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C. appendiculatum Grisb. Spie. II, p. 250. Var. rhodopeum 

 Form. 1897. Caule ad inflorescentiam usque folioso, foliis in lacinias 

 ovatas lobatas pinnatipartitis, involucri phyllis inferioribus et mediis 

 in spinam reflexam attenuatis. Frequens in mm. Belovska pl., Bela 

 Voda, Alabak, cac. Mlekovica, Jundol- et Kamenicka pl., val. Jadenica 

 et Bela Cerkva in mm. Rh. B. 



C. abruptum Form. 1897. Spinosum, caule elato. sulcato-striato, 

 ramoso, polycephalo, parce araneoso, remote folioso, ramis 

 erecto-patentibus, foliis supra strigosis, subtus araneoso-canescentibus, 

 margine eiliatis, ambitu oblonge ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, 

 in spinas flavas abrupte abeuntibus, in lacinias trian- 

 gulari-ovatas, triangulari-lanceolatas vel trianguläres, 

 simplices tripartitas usque, rectas, nervo flavo percussas et in spinas 

 validas flavas plerumque abrupte abeuntes pinnatipartitis, 

 caulinis auriculis in spinas partitis semiamplexicaulibus, capitulis 

 magnis, basi umbilicatis, primum ovatis, postea cylin- 

 dricis, basi Corona bracteis paucis herbaeeis constante involucrum 

 proprium subaequante involucratis , bracteis externis capitulo 

 longioribus lanceolatis vel linearibus, in spinam validam abrupte 

 abeuntibus, bracteis externis caeterisque foliis similibus, sensim in 

 phylla involucralia transeuntibus, involucri lanati phyllis exter- 

 nis e basi lata lanceolatis vel linearibus, apice breviter 

 spinosis, ad parte m inferiorem breviter ciliolatis, ad 

 partem superiorem eiliato-denticulatis, mediis e basi 

 lanceolata, margine breviter eiliata lineari-subulatis, sub 

 spina brevi erecto patente terminaliappendice scarioso 

 flavido fimbriato-ciliato dilatatis, internis linearibus subu- 

 lato acuminatis, ad partem inferiorem breviter eiliatis, ad partem 

 superiorem recurvam denticulatis, o m uibus ad partem inferiorem 

 sordide flavidis, ad partem superiorem fuscis, acheniis 

 compressis fuscis pappo 6plo brevioribus, flosculis violaceis. 

 Habitat ad ßelovo in Bulgaria. 



E proxima affinitate C. validi Form. 1895, Syn. C. horri- 

 dum Form, in B. z. Fl. A. K. et E. Verh. naturf. V. Brünn 1895, 

 Bd. XXXIII. extr. p. 28 non M. B. sed ab eo differt caule parce 

 araneoso, remote folioso, foliorum et laciniorum in spinam abrupte 

 abeuntium forma, involucri phyllorum margine, colore formaque, acheniis 

 pappo 6plo brevioribus, flosculis violaceis. 



C. val'ldum Form. 1. c. Var. rumelicum Form. 1897. Foliis 

 in lacinias triangulari-lanceolatas vel triangulari-lineares, + elongatas, 



