C76 coMPOsrr^, Centaurea. 



foliis rosulatis petiolalis lyratis, seginentis obtuse denticulatis latera- 

 libus oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis ssepe retrorsis terminali majore 

 ovato-triangulari, capitulis mediocribus subsessilibus aggregatis ovato- 

 conicis, involucri glabri phyllis flavidis adpressissimis triangularibus 

 ab infimis ad superiora elongatis integerrimis aculiusculis, intimis 

 apice scariosis subdenticulatis, flosculis luteis, acheniis giabriusculis 

 compressis, pappi serie intermedia achenio quinluplo breviore intima 

 iritermedia subbreviore "^ . C. tara.cacifolia Boiss. in Tchih. As. Min. 

 jl, p. 321. Atl. tab. 32. 



Hab. in distr. Pertakrek et Sber Armenia? Turcicse borealis (C. Kochl), prope 

 Gumuschkhaue (Tchihl). 



Facies et foUa C. sessilis et Armenoe sed capitula fere duplo miuora ; ab eis 

 et affinibus invoiucri phyllis integris discrepans. 



139. C. sessilis (Willd. Sp. III. p. 2300 et herb!) acaulis, pal- 

 lide virens, foliis pilis flexuosis puberiilis rosuiatis petiolatis in seg- 

 nienta oblongo-lanceolata obtusa subretrorsa integra vel repanda 

 pinnatisectis vel lyratis segmentis paucioribus terminali triangulari 

 acuto, capitulis subsessilibus 1-3 aggregatis majusculis ovatis, invo- 

 lucri glabri phyllis flavidis integris apice angustalo in appendicem 

 rufescentem breviter lanceolatam in cilia longa 7-9 profunde pinna- 

 tifidam eis breviorem vel aequilongam apice inermem vel spinescen- 

 tem abeuntibus, flosculis luteis, acheniis glabriusculis, pappi serie 

 intermedia achenio quintuplo breviore, intima intermedia subbre- 

 viore "i^ . C. rhizantha C.A. Mey. Enum. p. 64. 



Hab. in siccis regionis alpinse, prov. Talysch 6(J00' (C.A. Mey !). prov. Ader- 

 bidjan (Auch. 4851!), Armeniae Rossicae adlacum Goktchai (Seidl !). Turcicie 

 ad Baibut (Bourg!\ Ponti Lazici in monte Bousdouandagli prope Knabakhar 

 GGOO' (Bal!), Cappadocia ad Euphratem fAuch 3149!), in montibus Dykmen 

 prope Angora (Wied !) 



Folia 3-5-pollicaria, capitula magn. CScabiosce. 



140. C. glaucescens(Fisch.etM. Ann.Sc.Nat.Ser.IV. l,p. 30) 

 acaulis pallide virens, foliis papillis flexuosis puberulis rosulatis 

 breviter petiolatis lyratim pinnatipartitis segmentis lateralibus parvis 

 terminali obovato repando-dentato, capitulis subsessilibusmediocribus 

 ovatis, involucri glabri phyllis flavidis adpressis ovatis apice angus- 

 tato in appendicem pallide flavam brevissimam subpatulam subpal- 

 niatim et hreviter 7-9 spinuloso-ciliatam abeuntibus, flosculis flavis, 

 acheniis. . . ^. 



Hab. in Galatia orientaU inter pagos MandjuUk et DeUktach in vaUe lapi- 

 dosa 4200' (Tchih!). 



Affinis C. sessili, capitula saepe minora, ab ea differt phyUorum appendice 

 btevi nunquam in spinam al)eunti palmaUm nec pinnatim atque brevissime 

 spinulosa. 



141. C. Armena. acaulis, pallide virens, foliis pilis papillaribus 



