbeuntibus, 

 flosculis roseis, acheniis.... ^. 



Hab. in monte Nimroddagh Mesopotamiae supra Orfa (Hausskl). 



Planfa fere pedalis, capitula nuce triplo majora, ab afRnibus C. Urvillei et 

 Lydid spina tenninali phyllorum tenuiori et breviori discedens. An C. cyrto- 

 lepidis v-Hrietas spinis involucri tenuioribus abbreviatis ? 



112. C. deinacantha (Boiss. et Haussk.) breviter papilloso- 

 asperula pallide virens. caule crasso profunde sulcato et acute angu- 

 lato coryniboso, foiiib breviter petiolatis lyratis segmentis oblongis 

 denticulalis lateralibus utrinque 2-4 secus rachidem lobuliferam 

 anguste decurrentibus, ramealibus minutis lanceolatis, capilulis 

 magnis globosis, involucri glabri phyllis palUde virentibus ovalis 

 longe pectinato-ciliatis in appendicem spinosam patulo-recurvam infi- 

 morum breviorem intermediorum latissime lanceolatam crebre spinu- 

 losam supra canaliculatam acerosam flosculis roseis cequilongam 

 abeuntibus, intimis inermibus rotundatis cucullatis fimbriatis, ache- 

 niis pubescentibus, pappi sordidi serie intermedia achenio dupio lon- 

 giore intima eo tertia parte breviore ^. 



Hab. in fissuris montis Pir Omar Gudrun Kurdistanise Persicae 3000'-4C0O' 

 (Hau&skl). 



Pedalis vel paulo elatior, capitula eis C. Z7m7^e2 submajora ; huic involucro 

 affinis differt caule elatiori corymboso, segmentis foliorum sessilibus paucio- 

 ribus, phyllorum ciliis et spinis validioribus (13-16 iineas longis). Achenia 

 majora, pappus 7 nec 4 lineas longas. 



113. C. Urvillei (D.c.Prodr. VI.p. 592)adpressearaneosavirens 

 subacaulis, foliis rosulatis subtus ssepius canescentibus vei canis late 

 lanceolato-linearibus sublyrato-pinnatisectis segmentis subdetitatis 

 terminali duplo majori ovato lateralibus ovatc-oblongis petiolulalis, 

 lobulis ovatis minutis ad basin segmentorum et secus rachidem sfepe 

 obviis, caule crassiusculo foliis breviore simplici ant ex ipsa basi in 

 ramos brevcs monocephalos abeunti vei subnullo, capilulis in rosula 

 subsessilibus magnis ovatis, involucri glabri phyllis pallide virenti- 

 bus ovatis parte superiori valide pectinato-ciliatis in spinam infimo- 

 rum tenuem brevem reflexam intermediorum lanceolatam validam 

 basi lala spinulosam flosculos roseos subaequantem abeuntibus, intimis 

 apice inermibus fimbriatis, acheniis adpresse hirsutis, pappi serie 

 penultimd acheuio l*/2-plo longiore intima eo subduplo breviore ^- 

 C. rophanma Urv. Enum. 116 non Sibth. — C. mixta d.c. Prodr. 

 quoad sp. Anatolica! — C. Smyrnea Boiss, Mss. — C. siibacaidis 

 Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2, p. 709! — C. doryphora Fenzl in Ky. exs. — C. 

 Myconia Boiss. Diagn. Ser. II, 6. p. 113. 



Hab. in Anatolise regione praesertim montand, montes circa Smyrnam et 

 Sipylus supra Magnesiam (Boiss I), Lycia supra Elmalu (Bourg !), insulse Samos 

 (Urv!) et Rhodus (Bourgl), Myconos (Sartl), Cilicia circa Giilek Boghaz (Ky! 



