1048 Compositae. 
no. 629. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. @Eg., p.250. — Aschers.- 
Schweinf. Primit. Flor. Marmaric., p. 657 no. 196. — Lapsana taraxa- 
coides Forsk. Flor. aeg.-arab., p.145. — A perennial plant, 20 to 
30 cm high or sometimes somewhat more, glabrous; root vertical, 
long; leaves rosulate somewhat fleshy lnear-oblong pinnatipartite 
in minute ovate-triangular entire segments; scapes somewhat longer 
or as long as the leaves; capitula medium sized; bracts of the 
calyeule in two rows half as long as the involucre, involucre bracts 
erect; marginal achenes compressed, linear with a crown of short 
setae; the other ones scabrous, terete, striate. — Flow. March 
to April. 
M. ma. Marmarica: Matruga; Mariut; Montaza; Alexandria- 
West and -Hast; Mandara; Abukir. 
Also known from Cyrenaica and Western Marmarica. 
607. (67.) Rhagadiolus Tournef. 
Heads several-flowered. Receptacle naked, glabrous. Involucre 
in two rows, the outer one calyculate, of 5, small scales, the inner 
one of 5—8, cylindrical scales, wholly enclosing the marginal achenes, 
hardened and persistent in fruit. Achenes awl-shaped, somewhat 
compressed at the back, gradually tapering to the tip, all bald, the 
inner ones not enclosed by scales, caducous, the outer ones at length 
spreading in a star shape, persistent. — Annual herbs with yellow 
flowers. 
A small genus of only a few species from the Canaries to Persia. 
1465. Rhagadiolus stellatus Willd. Spec. Plant. HI (1800), 
p. 1625.: — Boiss. Flor. Or. Ill, p. 722. — Rechbch. Ic. XIX, tab. V 
tig. I—II. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Kg., p.98 no.632. — 
Lapsana Rhagadiolus L. Spec. Plant. I, p. 1141. — Sibth. and Smith 
Flor. graec., tab. 818. — Lapsana stellata L. Spec. Plant. I, p. 1141. 
— An annual plant, 30 em to 1 m high or rarely somewhat more; 
stems erect or diffuse, dichotomously branched. Leaves tender, the 
lower ones lyrate, toothed or nearly entire; the other subsessile. 
Capitula lateral and terminal; the lateral ones shortly, pedunculated, 
the terminal ones long-pedunculated; the outer achenes 5—8, linear- 
cylindric, erect or subincurved, smooth or somewhat puberulous. — 
Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. Mariut; Abusir; Montaza; Alexandria-West and -Kast; 
Mandara; Abukir. 
Common in the Mediterranean region of Europe and North Africa 
Canarian Islands and Madeira. 
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