353 
5, p. 111 (1822), nee Cirsium spathulatum Gaudin, Fl. Helr., 
V., p. 202 (1829). 
©. ligulare ssp. albanum Vand., Reliqu. Form., p. 329 (1909) 
p. p-, nec Wettst., Beitr. Fl. Alban., p. 71, tab. V, fig. 24 (1892). 
C. armatum Vand., ]. e., p. 330 nec Vel. in Sitzb. Boehm. 
Ges. Wiss., 1888, extr. p. 53. 
Caulis ereetus, certe ad 150 em altus, erassus, striatus, ara- 
cehnoideo-tomentosus, subdense foliatus. Folia caulina inferiora 
basi auriculato-semiamplexicaulia, sessilia, ambitu ovato-oblonga vel 
oblonga, superiora oblonga vel lanceolato-oblonga, supra strigosa, 
subtus albo-tomentosa, nervis primariis erassissimis, alte et dense 
sinuato-pinnatifida, laciniis linearibus vel lanceolato-linearibus, paul- 
latim acuminatis, spina valida vel validissima 10—20 mm longa 
terminatis, saepissime a basi bifidis, sinu superiore dentibus 1—3 
haud raro ad spinas validas fere reductis. Capitula in apice caulis 
corymbosa vel subaggregata, breviter pedunculata ve! subsessilia, 
magna vel maxima, ad 7 cm diam.; bracteae ab exterioribus ob- 
longo-lanceolatis profunde pinnatifidis capitula aequantibus vel plus 
minusve superantibus in interiora lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata 
sinuato-dentata sensim decrescentes, involuceri dense vel subdense 
arachnoidei foliola exteriora et media e basi ovato-lanceolata apicem 
versus sensim attenuata, a medio plus minusve recurvata vel tan- 
tum erecto-patentia, apice in ligulam parvam rhomboideam lan- 
ceolato-ovatam vel oblongam margine plus minusve fimbriatam di- 
latata ibique abrupte in spinulam brevem 1—2 mm longam infir- 
mam excurrentia; interiora exterioribus sensim longiora, intima 
erecta adpressa apice non vel vix dilatata. Corollae purpurae 
limbus a tubo satis distinetus, 2—2'/,-plo brevior. Pappus sordide 
albus, setis valde plumosis apice raro integerrimis.. © ? Augusto, 
Septembri. 
Habitat: Albania: Ad „stani“ in monte „Lops“ versus distr. 
Tepelen, 10. VIII. 1894, leg. A. Buldacei, It. Alban. alter. 1894, 
Nr. 259 (Herb. Degen!). — Epirus: M. Miöikeli, alt. 954 m. (leg. 
Formänek sub C. horrido Form.!) — Macedonia: Petrina pl. 
(leg. Formänek sub C. odontolep.!), Sliva (leg. Formänek), 
Doxa (leg. Formänek sub (©. latinervio!), Galicica pl. (leg. For- 
mänek sub ©. latinervio!), Karaferia (leg. Formänek!), Ceganska 
pl. (leg. Formänek sub (©. valido var. ciliari!), Drziu (leg. For- 
mänek sub ©. latinervio var. dilatato!). — Thessalia: Godaman 
in Olympo th. (leg. Formänek sub C. valido var. macrocephalo!); 
m. Cuka in mt. Chassia (leg. Formänek sub C. Pelio!); st. 
Phlambures in mt. Chassia (leg. Formänek sub (©. Pelio Form.!); 
Sermeniko: in oropedio Neuropolis (P. Sintenis, It. thessal. 1896, 
Nr. 1131, sub C. valido Form. v. montano? Form. det J. Freyn!). 
(Herb. Formänek et Herb. Freyn in Franzens-Mus. Brünn!) 
Der hier als ©. Vandasii m. zusammengefaßte Formenkreis 
scheint auf der Balkanhalbinsel das dort sonst ganz fehlende 
