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7. C lineatu§, L. If .05 to .25, appressed-silky, many-stem- 

 med from a woody root; stems ascending or procumbent, simple or 

 somewhat branched. Leaves oblong to linear, .02 to .04 long, the 

 lower long-tapering to a petiole. Cymes at end of branches, 3-1-flower- 

 ed; pedicels shorter than calyx; sepals oblong-lanceolate, membranous 

 at base, herbaceous at tip; corolla pink, .015 to .02 long, twice to 

 twice and a half as long as calyx — April to June — Roadsides and 

 hills; rather common. 



§. C. L.ibauoticus, Boiss. 71 .05 to .1, tufted, appressed- 

 grey-canesceut, many-stemmed from a naked, woody base. Leaves 

 oblong to linear, .005 to .015 long, the radical tapering to a petiole. 

 Flowers terminal, 3-5 in a loose cyme, or solitary ; pedicels as long as 

 calyx or shorter ; sepals oblong, herbaceous at tip ; corolla flesh-colored, 

 .01 long, twice and a half to four times as long as calyx — Summer — 

 Alpine Lebanon and Hermon. 



9. C coclilearis, Griseb. If Silvery-silky, with a woody, 

 branching root-stock. Leaves .005 to .007 long, ovate-cuneate, petioled, 

 the upper face lineate and plaited along nerve. Flowers solitary, nearly 

 sessile in tuft. Sepals ovate, more or less caudate-acuminate ; corolla 

 pur2)le, silky in Imes on the outside, .01 long, thrice as long as calyx 



— Summer — Marash. Between Aintab and Marash ; Amanus, and 

 northward. 



10. C. secundum, Desr. If .3 to .6, silky-woolly ; stems pros- 

 trate or ascending, leafy. Leaves on one side of stem, wrinkled, the 

 lower oblong-spathulate, petioled, .04 to .05 long, the others oblong 

 to oblong-lanceolate, sessile. Flowers 2-5 together in short-peduncled or 

 sessile clusters, forming a one-sided, interrupted, leafy spilte ; bracts 

 and sepals lanceolate ; corolla white, .02 long, thrice as long as calyx 



— Spring -T— Sands along coast. 



Var. latifoliu§, Post. Stem-leaves ovate-oblong to oblong, often 

 .01 broad. 



Var. parvifolius, Post. Leaves .01 to .015 long, oblong to el- 

 liptical. 



11. C reticulatus, Choisy. If .3 to .6, appressed-wooUy, 

 stems prostrate or ascending. Leaves netted-wrinkled, the lower .03 

 to .05 long, oblong, tapering to a short petiole, the others ovate-cordate, 

 obtuse or rather acute, .02 to .05 long, .006 to .013 broad. Flowers 

 2-5 together in short-peduncled or sessile, axillary clusters ; bracts and 

 sepals lanceolate, acute; corolla .01 long, white, twice as long as calyx 



— Spring — Aintab, and northward and eastward. 



12. C. Scliimperi, Boiss. If .3 to .5, hispid-woolly; stems 

 prostrate or ascending. Leaves p?a2ie<Z, waDy-margined, .02 to .06 long, 



I oblong-spathulate, tapering to a long petiole. Flowers 3-5 together in 

 ] dense heads, on peduncles nearly as long as leaves; bracts and sepals lan- 

 \ ceolate at base, linear-caudate at tip, very hispid; corolla white, .01 

 i long, scarcely longed' than calyx — Spring — Et-Tlh. 



Var. ellipticui, Post. Upper leaves elliptical, short-petioled — 

 Gaza desert. 



13. C. gloineratu§, Choisy. If Root vertical, stems numerous, 

 prostrate, wand-like, long, simple. Leaves green, appressed hirsute at 



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