786 GOMPOsrr^. Taraxacum. 



SuBTR. Vni. GHONDRILLEiE. 



TARAXACUM (Jnss. Gen. 499). 



Capitulum inultiflorum. Involucrum imbricatum subcalyculatum. 

 Receptaculum nudum. Achenia subconformia subcompresso-tetragoua 

 striata undique vel superne sqiiamuloso-muricata rarius laevia in api- 

 culum pyramidatum concolorem attenuata et ultra eum in rostrum 

 longum vel breve abeuntia. — Herbfe perennes acaules. 



* Achenium rostro suo brevius vel sequilongum. 



1. T. montanum (C.A. Mey. Euum. p. 58 .sub Lcontodonie) 

 glaucescens glaucum lotum induraento crispo-pulverulento in folis 

 secedenti obsitum, radice verticali, foliis amplis rigidulis in lacinias 

 triangulares subfalcatas acutas denticulatas runcinatim pinnatifidis 

 vel partilis interdum sublyratis, scapis lanuginosis simplicibus mono- 

 cephalis vel semel bisve bifidis, capitulo maximo, involucri glauco- 

 pruinosi phyllis imbricatis externis numerosissimis imbricatis ovatis 

 acutis vel breviter lartceolatis apice squarroso-retlexis, intimis lan- 

 ceolato-linearibus , acheniis elliptico-linearibus utrinque attenuatis 

 striatis transverse undique acute squamoso-muricatis in rostrurn 

 tenue eis quadruplo longius sensim attenualis ¥. T. montanum d.c. 

 Prodr. p. 145. — Dntniiva sonchoidea d.c. Prodr. V^It, p. 247. — 

 Lasiopus sonclioidcs Dou. — T. canescens Boiss. Mss. in Haussk. exs. 



Hab. in lapidosis siccis regionis niontanse, Lycia prope Elmalu (Bourg!', 

 Cataonia in monte Berytdagh (ilaussk!), Cappadocia meridionalis (Tchih!j, 

 Syria borealis in monte SsotFdagh 2000' (Haussk!), Armenia Rossica (Szov! 

 Buhse!), mons Beschbarmak Caucasi 650' (C.A.M.), ditio Transcaucasioa 

 Talysch (Hoh.), Persia horeahs ad radices montis Elbrus (Ky. 't'i4!), occiden- 

 talis inter Sihna, Kermanschah, Hamadan et in monte Kaliser oOOiy-OOUO' 

 (Haussk!). Fl. Jul. Aug. 



,5. denudatum. — Folia minora angustiora (2 poll. longa 5-6 lineas 

 lata) runcinatim partita sub antliesi sjepe emarcida et evanida, capi- 

 tula minora. — T denudatum Boiss. Diagn. Ser. H, 8, p. 95. 



Hab. inPersia austro-occidentali ad Kirrind (Noe!), in montibus Tchinar et 

 Sakawa (Haussk!), ad salinas Maman (Seidli). 



Folia radicalia forma? typicaisemipedalia et pedalia, scapi pedem et amplius 

 longi, achenia cum rostro et pappo pollicem et amplius longa. Varietas forma 

 minor et hebetata tantum videtur, foliis diminuti.s, scapis ahi)reviatis semper 

 simplicibus. 



2. T. serotinum (VV. K. Pl. Hung. II, p. 110, tab. 114 stib 

 Leontodonte) radice verticali, rhizomate crasso pluricipiti squamoso, 

 foliis crassiiisculis indumento crispulo velutinis interdum subianatis 

 obovato-oblongisbasiattenuatasubpetiolatis vernalibus integris serio- 



