TAB. 428,
CENTAUREA BABYLONICA. Linn.
CE1VTA.UREA., Linn. — D. C., P rodr ., vol. 6, p. 565.
Sectio MICROLOPHUS, (Cass.) D .C . ,1. c., p. 567.
CENTAL REA BABYLONICA , Lino., Mant., p. 460. — Lam., Enc., vol. 1, p. 665. — D. C., 1. c., p. 567.
.1 ace a maxima, Alp., Exot., tab. 28a.
Jacea babtlonica, Bauh., Prodr., p. 235.
Jacea latissimo laciniato folio, Bauh., Pin., p. 27a. (Ex Herb. Tourn. et Vaill.)
Centaurium majus orientale, Helenii folio, flore luteo, Tourn., Cor., p..33.
Rhaponticoides lutea altissima, Helenii folio, alato caule, Vaill.
Serratula babylonica, Linn., Spec., ed. 2, p. 1148.
Piptóceras BABYLONicuM, Cass., in Diet, des Sciences Nat. , vol. 54, p. 489.
Planta elata (teste Lamarkio 6-7-pedalis, pyramidalis, habitu Onopordt), perennis, partibus junioribus lanugine arachnoi-
dea (demum floccosa detersibili) brevialbida plus minusve copiosa vestita. Caulis herbaceus, valid us, erectus, strie tus, ra-
raosus, foliosus, foliorum decurrentia late alatus, superne virgalus et remotius foliatus minusque alatus, secus apicem ob fo-
liorum exiguitatem quasi aphyllus. Rami erecti, stricti, virgati, foliosi, simili modo ac caulis alati, racemoso-ramulosi, simul
ac ipse caulis calathidiorum sessilium v. subsessilium glomerulo terminati ; juniores ramulique præsertim secus apicem dense
lanuginosi; adultiores silbglabratï v. laxe lanulosi. Ramuli crassi, abbreviati, 2-5-cephaii, 'folia pauca minuta v. ad gquamu-
las scariosas redacta gérentes indeque pedunculiformes. Folia subcoriacea, penninervia , reticulato-venosa , secundum situm
heteromorpha; juvenilia utrinque albido-lanulosa; adulta nunc viridia et subglabrata, nunc utrinque v. saltern subtus laxius
lanulosa. Folia radicalia caulinaque infima ampla (teste Lamarkio interdum sesquipedalia), petiolata, indecurrentia, alia run-
cinato-lyrata (lobo terminali ovato v. obovato, acuminato, integerrimo v. obsolete denticulato v. interdum basi inciso-den-
tato, maxim0; segmenta lateralià pauca, deltoidea v. sublanceolata), alia obovata v. lanceôlato-obovàta v. lanceolata, secus
basin sinuato-pinnatifidav.'sinuato-dentata (laciniis dentibusve utrinque i - 3, deltoideis v. sublanceolatis v. lineari-Ianceolatis,
acuminatis), superne integerrima v. remote denliculata. -Folia caulina (exceptis infimis) et ramealia ramulariaque sessilia, decurrentia
(in alas sublineares, integerrimas v. obsolete denticulatas, altero latere latiores prqducta) ; inferiora latOTlanceolata
v. lanceolato-oblonga, acuminata, plerumque eroso-dentata v. denticulata • superiora gradatim minora et in alas angustiores
producta, lineari-lancéolata, integerrima, subulato-acuminata, spinuloso-mucronata; summa ramulari.aque subiilato-filifor-
mia, in spinulaiii tenuem desinCntia. Calathidia i - i 1/2 pollicem alla, multillora, quasi discoidea , erecta, ebracteata, plerà-
que in ramulis axillaribus terminalia (solitaria sæpiusve gemina aut terna subglomerata1, interdum Tacemulosa), quovis ramo
numerosa et paniculam racemiformem elongatam virgatam superne aphyllam sistentia. Antuodium conicum v. ovato-conicum,
arete imbricatum, floribus dimidio brevius, glabratumv. laxe floccoso-lanuginosum (juvenile dense lanuginosum),. basi an-
gustatum. Squame multiseriales, crassæ, coriaceo-scariosæ, lutescentes, lævigatæ, estriatæ, ecarinatæ , integerrimæ, convex
®, ex toto adpressæ; mediæ et exteriores ovatæ v. ovato-oblongæ, obtusæ, spinuloso-mucronatæ : mucrone recto v. sub-
recurvo, brevi, conico, mox deciduo, plerumque integerrimo, squamis interioribus interdum utrinque ad basin unidenticu-
lato. Squamæ interipres tenuiores, elongatæ, lineares, acutatæ, margine membranacese, apice in appendiculam membranaceo-
scariosam spathulatam v. obovatam integerrimam v. laceram acuminulatam muticam product®. Receptaculum crassum,
concavurn, iimbrillosum; fimbrillæ anthodio breviores, corollarum tubum subæquantes, albidæ, subulato-setaceæ. Corolle
luteæ, glaberrimæ. Corolle radii quadriûdæ (ad i/3 ), discum vix æquantes; tubus fil i for mis, fauce non ampliatus ; segmenta
lineari-filiformia. Corolle oisci circiter 1 pollicem long®, reguläres, quinqueûd®. Tubus filiformis, limbo longior.
Limbus subcylindraceo-tubulosus, fere ad medium usque fîssus ; laciniæ anguste lineares, obtusiusculæ. Stamina coroll®
limbo longiora. Filamenta capillaria , dense papilloso-hirtella. Anther* lineares, elongatæ ; appendices-basilares breves,
obtusæ, inæqualiter crenatæ ; appendices-apicilares elongatæ, corne®, acutæ, concret® in tubum conico-cylindraceum sub-
curvatum. Ovarium com pressura, oblongum, puberulum, longe papposum, extra pappum in marginem brevem tenuem cu-
pularem integerrimum expansum. Stylus filiformis, elongatus (demum super stamina breve exsertus), ad basin nectario tu-
buloso vaginatus, apice subincrassatus et circumbarbulatus. Stigmata concreta in cylindrum filiformem elongatum papilloso-
velutinum apice bilobulatum. Pappus intra-marginalis, persistens, rufescens, paleolaceus, multiserialis, seriebus ab extimis
ad penintimam gradatim longioribus, sub anthesi corollæ tubum æquans; paleolæ contiguë serrulatæ: exteriores lineares,
sequentibus latiores; reliquæsubulato-setaceæ; intim® penintimis conformes at multo breviores. (Exam. s. sp.)
•Crescit Armenia, v. Asia Minore (T o u rn e for t!), nec non Tauro occidentali (K o ts ch y !— D e Heldreich /).