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iuward, linear, acute, the outer leaf-like at tip, recurved, the inner 

 scarious ; pistillate flowers in several rows, somewhat strap-shaped, 

 trifid, not longer than involucre — September — Rocky and bushy 

 places near Antioch. 



I I Ahenes more or less hirsute. Pappus of many dristles. 



4. I. Britanica, L. 11 More or less appressed-wooUy or vil- 

 lous ; stem erect, corymbose. Leaves entire or obsoletely toothed, the 

 lower lanceolate, tapering into a petiole, the upper sessile, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate. Heads rather large; scales of involucre about 

 equal, loose, linear-lanceolate, acuminate ; rays about twice as long as 

 involucre — Summer — 



Var. rupestris, Boiss. More slender ; leaves narrower ; heads 

 smaller; outer scales of involucre spreading from middle — Moist 

 places near Marash, 



5. I. critiiEiioicl®§, L. 5 BaCdb-zeiti. .3 to .4, looody at lase, 

 glabrous, corymbose to monocephalous. Leaves fieshy, green, linear- 

 spathulate, obtuse, the lower frequently 3-toothed toward tip, tJiose of 

 axils clustered. Peduncles long, beset with linear bracts ; heads .03 

 broad ; scales of involucre linear-lanceolate, acuminate, the outer some- 

 what shorter ; rays about twice as long as involucre — May to Septem- 

 ber — Rocks and inundated places along coast. 



I I I AJcenes hirsute. Pappus composed of 5-10 iristles. 



6. I. lieterolepis, Boiss. If Pannous or canescent, woody 

 and scaly at base, corymbose above. Root-leaves ovate or ovate-orbic- 

 ular, with short-tapering or rounded base, entire or minutely crenate. 

 Heads terminal, hemispherical, nearly sessile, frequently bracted by the 

 upper two leaves ; outer scales of involucre oblong-linear, very obtuse, 

 pannous, inner longer, membranous, lanceolate — June — Qal'at-esh- 

 Shaqif. 



* * AJcenes oblong, tapering into a short neclc. Bristles of pappus united at 

 base into a short cup. Glutinous plants loith strong smell. 



7. I. viscoia, L. 71 '' Urq-et-tayyun. .5 to 1 or more, woody at 

 base, glandular-hairy ; stems rigid, paniculate. Leaves lanceolate to 

 linear-lanceolate, sessile, remotely denticulate. Heads .008 long, pe- 

 duncled, in a leafy panicle ; scales of involucre puberulent, the outer 

 short, oblong, obtuse, the inner linear ; rays few, scarcely once and a 

 half as long as involucre — July to December — Common everywhere 

 in mountains to subalpine regions. 



8. I. g^raveolens, L. .5 to .8, glandular-hairy. Leaves 

 linear-lanceolate to linear, entire or obsoletely denticulate, sessile. 

 Heads .006 long, short-peduncled in a loose, leafy panicle ; scales of in- 

 volucre few, glandular, lanceolate-linear, the outer somewhat shorter ; 

 rays few, scarcely longer than involucre — July to December — Com- 

 mon along coast and coast range to middle zone. 



16. IPHIONA, Cass. Iphiona. Zifrah. Zufrah. 



Heads discoid. Flowerets all perfect, with almost no tube, and a 

 long, cylindrical, 5-toothed throat. Involucre appressed, imbricated, 

 coriaceous. Receptacle honey-combed. Anthers with short, entire 



