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18. A. Cilia, L. © .2 to .3, glabrescent, branching from base ; 

 stems erect or ascending. Leaves ovate in outlin^e, bipinnatipartite 

 into oblong, acute, divergent, often 2-3-fid lobules ; petiole fringed at 

 base. Peduncles long, not thickened ; heads .03 broad ; scales of in- 

 volucre with an undulating, scarious, rusty margin, the outer smaller, 

 triangular, acutish, the inner linear-oblong, acute ; chaff oblong- linear, 

 acutish, translucent ; rays longer than disk ; akenes cylindrical, 

 ribbed, the outer somewhat curved, with a translucent auricle as long 

 as they, the inner with a short auricle or a short, acute crown — 

 January to May — Coast to 1,000 m. on coast range. 



Var. lasiolepi§, Post. Sparingly pubescent. Scales of involucre 

 hirsute — Aintab. 



19. A. §cario§a, DC. .2 to .4, glabrous, branching from 

 neck ; stems erect, sparingly branched. Leaves oblong in outline, 

 bipinnatipartite into linear to subulate, acute, mucronate, simple or 

 bifid lobules. Peduncles long, not thickened ; heads .04 broad ; scales 

 of involucre tawny, scarious, translucent, the outer orbicular, the inner 

 very broad, concave ; chaff linear-lanceolate, acuminate ; rays orange ; 

 akenes soniewat angular-terete, transversely tubercled, tip obtuse, bald 

 — Spring — Beirut to Antilebanon, Damascus, Aleppo, Aintab, and 

 north-eastward. 



20. A. eornucopice, Boiss. .2 to .25, sparingly pubescent; 

 stems erect or ascending, with few branches. Leaves obovate in out- 

 line, bipinnatipartite into linear, acute, mucronate lobules. Peduncles 

 elongated, not thickened ; scales of involucre lanceolate, white-margined, 

 acutish ; chaff oblong, mucronate ; akenes almost without ribs, turbin- 

 ate, more or less tubercled ; auricle of outer akenes frequently as long 

 as they, 2-3-parted, that of inner shorter, 2-3-lobed— Spring — plain 

 of Esdraelon ; Sarada (Merj 'Ayun). 



21. A. Hebroniea, Boiss. et Ky. .1 to .25, slightly hairy, 

 branching from neck. Leaves small, ovate-oblong in outline, bipin- 

 natipartite into oblong-linear, mucronate lobules. Peduncles slender, 

 not thickened; heads scarcely larger than a pea ; scales of involucre 

 oblong-lanceolate, keeled, abruptly mucronate ; akenes short-ohpy- 

 rainidal, or nearly terete, truncate, with a short, acute, repand mar- 

 gin, tubercled below — Spring — Hebron ; Jericho ; flanks of Nebo. 



22. A. Damascena, Boiss. et Gaill. .05 to .1, canescent ; 

 stems slender, simple, terminating in a rather long, at length thickened 

 peduncle. Leaves small, oblong in outline, pinnatipartite into few, 

 minute, oblong, mucronulate lobules. Heads medium ; outer scales of 

 involucre lanceolate, inner oblong, obtuse, scarious at tip ; chaff ob- 

 long, obtuse, mucronate. Akenes slender-cylindrical, grooved, taper- 

 ing at base, apex with a short, acute margin on one side — Sprino- 



Damascus ; Antilebanon. ^ 



23. A. Cotula, L. Fuss-el-kildh. Qahwdn. .4 to .6, glabres- 

 cent, corymbose. Leaves ovate-oblong in outline, bipinnatipartite 

 into linear, entire or 2-3-toothed, mucronate lobules. Peduncles not 

 thickened ; scales of involucre oblong, obtuse, with a narrow, scarious 

 margin ; receptacle long-conical ; chaff linear-subulate ; akenes caducous, 

 nearly terete, turbinate, more or less tubercled, bald, convex at tip, 

 frequently with scalloped margin on account of the truncate ribs — 

 Spring and summer — Common throughout. 



