COMPOSTED. (composite FAMILY.) 417 



Var. lag'opus, DC. Leaves somewhat broader and looser. Clus- 

 ters flocculent — Coast. 



1 1 Scales of involucre in 3 7'oids, about 5 in a roic, ojjjyosite. 



4. F. Oalli€a, L. © .2, grey ; stem erect, branclnng above. 

 Leaves linear-svltdate, tlie floral overtopping the heads. Heads lateral 

 and terminal ; outer scales of involucre membranous, triangular, acute, 

 the inner lanceolate, obtuse, twice as long — April — Esh-Sha'rah, be- 

 tween Tripoli and Hems. 



9. IFLiOCrA, Cass. Iploga. 



Heads many -flowered, discoid. Involucre imbricated, scales nu- 

 merous, gradually changing into pales. Receptacle elongated, naked at 

 centre. Marginal flowerets pistillate, few, filiform, in axils of pales ; 

 central flowerets tubular, perfect and staminate. Anthers caudate. 

 Branches of style filiform, elongated in the pistillate, very short in the 

 perfect flowers. Akenes of the pistillate flowers bald, of the perfect 

 with 1 row of feathery -tipped pappus — Distinguished from Filago by 

 the feathery tip of the pappus. 



I. spicata, Forsk. KureisIiat-el-Judai. .05 to .1 ; stems 

 simple or branching from neck, forming leafy spikes .01 to .04 long. 

 Leaves linear- subulate, protruding from the spike, tomentellous or 

 glabrescent. Heads 2-3 in a cluster; scales of involucre scarious, ovate, 

 tapering into a long point — Spring — Sandy places, coast to Sinai, and 

 southward. 



10. L-ASIOPOGOX, Cass. Lasiopogon. Kureisliat-el-Judai. 



Heads many-flowered, discoid, heterogamous. Involucre in 2 rows. 

 Receptacle flat, naked. Outer flowerets in several rows, pistillate, 

 filiform ; central flowerets perfect, tubular, 4-5-toothed. Anthers cau- 

 date. Akenes obovate, somewhat compressed, all pappose ; pappus in 

 1 row — Annual, dwarf, woolly herbs. 



Li. mnscoides, Desf. .05 to .1, much branched from base ; 

 branches filiform, prostrate. Leaves linear to oblong-spathulate, the 

 floral about as long as clusters, which are concealed in the fine wool. 

 Scales of involucre scarious, linear, obtuse — March and April — Dry 

 places in Wadis about the Dead Sea. 



11, PHAOXAL.0X, Cass. Phagnalon. 



Heads discoid. Flowers tubular, the outer in several rows, pistil- 

 late, filiform, the inner perfect, tubular, 5-toothed. Involucre imbri- 

 cated, leathery or scarious. Receptacle naked. Anthers sagittate at 

 base, sometimes not caudate. Akenes beakless, somewhat cylindrical. 

 Pappus uniform, in 1 row, scabrous — Herbs woody at base, heads 

 solitary, on rather long peduncles. 



1. PIi. nitidum, Fresen. 5 K'hamdnat-en-JSTa'je'h, .15 to .2, 

 stems ascending, simple or sparingly branched. Leaves oblong to 

 linear, acutish, auricled at base. Peduncles terminal ; scales of in- 

 volucre glabrescent, glossy, scarious, with purplish-brown median 

 nerve, and pellucid, ragged-toothed margin, the outer rounded-ovate, 

 mucronate, the inner lanceolate, larger — May — Sinai. 



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