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broad ; bracts large, round- ovate, acute or obtuse, mucronate ; calyx- 

 lobes hairy, oblong-linear — Jane and July — Rocky places; alpine 

 Oassius, Amanus, and northward, 



2. P. imt>ricata, Boiss. et Haussk. If .03 to .1, densely tvft- 

 ed, shrubby at base, branches very short. Leaves stiff, .002 long, 

 imh-kated, 4:-ranJced, ficshy, appressed-puberulent, oblong-linear, ob- 

 tuse ; stipules acute, longer than the leaves. Heads .008 to .01 broad; 

 bracts ovate-triangular, acuminate, a little longer than the flowers ; 

 lobes of appressed-hairy calyx oblong, obtuse — June — Fissures of 

 calcareous rocks near Aintab. 



3. P. nivea, DC. If .1, hirsute. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute. Heads ,01 broad ; bracts ovate to oblong, acute, longer than 

 calyx ; calyx-lobes nerved^ linear-lanceolate, hirsute — Spring — 



Var. attenuata, Post. Branches .1 to .15 long, straggling, the 

 internodes much longer than the minute leaves ; heads few, at apex of 

 stems — 'Ain-Hesban to 'Amman, (Moab). 



Var. obtusa, Post. Densely tufted. Bracts orbicular-ovate, ob- 

 tuse — Moab ; Gilead ; Bethlehem ; Hebron. 



1 1 Calyx lobes unequal. 



4. P. Kurdfea, Boiss. 2]! .05 to .15 ; base often indurated ; 

 branches tomentellous, ascending or prostrate. Leaves tomentellous, 

 oblong-linear, .003 to .004 long, rather obtuse. Heads .002 to .004 

 broad ; bracts ovate, acuminate ; lobes of hairy calyx short, oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, sometimes recurved at apex — Spring — Rocks ; 

 Hamath to Palmyra, Aleppo, Aintab, and north-eastward. 



5. P. maero^iepala, Boiss. 2f .05 to .1, pubescent ; stems 

 ascending, leafy. Leaves oblong, .005 to .008 long, obtuse or acutish. 

 Heads crowded, .005 to .01 broad; bracts ovate, acuminate, lobes of 

 appressed-hirsute calyx linear-lanceolate, obtuse, ohsoletely nerved at 

 lase — May and June — Lebanon. 



6. P. §lnaica, Fresen. 2f .03 to .1, shrubby at base, with as- 

 cending branches. Leaves oblong-linear, .002 to .003 long, obtuse or 

 acutish. Heads .005 to .01 broad ; bracts orbicular, acuminate or 

 muticous ; lobes of hairy calyx minute, keeled, oblong-linear, acute, 

 very unequal — May — Sinai. 



Var. flaTesceii§, Boiss. Bracts larger, yellowish, muticous — 

 Borders of et-Tih. 



N.B. The last three species may better be considered as varieties 

 of P. nivea, DC. 



* * Calyx-lobes semi-scar lous, hooded, mucronate on bacJc near apeac. 

 t Perennials. Heads .01 h'oad. 



7. P. arg^cntea, Lam. If .3 to .5, prostrate, diffuse. Leaves 

 glabrous, obovate to oblong and lanceolate, acute. Heads lateral and 

 terminal, dense, intermixed with leaves ; bracts ovate, acute, much 

 longer than flower ; calyx-lobes oblong, margin narrower than the her- 

 baceous portion — Spring and Summer — Dry places ; common through- 

 out. 



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