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Erecta, elata, araneoso-sublanata; foliis sessilibus, (non 

 decurrentibus), oblongo - lanceolatis, sinuato - sublobatis 

 dentatisque lobis dentibusque in spinas rigidas flavescen- 

 tes excurrentibus, subtus niveo-tomentosis; capitulis ma- 

 ximis, depresso - globosis , in caulis apice subracemosis, 

 breviter pedunculatis, multifloris; involucri squamis ex- 

 lerioribus intermediisque erectis, e basi lanceolata in 

 spinam rigidam excurrentibus, intimis niveoscariosis, 

 radiantibus lanceolatis acutis; receptaculi setis scabris; 

 floribus squamas interiores involucri vix aequantibus;. 

 antherarum tubo glabro; achaeniis plano-compressis, ad 

 apicem emarginatum marginatis, epapposis. — Caulis 

 elatus, simplex? striatus. 



C. Halblizlii C. A. M., cui planta nostra proxime af- 

 fmis, foliis pinnatisectis pinnatifidisque, involucri squamis 

 longissimis patentissimis reflexisque, achaeniis apice non 

 marginatis, foliis utrinque arachnoideo-lanatis dignoscitur. 

 Afghanistan (Griff. herb. ofthe late East India Company 

 S 32730 



602, Cousinia baphthalmoides Rgl. (Sec t. XVIII. Leio- 

 caules Bnge. 1. c. pag. 42.). 



Erecta, ramosa; caule ramisque lana alba detergibili 

 vestitis; foliis caulinis ovatis, basi cordata breviter adna- 

 tis, simpliciter v. duplicato- sinuato- cl entatis, apice den- 

 tibusque in spinam tenuem excurrentibus, utrinque la- 

 nato-araneosis, capitulis ovatis, plurifloris, solitariis, pe- 

 dunculatis, subcorymboso-paniculatis, tenuiter araneosis; 

 involucri squamis exterioribus intermediisque e basi ova- 

 ta appressa in spinas elongatas trigono-pugioniformes re- 

 curvato-patentissimas involucri diametrum superantes ex- 

 currentibus: intimis scariosis, erectis, lineari -lanceolatis, 



