522 ACA.NTHACE^. Acauthus. 



lacinias trianguiares acutas triangulari-dentatas breviter et molliier 

 spinulosas basi confluentes inferiores ssepe retror&as pinnatipartilis 

 superioribus subbinis conformibus sessilibus, spica ovata vel oblonga 

 compacta, bracted ampla ovato-oblonga cucullata hirta nervosa in 

 spinas tenues latitudine sua breviores pinnatifida, bracteolis hirsu- 

 tissimis subulato-linearibus apice spinulosis bractea vix brevioribus, 

 calycis longe hirsuti lacinia superiore oblongo-spathulata subintegra 

 corollam a?quante, inferiore late lineari subbreviore dentibus tribus 

 spinulosis, coroUre albidae lutescentis inferne hirsutfe labio obtuse et 

 breviter trilobo ^. A. spinosus ex parte Nees in d.c. Prodr. XI, 

 p. 271 nec L. nec Auct. 



Hab. in regione montand, Lydise et Cariae in parte inferiori montium Tmolus, 

 Mesogis, Cadmus (Boiss!), in Pisidia, Isauria etLycaoiiia(Heldr!), Cappadocia 

 (Ky 184' Bal!), Galatia ad Tokat et Angora (Noe! Wied!), insula Rhodo 

 (Auch. 1690!). 



Planta 9-10-pollicaris rarius pedalis, folia inferiora 9-15-pollicaria 2-pollices 

 lata, spica 4-6-pollicaris 2-pollices lata Species foliis teneris minime coriaceis^ 

 spinulis tenellis brevibus non pungentibus ab omnibus Acanthis spinosis 

 statim distinguenda. 



4. A. Syriacus (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, II, p. 135) puberulus, 

 caule folia parum superante, foliis elongatis oblongo-lanceolatis basi 

 in petiolum brevem attenuatis in lacinias lauceolatas iterum lobato- 

 spinosas basi confluentes vel infimas distinctas pinnatipartitis spinis 

 tenuibus pungentibus, foliis caulinis subbinis diminutis sessilibus, 

 spica ovato-cylindrica compacta, bractea ampla coriacea elevatim 

 nervosa et reticulata margine ciliatula dorso ghbriuscula ovato- 

 oblonga utrinque in 4-5 spinas validas pinnatifida flores subtequante^ 

 bracteolis brevioribus anguste linearibus hirtulis apice spinulosis, 

 calycis glabriusculi laciniis majoribus herbaceis superiore oblongo- 

 spathulata apice niinute tri-denticulato-repanda inferiore angustiore 

 et breviore lineari apice dilatata bifida dentibus spinulosis, corollfe 

 albidae glaberrimae labio trilobo lobis rotundatis ^ . A. spinosus ex 

 parte Nees in d.g. Prodr. non L. 



Hab. inter segetes, in siccis regionis inferioris et montanae, Cilicia orientalis 

 ad Sis TKy. Suppl. 571), Mesopotamia circa Orfa, Suerek, Harran (Ky. 6.3r 

 Haussk!), Syria littoralis in regione inferiore Libani (Bl! Gaill!), Cwlesyria 

 (Ehr! Boiss!), Palestina circa Banias,Nazareth,Hierosolymam (Boiss! Ky.loO!). 



/3. dentatus. — Folia breviora breviter et irregulariter spinoso- 

 dentata. 



Hab. in Syrift boreali prope Aintab (Haussk !). Cilicia (Tchihl), Cappadocia 

 ad Euphratem (Auch. 2698 1). 



Planta saepius humilis, A. hirsuto tamen ssepius major, huic aflftnis, distinctus 

 spinis foliorum et bractearum multo validioribu.s pungentibus, irdumenta 

 glabrescenti, corolla glabra. 



5. A. spinosus (L. Sp. p. 891) glabriusculus, foliis ambitu 

 ]ate ovato-oblongis nitidis elevatim nervosis pinnatim el bipinnati- 



