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of pappus equal, as long as flowerets; akenes appressed-bristly - 

 September — Amanus, above 'Othmanlyeh (Plain of Issus). 



Page 413. After E. alpinum. E. Slicpardi, Post (Plantre 

 Postianse, v, 8). 2( .6 to .8, pubescent; stems erect, corymbose pani- 

 cled above. Leaves entire, acute, the radical oblanceolate, tapering to 

 a petiole, the lower cauline oblanceolate, tapering at base, the upper 

 oblong- linear, sessile. Involucre pubescent, scales linear, acuminate, 

 with tawny rib, and straw-colored, scarious margin, three-fourths as 

 long as fawn-colored pappus; rays pale, linear, a little longer than 

 pappus — July — Amanus. 



Page 432. Before A. montana. A. flabellata, Post (Plantae 

 Postianae, v, 9). 2f .3, appressed-silvery-silky ; trunks prostrate or 

 ascending, bearing sterile and fertile stems. Leaves of sterile stems 

 fan-shaped, bipinnatipartite into linear, undivided or bifid lobules, .004 

 to .006 long, .001 broad; leaves of simple or sparingly branched fertile 

 stems ovate in outline, 2-1-pinnatipartite into lobules longer than those 

 of sterile stems. Heads solitary, small; involucre pubescent, scales 

 lanceolate, scarious-margined ; rays yellow, about twice as long as in- 

 volucre, oblong, obtuse, entire; akenes ribbed-angled, with a short 

 crown — July — Amanus. 



Page 439. Before P. leiicopTiyllum. P. dcpauperatum, Post 



(Bull. Herb. Boiss., iii, 158). If .15 to .25, woody at base, appressed- 

 silvery-silky; stems numerous, ascending, the fertile with scattered, 

 minute leaves to tip. Leaves ovate in outline, petioled, fan-shaped, 

 bipianatiparted into linear, acute lobules, .003 to .004 long, .001 broad. 

 Corymb terminal, dense, 3-lO-flowered, .01 to .015 broad, capitate; 

 pedicels half as long as .004 long, .001 broad, obovate-conical heads; 

 scales of involucre oblong, obtuse, the interior scarious at tip ; crown 

 half as long as ribbed akene — August and September — Subalpine 

 regions; Gaiour Dagh (Amanus). 



Page 443. After S. doriceformis. S. Othonuae, M. B., 1 to 2, 

 glabrous exoept sparingly puberulent under surface of leaves; stem 

 striate, ending in a broad corymb. Lower leaves petioled, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate in outline, often .5 long, .08 to .2 broad, pinnatisect into 6-10, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, incised-dentate segments on each side of pe- 

 tiole, the lower often 2-parted; upper leaves sessile, lobes narrow; flo- 

 ral leaves linear, undivided. Heads cylindrical, .01 long, .003 broad, 

 5-7-flow^ered ; scales of involucre 5, glabrous, linear-spathulate, squa- 

 mules few, short; rays 1-2, thrice as long as involucre ; akenes silky: 

 pappus twice as long as involucre — Summer — Amanus. 



Page 449. After C. corymhosa, var. Lihanotica. Var. inicroee- 

 pliala, Post. Heads compact, .01 to .02 broad; outer scales of invo- 

 lucre .015 to .02 long — Izra' (Leja) ; Gergesa; Nebo. 



Page 451. After G.foliosa. C. Po§tiana (Winkler, Synopsis 

 Cousiuiaj, p. 223). (D .4; stem cobwebby, branched, leafy, many- 

 headed. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, sinuate-pinnatilobed, the lower 

 petioled, the upper sessile, decurrent, lobes triangular, spiny; upper- 

 most leaves forming an involucre to the heads, all cobwebby. Heads 

 solitary or twin, ovoid-conical, as large as a hazelnut, about 20-flowered ; 

 scales of involucre 50 or more, erect, spiny-mucronate — July — Wadi- 

 el-Mal (Antilebanon). 



