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segments divided into oblong-cuneate cut lobes. Carpels ovate, 

 punctate^ slightly hairy, marginate, tapering into a short straight beak 

 — May and June — Lebanon and Antilebanon, and northward. 



18. R. €on§taiitinopolitanus, Urv. 71 Villous below, 

 appressed-hairy above. Eoot-fibres descending directly from neck. 

 Root-leaves triangular-ovate, ternate, with obovate, cut, and coarsely 

 toothed lobes. Carpels large, ovate, striate^ smooth, ending abruptly in 

 a very short, hooked beak — April to June — 



Var. Palcestinus, Boiss. Lobes of leaves cuneate at base — 

 Hedges, Aintab to Antilebanon and Lebanon. Plain of el Huleh, 



Series 2. Annuals. 

 * Carpels riot margined. Petals destitute of scale at base. 



19. R. sceleratiis, L. Stem erect, often thickened. Lower 

 leaves 3-parted, with oblong or cuneate, lobed or cut divisions. 

 Carpels in ovate heads 0.002 m. to 0.004 long, minute, obovate, with 

 grooved border, and short, mucronate beak — Spring — Wet places from 

 Hamath to Tripoli, and probably elsewhere. 



* * Carpels mare or less flattened, margined, generally tubercledor 



prickly. Petals with scale at base. 



t Leaves undivided. 



20. R. opliiog^lo§§ifolius, Vill.0 Glabreacent. Stem fistulous, 

 erect. Lower leaves ovate or ovate-cordate, upper oblong-lanceolate. 

 Flowers about 0.005 m. to 0.007 broad. Heads as in last. Carpels as 

 large as mustard seeds, ovate, slightly flattened ; margin narrow, beak 

 short, black, hooked — Spring — Wet places near Tripoli, and probably 

 elsewhere. 



21. R. laterifloru§, D.C. Glabrous. Stem erect, fistulous. 

 Leaves oblong -elliptical. Flowers small, sessile in axils, or terminal. 

 Heads round-ovate ; carpels ovate, with tubercled disk, and acute 

 margin. Beak nearly as long as ovary, lanceolate, hooked — Spring — 

 Syria. Moab. 



t t Leaves palmately divided, cut or loled, sometimes much dissected. 



22. R. Cbius, D.C. Villous or glabrescent. Stem much 

 branched. Leaves round-heart-shaped, with three crenately-lobed 

 divisions. Peduncles opposite leaves, thickened hi fruit. Flowers 

 0.004 m. broad. Petals as long as sepals. Heads globular 0.005 m. 

 broad. Disk of carpels studded with tubercles, ending in a hooked hair. 

 Margin acute, not grooved, tapering to a hooked beak, half as long 

 as ovary — Spring — Coast of Syria, and Lebanon. 



23. R. pl&ilonotis, Retz. Hirsute. Lower leaves ovate- 

 cordate, sometimes broader than long, crenate-toothed or lobed. The 

 rest 3-parted, with cut and toothed divisions. Flowers 0.01 m. broad. 

 Petals ticics as long as sepals. Heads ovate, 0.004 m. broad. Carpels 

 nearly round; disk tubercled near the 2-grooved Tuargin ; beak very 

 sJiort, oUuse — Spring — Aintab to Aleppo. 



24. R. trachycarpus, F. et M. Hirsute. Root-leaves 

 3-parted or cut. The remainder trifid, with lobed 



