TAB. 2i2.
PHiEOPAPPUS MICROCEPHALUS, Nob.
PH iE O P A P P U S , Boiss.— Confer supra, p . ; i 3:.
Sectio PSEPHELLOIDES, Nób.
Anthodii squanice in appendicem pergamaceum scariosum aristulalum pectinato-firnbriatum mdecurren-
tem productce. Pappus brevis; paleolis omnibus in toto ambitu serrulatis : intimis latioribus lirieari-
subulatis.
PHiEOPAPPUS MICROCEPHALUS, Nob.
Centaurea cuspidata, Aucher-Eloy! Plant, exsicc. (Non Visian.)
Centaurea (sectio Psephellus) Aucheriana , D. C., Prodr. 6, p. 576.
Perennis; floccoso-tomentosus; eanescens. Caulibus paniculatis. Foliis polymorphis, mucronatis;
inferioribus petiolatis: aliis pinnatipartitis pinnatifidisve, aliis ovalibus v. obovatis v. lanceolatö-ova*
libus remote dentatis v. subintegerrimis; cseteris sessilibus, plerisque lanceolatis v. lanceolato-lineari-
b u s , integerrimis. Calathidiis quasi pedunculatis , bracteolatis. Antbodiis conico-oblongis; appendi-
cibus imbricatis, plerisque rhomboideis. Floribus sterilibus subampliatis.
Planta subpedalis, multicaulis, partibus herbaceis undique tomento floccoso cinereo plus minusve copioso instructa. R adix
descendens, lignescens. Caules erecti v. adscendentes, angulosi, striati, flexu.osi, graciles, plerumque ab ima basi ramosi. Rami
siniplices v. paniculati, tenues, folia t i , simulac ramuli secus apicem foliorum loco squamulas paucas minutas subscariosas
plerumque subulatas gerentes. Folia sparsa, subcoriacea, acuminulata, glaucescentia, plerurtique-supra sparse floccosa, subtüs
dense tomentosa, nonnunquam utrinque glabriuscula; nervo medio in mucronem rigidum pliis minusve elongatum (praesertim
foliis superioribus) excurrente. Folia radicalia (nonnisi pauca vidimus) longe petiolata, lanceolato-ovalia, acuminulata, remote
dentata, pennivenia, adjecto petiolo.(lamina sublongiori) 4 poll ices longa. Folia caulina pinnatipartita v. pinnatifida (segments
lanceolatis, v. lanceolatO'-linearibus, v. deltoideis), nunc indivisa (obovata, v. ovalia , v. lanceolato-ovalia, interdum
lanceolata), plerumque remote et inaequaliter dentata v. denticulata; inferiora petiolata, caetera sessilia. Folia ramealia m/nii-
lariaque sensim minora, sessilia, plerumque lanceolata y . lanceolato-linearia: inferiora plerumque dentata v. denticulata;
caetera integerrima. Calathidia solitaria, terminalia, erecta, quasi pedunculata, multiflora, breve radiata, bracteolis 2 v. 3
brevibus pergamaceis scariosis ovato-v. oblongo-lanceolatis ciliato-serratis aristulatis stipata, sub anthesi 8-9 lineas longa.
Anthodium floribus brevius, imbric-atum, undique appendicibus obtectum. Squamä cartilagineae, concavae, ecarinatae, obsolete
striatulae, stramineae, laevigatae, glabrae, adpressae, ab extimis ad inlimas gradatim longiores; exteriores ellipticae v. subrotiindae,
appendice minores; mediae ovales v. ovato-oblong*; penintimae oblongae; intimae sublineares. Appendices <\i\ute fusci, v.
fnsco et älbido variegati, lucidi, scabro-puberuli (oculo niido glabri), laxiusculi, cucullad, pectinato-fimbriati (laciniis subu-
latis, sub lente ciliolatis), striati, squamis plerisque rhomboidei (squamis intimis lineäri-lanceolati, minuti, denticulati, sub-
membranacei." R eceptaculdm planum, fimbrillosum; fimbrillae setaceae, albidae, anthodio paulo breviores. F lores in sicco rosei.
Flores radiales discum paulo snperantes ; ovario minimo, abortivo, brevissime papposo. Corolla florum neutrorum circiter
7 lineas longa, tenerrima, subinfundibularis; tubus ffliformis, elongatus; limbus profunde quadrifidus, stamina slerilia 4
capillaria breve exserta gerens; laciniae lineari-filiformes, acutiusculae, aequales, margine involutae. Corolla florum ferti-
lium 5-6 lineas longa, subringens; tubus filiformis, limbo subaequilongus; Jimbus obconicus, profunde (ad 4/5) fissus; laciniae
aequales, lineares, öbtusiusculae. Staminum filamenta linearia, papillosa, antheris duplo breviora. Anthers lineares; appen-
dices-basilares brevissimi, dentati; appendices-apicil'ares lineares, obtusi, thecis subtriplo breviores. O varium oblongum,
compfessum, puberalum, intra marginem brevissimum integerrimum papposum. P appus albidus, corollae dimidium tubum
aequans; paleolae exteriores breves, sublineares, obtusae; mediae et interiores subulatae, elongatae; intimae penintimis paulo