Petrak, Die nordamerikanischen Arten der Gattung Cirsium. 295 
ambitu lanceolata, ad medium circiter remote sinuato-dentata, 
dentibus triangularibus acuminatis, spinis infirmis vel subvalidis 
3 — 6 mm longis armatis, ceterum ut folia caulina inferiora. 
Capitula in apice caulis et ramorum solitaria vel 
1 — 3 breviter pedunculata vel subsessilia 
plus minusve approximata, bracteis 1 — 4 lineari-lan- 
c e o 1 a t i s subtus glabrescentibus vel parcissime arachnoideis 
remote spinuloso-dentatis, dentibus ad spi- 
nas fere omnino reductis, capitulis parum 
brevioribus vel subaequilongis suffulta, basi 
vix dilatata parum exdavata, ovato-globosa vel g 1 o - 
b o s a , cum flosculis 3 — 3 x / 2 cm longa, 2 — 3 cm lata. Involucri 
imprimis basin versus parce arachnoidei foliola omnia sub- 
aequilonga, exteriora et media subfoliacea vires- 
c e n t i a , e basi ovato-oblonga lineari-lanceolata paullatim 
acuminata erecto-patentia, dorso subcarinata margine inte- 
ger r i m a , spinulis stramineis infirmis 1 — 2 m m 
longis terminata, interiora et intima parum vel vix 
longiora lineari-lanceolata, paullatim attenuata, apice undu- 
lato-curvata plus minusve purpurascentia, 
margine brevissime fimbriato-denticulata, 
nec rigida. Corollae sordide brunneo-ochroleuceae, albidae vel 
purpureae limbus vix ad medium inaequaliter quinquefidus, 
laciniis angustissimis linearibus obtusiusculis, a tubo vix vel satis 
distinctus eoque parum brevior vel subaequilongus. Filamenta 
omnino dense longiuscule papilloso-pilosa. Pappus sordide albus, 
setis plumosis, apice Vel a medio fere tantum scabidis parum 
clavellatis. Achaenia matura brunnea vel canescentia, fusca vel 
fusco-nigrescentia, oblonga compressa, 5 — 6 mm longa, 2 1 / i mm 
lata, nitida. Perenne ? Floret Junio — Julio. 
Synonyma: 
Carduus remotifolius Hooker, Flor. Bor. Amer. I, p. 302 (1833). 
— Holzinger in Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. III, p. 236 (1895). — 
Piper, Flor. Wash. in Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. XI, p. 610 (1906). 
Cirsium remotifolium DC. Prodr. VI, p. 655 (1837). — Torr, 
et Gray, Flor. North. Amer. II, 3, p. 460 (1843). 
Cirsium stenolepidum Nutt. in Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. VII. 
p. 419 (1840). 
Cnicus remotifolius Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. X, p. 47 (1874). 
— Gray, Syn. Flor. North. Amer. II, p. 399 (1886). 
Exsiccata: Petrak, Cirsiotheca universa Nr. 106. 
D ist r i b u t i o : In pratis, fructicetis, secus rivulos, ad 
margines silvarum in regionibus montanis civitatum Washington, 
Oregon, California. 
Vidi e locis sequentibus: 
Washington: Klickitat County, low grounds, in woods 
VII. 1885. Coli. W. N. Suksdorf H. U. W. — Zwischen Wald und 
Wiese, nordwestlich von Fulda, Klickitat County; alt. ca. 600 m. 
