Koelpinia. — Hyoseris. 1047 
Local name: shikuriya (Forsk.; Del.); abur-rukeyb (Ascherson) ; 
silis (Aschers.); endiwiya (Schweinfurth); generally: hindib; hendeba. 
Also known from Europe and other parts of the Mediterranean region. 
605. (65.) Koelpinia Pall. 
Heads several-flowered. Receptacle naked. Outer involucre of 
two, very small scales; scales of true involucre 5—7, in one row, 
more or less united in fruit. Achenes free, uniform, slender-cylindrical, 
curved, striate, beset with barbed prickles in rows, the terminal 
ones 7—9, recurved, wineglass-shaped. — Annual herbs, with yellow 
flowers. 
A small genus of only 3 species in the African and Asiatic Mediterranean 
region to the Himalaya. 
1463. Koelpinia linearis Pall. Itin. Il App. (1776), p. 755. — 
Boiss. Flor. Or. III, p. 721. — Jaub. and Spach Illustr. Plant. Orient., 
tab. 286. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. dEg., p.98 no.631. — 
Aschers. Flor. Rhinocol., p.799 no. 164. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. 
Flor. d’Eg., Supplem. p. 766. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., 
p. 250. — Lapsana Koelpinia L. fil., Supplem. p. 248. — Sibth. and 
Smith Flor. graec., tab.819. — Rhagadiolus Koelpinia Willd. Spec. 
Plant. IJ, p. 1526. — A small annual plant, 10—20 cm high or 
sometimes somewhat more, stems erect, dichotomous. Leaves linear- 
tiliform. Flowers a little longer than the involucre; achenes 
spreading, twice as long as the linear-lanceolate scales. — Flow. 
March to April. 
M. ma. Mariut; Montaza; Alexandria-West and -East; Mandara; 
Abukir. — D.i. Hewa; Wady-el-Arish. — D. a. sept. Common in 
the Wadies. 
Everywhere in the Mediterranean region to the Himalaya, 
606. (66.) Hyoseris Linn. 
Heads many-flowered. Receptacle naked. Involucre calyculate: 
scales of the true involucre 6—10, hardened in fruit, enclosing the 
outer achenes. Outer achenes compressed at back, linear, with a 
pappus of short, scabrous bristles; intermediate achenes compressed- 
winged, with a pappus of short bristles and dilated pales; inner 
achenes angular-cylindrical, slender, frequently sterile, sometimes 0. 
— Stemless herbs. 
A small genus in the Mediterranean region. 
1464. Hyoseris lucida L. Mant. I (1771), p. 103. — Boiss. 
Flor. Or. HJ, p.718. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p. 98 
