Ceniaurea. composit^. G81 



Sect. XI. Microlophus. 



15i. C. monacantha. pilis crispis atinulaljs uubesceiis scabri- 

 dula pallide virens, caulibus crassis elatis inonocephaiis vel dichotome 

 et corymbose tricephalis, Ibliis radicalibus petiolatis runcinato-lyratis 

 laciniis lateralibus paucis minutis triangularibus tprminali inagna 

 oblonga, foliis caulinis oblongis et oblongo-ianceolatis indivisis basi 

 breviter auriculato-decurrentibus, summis diminutis capitula majus- 

 cula ovato-conica bracieantibus, pedunculis incrassatis, iiivolucri pliyl- 

 lis coriaceis flavo-virentibus ovato et oblongo-triangularibus integris 

 spina simplici subulata patula eis inulto breviore facile decidua supe- 

 ratis intiinis lineari-lanceolatis, flosculis flavis, pappi serie penultima 

 aehenio pallido subcompresso sesquilongiore, intiina paleacea conni- 

 vente brevissima ^. C. Fraasii Noe et Bal. pl. exs. (non C. saxicola 

 var. Fraasii Sch. Bip. Linn. 1842, T, p. 160 qme C. Spnmcri formam 

 humilem sistitj Serratula Thracica Janka Brev. I, p. 5. 



Hab. prope Adrianopolim ThraciES (Noe!), inter Aidos et Burgas (Jankal) ad 

 Ezilair Kioi Phrygiae prope Ouchak (Bal!). 



Bipedalis pluricaulis, folia radicalia lamina 2 Vi-poUicari, capUula eis C.snl- 

 phurece majora, phyllorum spina 1 ',/i-2 lineas longa. Involucrum omnino 

 Phcvopappi decurreniis sed Centaurea vera est ob hilum lateralem et pappi 

 seriem intimam brevissimam paleaceam! Achenia matura 2 lineas longa. Rhi- 

 zoma obliquum fibras crassas cylindricas edens. 



152. C. Babylonica (L. Mant. 460) tota adpresse araneoso- 

 cana, caule crasso valde elato folioso alato in racenium loiigum thyr- 

 soideum polycephalum ssepius compositum stricte et breviter ramulo- 

 sum abeunti, foliis inferioribus amplis oblongis breviter peliolatis 

 denticulatis in lacinias trianguiari-lanceolatas retrorsas sensim deor- 

 sum decrescentes lyratim basi pinnatilobatis vel partitis, cauliriis 

 sensim diminutis in alas integras decurrentibus, supremis anguste 

 lanceolatis acuminatis, capitulis subsessilibus secus ramulos confertis 

 subfasciculatis mediocribus conicis basi rotundatis. involucri flavidi 

 apice valde constricli phyllis omnino coriaceis adpressissime imbri- 

 catis spinula brevissima mucronatis ab infimis brevissimis triangula- 

 ribus ad superiora oblonga et elliptico-linearia sensim elongatis,inti- 

 mis apice minute scarioso-cucullatis, flosculis luteis non radiantibus, 

 acheniis albidis apice margine elevato cinctis, pappi albi serie penul- 

 tima achenio longiore @. Ic. P. Alp. Exot. tab. !28:2. — Jaub. et Sp. 

 III. tab. 428. 



Hab. in siccis regionis inferioris et montan8e,Pamphylia et Isauria (Heldr I), 

 Taurus Gilicicus ad Gvilek (Ky. 262! Bal!), Syria bor. ad Marasch (Haus.skl), 

 littoralis prope Djiblet (Bois^!), Libani regio inferior (Ehrenb ! Bl!), Pales- 

 tina (d.c). 



Planta 6-10-pedalis, folia inferiora cuni petiolo s«pe bipedalia 6-10 poll. lata, 

 thyrsus 1-1 Va-pedalis, aeheniumpro plantoe magnit. parvum sesquilineam lon- 

 gum latum compressum. 



