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lanceolate-subulate from a broad, three-nerved dase, the upper ones 

 nearly as long as tube ; pod linear, straight, longer than calyx-tube, 4- 

 seeded, lower margin crenate — Spring — Grassy places ; Beirut. 



44. T. Petrisavii, Clem. © .3 

 to .6, glabrous ; stems decumbent or 

 ascending, solid. Free part of stipules 

 triangular lanceolate-setaceous ; leaflets 

 obovate, often truncate, denticulate at 

 tip. Heads nearly globular, .015 to .03 

 in diameter ; calyx two-thirds as long 

 as 'pale phik corolla, lobes lanceolate, 

 somewhat one-nerved., narrowly white- 

 margined, the upper one nearly as long 

 as tube ; pod constricted hettoeen the 2 

 seeds — Spring — Grassy places ; com- 

 mon. 



© .3 to .6, glabrous ; stems ascending, 

 thick, hollow. Free part of stipules 

 triangiilar, tapering-setaceous; leaflets 

 obovate, spiny-dentate from middle. 

 Heads nearly globular, .015 to .02 in 

 diameter ; calyx somewhat more than 

 half as long as white corolla, lobes lan- 

 ceolate-subulate, the upper ones as long 

 as tube ; ovary constricted between 

 ovules ; pod one-seeded — Spring — 

 Fields ; common. Too near the last. 



46. T. repens, L. Ti ,1 to .4, 



glabrous ; stems prostrate, rooting. 

 Leaflets large, obovate to orMcular, serru- 

 late ; stipules abruptly cuspidate from a 

 broad, scariousbase. Heads nearly glob- 

 ular, .02 to .04 in diameter ; calyx half as long as 

 white corolla, lobes lanceolate, the uppsr two as 

 long as tube ; pod sessile, linear, obtuse ; seeds 3- 

 4 — Spring and summer — Grassy places ; com- 

 mon. 



Var. Orphanideum, Boiss. Dwarf. Leaf- 

 lets minute, often obcordate. Peduncles short. 

 Corolla pale pink — Roueiss^t (Lebanon). 



47. T. rhytido§permum, Boiss. et Hoh. 

 If .1 to .2, stems ascending, appressed-hairy. Stip- 

 ules lanceolate-linear ; leaflets obovate- oblong to 

 oblong, obtuse. Peduncles 2-oo times as long as 

 leaves ; heads globular, .015 in diameter, at length 

 oblong ; pedicels shorter than calyx-tube ; upper 

 pair of calyx-teeth very short, triangular, the lower 

 three linear, ciliate, longer than tube ; corolla yel- 

 loidsh-fiesh-colored — Summer — Berytdagh and 

 probably Akherdagh. 



Fig. 120. 



Head of T. Petrisavii. 

 Pig. 121. 



Flowering head of 

 T. comosum. 



