370 



pauca, subpersistentia, turbinata, ovato-compressa, 

 jlabrescentia, pappo roronata rudimentario, achae- 

 uio 2 — 4plo brevior , e paleis ovato -oblongh- 

 denticulate n. 5 composito, obtusiusculis; achae- 

 nia disci ovato-turbinata, callo basil ari instructa, 

 pentagona costis strigosa, transverse rugosa, pappo 

 Odr<mata achaenio 2 — 3plo longiore, e paleis n. 5 

 ovato-laneeolatis nstante in aristam denticulatam 



abeuntibus. 



Ilerbae regionis mediterranaeae mediae et 



oriental is vernal , annuae, radice superne valde 

 tibrillosa, hirto-villosae, foliis trinervibus, integris 

 *el more Coronopi dentatis, radicalibus rosulari- 

 bu>, in axilla capitula rudimentaria foventibus, 

 • •aulibus, palmaribus-pedalibus, subramosis, eapitulis 

 lemum cadueis, floribus citrinis involucro bre- 



\ ion 



ibu>. 



I ) Piptocephalum carpholepis (xapcpr p 

 stramen, et Xst:U, squama) C. II. Sz Bip. 



Omnibus partibus P. luteo major; caulibus 

 ere 'tis, ramo ■ s; eapitulis 9 — 15 floris; involucro 

 p a 1 1 e s c e n t e p o 1 1 i e a r i ; floris snip b u r e i 

 tubo ligula duplo breviore; acliaeniis l?/#lin. 

 longis, radii pappo 2-plo longioribus, disci pappo, 

 e paleis facto triangulari-laneeolatis, sen si in in 

 aris m abeuntibus, triplo brevioribus. 



Catananche carpholepis Sz Bip. in litt. 



Icon. Rchb. L ic. fl. germ. torn. XIX. t. 12. 



n. II. (Catananche lutea). 



Radix annua, 1 V2 — 2 poll, longa, 1 lin. 

 diametro metiens, fusiformis, verticalis, fibrillis 

 numerosissiuu- , praecipue ad collum et hie sae- 

 pius conferti — us et sursum spectantibus, instructs. 

 Folia radicalia numerosa, 2 — 4 imo 7 poll, 

 longa, 3 — 7 lin. lata, lanceolata, obtusiuscula, in 



petiolum longum attenuata, triuervia, 



repando- 



dentata, rarius ifitegriuseula, glaucescentia, pilis 

 -implicibus hirto-strigosa, fere semper more P. I11- 

 tei } in axillis capitula nonnulla foveutia pauciflora 

 rudiincntaria ; involucri nompe foliolis abbreviatis 

 et floribus subexsertis. Caul is solitaries v. plu- 



res, spithamei v. dodranthales imo fere pedales, 

 erecti, tcretes, striati — 1 lin. diametro metien 

 fes, parce ramosi, ramie quandoque infra, saepiu.-* 

 d v. supra medium in axilla foliorum radicalibus 

 similium sed minorum orientibns, pilis patenti- 

 arrectis hirti. Kami arrecti, esquamosi, sine ea- 

 pitulis 1 — 3 poll, longi, pi. monoeephali, quan- 

 doque in axilla folii parvi vel squamae capitulo 

 secundaria muniti. Capitula semper erecta 9 — 



15 flora, post achaeniorum maturitatem caduca. 

 Involucrum virgineum V2 poll, longum, evlin- 

 draceum, acutum, florens et frnctigerum turbina- 

 tuiu I poll, et ultra longum, 8 iriosum , pallide 



stramineura, rari s -| sordescens, 4-serialiter 



imbrieatum; eapitulis lapsis 6 — 7 involucri squa- 

 mae persistunt extimae, searioso-hvalinae , nervo 

 obscuro percusae, 1—3 lin. Jongae, ovatae acu 

 O tae ; reliquae involucri squam • — 22 unt ovato 

 £ lineares, intimae poliicern et ultra longae, tVtlin. 



VJL-o 



acuminatae , margine supenore 



latae , acutae v. 



denticulatae, carina vix prominente percursae; in- 

 timae n. 5 basi callo cartilagineo corneo, 2 lin. 



longo , oblongo 



sunt munitae, 



convexo 



globosum echinulatum ; 



^, ,_^ ^. ; _ r _, dorso _, 



ventre, cui achaenia insident radialia, concavo. 

 Receptaculum conico-ovatum , cavum, 1 — lVa 

 lin. altum, setis IV2 lin. longis, brunneis, dense 

 obsitum. Flores involucro tertia parte brevio- 

 res, 6 1 /; lin. longi, sulphurei; tubus 2 1 /-' lin. lon- 

 gus, pallens, praecipue superne pilis articulatis 

 munitus; ligula oblonga, 4 lin. longa, 1 lin. lata, 

 os versus pilosa, apice 5-dentata. Antherae ultra 

 1 lin. longae, usque IV2 lin. infra ligulae apicem 

 extensae, pallentes, basi breve caudatae, apice co- 

 rona ovato -rotundata munitae; filamenta citrina 

 exserta, glabra; pollen 

 styli rami vix autheras superatfites, breves, semi- 

 circulariter retrorsi, intra cum styli parte superiore 

 aculeati, superne vero verruculosi, apice incras- 

 sato-rotundati. Achaenia radii n. 3 — 5 in con- 

 cavitate involucri squamarum intimarum nidulan- 

 tia cum iisque subconcreta 1 ty ■ lin. longa , turbi- 

 nato-ovata, compressa, glabrescentia, interne atte- 

 nuata, truncata, pappo coronata achaenio duplo 

 breviore, rudimentario, e paleis scariosis ovato- 

 oblongis, obtusiuseulis, denticulatis , n. 5 compu- 

 sito; achaenia disci n. 6 — 10 ovato -turbinata, 

 inferne attenuata et callo basilari munita, superne 

 truncata, 5-gona, pr. costis strigosa et more Picri- 

 dis transverse rugulosa, rugis 24-serialibus, pappo 

 superata e paleis n. 5 composito, 3Va lin. longis, 

 inferne ovato - triangulari - lanceolatis , et tunc in 

 tristani sensim abeuntibus denticulatam. 



Habitat Piptocephalum carpholepis in Alge- 

 ria, vere florens, e. g. El Arouch: Dr. Lorent! 

 an. 1846; in campis pr. Bog bar, 5. Apr. 1856: 

 0. Debeaux!; Constantine: DuKieu!; locis her- 

 bidis pr. Constantine, 24. Apr. 1857: Choulette 

 fils! in fragm. fl. alger. excic. n. 157; pr. Oran, 

 7. Apr. 1856: Cosson!; in planitie et collibus pr. 

 Oran, vere: Durando! fl. atl. exsic. n. 31; in pra- 

 tis pr. Oran Apr. : Munby! pi. alger. exsic. n. 19; 

 in campis ca) treis pr. Oran: Balansa! pi. d 1 Alger. 

 n. 494 (an. 1852) pr. Tiaret: Delestre! nee non 

 in Hispania (an introducta?) in campis incultis 

 pr. Castijo Blanco pr. Roarda an. 1S49: Bour- 

 geau! pi. d'l pagne n. 298. 





2) Piptocephalum luteum C. 11. Sz Bip. 



Caulibus erectis v. adseemlentibus, subsimpli- 

 cibus; eapitulis 22 — 2b floris; involucro sor- 

 d i d o , V2 — 3 /4 p o 1 1 i c a r i ; florum r lii, dorso 

 lividorum tubo ligulam sub aequ ante ; acliae- 

 niis, 1 lin. longis, radii pappo 4-plo longiori- 

 bus, disci pappo e paleis coaiposito ovato - lan- 

 ceolatis abrupt e in aristam abeuntibus, duplo 

 brevioribus. 



Catananche lutea (squainis calycinis in- 

 ferioribus lanceolatis) Lin. sp. pi. ed. f, p. 812. 



Catananche lutea, longo, nervoso dentato- p 



que folio Vaill. act. paris. 1721. p. 2 Hi, n. 2. 



