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subulate ; leaflets 4-10 pairs, remote, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, .01 

 to .02 long, prickly, sparingly appressed-hairy beneath. Peduncles 

 twice to thrice as long as leaves ; heads dense, ovate, larger than a wal- 

 nut ; bracts scarious, ovate, acuminate, about as long as calyx-tube ; 

 calyx woolly, campanulate, somewhat inflated in flower, a little more 

 in fruit ; teeth subulate, one-third as long as tube' ; corolla purple, 

 .018 long — June — Amanus to Taurus, and northward. 



96. A. oocepltalus, Boiss. 2|! .6 to 1, sparingly hirsute or 

 glabrescent. Stipules linear -setaceous from a broader base ; leaflets 15- 

 20 pairs, ovate-oUoncjy .025 long, .012 broad, obtuse. Heads in upper 

 axils, sessile, dense, ovate- globular, in fruit as large as a hen's Qgg ; 

 bracts awl-shaped, somewhat shorter than calyx ; calyx tubular-cam- 

 panulate, hirsute, teeth linear-subulate, a little shorter than tube — 

 May — Hauran to Aleppo and Kurd Dagh. 



97. A. pectinatus, Boiss. 2^ .2 to .3, hispid. Stipules large, 

 herbaceous, triangular-lanceolate ; leaflets 30-40 pairs, pectinate, crowd- 

 ed, oblong, obtuse, .01 to .015 long, conduplicate. Heads short-pedun- 

 cled, ohlong-cylindrical, .OQ to .09 long, loose; bracts awl-shaped, 

 longer than calyx-tube ; calyx hispid, tubular, . 02 long, somewhat in- 

 flated, teeth lanceolate, longer than tube ; corolla yellow, turning pur- 

 plish — Summer — Marash. 



9§. A. cucullaris, Boiss. If .5 to .8, sparingly hispidulous. 

 Stipules herbaceous, .03 to .05 long, the lower triangular-lanceolate, 

 tapering, tlie upper onate-cordate, tapering ; leaflets 15-20 pairs, ?anc6(?- 

 Zaf^", .03 to .05 long, .005 broad, acute, glabrous except a few hairs 

 along lower midrib. Heads ovate, as large as a hen's ^g^^, longer than 

 peduncles ; calyx campanulate, hirsute, teeth subulate, longer than tube 



— Qaldun (Antilebauon) and eastward. 



99. A. macroceplialus, Willd. If 1 or more, stem wUte, 

 flexuous, glabrous. Stipules herbaceous, leaJUhe, broad, triangular - 

 tapering ; leaflets 12-15 pairs, oblong-lanceolate, .03 long, obtusish, 

 at length glabrescent. Heads globular, .05 in diameter, shorter than 

 peduncle ; calyx hirsute, campanulate, teeth subulate, as long as tube 



— Summer — Amanus to Akherdagh, and northward. 



100. A. Scliiuops, DC. 2^ 1 or more, velvety -silky. Stipules 

 menibranous, lanceolate-linear, .01 long ; leaflets 12-15 pairs, ovate to 

 ovate-oUong, obtuse, .02 to .035 long, .015 to .02 broad. Heads 2-11 in 

 a sort of corymb or 2ianicle, from the upper axils, spherical, .04 in diame- 

 ter, very dense, peduncled ; bracts boat-shaped, woolly, as long as 

 calyx ; bracteoles club-shaped, longer than calyx ; calyx appressed- 

 hirsute, teeth triangular — May to September— Fields ; Moab to Anti- 

 lebauon, Coelesyria, Aint§,b, Marash, and eastward. 



101. A. Kaliiricus, DC. If AsaW-el-'Arus. .5 to 1, loooUy- 

 canescent ; stems thick, decumbent, zigzag. Stipules herbaceous, 

 Iroad triangular, acute, .007 long ; leaflets 5-9 pairs, orbicular, .02 

 long, often retuse, upper surface glabrous. Racemes axillary, rather loose^ 

 cylindrical, short peduncled; bracts ; bracteoles awl-shaped, much 

 shorter than calyx-tube ; calyx hirsute, in fruit bladdery -injiated, .02 

 long, teeth one-third as lon^- as tube ; standard straight, twice as 

 long as calyx — Sandy places ;' Debbet-er-Ramleh, and southward and 

 westward. 



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