728 coMPOsiT^. Leontodon. 



l--2-cephalis Iblia 12-3-plo superantibus, foliis rosulatis lanceolalis iii 

 lacinias acutas triangulares et oblongas pinnalipartitis, capitulis 

 mediocribus. involucri phyllis iinbricatis hispidis vel glabrescentibus 

 latiusculis obtusis ab externis triangulari-oblongis ad interna lanceo- 

 tato-linearia sensim auctis, acheniis fusiformibus striatis et transverse 

 ruguiosis in rostrum indistinctuni sensim attenuatis, pappi sordidi 

 setis 10 piumosis achenio subbrevioribus basi paleaceo-dilatatis ©. 

 Scorzonera hispiclnla Spr. Syst. III, p. 667. — Oporinia hispidala d.c. 

 Prodr. VII, p. 109. — Apargia annua Vis. Pl. Eg. p. 38. tab. 6. — 

 Kalhfussia Orientalis Jaub. et Sp. III. Or. III, p. 117, tab. 283. — 

 Fidelia katbfussioides Sch. Bip. Fl. 1834, p. 482. 



Hab. in arenosis.-Egypti circa Alexandriam et Kahiram(Husson ! Dell), Ara- 

 biae PetreiC Palestinam" versus (Boiss !J. Fl. Apr. 



/3. lenuitoba. — Foliorimi lacinieeangustissime lineares saepe albo- 

 mucronatie. — Millina Persica Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, p. 1. — Oporinia 

 laciniata Bert. AJiscell. II, p. 235! 



Hab. in deserto Syrite ad Palmyram (Bl !j, in Mesopotaniiae deserto Chabur 

 (Haussk!) et ad Euphratenn,Ghepn.l32!), BabyloniaadBagdad, Kutt, Moham- 

 mera (Noe!), Persia australi prope Dalechi (Ky. 191!) et Kasrun (Haussk!). 



NuUo pacto a Leontodonte generice dissociandum, nonimllse etiamhujus 

 species pappum simili modo basi paleaceo-dilatatum habent. 



2. L. Arabicum, annuum, crebre et crispule setulosum, scapis 

 procumbenlibus vel ascendentibus 1-2-Gephalis 1'olia parum vel duplo 

 superantibus nudis, foliis rosulalis linearibus in lacinias breves 

 anguste lineari-lanceolatas pinnatipartitis, involucri phyllis imbricatis 

 hispidis obtusiusculis latiusculis ab externis ad intima sensim elon- 

 gatis, acheniis fusiformibus striatis transverse rugulosis in rostruni 

 tenue eis sequilongum anguslalis, pappi albi setis 10 plumosis ache- 

 nio subrequilongis basi paleaceo-dilatatis O- Mittina Arabica Boiss. 

 Diagn. Ser. I, 11. p. 38. 



Hab. in Arabia petreA ad lines Palestime cum specie prwcedenti (Boiss!). 

 Fl. Apr. 



Affinis L. hispidulo et ab eo lorsan non sat distinctum, differt tamen folio- 

 rum breviorum laciniis minus inaequalibus, indumento griseo setuloso, ache- 

 niis abruptius in rostrum tenue manifestum abeuntibus. 



3. L. CreticuiR, annuum, foliis ciispule et minute setulosis 

 anguste linearibus in lacinias minutas breviter triangulares integras 

 vel subdentatas pinnatipartltis, scapis numerosis tenuibus 1-2-cepha- 

 lis foiia parum superantibus, capitulis parvis, involucri phyllis imbri- 

 catis lanceolatis oblusis prteter setulas secus nervum paucas glabris 

 ab externis apice sphacelatis ad intima elongatis, acheniis tenuiter 

 fusiformibus striatis et transverse rugulosis in rostrum tenue eis 

 subduplo brevius atlenuatis, pappi albidi achenio brevioris setis 10 

 plumosis basi paleaceo-dilatatis ©. Apargia hyoseroides Sieb. inSpr.. 

 Syst. IV, p. 664. — Detoderium taraxacifolium Cass. 



