670 coMPOsiT^. Centaurea. 



123. C. Haussknechtii, adpresse araneoso-canescens et papil- 

 loso-aspera, caule tenui inferne foiiato superne subnudo laxe et race- 

 niose 3-6-cephalo. foliis radicalibus et inferioribus petiolatis lyralis 

 segmentis lateralibus utrinque 1-2 parvis retrorsis oblongo-lriangu- 

 laribus terminali ovato-triangulari basi cordato vel cuneato, foliis 

 superioribus parvis angusle lineari-lanceolalis vix decurrentibus, capi- 

 tulis majusculis pedunculo scppius brevissimo suffultis ovalis. involu- 

 cri glabri phyllis in apj»endices erecto-patentes coriaceas albidas trian- 

 gulares longe pectinato-ciliatas in spinas vaiidas attenuatas abeuntibus, 

 spinis infimorum appendice sequilor.gis superiorum floscuios roscos 

 tequantibus, acheniis ... ^ ? 



Hab. in graminosis calcareis montis Ssoifdagh Syrise borealis 35u0' (Haussk !). 

 Fl. Jul. 



Sesquipedalis racemo semipedali, segmento terminali foliorum inferiorum 

 3-4 pollices longo. Affinis C. sptcatce et Cataonme differt ab utraque foliis vix 

 decurrentibus, capitulis paulo minoribus, appendicibus pallidis in spinas lon- 

 giores abeuntibus, superioribus cum spina9-10 lineas longis basiS latis. 



124. C Cardunculus (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 6, p. 135) hispi- 

 dulo-scabrida pallide virens, caule crasso parce araneoso elalo simpJici 

 apice longe denudato monocephalo, foliis membranacels indivisis obso- 

 lete repandis,radicalibus breviter petiolatis amplis ovatis aculiusculis 

 basi truncato-subcordatis, caulinis obiongis basi sessili breviter decur- 

 renlibus summis parvis anguste linearibus, capitulo maximo giobosu, 

 involucri glabri phyllis latis fuscis margine pallidioribus circumcirca 

 creberrime pectinato-ciliatis infimis suborbiculatis intermediis in 

 appendicem ovatam pectinato-ciliatam spina terminali ciliis duplo vali- 

 diori et longiori terminatam abeuntibus, intimis longe linearibus 

 appendice pectinata inermi, flosculis purpureis non radiantibus. ache- 

 niis albis apice marginatis, pappi albi serie penultima achenio sublon- 

 giore ®. 



Hab. in Assyria inter Mardin et Assuaner (Ky. N" 349!). 



Bipedalis, fol. radicalium iimbus semipedalis 4 poliices latus, capituluni 

 magnitudinis Cynarm CarduncuU. squamarum appendices cum ciliis fere 

 9 lineas latae. Phyllorum structura, foliis indivisis affinis C arifolim sed folia 

 breviter petiolata, caulis monocephalus nec subracemose 3-4-cephaIus, capi- 

 tulum triplo majus. 



125. C. regia (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I. 6, p. 135) caule crasso elalo 

 superne 1-3-cephalo parce araneoso demum glabrescenti inferiie 

 crebre folioso, foliis minute papillosis radicalibus amplis oblongis in 

 petiolum brevem latum attenuatis basi lobato-sublyratis laciniis vcl 

 segmentis utrinque 1-2 oblongis parvis.foliis intermediis oblongo-lan- 

 ceolatis obtusis integris basi sessili breviter decurrenlibus, suminis 

 secus pedunculos ad squamas lanceolatas reduclis, capitulis maximis 

 longiuscule pedunculatis globosis. involucri glabri phyllis in appen- 

 dicem niveam magnam ovalam adpressam coriaceo-scariosam pecli- 



