460 COMPOSITE, (composite family.) 



1. J. Stselieliiise, DC. 5 -^ ^^ .4, canescent. woody at base ; 

 stems much branched, branches rigid, interhiced, 1-headed. Leaves 

 sessile, linear, .01 to .025 long, revolute-margined, the lowermost pin- 

 natifid. Heads oblong-cylindrical, .02 to .025 long, .008 broad ; scales 

 of involucre oblong-lanceolate, tipped with slender, tawny awn as long as 

 they — June to August — Alpine and subalpine Lebanon and Antileba- 

 non ; interior plains ; Syrian desert. 



2. J. raiiiulo§a, Boiss. et Haussk. 2C .3 to .4, canescent ; 

 stems ascending, corymbose-branched, branches leafy, 1-headed. Leaves 

 oblong, .02 to .08 long, .003 to .014 broad, obtuse, mucronate, cordate- 

 clasping. Heads ovate, .04 long; scales of involucre triquetrous, 

 tipped with short prickles — July — Vineyards ; Akherdagh. 



6§. SERRATCLA, L. Serratula. 



Heads homogamous. Scales of involucre closely imbricated, 

 muticous, the outer shorter. Receptacle bristly. Anthers sagittate at 

 base. Akenes glabrous, terete-compressed, hilum lateral. Pappus 

 long-persistent, bristles scabrous or barbellate, the outer shorter — 

 Perennial herbs. 



* JJ^yper leaves cordate-clasping, ohlong. Floicerets yellow. 



1. S. cerinthefolia, S. et Sm. If Wurreigah. .3 to ,6, glabrous; 

 stems wand-like, forked-corymbose ; branches leafy, 1-headed. Lower 

 leaves long-petioled, oblong, obtuse, undivided to lyrate-pinnatisect, 

 stem-leaves oblong to ovate. Heads oblong-cjlindrical, .03 long, .008 

 broad ; scales of involucre leathery, acute, the outer short, ovate, the 

 inner elongated, lanceolate — June to August — Dry hillsides ; coast 

 to subalpine regions and interior plains. 



* * Upper leaves not auricled, linear. Flowerets pinJc. 



2. S. oligocephala, DC. If .5, pale green, cobwebby pu- 

 bescent ; stem simple, naked above, racemed or corymbose, 2-7-headed. 

 Lower leaves leathery, petioled, lyrate-pinnatisect. Heads medium, 

 spherical ; scales of involucre pubescent, leathery, ovate to oblong, 

 striate at tip, armed with a deciduous mucro, the inner elongated, 

 membranous-acuminate — August — Rocky places; Amanus to Kurd- 

 Dagh, Aintab, Akherdagh, and north-eastward. 



* * * All the leaves except the Jloral pinnatipartite. Flowerets yellow. 



3. S. Kurdica, Post. Sp. nov. If 1 or more, cobwebby -pubes- 

 cent; stem simple, panicled above, few-headed. Leaves firm, .2 to. 3 long, 

 petioled, pinnatipartite into oblong, coarse-serrate lobes .03 to .05 

 long, rachis winged. Heads long-peduncled, ovate-oblong, .02 to .03 

 long ; scales of involucre pubescent, leathery, ovate to oblong, armed 

 with a yellow, permanent mucro, the inner elongated into a yelloic, 

 glossy, acuminate tip — June — Kurd-Dagh. 



69. CRUPINA, Cass. Ckupina. 



Heads heterogamous, few-flowered. Involucre in few rows, scales 

 scarious. Receptacle bristly. Anthers short-caudate at base. Style 

 3-lobed. Akenes with •hilum at base, and a crenulate cup at apex. 



