Carthamus. composit^. 707 



ad interniedias acutas achenio 'triplo longiores auctis, intimis conni- 

 ventibus brevibus @ vei ©. Ic. Fl. Graec. tab. 841. — Rchb. tab. 15. 

 — C. Taaricus M.B. Taur. Cauc. 11, p. 285. — C. Creiicus L. Sp. 

 1163 nec Syst. Nat. — Kentrophyllam lanatum d.c. Bot. Gall. I, 

 p. 293. 



Hab. in sterilibus, cuitis et ad vias totius regionis a Grsecia! acl Thraciam!, 

 Tauriam! regiones Caucasicas!, Persiam borealem et boreali-orientalem! ad 

 Mesopotamiam (Haussli!), Egyptum ad Alexandriam (Gaill!). 



Ar. Geogr. Europa omnis australis a Gallia media, Germani^ australi ad 

 Rossiam australem, insulae Canarienses, Madera, Africa borealis, Abyssinia. 



2. C ^laucus (M.B. Taur, Cauc. II, p. 284) minutissime pubes- 

 centi-canus, caule erecto ramoso corymboso, foliis inferioribus lyr&to- 

 pinnatifidis, cauiinis coriaceis elevatim nervosis a basi ampIexicauJi 

 oblongo-Ianceolatis dentato-spinosis. capitulis mediocribus oblongis, 

 involucri phyllis externis foliis similibus oblongo-ianceolatis pinnatim 

 dentato-spinosis flores sequantibus intimis scariosis lanceolatis acutis 

 integris, flosculis purpureis, acheniis breviter ovato-tetragonis superne' 

 obsolete et parce excavato-punctatis, pappi fulvi paleis ab extimis 

 brevissimis retusis ad intermedias lanceolatas acutas achenio 2-3 plo 

 longiores sensim auctis, intimis brevibus conniventibus ©. Kentro- 

 plnjllum glaucum F. ct Mey. — K. Anatolicum Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 

 6, p. 113 (forma phyllis externis latioribus). 



Hab. in sterilibus Taurise (ex Ledeb.), Iberiae et Caucasi Orientalis (M.B.), 

 prov. Karabagh (Hoh!), Somchetise (Szov!), Asise minoris (Auch. 3870!), Kur- 

 distaniee ad radices Avroman (Haussk!), Persise australis ad Bebehan 

 (Haussk !). 



/5. Syriacus. — Crispule et breviter lanatus vel glabrescens, pappi 

 palese ssepius albid.T, intermedi^e acutissimae. — Kentr. Syriacum et 

 K. Creticum Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 10, p. 98. 



Hab. in Cilicia littorali ad Pompeiopolm (Bal!), Syria ad Marasch (Haussk!), 

 Aleppo, Antiochiam et in Ctelesyria (Boiss!), AntUibano (Gaill!), Libano ad 

 Dimam et Syria littorali ad Sidonem (Bl!), Palestin^ ad Nazareth (Gaill !), 

 Creta ad Khalepa (Raulin!). 



y. tenuis. — Glabrescens, folia angustata, capitula subminora gra- 

 ciliora, pappi nigricantis palece intermedise interdum obtusatie. — 

 Kentr. tenue Boiss. et Bl. Diagn. Ser. 11, 3, p. 30. 



Hab. in arenosis Syrise littoralis circa Berythum et ■ad radices Libani (Bl !), 

 circa Tripoli (Gaill!),"Palestina ad radices Carmeli (Gaill. exs. 1087!) 



^. Alexandrinus. — Farinoso-canescens et crispule lanatus, capitula 

 ut in typo niajuscula, pappi palese omnes etiam intermedicB obtusatse 

 magis puberuke, flosculi pallidiores. — Keutr. Aifjcandrinum Boi.ss- 

 Diagn. Ser. II, 6, 115. 



Hab. in arenosis maritimis ad Alexandriam Egypti prope Ramleh (Ehrenb! 

 Samar! Duparquet!). 



Copia speciminum ex locis diversissimis collata comperi species prius pro- 

 positas ad unicam potymorpham reducendas e<se. 



