PHtEOPAPPUS ARMENUS, Nob,
PH JE O P A P PU S , Boiss., Diagn. Plant. Nov. Orient. 6, p. \%i. — Amberboa, Sectio V : P hjeopappus,
D. C., Prodr. 6 , p. 56o ; Ejusdem genus T omanth ea , 1. c. p. 564; Ejusdem C entaurea: species
quaedam (ex. gr. N° i 5 et N° 58) , I. c.
P a p pu s p e r s is ten s , p a le o la c eu s , m u lt is e r ia lis : se riebu s ab extimis ad intima s gradatim
lo n g io r ib u s . Paleolse e x te rio res su b lin e a re s , sequ en tibu s Ia t io r e s , reliquse setaeese v. li-
neari-lanceolatse. C e te r a Centaurece ( i) . ,
Sectio RHAPONTICOIDES, Nob.
Jnthodii squamce in appendicem opacum subcoriaceum pectinato-pinnatifidum apice spinulosum pro-
ductcB. Pappus elongalus ( córollce tubum subcequans) >. paleolis- intimis simulac mediis setaceis,
serrulalis ; paleplis exterioribus apice a-u. S-denticulalis, ecetero integerrimis. (Paleohr. exteriores
albidce, reliqictz fuscceN
PHjEOPAPPUS ARMENUS, Nob,
PlanEa 2-3-pedalis, perennis, partibus herbaceis junioribus tomen to fToccoso incano obtecta, tandem laxe floecosa v.
subglabra. Caules erecti, simplices, i-cephali, fir mi,, substricti, foliosi, stria t i, angulati,. calamum cygneum crassi,. sub
anthodio fistulosi et dilatati. Folia venosa, tandem glaucescentia, subcoriacea. Folia radicalia 1/2-1-podalia, conferta,
petiolata, pleraquepinnatipartita v. sublyrata, alia lanceOlato-ovalia indivisa ; segmenta sessilia v. petiolulata, subopposita ,
v. alterna, deeurrentia, acuminata: lateralia lancèolata v. lanceolato-ovalia, integerrima, v. rém'ote denticulata, aequiiatera,
v. obliqua, baud raro bine longe auricula ta; segmentum-terminale nunc lateralibus conforme v. subconforme, nunc majus.
Folia cantina sparsa, indecurrentia, approximata, remote inciso-dent-ata, pleraque in petiolum brevem angustata; infiina
radicalisms conformia;. sequentia et media lanceolato-obovata v. lanceölatö-ovalia, 4-5 pollices longa; superiora gradatim
minora, sessilia, lanceolata ; summa 2 v. 3 calathidium adstanlia, remote dentata v. subintegerrima, reflexa, circiter 1 pollicem
longa; dentes sublanceolati, v. sublineares, v. lineari-lanceolati, cuspidulati. Calathidium solitarium, terminale, sessile, foliis
2 v. 3 stipatum, multiflorum , heterogamum, quasi'discoideum, sub anthesi 1 1/2-1 3/4 pollicem-longum. Anthodium 1 pol-
Hcem longum, floribus brevius, glabrum, ovato-pyramidatum, imbrication. Squame cartilagineae, concavae, ecarinatau,
lasvigatae, lutescentes, appendiculatae, adpressas: exteriores-subovatae; mediae deltoideae ; interiores dèltoideo-oblongae; intimae
oblongo-lanceolatae. Appendices, subpatentes [squamis extimis reflexi), indecurrentes, atrofusci, pectinato-pinnalifidi (exceptis
squamis intimis), circumscriptione subrotundi v. deltoidei, spinula recta v. subrecta plus minusve elongata subulata stra—
miuea aristati; Iacinulas rigidae, subulatae, plerumque arcuatas, juxta apicem Stramine®, arista terminali nunc subaequilongae
nunc breviores. Squamarum intimarum appendices minuti, ovati, mucronati, denticulati. Receptaculum planum, fimbrillo-
sum; fimbrillas ca pill a res, albidae, anthodio paulo breviores. Corolla in sicco luteae. F lores marginales neutri, floribus
disci breviores. Corolla filiformi-tubulosa, inaequaliter 4-fid a , staminibus fmo abortivis orbata; laciniis sublinearibus, acutis.
Corolla florum hermaphroditorum tubuloso-infundibularis, subringens, sesquipollicem longa; tubus filiformis, limbo
sublongior; limbus obconicus, ad 1/2 fissus; lacinia? lineares, obtusae, subaequales, apice subcucullatae. Staminum filament a
linearia, papillosa, antheris breviora. A nther* lineares, apice exsertae; appendices-basilares brevissimi, irregulariter dentati -
appendices-apicilares elongati, lineari-lanceolati, acuti. Ovarium glabrum, oblongum , obsolete pentagonum , transverse
rugulosum, pappo multo brevior, extra pappum margine brevissimo submembranaeeo eroso-denticulato coronatum. Pappus
corollae tubo subaequalis. Stylus filiformis , apice barbulatus et demum subexsertus. Stigma stylo suberassius, elongatum ,
(1) Psephellus (Cass.) a Phceopappo distinguendum pappo brevissimo, deciduo, pauciseriali, e setulis uniformibus setaceo-
subulatis constante.