740 coMPOSiTiE. Picins 



iEgypto media prope Siout (Kralik !), superiori ad Gheik Harideh (Kral I), 

 Arabid petrei (Boiss !). 



Sect. II. Spitzelia. 



15. P. pilosa (Del. Fl. Eg. 416, tab. 14i, fig. 2) annua, setis 

 glochidiatis aspera, caulibus erectis et ascendentibus superne dicho- 

 tome ramosis laxe corymbosis, caulibus oblongis paucidentatis infimis 

 basi attenuatis caulinis semiamplexicaulibus, pedunculis fructiferis 

 lion incrassatis, capituiis raediocribus frucliferis ad medium slrangu- 

 ialis, calyculi phyllis breviter lanceolatis patulis involucri demum 

 carinatis valde incurvis carina setosis, acheniis valde curvatis grosse 

 rugulosis radii apice attenuatis pappo brevi persislenti piloso ad 

 medium usque in cupulam concreto,disci subrostratis pappo plumoso 

 deciduo ©. Spitzelia Mgyptiaca Sch. Bip. Flora 1833, p. 727. 



Hab. ad culta et in sterilibus circa Alexandriam (Del.), circa Kahiram 

 (Siebl). 



Fere pedalis, involucrum indistincte calyculatum phyllis ab infimis sensim 

 auctis 



16. P. radicata (Forsk. Fl. Eg. p. 143 sub Crepide) annua, foliis 

 rosulatis aculeolis albis undique sed prfesertim versus marginem 

 asperis oblongo-lanceolalis in lobos rotundalos vel ovatos obtusos 

 sinualo-pinnatifidis, caulibus brevibus ereclo-diffusis parce fnrcalis 

 2-5-cephalis vel monocephalis setulosis foliis paucis anguste linearibus 

 obsitis, capitulis mediocribus pedunculis longis vix incrassatis sufTul- 

 tis, calyculi phyllis linearibus squarroso-patulis involucri albo-hispi- 

 dissimis demum carinatis incurvis, acheniis radii Iseviusculis cylin- 

 dricis incurvis apice truncalo corona brevi persistenti pilis in cupu- 

 lam ad medium concretis constante superatis, disci minimis csesiis 

 oblongis tenuissime rugulosis apice rotundatis vel brevissime angus- 

 tatis, pappi plumosi decidui setis basi dilatatis ©. P. radicata Less. 

 Syn. p. IM. — P. lyrata Del. Eg. 1 16, tab. 40, fig. 3. — Spitzelia 

 Sieheri Sch. Bip. Lirm. 1834, p. 474 et Sp. lyrata Sch. Bip. 1835, 

 p. 658. — Leont. coronopifolium Desf. Atl. II. tab. 214 et P. coro- 

 nopifolia n.c. 1. cit. p. 131. 



Hab. in arenosis ad Alexandriam et Rosette (Del! Ehrenbl Samarl Gaill!), 

 ad Pyramides (Sieb ! Schweinf !), in desertis ad meridiem Gaza (Boiss I) et inter 

 Gaza et Suez (Ky!). 



Ar. GSogr. Regnum Tunetanum. 



17. P. Damascena (r.oiss. et Gaill.j, annua, pilis brevibus glo- 

 chidiatis parce aspera, caulibus pumilis ascendentibus vel decumben- 

 tibus simplicibus vel basi furcatis 1-2-cephaIis, foliis parvis lineari- 

 oblongis parce sinualo-denticulatis basi attenuatis, caulinis paiicis 

 minimis, pedunculis fructiferis non incrassalis, capitulis parvis, caly- 





