306 uompositjB. Cousinia. 



Pag. 



tata abruptiuscule in spinas inftraas recurvas caeteras erecto-patu- 

 las omues acerosas capituli diametro suboequilongas abeuntibus, 

 phyllis iutirais in appendicera spathulatara oblongam fimbriatam 

 flosculos superantem abeuntibus, fiosculis purpureis, acheniis 

 (iminaturis) glabris compressis bialatis %. C. scala Aitch. etHemsl. 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. XIX, p. 172. 



Hab. in monte Sikaram Affghaniae 9-12000' (Aitch. 353! 376 !). 



In Flora Orientali eam cum C. multiloba cui foliis et facie affinis 

 conjunxeram. sed speciminihus completis Aitchisonianis nuper acceptis eam 

 phyllis internis membranaceo-dilatatis et acheniis differre comperi. 



C. elegans (Aitch. et Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. XIX, p. 172, 

 tab. 18) perennis, caulibus floccosis simplicibus erectis saepius 

 monocephalis rarius dicephalis ad apicem usque foliosis, foliis 

 subtus niveo-araneosis supra viridibus inferioribus petiolatis ambitu 

 lanceolatis pinnatisectis, rachide ad costara anguste marginatara 

 reducta, segmentis raultijugis 2-3-partitis anguste lanceolatis in 

 spinara rigidam flavam abeuntibus, capitulo supra folium supre- 

 raurc subsessili subgloboso 50-f50-floro, involucri laxe araneosi phyl- 

 lis exterioribus 15-20 lanceolatis duris acerosis pateutibus et erectis 

 flores multo excedentibus , interioribus uumerosioribus flosculis 

 brevioribus scariosis linearibus acutis, flosculis purpureis, filamentis 

 glabris, acheuiis Qj.. 



Hab. in monte Sikaram districtus Hariab Affghanige 9-12000' (Aitch. 359!) . 



Affinis C. multilobce, sed monocephala, involucri phylla externa longiora 

 non squarrose reflexa. 



C. carthamoides (Aitch. et Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. XIX, 

 p. 171, tab. 17) perennis glabra, caulibus erectis crebre foliosis 

 2-5-cephalis, foliis coriaceis nitidis oblongo-lanceolatis pra3ter 

 infima petiolata sessilibus araplexicaulibus auriculatis in lobos 

 triangulari-lanceolatos spina tenui termiuatos vix ad raedium pin- 

 natifidis, capitulis subglobosis, involucri phyllis 30-40 externis flos- 

 culos subaBquantibus basi araneosis caeterum glabris patentibus et 

 erectis anguste lanceolatis acerosis nervo subtus promiuulo, internis 

 scariosis linearibus acuminatis, flosculis purpureis, filaraentis gla- 

 bris, acheniis obovato-oblongis compressis laevibus %. 



Hab. in monte Sikaram districtQs Hariab Affghanise 9-12000' (Aitch. 358!). 



Pedalis vel bipedalis. Foliis parum profunde divisis et basi auriculatis ab 

 affinibus distincta. 



501, C. buphthalmoides, adde : 



Hab. in lapidosis districtus Kuram Affghanise 4000' usque ad pineta 

 distr. Hariab 8-9000' (Aitch. 10, 362, 381). 



Radix in tuber ovatum incrassata, caules '/a-1-pedales valde divaricati, 

 capitula et involucra eis C. microcarpce similia, sed achenia duplo majora 

 mamillosa opaca nec lsevissima lucida. 



