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ing at base, acute at tip. Stipules tooth-like. Pedicels much shorter 

 than flower; calyx-teeth ovate-triangular, acute, shorter than tube; 

 corolla blue, .016 long, lobes oblong-linear, one-third to one-fourth as 

 long as tube — April — Gravel ; Wadi Hebran (Sinai). 



Page 383. After G. Bocconi. O. Slicparcli, Post. 2f .3 to .5, 

 glabrous, turning blackish in drying; stems numerous, ascending from 

 a woody base, quadrangled, more or less long-panicled above. Leaves 

 in sixes, oblong-lenticular, .015 to .025 long, .003 to .004 broad, mu- 

 cronate, scabridulous at margin. Pedicels usually longer than flowers; 

 corolla .003 long, pinkish, lobes oblong, obtuse; fruit glabrous — July 

 and August — Gaiour Dagh (Amanus). 



Page 385. After G. aureum, Var. oblong^ifoliiifti, Boiss. 

 Leaves oblong to ovate. Panicle contracted — Gaiour Dagh (Amanus), 



Page 386. After G. j linger mannioides. G. Petrae, Hart. .25 to 

 .3, hispidulous; stems diffuse, 4-angled, brittle. Leaves in fours, 

 linear, 1-nerved, stiff, .008 long, .001 broad, acute, scabridulous at 

 margin. Cymes axillary and terminal, few-flowered, and 2-4 times as 

 long as leaves ; pedicels capillary; corolla. 002 broad; fruit (immature), 

 hispid with hooked hairs — Winter — Petra. 



Page 393. After A. humifusa. A. 01iautensi§, Post (Plantae 

 Postiange, iii, 10). 2f Hirsute, turning blackish in drying; stems 

 climbing, ending in broad panicles. Leaves in threes or pairs, oblong- 

 lenticular, .004 to .01 long, .0015 to .003 broad, muticous, the lower 

 reflexed. Cymes loose; corolla greenish-yellow, sparingly hairy with- 

 out, funnel-shaped, lobes oblong, revolute, rather obtuse, longer than 

 tube ; anthers oblong ; style bifid at tip ; fruits minute, hispid — July 

 and August — El-Ghautah (Damascus) . 



Page 403. Before S. Ucranica. S. Kurdica, Post (Planta3 

 PostianjB, iv, 7). If .45 to. 5, velvety with intermixture of longer hairs: 

 stems numerous, simple or sparingly branched. Lower leaves oblong- 

 spathulate, entire, silky, tapering into a petiole, .01 to .035 long, the 

 rest .04 long, pinnatisect into a few, oblong to linear lobes, the terminal 

 lobe oblanceolate, entire or irregularly dentate. Peduncles long, naked ; 

 head flattened-hemispherical, .03 broad; scales of involucre lanceolate, 

 hirsute, half as long as flowers ; corollas woolly outside, pink, scarce- 

 ly radiating; involucel very villous; awns of calyx twice as long as 

 purple, 28-34-rayed crown — September — Kurd Dagh. 



Page 413. Before ERIGEROIV. 



A^TER, L. AsTEK. 



Head usually radiate, rarely discoid. Rays in one row, pistillate. 

 Disk flowerets tubular, perfect. Involucre imbricated. Receptacle 

 naked. Akene flattened, beakless. Pappus hairy, in l-oo rows — 

 Perennial, rarely biennial herbs. 



A. Amaiii, Post. If.G, glabrous; stem striate, simple, corymbose 

 above, leafy. Leaves obloug-iinear, .03 to .041ong, .004 to. 005 broad, 

 3-nerved toward tapering base, acutish. Peduncles .03 to .03 long, 

 beset with short, linear bracts; heads few, .008 broad; scales of invo- 

 lucre oblong, obtuse, 3-uerved, the inner more than half as long as 

 narrow, pale pink rays ; disk flowerets two-thirds as long as rays ; hairs 



