1060 Compositae. 
1485. (6.) Launaea fallax Muscher comb. nov. — Zolli- 
koferia fallax Boiss. Flor. Or. HI, p.824. — Aschers.-Schweinf. 
Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p.100 no. 613. — Microrhynchus fallax Jaub. and 
Spach Ilustr. Flor. d’Eg., p. 106 tab. 276. — Microrhynchus arabicus 
Jaub. and Spach Illustr. Plant. Or. tab. 277. — A_ perennial 
plant, 30—40 cm high, loosely corymbose. Root-leaves rosetted, 
oblong- to linear-spathulate in outline, runcinate, lobes cartilaginous- 
toothed. Scales of the involucre obtuse, with broad, white margins, 
the lower ones triangular-ovate; achenes nearly 4-angled, the outer 
ones black, acutish at the tip; pappus very caducous. — Flow. 
March to April. 
D. a. sept. Sheykh Abade. 
Also known from Arabia and Northern India. 
1486. (7.) Launaea massavensis Muschler comb. nov. — 
Heterachena massavensis Fresen. in Mus. Senckenbg. I, p. 74. — 
Zollikoferia massavensis Boiss. Flor. Or. UI, p. 825. —- Aschers.- 
Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’EKg., p. 100 no. 654. — Lactuca massavensis 
Sch. Bip. in Schimp. Plant. exsicc. — Brachylaena lactucoides Anders. 
Flor. Aden., p. 23. — An annual plant, 30—50 em high, or sometimes 
somewhat more, glabrous; stem erect, slender, fragile, leafy below, 
much-branched, paniculate-corymbose above. Leaves tender, runcinate 
into ovate, bristly-toothed lobes, the lower short-petioled, the rest 
sessile, broad-auricled. Pedicels filiform; lower scales of the involucre 
calyx-like, short, ovate, the true scales 5, five-times as long, linear; 
achenes obtusely 4-lobed at the base, the outer ones black, the 
inner ones white, nearly 4-angled; pappus persistent, longer than 
the achene. — Flow. December to April. 
D. a. mer. Wady Etit; Wady Gadire. 
Also known from Algeria and the whole Arabia. 
1487. (8.) Launaea glomerata Hook. Flor. Brit. Ind. III (1882), 
p.415.— Zollikoferia glomerata Boiss. Flor. Or. IIT, p. 826. — Aschers.- 
Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p. 100 no. 655. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. 
Flor. d’Eg., Supplem. p. 767. — Aschers. Flor. Rhinocol., p. 800 no. 
171. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 252. — Micorhynchus 
glomeratus Jaub. and Spach. Hlustr. Plant. Or., tab. 275. — Sonchus 
capitatus Syst. Plant. HI, p. 680. — A biennial plant, 5 to 
15 cm high or sometimes somewhat more, stems scape-like, simple 
or 2-forked. Basilar leaves rosetted, oblong, tapering at the base, 
runcinate-pinnatifid; stem-leaves 1—2 or 0. Heads nearly sessile, 
the terminal clustered, the lateral usually solitary; scales of in- 
voluere with a broad white margin, and a narrow, herbaceous centre. 
- Flow. March to April. 
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