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* Beak persistent, hristly witMn. Valves with 2 pores at tip. 



t Perennials. 

 1 E. trichomanefolium, 2 Amanum, 3 Romanum, 

 1 1 Annuals. 

 X Leaves all pinnately or 2-pinnately cut. 

 4 E. cicutarium, 5 moschatum, 6 cichoniiim. 



I \ Leaves {or at least the loicer ones) undivided or lohed. 



7 E. gruinum, 8 botrys, 9 laciniatum, 10 malacoides. 



* * BeaJc deciduous, plumose. Pore at apex of valves 0. 



t Perennials. 



HE. hirtum, 12 Gaillardoti, 13 glaiicophyllum, 14 Hussoni. 



1 1 Monocarpic plants. ' ' " , 



15 E. bryoni£efolium. 



1. E. trictaomaiiefolium, L'her. If .1, densely glandula/r- 

 hairy, tufted, stemless. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 2-pinnatisect into 

 minute, oblong, obtuse lobules. Sepals short-mucronate ; petals pur- 

 ple to white, a little longer than calyx ; carpels shaggy, one-fifth as 

 long as .02 long beak — Summer — Alpine Lebanon and Antilebanon. 



2. E. Amanum, Boiss. et Kotschy. If Canescent with gland- 

 less wool, tufted ; rhizome thick, with many branches. Leaves oblong, 

 pinnatipartite into ovate, deeply and obtusely lobed segments. Sepals 

 abruptly acuminate, bearded, 5-nerved ; petals * * ; carpels loosely 

 white-villous, one-third as long as beak — Summer — Akmadagh 

 (Amanus). 



Var. g^landulosuni, Boiss. Segments of leaves pinnatisect. 

 Peduncles and calyces glandular — Alpine Antilebanon, 



3. E. Roiiianiiiii, L. If .15 to .25 sparingly appressed-hairy, 

 stemless ; root fleshy, vertical. Leaves rosetted, oblong to oblanceo- 

 late, pinnatipartite into sessile, ovate-oblong, pinnatisect leaflets, lobules 

 small, oblong, acute. Sepals tipped with a bristle ; petals equal, pink, 

 not spotted, 2-3 times as long as calyx ; carpels bearded, one-fifth as 

 long as .04 long beak — Spring — Fields and roadsides; common in 

 middle mountain zones and interior plains. 



4. E, cicutarium, L. .2 to .4, caulescent, more or less 

 papillary, often glandular. Leaves oblong, pinnatipartite into ovate, 

 deeply incised- dentate or dissected segments. Sepals mucronate with a 

 fine bristle at tip ; petals purple, obovate, unequal, as long as or 

 longer than calyx, often' spotted ; beak .05 long, 5-6 times as long as 

 carpels — Spring — Fields ; everywhere. 



5. E. moschatum, L. © MissaiU .15 to .4, sparingly glan- 

 dular-viscid above ; stems ascending, )-ather fleshy. Leaves pinnatisect 

 into 10-13, large, ovate, douUy serrate leaflets. Sepals ending in a stout 

 mucro ; petals pink, unequal, obovate, as long as calyx ; beak. 04 long, 

 6-8 times as long as carpels — Spring — Weedy places ; common every- 

 where. 



6. E. ciclionium, L. .1 to .4, pubescent-viscid. Leaves 

 ovate, pinnatipartite into ovate, pinnatifi( I or parted obtusely dentate 



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