1052 Compositae. 
b, Pappus of the achenes unequal; pappus of the 
marginal achenes confluent into a fringed cup. 
i. Peduncleslongytna le Saree, 44 tes 4. P. coronopifolia. 
Ly Reduncles veryishort 2). 5540 h shal ae 5. P. echioides. 
1470. (1.) Picris Sprengeriana Lam. Dict. V (1804), p. 310. — 
Boiss. Flor. Or. HI, p. 738. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p. 98 
no. 635. — Hieracium Sprengerianum L. Spec. Plant. I, p. 1130. — 
Picris laxa DC. Prodrom. VU, p. 129. — Picris altissima C. Koch in 
Linnaea XXII, p. 66 not of Del. — Hieracium ciliatum Willd. Spee. 
Plant. Ill, p. 1585. — A annual plant, 30—80 cm high, stem erect, 
divaricately branched. Leaves entire or sinuate-toothed, the radical 
ones oblanceolate, tapering to a petiole, the others clasping, appen- 
dage at the base. Heads 1 cm long; peduncles not thickened; 
achenes short-tapering, not beaked. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. M. p. N.d. N.f. N.v. O. D.1. Di. D. a. sept. Common 
throughout. 
Also known from the other parts of the Mediterranean region. 
var. altissima Aschers. and Schweinf. in Aschers.-Schweinf. Il. 
Flor. d’ Eg. (1887), p. 98 no. 635. — Picris altissima Del. Illustr. 
Flor. d’Eg., p.116 tab. 141 fig. 2. — Up to 60 cm high or some- 
what more, beset with glochidious hairs. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. N. d. N.f. N. v. Often between the type. 
Local name: murreyr (Del.). 
Also known from other parts of the Mediterranean region. 
1471. (2.) Picris strigosa M. B. Flor. Tauric. Caucasic. I 
(1808), p. 250. — Boiss. Flor. Or. I, p. 736. — Sickenberg. Contrib. 
Flor. d’Eg., p. 251. — Picris glaucescens DC. Prodrom. VII, p. 130. 
— A biennial plant, 1 m high or more, strigose, branching from the 
hase; stems slender, acutely striate, angular. Lower leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, runcinate to lyrate, upper ones sessile, deflexed, linear. 
Heads 5—8 mm long, the terminal one on long, slender peduncles, 
the lateral ones more rarely on short peduncles; achenes tapering 
into a very short beak. — Flow. March to April. 
N. v. Ab-el-Hjan near Tibin, S. Helwan, borders of the desert. 
Also known from Arabia Petraea, Palestine and Syria. 
1472. (3.) Picris sulphurea Del. Illustr. Flor. d’Eg. (1813), 
p-114 tab. 40 fig.2. — Boiss. Flor. Or. I], p.739. — Aschers.- 
Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Hg., p. 98 no. 636. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. 
WEe., p. 251. — Picris nilotica Sieb. in exsicc. — Deckera nilotica 
Sch. Bip. in Flora (1834), p.479. — An annual plant, 20—40 em 
