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5. S. coronopifoliii§, Desf. QurcVi. Jerjtr. Mureir. 

 .lto.25. Leaves fleshy, piniiatipartite into linear, remotely toothed 

 lobes, the lower tapering into a short petiole, the rest clasping, with 

 minute auricles. Heads cup-shaped, .01 long and broad, in loose 

 corymbs with rather long peduncles — Spring — Common. 



X \ Akenes glabrous. 



6. S. exilis, Blanche. .1, somewhat viscid ; stem corymbose 

 from base. Leaves small, the radical oblong, entire, tapering to a 

 petiole, the others linear, sinuate to pmnatifid, with linear lobes, auricled 

 at base. Heads cup-shaped, .006 to .01 long and broad — September 

 — Top of Jebel Makmel, near the melting snow. 



* * Biennials or perennials. Leaves incised, pinnatijid, lyrate, or 

 subly rate-cordate. Heads small or medium. 



7. S. erraticus, Bertol. (f) 1 or more, glabrescent, erect, 

 dichotomous-corymbose. Lower leaves lyrate, the terminal lobe ovate, 

 often subcordate ; stem-leaves clasping, auricled at base, pinnatipartite, 

 the terminal segment wedge-rhomboid. Heads .005 long, .01 broad ; 

 scales at base of involucre about 2, minute; akenes ghibrescent, pappus of 

 few bristles — Summer — Wet places ; Galilee ; Ghautah (Damascus) . 



8. S. mollis, Willd. 1 or more, appressed-canescent, cobweb- 

 by ; stem erect, ending in a loose, compound corymb. Leaves oblong, 

 toothed-lobed, sometimes nearly lyrate, the upper clasping. Heads 

 hemispherical, .005 in diameter ; scales at base of involucre 6-8, 

 subulate, one-third as long as involucre ; rays as long as involucre ; 

 akenes all silhy ; pappus of many bristles — Summer — Aintab to 

 Marash, and northward. 



* * * Perennials. Leaves entire. Tall, glabrous, alpine Jierbs. 



9. S. doriaeformis, DC. % .5 to 1 or more ; stems many, 

 erect, grooved, leafy, simple or branching from the upper axils. 

 Leaves thickish, entire or crenate-toothed, the lower ovate-oblong, 

 petioled, the upper ovate-lauceolate to lanceolate, sessile. Heads .015 

 long, .01 broad ; rays once and a half as long as pappus ; akenes 

 glabrous; pappus twice as long as involucre — July to September — 

 Subalpine and alpine Lebanon and Antilebanoa to Akherdagb. 



Var. meg^alopliron, Boiss. Upper leaves ^lanceolate to lanceo- 

 late-linear — With type. 



44. CALEI^DULiA, L. Calendula. Kalileli. 



Heads many-flowered, radiate, heterogamous. Involucre imbricat- 

 ed in about 1 row, scales nearly equal. Rays strap-shaped, pistillate, 

 fertile ; branches of style linear. Flowerets of disk tubular, perfect, 

 5-cleft, sterile, stigma capitate. Akenes in 3 to 3 rows, curved, of 

 different forms, the outer prickly at back — Perennial, biennial, or 

 annual herbs, with orange-colored or yellow rays. 



* Perennials or biennials. 



1. C. siiiuata, Boiss. et Gaill. 2^ (g) .3, more or less appressed- 

 cobwebby ; stems woody at the procumbent base ; leaves somewhat 

 wavy-margined, sinuate-repand, the lower oblong-spathulate, the upper 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, somewhat auricled at base. Rays yellow. 



