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tube cylindrical — Spring — Dry, sandy places ; common. 



27. T. compactum, Post. © .1, densely appressed-hirsute, 

 branching from base, branches decumbent. Stipules membranous, the 

 free portion lanceolate ; leaflets obovate-cuneate. Heads compact, soli- 

 tary, axillary and terminal, oblong, .015 long ^ .008 broad in flower, .02 

 long .01 broad in fruit ; calyx very hirsute, about as long as pale flesh- 

 colored corolla, teeth triangular-lanceolate, one nerved, nearly equal, 

 as long as striate tube ; fruiting calyces imbricated — Spring — 

 Aintab. 



28. T. subterraneum, L. .3 to. 4; stems sarmentous, pros- 

 trate. Stipules half -ovate, acute ; leaflets obcordate. Heads long-pe- 

 duncled, in frUit globular, .005 broad, reflexed, appressed to ground ; 

 corollate flowers 2-5, in one row ; calyx half as long as white, pinh- 

 sti'iped corolla, lobes setaceous, ciliate, nearly as long as tube ; pod 

 somewhat exserted from split calyx, obtriangular, crustaceous, netted, 

 upper margin keeled, winged ; lobes of sterile calyces hairy, stellate- 

 spreading — Spring — Weedy places ; Aleppo. 



29. T. globo§uiil, L, Q Neflet-Qutn. .3 to .5, hirsute, dif- 

 fuse. Stipules ovate, acute; leaflets obovate-cuneate to obcordate. 

 Peduncles as long as leaves or a little longer, erect ; heads globular, 

 ,01 to .015 in diameter; corollate flowers 5-6 in one row; calyx dense- 

 ly hirsute, shorter than jp-^^rj^Z*? corolla, lobes setaceous, somewhat short- 

 er than tube ; pod glabrous, membranous, obovate, included in calyx 

 — Spring. 



Yar. genuinnm, Post. Lobes of sterile calyces densely plumose, 

 not woolly — Common in grassy places. 



Var. eriospliaerum, Post. Lobes of sterile calyces densely -voool- 

 Ij ; heads pannous — Less common than type. (T. eriosphcerum, Boiss.) 



Var. Meduiseum, Post. Corollate flowers 2-4, the corolla 

 twice as long as calyx. Pod reticulate at tip — Less common than type 

 {T. medusceum, Bl.) 



30. T. pilulare, Boiss. .1 to -p ^^g 

 .4, hairy ; stems slender, diffuse. Stipules 



ovate, obtuse; leaflets small, wedge-obovate. 

 Peduncles slender, at length somewhat long- 

 er than leaves, erect or spreading ; heads 

 .006 to .01 broad, at length globular ; co- 

 rollate flowers 1-2, calyx very hirsute, lobes 

 setaceous, somewhat longer than tube, 

 longer than the small, white corolla ; pod 

 membranous, included in calyx, ovate, very 

 obtuse ; calyx-lobes of sterile flowers at 

 length long, flexuous, feathery — Spring — 

 Shady and weedy places ; common. 



31. T. fragiferum, L. U Ehan- 

 daquq. .1 to. 3, glabrescent ; stems creep- bruiting heads of T. pUuiare. 

 ing. Stipules lanceolate, subulate at tip ; leaflets ovate, elliptical, 

 obovate or obcordate, denticulate. Peduncles axillary, longer than 

 leaves ; heads globular, .01 to .02 broad in flower and fruit, with a 

 many-Jid involucre nearly as long as calyces ; calyx one-third as long 



