690 GOMPOsiTJE. Centaiirea. 



Capitula eis C Calcitrapce submajora et globosa, phyllorum spinae validio- 

 res et longiores, florum color diversus, laciniae foliorum obtusiores basi cons- 

 trictJB. 



173. C. Iberica (Trevir. in Spreng. Sept. III, p. 406j caule 

 erecto ssepe elatiori divaricatim ramosissimo, foliis minute et parce 

 papillosis, radicalibus Jyrato-pinnatilidis vel pinnatisectis laciniis 

 obtusis mucronulato-denticuiatis, caulinis sessilibus abbreviatis pauci- 

 laciniatis summis indivisis, capitulis solitariis mediocribus ovatis bre- 

 viter pedunculatis et sessilibus, involucri pallidi glabri phyJlis coria- 

 ceis enerviis margine anguste albo-membranaceis infra spinam ter- 

 minaJem validam supra concaviuscuJam flosculos sequantem ant sub- 

 superantem basi utrinque 1-3 spinulis auctam constrictis, phyllis 

 inlimis inermibus appendice scariosa lacera, flosculis roseis, acheniis 

 parvis soepe Jineato-maculatis pappo eis dimidio breviore superatis 0. 

 C. Cakitrapa M.B. Taur. Cauc. III, p. 594 et G.A.M. Enum.non L. — 

 L. tnacracantha Heldr. pJ. exs. non Guss. — C. cakitrapoides d.c. 

 Prodr. Ledeb. FI. Ross. et multorum auctorum vix Linn. — C. JEgyp- 

 tiaca Fl. Gra3c. tab. 907 non L. — C. Noeana Boiss. in Noe 

 pJ. exs. 



Hab. in incultis et ruderatis totius ditionis a Grsecia (Heldr !), Thracia (Friv .'),. 

 Anatolia maritima et centrali!, Syria interiori et littorali atque in Libanol, 

 Palestina (Boiss!), Me.sopotamia' ct Assyria!, Ponlo et Armenia (Huet!), 

 Transcaucasia (G.A.M! Hoh!), Per.sia in prov. Ghilan (Auch. 48401), Turkes- 

 taiiia ad Buchara et Samarkand (Lehm!), Affghania (Griff!), Belutschia 

 (Streks!). 



/3. Meryonis. — Folia caulina minus divisa interdum integra, 

 iuvolucri phyJla Jatius albo-marginata in spinam validiorem abeuntia, 

 planta interdum viJIosuIo-canescens. — Intermediis manifeste in plan- 

 tam typicam transit. — C. Meryonis d.g. Prodr. VI, p. 598 



Hab. in Syria littorali prope Sidonem (Meryon! Gailli), Berythum et Tripo- 

 lin (Bl!). in Libano supra Deir el Kammar (Boiss!), adCedros et prope Hasrun 

 (Bl!). ad Khan Hussein (GaiU!), J^d Cheba in monte Gebel Scheick Antilibani 

 (Gailll). 



y. Hcrmonis. — Folia in lacinias et lobos tenuiorcs dissecta, capi- 

 tula saepe minora spinis longis sed subtenuioribus, flores pallidi. — 

 C Hermonis Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 10, p. 122. 



Hab. in siccis Antilibani ad Rascheya et in regione inferiori Hermonis 

 (Boissj), in Libano circa Dimam (Bl!). 



Polymorpha, affinis C. Calcitrapce sed elatior robustior, capitula subcras- 

 siora, achenia papposa. 



Ar. Geogr. In Galliam australem introducta sed planta ex Hispania boreali 

 sub C. calcitrapoidis nomine in Rchb. Ic. tab. 67 exhibita videtur hybrida 

 inter C. Calcitrapam et aliam congenerem. 



174. C. pallescens (Del. FI. Eg. p. 370, tab. 49, flg. I) caule 

 ssepe a basi dilfuse et divaricatim ramosissimo, foliis flaccidis plus 



