Zoegea. composit-e. 697 



ZOEGCA (L. Manl. 45). 



Gapitulum heterogamum. Involucri phylla membranacea plurise- 

 riata imbricata. Antherae basi breviler appendiculatae, filamenta gla- 

 bra. Achenia apice sulcis tribus circulariter exarata hilo laterali 

 profunde excavato. Pappus persislens hiformis rigidus, exterior selis 

 pauciseriatis, interior uniseriatus brevior paleaceus vel setaceus. — 

 Herbaiannuae elegantes. — Genus a Ceritaured achenio apice concen- 

 trice plurisulcato distinctum. 



1. Z. Leptaurea (L. Mant. 117) annua pubescenti-scabrida viridis, 

 caule elato dichotome ramoso ramisque virgatis, foliis inferioribus 

 petiolalis in lacinias anguste oblongas vel lineares pinnatisectis inter- 

 dum lyratis segmento terminali oblongo, foliis superioribus sessilibus 

 linearibus, capitulis mediocribus ovatis pedunculis apice incrassatis 

 suffultis, involucri flavidi sub lente pruinosi phyllis membranaceis 

 externis strf&tis sub appendice oblonga obtusa in fimbrias setaceas 

 areae centralis latit. duplo longiores pectinata adpressiuscula suban- 

 gustatis, phyllis internis duplo longioribus elliptico-Iinearibus apice 

 obtuso breviter 5-7-dentatis, flosculis croceo-fulvis radii involucro 

 duplo longioribus, acheniis ovatis subcompressis hirtulis, pappi 

 externi setis niveis achenio sesquilongioribus, inlerni brevissimi 

 nigricantis paleis spathulatis 4-5-denticulatis Q. Ic. L'Her. Stirp. 

 t. 29. — Jacq. Ic. Rar. tab. 77. — Centaurea calendulacea Lam. Dict. 

 I, p. 668. 



Hab. in cultis et collibus siccis Syriae bor. ad Aleppo (Ky. 229!), ad Antio- 

 chiam (Boiss !), in Mesopotamia inter Bir et Orfaet monte Ssoffdagh Cataoniaj 

 (Haussk!), ad Bagdad (Auch. 32441) et Ninivam (Noe!). 



Planta 1-5-pedalis radio amplissimo elegans, achenium vix sesquilineam 

 longum. 



2. Z. Mianensis (Bunge in litt.) annua, pubescenti-scabrida 

 viridis humilis a basi ramosa ramis gracillimis, foliis omnibus 

 lineari-lanceolatis basi attenuatis integerrimis, capitulis mediocribus 

 ovatis pedunculo gracili apice vix incrassato, involucri pallide flavi 

 sub lente pruinosi phyllis membranaceis externis striatis in appen- 

 dicem breviter lanceolatam in cilia setacea diam. areae centralis tri- 

 plo longiora pectinatam sensim attenuatis, phyllis intimis lanceolatis 

 acutis apice fimbriatis fimbria media longiore, flosculis croceo-fulvis 

 radii involucro duplo longioribus, acheniis..., pappi externi setis 

 albis, internis flavis cuneatis inciso-dentatis Q. 



Hab. in monte Kafilan Kuh inter Aghkent et Mianeh Persiae borealis (Bge !). 



Valde affinis Z. Leptaurece sed ex speciminibus minorvix semipedalis, folia 

 brevia indivisa, phyllorum appendices acutiores et phylla interna acuta, ache- 

 nia ignota sed pappus internus profundius fissus. 



