14 Mr. J. Ball on the genus Leontodon. 



gcapo interdum folio basilari instruct©, superne glabrescente ; invo- 

 lucri squamis lineari-acuminatis, laxiusculis, exterioribus recurvis, 

 omnibus margine etdorso ciliatis ; (achenii muricellati rostro brevi?) . 



Hub. in Apennino Neapolitano (Tenore) et Romano (Moris), in Tau- 

 ria (M. Bieb.) Habeo specimina Taurica immatura e manu Steveni 

 e quibus trahitur diagnosis noster. 



Syn, Apargia crispa,\a.r. macrorhiza. Ten. A. hispanica, M. Bieb. 



— G. subsp.(?) cinei'ascens, nob. (descr. ex spec, immature), scapo 

 foliis 2 instruct©, versus basin cum foliis omnibus e pilis mollibus 

 longe stellatis incano, superne cum involucro pube brevi stcUata, 

 pilis longioribus intermixta, vestito. 



Habui specimen unicum ex Pisidia, comm. cl. Heldreich ; specimen 

 alterum quod cum priore nomine gaudet L. biscuteUcefolii est 

 omnino L. asperrimus noster. 



The decided difference in the sculpturing of the leaf, the more 

 lax and recurved phyllaries, and, as far as I can judge from un- 

 ripe specimens, the shorter beak of the fruit, sufficiently distin- 

 guish this from the two last species. I am inclined to expect 

 that complete specimens of my subspecies cinerascens will esta- 

 blish characters of specific value by which it should be distin- 

 guished, and I believe that it will be found to be intermediate 

 between L. asper and L. adhcerens. 



*** Pappi radii omnes plumosi, exteriores breviores. 



1.5. L. asper, Reich. Radice fusiformi ; scapo simplici aut rarius 

 bifido, basin versus folio unico lanceolato, superne squamis linea- 

 ribus, instruct© ; foliis radicalibus lanceolato-spathulatis, in petio- 

 lum attenuatis, lobato-dentatis, segmentis inaequalibus triangula- 

 ribus, viridibus, e pilis sub lente asperis apice stellatis, hispidis ; 

 involucri foliolis lanceolatis, acutiusculis, margine et interdum dors© 

 ciliatis pilis brevibus stellatis, in series 4-5 sequidistantes imbri- 

 catis ; achenio longe rostrato, superne muricato. 



Hab. in Hungaria et Macedonia. Habui ex Bauatu a cl. Wierzbicki, 

 atque ex Montibus Carlova e manu Friwaldski ; occurrit etiam 

 in Germania boreali suadente eel. Reichenbach, necnon in Pyre- 

 nseis ad portum Venasque, et in Sicilia, auctore D.C. (Prod. vii. 

 p. 103). Licet tamen dubitare de diagnosi stirpis diu confusse 

 prsesertim quoad specimina pyrenaica, cum planta hungarica prse- 

 diligit loca saxosa calidiora m©ntium inferi©rum. 



Syn. Apargia asper a, W. K. 



Habentur synonyma plurima me© sensu ©mnin© dubia. Apargia 

 questfalica, Bonningb. (Reich.) Apargia hispanica, W. (sec. 

 Koch) ; sed stirps Willdenoviana, quam Candollius Asterothrici, 

 Cass., conjunxit, videtur ex diagnosi auctorum incompleta, bene 

 distincta species. 



This species is intermediate between the group of which L. 

 crispus, Vill., is the type, and L, asperrimus. It is considerably 



