Kuhieracium. — Sect. XXIV. Hololeia; n. 431a— 432. 1063 



basi vix attenuata indistincte amplexicaulia , ima (vel radicalia) saepe latiora obtusiora, 

 superiora margine vel subtus pai'ce vel subfloccosa. Involucra 9 — 10 mm cylindrico- 

 ovata vel ovata disperse vel densiuscule pilosa vix vel minute subglandulosa haud vel 

 subfloccosa, squamis saepe valde irregulariter imbricatis subbiserialibus vel numerosiori- 

 bus, exterioribus brevioribus angusüoribus obtusiusculis vel obtusis, reliquis latioribus 

 longioribus attenualis obtusis vel acutioribus, omnibus dz aü'oviridibus (externis obscuri- 

 oribus) dz, internis lalius dilutiusque viridimarginatis. Ligulae luteae apice glabrae, 

 interdum tubulosae. Styli lutei vel saepius obscuri vel atri. Achaenia dilute vel atro- 

 brunnea. Alveoli margine (saepe sublonge) dentati. 

 Kaukasus und Kleinasien. — Juli — August. 



Greges et subspecies H. muricelli. 

 I. Styli lutei. — Subgrex H. muricellum Zahn. 



Subsp. 1. muricellum Fr. 1. c. (pro sp.). — Aphyllopodum, riride, abique 



setulis brevissimis rigidis albis adspersum. Caulis gracilis foliatus indelerminalo-ramosus, 

 ramis foliatis monocephalis (ramulis capitulisque inferioribus certe tantum abortis!); pe- 

 dunculis terminalibus paucis monocephalis squamosis. Folia lanceolata sessilia utrinque 

 1 — 2-dentata, inferiora marcescentia. Involucra subuniserialia, squamis externis paucis, 

 omnibus simplici serie seluiarum albo-muricatis, intimis obtusis. 



Kaukasus: An der Zuma bei Podgoruon (Hohenacker); in Georgien (Wilhelms) 

 nach Fr. 1. c. 



Nota. A cl. Fries inter Tridcntata positum, sed hie auetor 1. c. jain dicit: involucrum ab 

 hac stirpe admodum ad Pseudostenotheca recedit. 



Subsp. 2. caucasiense A.-T. in Acta horti Tiflis. IV. (1899) 375 ex Litw. in 

 Sched. herb. fl. Ross. VII. 27 et fasc. XLII. (1911) n. 2067*). — Subsp. pulchrisetum 

 Litw. et Zahn in Fedde Rep. IV. (1907) 262 sub H. Biebersteinii. — H. Gmelinianum 

 A.-T. Cat. (1913) 92 cum descr. (sub Hispidis\). — Caulis hypo- vel aphyllopodus 

 (sed folia infima in formis reduetis saepe dense conferta) 2 — 6 dm, inferne pilis albis 

 subrigidis ad 4 mm longis sat densis obsitus, superne sparsim pilosus et parcefloecosus, 

 subsquarroso-paniculatus (2 — )5 — 15( — 25)-cephalus; acladio 1 — 3 cm, ramis (l — )3 — 

 7( — 10), inferioribus valde remotis interdum abortis simpliciter ramulosis; peduneulis 

 obsenre viridibus subdense floecosis densiuscule minuteque glandulosis (glandulis deorsum 

 cito deminutis) subpilosis. Folia 10 — 15 omnia sensim minora aequaliter distributa vel 

 inferiora dz conferta, superiora 5 — 7 remota, subrigida vel subcoriacea subglauces- 

 centia, supra marginem versus et margine ipso sparsim microglanduloso densiuscule vel 

 dense subsetoso-pilosa (3 — 4,5 mm), subtus vix vel subpallidiora et in costa basin versus 

 subvillosa, utrinque 3 — 5 dentibus majoribus triangulariter lanceolatis saepe 5 — 8( — 

 1 0) mm longis brevibus immixtis subserrato-dentata; inferiora late vel elliptico-lanceo- 

 lata (5 — 15 cm: 3 cm) utrinque, basin versus longius attenuata fere alato-subpetiolata 

 vel utrint|iie aequaliter attenuata acutiora, media summaque basi latiore abrupte con- 

 strieta sessilia, sursum attenuata acuta, in costa vel in tota parte aversa sparsim floc- 

 cosa. Involucra 9 — 10 mm subpilosa disperse minuteque glandulosa parcissime floecosa, 

 squamis angustis acutiusculis. Achaenia atrobrunnea. 



Provinz Terek: Rerg Beschtau, 900 — 1200 m (Herb. fl. Ross. n. 2067)! 



Nota. Huc pertinere videtur H. hispidum (var. minus) Fr. Symb. (1848) 168, lipicr. 

 48 pp. min. = H. Gaucasicum Fr. in Act. Ups. XIII. 406 ex Fr. I. c. 48, e monte Pargun 

 Caucasi ? 



II. S^yli fusci vel ± atri (in subsp. acutangulo initio sublutei). 



a. Caulis phyllopodus vel hypophyllopodus. Ligulae tubulosae. 

 — Subgrex H. Eiebersteinii Zahn = sjiarsum > levigatum. 



Subsp. 3. Biebersteitflii Litw. et Zahn in Fedde, Rep. IV. (1907) 260. — 



Cum descriptione ex Fedde I. c. 262. 



