Reichardia. 1065 
pinnatifid, upper ones minute, linear, entire or with 1—2 lobes at 
the base, long decurrent. Heads sessile: achenes linear, obscurely 
beaked. — Flow. March to April. 
D. a. sept. Northern and Southern Galala. 
Local name: yakkhiss. 
Also known from Arabia Petraea. 
618. (78.) Reichardia Roth. 
Capitula homogamous, ligulate. Involucre prepulse: bracts 
in many rows, imbricated; the outer ones gradually shorter, broader, 
scarious-margined. Receptacle flat, naked. Ligule truncate, 5-den- 
tate at the apex. Anther-base sagittate; auricles shortly setaceous- 
acuminate. Style-branches slender. Achenes glabrous, oblong, sub- 
terete, 4—5-costate, transversely rugose, slightly constricted but not 
beaked at the apex. Pappus copiously setaceous, smooth, white, 
deciduous in one piece. — Erect glabrous herbs, with alternate or 
radical toothed or pinnatifid leaves, capitula on long peduncles, and 
yellow flowers. 
A genus of a few species, chiefly inhabiting the Mediterranean region. 
A. Ligules reddish at the outer surface... . ... 1. R. tingitana. 
B. Ligules pale at the outer surface ....... 2. R. picroides. 
1497. (1.) Reichardia tingitana Roth Bot. Abhandlg. (1787), 
p. 35. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p.100 no. 657. — 
Picridium tingitanum Desf. Flor. Atlant. II, p. 220. — Boiss. Flor. 
Or. III, p.828. — DC. Prodrom. VII, p. 182. — Reichardia tingitana 
var. orientalis and var. arabica Aschers. and Schweinf. Ilustr. Flor. 
@Eg., p.100 no. 657. — Picridium tingitanum var. minus and var. 
subintegrum Boiss. Flor. Or. III, p.828. — Scorzonera orientalis L. 
Spee. Plant. I, p. 1113 partly. — Picridium hispanicum Poir. Dict. XL, 
p. 197. — Picridium orientale DC. Prodrom. VII, p. 182. — Picridium 
arabicum Hochst. and Steud. in Herb. Schimp. Arab., no. 833. — 
Hreet annual 30—-60 cm high or usually more, rarely only 3—5 cm 
high. Leaves oblong oblong ovate or lanceolate or the lower ones 
obovate, undivided or pinnatifid, usually denticulate, sessile, 21/, to 
9 cm long or the uppermost smaller, mostly cordate semiamplexicaul. 
Capitula ‘1—2 cm long. Involucral bracts broadly ovate 8—10 mm 
long. — Flow. March to April. 
Mz ma. M. poNeadeN. f.oN.. Ve-O- D1 D. 4... D.ia..sept... Daa. 
mer. R. — One of the commonest plants of Hgypt. 
Local name: nukd; hauwwa (Forsk., Del.); sheydeyd (Forsk.); 
libbeyn (Wilkinson); sadeyd (Klunzinger); dorda (Ascherson); lubbeyn 
