Carthamus. gomposit^. 709* 



longiores elongatis, seriei intimselanceolato-subulatis sublongioribiis0 

 vei O- Ic. Fi. Grsec. tab. 840. — Kentr. dentatum d.c. Prodr. — K. 

 rubrum Linli Linn. 1834, p. 580. 



Hab. in cultis et ad vias Laconiae, Argolidis, Attioee (Sprun! Heldr! Sart!), 

 Archipelagi (Sibth., Sart! Urvl), Macedonife (Friv!), Bithyniai (Glem!), Troa- 

 dis (Paroll), Lydiae ad Smyrnam (Boiss! Bal!), Ciliciae Tracheae (Per!). Fl. Jui. 



6. C. flavescens (Willd. Sp. III, p. 1706) glaber, caiile albido 

 superne corymbose ramoso, foliis coriaceis elevalim nervosis lanceo- 

 latis inferioribus denticulato-spinosis superioribus semiamplexicauli- 

 bus margine breviter spinosis spinis llavidis, capitulis mediocribus, 

 involucri phyllis externis lanceolalis flores sequantibus medio subcons- 

 triclis superne uniuerviis breviter margine spinosis, intcrioribus lan- 

 ceolatis pungentibus integris, flosculis luteis, acheniis obovato-tetra- 

 gonis nitidis superne irregularitcr excavato-depressis marginalibus 

 calvis cseteris pappo violaceo persistente coronatis, paleis ab externis 

 brevissimis retusis ad intermedias acutas achenio sesquilongiores 

 auctis, serie intima aliis longiore ©. Onobroma flavescens Spreng. 

 Syst. III, p. 392 et d.c. Prodr! — Kentrophyllum aureum Boiss. Diagn. 

 Ser. 1, 10, p. 99. — Carthamus Armenus Willd! Enum. p. 845 et herb! 

 non differt. 



Hab.in Armenia(Tourn.), prope Erzinghan (Tchih I), cira Aintab et Marasch 

 Syrise (Haussk!), in planitie Aleppica (Boiss!), circa Damascum (Gailll), in 

 Gailesyria (Boiss!). 



Facie affinis C. oxyacanthce et cum eo facile confundendus, sed prreter ache- 

 niorum characterem foliis et involucris multo hrevius spinoso-marginatis 

 recognoscendus. 



7. C. oxyacantha (M.B. Taur. Gauc. II, p. 288) minute pubes- 

 cens, caule albido ramosissime corymboso, foliis oblongis et oblongo- 

 lanceolatis inferioribus breviter spinuloso-dentatis superioribus semi- 

 amplexicaulibuscrebreflavido-spinosisspinistenuibusfoliilatitudinem 

 saepe sequantibus, capitulis mediocribus, involucri phyllis externis 

 capitulo longioribus supra partem inferiorem albidam strangulatis 

 superne foliaceis oblongis trinerviis longe flavido-spinosis, intimis 

 lanceolatis integris spinosis, flosculis flavis, acheniis omnibus epap- 

 posis IfBvissimis nitidis obovato-tetragonis apice truncatis quadri- 

 gibbis ©. 



Hah. in agris incultis et arenosis Caucasi orientalis ad mare Gaspium (M.B ), 

 IberiaB Gaucasicae (G.A. Meyl Hohl), Persiae borealis (Auch. 4798!), ad radices 

 Elbrus (Ky ! \ ditionis Khorassan et Persiae austro-ovientalis ad Ghaljbise (Bge !), 

 Atfghanise (Griffl\ Kurdistanise Persicse (Haussk!), Babylonise, Assyriae et 

 Mesopotamiae (Noe! Schlaflil), Turkestaniae ad Samarkand (Lehm.). 



Ar. Geogr. Songarise deserta, India borealis in Pentapotamide. 



8. G. tinctorius (L. Sp. 1162) glaber, cauloramosocorymboso, 

 foliis oblongis serrato-spiuulosis rarius integris inermibus, capitulis. 



