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Pa©e 458. After €. Syriaca. C. Auranitica, Post (Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss. I., 400). 2f 1 or more; stems cobwebby, canescent. Lower stem 

 leaves .6 long, .25 broad, sessile, decurrent, ovate-lanceolate in out- 

 line, glabrescent at upper, cobwebby at lower surface, pinnatisect into 

 long-lanceolate, decurrent, entire or sbort-lobed segments, lobes short- 

 triangular, ending in a strong spine. Corymbs of 2-5, peduncled 

 heads; heads ovate-turbinate, .1 long, .08 broad; involucre constricted 

 at tip, glabrous, scales coriaceous, reddish, the lower reflexed or spread- 

 ing, appendix triangular-lanceolate, long-tapering, the upper appress- 

 ed, ending in an ovate, short-tapering, spiny-mucronate appendix; 

 flowerets deep purple ; akenes somewhat tetragonal — July and August 

 — Fields ; Jauian and Hauran. 



Page 460. Before SERRATUL,A. 



AUTRAIVIA, C, Winkler et Barbey. Autrania. 



(Plantse Postianae III, 11, 12). 



Heads homogamous, flowerets equal, perfect. Scales of involucre in 

 5 rows, green at base, the outer and middle narrowing abruptly into a 

 spine, the inner with a deltoid, scarious appendix, with dark, tawny 

 base, somewhat fringed margin, and spinescent tip. Eeceptacle flat, 

 sparingly bristly. Anthers sagittate at base. Akenes squamous- 

 wrinkled, obpyramidal, 4-5-angled. Pappus of oo rows of bristles, the 

 inner feathery, the outer shorter, not feathery — Perennial, alpine 

 plants. 



A. pulchella, Winkler. 2( .05, nearly stemless, 1-headed. 

 Leaves resetted at top of root-stalk above vestiges of old leaves, shortr 

 petioled, oblong-spathulate in outline, .03 long, .01 broad, pinnatifid 

 or lyrate, appressed-canescent on both sides, ciliate-dentate at margin, 

 lobes 3-4 pairs, oblong-ovate, spiny-mucronulate, terminal ovate. Head 

 obovate, .035 long, .025 broad at tip; scales of involucre hirsute or 

 appressed-pubescent under base of appendix, ovate to oblong and 

 linear, about as long as spiny appendix ; flowers pale pink, longer than 

 scales — July — Rijal-el-*asherah (Northern Lebanon), 2600 m. 



Page 464. After C. laxa. C. Amani, Post. (Plantse Postianse 

 V, 9). 2f .4, white with appressed, detersile wool; stems angled, corym- 

 bose-panicled from lower third. Leaves obsoletely dentate, pitted, the 

 lower oblong in outline, .06 to .1 long, petioled, entire or pinnately 

 divided into oblong segments, the terminal larger, rhomboid-ovate; 

 stem-leaves sessile, with narrower segments, the uppermost oblong, 

 undivided, small, bract-like. Heads ovate-turbinate, .01 long, .007 

 broad ; scales of involucre appressed-tomentellous, ovate, pale, ending 

 in a triangular, straw colored, 7-13-pectinate appendix ; flowerets deep 

 pink; pappus white — August — Amanus. 



Page 467. After G. HauBshiecliUi. C, §elerolepis, Boiss. % 1; 



stem sparingly cobwebby, leafy below, simple, racemose-3-7-headed 

 above. Leaves pubescent-scabrous, petioled, lyrate-pinnatipartite, the 

 lower on a petiole . 15 long, with 2-4, lateral, small, ovate segments, 

 and a terminal, oblong segment .07 to .1 long; other leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, short-decurrent. Peduncles beset with scarious, tapering 

 scales, as long as heads; heads globular, .03 in diameter; scales of 

 involucre coriaceous-scarious, white, glossy, entire or obsoletely den- 

 ticulate-fringed at margin, ovate to oblong, ending abruptly in a 



