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2. H. Pallasii, Spreng. If .15 to .25, trunk woody ; stems 

 numerous, erect, leafy. Leaves of suckers linear to oblong-spathulate, 

 of stem linear, acute. Heads 1-5, terminal, .008 to .01 long, long- 

 peduncled, globular, golden-yellow ; scales of involucre glossy, hood- 

 shaped, obtuse, the inner twice to thrice as long as the outer, the latter 

 linear-spathulate, slightly woolly at margin — August to October — 

 Alpine Lebanon. 



3. H. pyg^inaeum, Post. (Plantae Postianas, Fasc. ii. Lausanne, 

 1891). If .05 to .1 ; appressed-cobwebby-fleecy ; truuklets subter- 

 ranean, suckers diffise ; stems ascending, simple, 2-4-flowered. Leaves 

 of sterile branches oblong-spathulate, pannous, densely imbricated, 

 forming spherical heads as large as a pea, of fertile stems fleecy, viscid, 

 oblong-spathulate, mucronate, short-decurrent at base, revolute at 

 margin. Heads short-peduncled, a little larger than a pea, corymbed, 

 globular, light crimson; scales of involucre imbricated, obtuse, the low- 

 est round, the uppermost oblong-spathulate, all greenish at base, light- 

 crimson toward tip ; akenes fine-papillose — July — Sandy hillside at 

 base of Harf-Ram-el-Kebsh (Antilebanon). 



4. H. plicatiim, D.C. 2f .2 to .4, trunk prostrate, woody ; 

 stems herbaceous. Leaves flat, appressed-greyish-pubescent, those of 

 suckers oblong to linear-spathulate, of flowering stems linear, obtuse, 

 acute or acuminate. Corymb terminal, compound, rather loose ; 

 pedicels about as long as .007 long heads ; scales of involucre light 

 golden, glossy, erect, firm, rather loose, obtuse, the inner three times 

 as long as the outer ; pappus dull white — May to September — Subal- 

 pine and alpine Lebanon, Amanus, and northward. 



5. H. saiiguiiieuin, L. 2f Bezdz-tVAdhrd. .3 to .6 ; stem 

 erect, simple or branching above. Leaves oblong-spathulate to oblong- 

 lanceolate, those of stem tapering at base, decurrent, acute. Heads 

 .003 to .004 long, sessile, in short-peduncled clusters, forming dense 

 corymbs ; scales of involucre deep crimson, small, hooded, obtuse, the 

 outer nearly round, the inner spathulate, tapering into a woolly claw, 

 acute — April and May — Hills and shrubby places ; coast to middle 

 and subalpine mountain zones ; common. 



6. H. Auclieri, Boiss. If .4 to. 6, appressed-canescent ; trunks 

 woody, procumbent, naked ; suckers and stems ascending. Leaves 

 rather flat, the lower linear-spathulate, . 07 long, tapering into a long 

 petiole. Corymb terminal, many-headed, rather dense, suUended hy the 

 short, upper, hract-lihe leaves ; heads golden, globular, rather large ; 

 scales of involucre obtuse, gland less, the outer ovate, very short, the 

 inner linear-spathulate, spreading at tip — Spring — Dry hills near 

 Marash. 



7. H. Armeniuiii, DC. If .3 to .5, woody at base, sterile 

 branches short, the flowering erect or ascending, leafy. Leaves velvety- 

 woolly, or glandular, or cobwebby, the lower linear-spathulate, the up- 

 per linear. Corymb terminal, composite, rather loose; pedicels as long as 

 top-shaped, truncate heads ; scales of involucre golden, glossy, glabrous, 

 except at somewhat woolly margin, the lower small, ovate, obtuse, the 

 inner as long as flowerets — Summer — Dry places and rocks ; sub- 

 alpine and alpine Amanus to Aintab, and northward, and eastward. 



Var. laetciim, Boiss. Inrolucre ?/?Ai<e — Aintab, and northward. 



