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10. C Icptocc'plisla, Bois?. (D .5 to .7. Leaves rigid, the 

 lower piDTiatipartite into liccar lobes, the upper linear, toothed and 

 erdire. Heads solitary, linear-cylindrical, ,01 long, .002 broad ; 

 floiAerets jvrjie — May and June — Ccelesyiia and Antilebanon. 

 Probably a variety of the last. 



11. C. aggregala, F. et M. (|) .5 to .8. Root-leaves lyrate, 

 the terminal segment ovate-rhomhic, the lateral ollong, often intermixed 

 •with minute lobules ; stem-leaves sessile, ollong, sparingly lobed or 

 entire. Heads 2-7 in a dvster at the ends of the branches ; mvcro of 



im-clvcre-Kahs shorter than fringe, stout ; flo^werets jjvr}^ — June and 



July — Eocky places ; Marash, and north^vard. 



Var. niicrocephala, Post. Heads .008 long, .003 broad, solitary 

 or 2-3 in a cluster — El-Jebel-el-Ahmar (Amanus) ; Aintab. 



12. C. c1uiiiu1o§a, Boiss. 5 -^ ^^ -^ '■> branches 4-angled. 

 Leaves few, piiwatipartite into awl-shaped loles, or entire, awl-shaped ; 

 upper leaves scale-like. Heads solitary, oblong, .01 long, .005 broad ; 

 prickle of involucre scales longer than white fringe ; flowerets pink — 



May to July — Dry places ; Merj-Ayun to Coelesyria, Antilebanon, and 

 Palmyrene desert. 



13. C Daiii8$i€ena, Boiss. 5 -3 to .6, sparingly leafy, 4-argled. 

 JRoot -leaves linear, with a few, short, toothed Ivies; stem-leaves scale~like, 

 entire. Heads .015 long, .005 broad ; scales of involucre with a Irroad, 

 scariovs, translucent, entire or ragged-fringed margin, ending in a weah^ 

 blender priclle, as long as scale or shorter ; f\ov\ ertts pale pAnk — June and 

 July — Dry hillsides ; Antilebanon to Damascus. 



14. C. Anliocliia, Boiss. 2|; 1 to 1.4, sparingly cobwebby, 

 glabrescen.t, corymbose above. Leaves short-petioled, lyrate-pinnati- 

 partite into obtusely-toothed lobes, stem-leaves small, the upper scale- 

 like. Heads .02 broad, peduncled ; spines of intermediate scales of in- 

 volucre .015 long, longer than scale ; flowerets dark purple; akenes 

 densely hiirsitte — June — Chalky rocks about Antioch. 



15. C. speciosa, Boiss. If .25 to .35, appressed-canescent, 

 woody at lase. Leaves tender, crowded, pinnatipartite into oblong, 

 obtuse, pinnate-lobed segments. Scales of involucre not fringed; 

 spines prickly near base, twice to thrice as long as scale, .01 to .015 

 long ; flowerets jr>27?l' — May and June — Vertical rocks ; upper Galilee 

 to subalpine zone of Lebanon and Hermon. 



16. C. cryngioides, Lam. 2f .3 to .5, crisp-puberulent, green, 

 cmrse-pvlescent at neck; stems rigid, thickish, usually branching from 

 base. Leaves lyrate-pinnatipartite into small, obtuse lobes, the terminal 

 lobe ovate-oblong. Heads globular, .02 in diameter, with long, stout, 

 nearly naked peduncles ; scales of involucre glabrescent, pale, broad- 

 ovate, margin pectinate-fringed with white prickles, terminal spine 

 stout, .01 to .035 long; flowerets pink — April and July — Rocky 

 places ; Sinai to subalpine Lebanon, Coelesyria, Antilebanon, Damas- 

 cus, Palmyra, and northward. 



Var. bracliyacantha, Boiss. Spines more slender, not as long 

 as flowerets, but twice as long as scales — Palestine ; subalpine Leba- 

 non and Antilebanon ; Palmyra. 



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