Carthamus. 1041 
stem erect, corymbose. Root-leaves lyrate, stem-leaves leathery, 
lanceolate, pinnatifid or parted. Heads ovate, 2—3 cm long; inner 
scales of the involucre entire. Flowerets yellow; achenes_ thick, 
top-shaped inner row of the pappus shorter than the outer one. — 
Flow. March to Apil. 
M. ma. Marmarica: Ras-el-Kena@is; Matruga; Abusir; Mariut; 
Montaza; Alexandria-West and -East; Abukir. — N. d. Damanhur; 
Tanta; Zaqaziq; Qalyub; Cairo. — N. f. Senhur. 
Local name: shawarib ’antar (Schweinfurth). 
Also known from the other parts of the Mediterrancan region, France, 
Hongaria and Russia, Arabia Petraea and Palestine. 
1453. (2.) Carthamus glaucus M. B. Flor. Taur. Cauc. IT (1808), 
p. 284. — var. syriacus Boiss. Flor. Or. HI (1875), p. 707. — 
Aschers. Flor. Rhin., p.799 no. 161. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ul. Flor. 
d’Eg., p.96 no. 621. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 249. — 
An annual plant, 50cm to 1m high or more, crisp-woolly to 
glabrescent, stems erect, corymbose. Lower leaves lyrate-pinnatifid, 
stem-leaves oblong-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, spiny-toothed. 
Heads oblong-ovate, 2 cm long; pales usually white, the intermediate 
ones very acute; flowers purple; achenes short-ovate. — Flow. 
March to April. 
M. ma. M. p. N.d. N.f. N.v. O. (Dakhel). — D. 1. D. a. sept. 
‘A common plant in deep sand. 
Local name: hend-el-ghorab (Ascherson). 
Also known from Greece, Syria and Palestine. 
var. alexandrinus Boiss. Flor. Or. HI (1875), p.707. — Aschers.- 
Schweinf. Ill. Flor. ’Hg., p.96 no.621. — Kentrophyllum alexan- 
drinum Boiss. Diagnos. Plant. Or., Ser. II fase. VI p. 115. — Farinous- 
canescent and crispulous-lanate; all scales of the involucre obtuse, 
puberulous; flowers pale yellow. -~ Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. M. p. Common throughout. 
Local name: qtis (Ascherson). 
Only known from Egypt. 
var. tenuis Boiss. Flor. Or. III (1875), p. 707. — Kentrophyllum 
tenue Boiss. Diagnos. Plant. Or., Ser. IT fase. VI p. 1150. — Glabrescent. 
Leaves narrower; heads smaller; pappus becoming black; intermediate 
scales of the involucre obtuse. — Flow. March. 
D. 1. Between Alexandria and Siwa. 
Also known from Palestine and Syria. 
Muschler, Manual Flora of Egypt. 66 
