292 CENTURIA I. PLANTARUM. 
Jia. Calyces axillares, feffilcs, omnino Calcitrapaj ; 
fcd ad bafin lanuginofi. An planta hybrida V 
85- CKNTAUREA (Verittum) calycibus fimplidffi- 
mc fpinofis: dentibus duobus oppolitis, foliis 
lanceolatis intcgris dccurrcntibus. 
Habitat in Palaiftina. © D. H.iffelquift . 
Defcr. Radix fibrofa. Caulis peaklis , fiinplcx, angu- 
latus, erectus. Rami breviores, fimplices, ex alis 
fuperioribus. Folia lanccolata, integerr^na, fcabra, 
dccurrentia. Flores terminales, folitarii. Caly- 
ces fubtomentofi : fpinis firnplicibus , flayis, ftria- 
tis, caiyce duplo longioribus; in co fingulares, 
quod qua,*vis fpina gerat in mcdio duas onpofitiones 
ex fpinis minimis, erectis nccpatulis: ad bafinve- 
ro fpina; flavefcentes absque ferraturis aut aculeis. 
Corolhe ilavse. 
86. CENTAUREA (pumilio ) calycibus fimpliciflime 
fpinofis, foliis dentato-pinnatis villofis, caule nullo. 
Carduus orientalis acaulos incanus & tomentofus, 
dentis leonis folio. Tournef. cor. 31. 
Habitat in yEgypto. D. HaJJetqiaft. 
Defcr. Simillima Centaurea; acauli, fed calycis fquamce 
non ciliatae. Radixdura.. Crt/;vce£ fiepiustres, radici 
arcle adnati, ovato-obiongi, glabri : fquamis margi- 
ne membranaceis, integris, apicc ovatis, & ifi fpinam 
fubulatam, brevem, flavcfccntem, terminatis; Co- 
rollula oblonga. Flores ncutri vix reliquis longiores. 
Folia linearia, dentato-pinnata-. dcntibus ovato-ian- 
ceolatis, latioribus fuo folio, alternis fame parvis; 
omnia cinerca fubviiiofa, radici incumbentia. 
87. SERIPHIUM (gnapbaloides) floribus fpicatis u- 
nifloris. 
Habitat in ^Ethiopia. A. Royen. 
Defcr. Rami angufti. .Fo/frtlinearia, fparfa, tomento- 
fa, fupra nuda. Flores in fpicam congefci , flavi, 
triftes, fubtomentofi, cyiindracei, continentcs 
flofcuhim unum, cujus corollce lacinice acute reflexas, 
. & quafi uncinata?. 88- CAL- 
