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ovate-oblong, .0015 long, shorter than pedicel, white-hispid; stylopo- 

 dium reversed top-shaped, separated at tip, half as long as tapering, 

 straight styles ~ April — Wadies east of Dead Sea, and Jordan Plain. 



Page 350. After S. capilUfoUa. S. IIeriiioiil§, Post (Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss., i, 399). @ or Q 1; tuber as large as a filbert, globular, 

 fibril-bearing beneath; stem slender, terete, paniculate-branched. 

 Leaves * *, the upper reduced to a long caudate sheath. Umbels with 3-3, 

 equal rays, .013 to .025 long; involucre leaves 1-3, laneeolate-subulate, 

 much shorter than rays ; involucel leaves 4-8, lanceolate, tapering, un- 

 equal, half as long as pedicels; fruit nearly globular, .003 long, shorter 

 than the longest pedicels ; stylopodium depressed-mamillary, shorter 

 than recurved styles — June — 'Ain-esh-Sha'arah (Hermon) ; Kurd Dagh. 



Page 351. Before G. HaussTcnechtii. O. pterocarpum, Boiss. 

 2X .3 to .35, sparingly corymbose-branched. Leaves linear in outline, 

 .1 long, .01 broad, pinnatisect into crowded segments, dissected into 

 capillary lobes ending in a white bristle. Umbel with 5-9, unequal 

 rays, the longest .05 to. 06 long in fruit; fruit short-pedicelled, truncate 

 at base and tip, .01 to .016 long, wings Iroader than seed — June — 

 Kurd Dagh. 



Page 353. After C. Libanoticum. C. auraiitiacuni, Post 

 (Plantge Postiange, iir, 8). (2)1; stem erect, striate, sparingly hirtulous, 

 forked, panicled-cymose. liower \ea.\eswhite-hispiduhus, oblong in out- 

 line, .1 or more long, .04 broad, tripinnatipartite, segments of all 

 orders oblong, lobules .003 long ; upper leaves pinnatipartite into 

 capillary lobes. Leaves of involucel and lanceolate petals orange-colored; 

 fruit linear, .01 long, .0015 thick, chib-shaped at tip; styles divergent, 

 twice as long as depressed-conical, broad -margined stylopodia — July 

 and August — Subalpine grain fields between^ Sikr-Ibrisah and el- 

 Merj-et-tawil (Northern Lebanon). 



Page 360. Before F. pauciradiata. F. Kurdica, Post. 2( 1 

 or more, glabrous, glaucous ; root-stock thick, horizontal ; stem terete, 

 leafy, panicled above. Leaves triangular-ovate in outline, ternately bi- 

 pinnatisect, axes distant, the lower leaves .35 to .3 long and broad,' 

 lobules clustered, .003 to .005 long, .001 broad, thick, mucronulate. 

 Kays .03 to .05 long, unequal, 3-4; leaves of involucre and involucel 

 lanceolate-linear ; pedicels short — June — Kurd Dagh. 



Page 363. After J, dichotoma. J. ^Ve§tii, Post (Plantae Postia- 

 nse. III, 9). (D 1 to 1.5, glabrous, ;glaucous;£stem terete, striate, pani- 

 culately much-branched. Leaves oblong in outline, lower tripinnati- 

 parted, .3 long, .04 broad, primary segments distant, secondary ovate- 

 orbicular, .004 to .007 long, few, oblong, flat, .003 to .004 long, .001 

 broad; upper leaves reduced to oblong-lanceolate sheaths. Rays 1-3, 

 unequal, .03 to .05 long, 3-6 times as long as umbellets; leaves of in- 

 volucel ovate, one-third as long as pedicels ; pedicels 7-10, longer than 

 fruits; (immature) mericarps elliptical, convex, central area distinct 

 from fungous margin; vittae indistinct — July — Fields, a little dis- 

 tance from baseof Hallmat-Qobu, just at top of Wadi Theniyyet-er-Ras. 



Page 380. After 0. Capensis. O. 8chimperi, Presl. 2X .5 to 

 ,6; stems numerous, wand-like, rigid, punctate-scabrous below, gla- 

 brous above, forked, loosely coryinbed. Leaves glabrous, linear, taper- 



