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Var. Arabica, Boiss. .lto.3. Lower leaves cuneate, tripartite 

 — Sinai ; Tripoli. 



3. P. puberula, D.C. .3 to.6, tomentellous. Lower leaves 

 cut-dentate, undivided, round orreniform, or trisect into cordate, round 

 or cuneate leaflets, the intermediate trifid into cuneate, incised-dentate 

 leaflets, the upper sessile, pinnatisect into linear-setaceous lobes. Um- 

 bels with 10-20 rays ; petals pubescent without; fmit round-ovate, oltuse, 

 .001 long and broad, hirsute — Spring — Dry places ; el-Jebel-el-Abiad 

 (Syrian Desert), to Aintab, and northward and eastward. 



4. P. eriocarpa, Russ. © .lto.2, hairy orglabrescent. Leaves 

 small, the lower undivided, round heart-shaped, crenate-dentate ; the 

 intermediate pinnatipartite into 3, round to cuneate, oblong, lobed leaf- 

 lets ; the upper sessile, divided into linear-setaceous, rigid lobes. Um- 

 bels with 5-7 rays ; petals glabrous ; fruit oblong, .002 long, .001 broad, 

 hispid with white hairs — Spring — Flanks of el-Ghor to Aleppo, and 

 eastward. 



* ^Biennials. 



5. P. pereg^rina, L. (D 1 to 2, scabrous-pubescent, somewhat 

 corymbose above. Lower leaves pinnatisect with 3-4 pairs of large, 

 cuneate or cordate-ovate, dentate-lobed leaflets, the terminal trilobed ; 

 the upper leaves dissected into cuneate-lanceolate and linear lobes. 

 Umbels with 20-50 rays, contracted in fruit ; involucre and involucel 

 ; fruit ovate, .0015 long, hispid — May and June — Waste places ; 

 common on lower levels. 



6. P. corymbosa, L. @ .3 to .5 or.8, tomentellous-canescent ; 

 stem stout, very leafy below, and branched from near base, forming a 

 dense, intricate corymb, .2 to .3 across. Root-leaves oblong in outline, 

 bipinnatisect into cuneate segments, with oblong, obtuse lobes ; upper 

 leaves nearly sessile, cut into linear-cuneate lobes. Umbels 10-20-rayed ; 

 bracts of involucre 3-5, linear, white-margined ; fruit round-ovate, 

 .0015 long, .001 broad — Summer — Dry fields and vineyards ; Coele- 

 syria, Antilebanon and Damascus to Amanus, Aintab, Marash, and 

 northward. 



Var. Kotscliyana, Post. Fruits ^mw^e — Amanus to AintSb, 

 Marash, and northward and eastward. (P. Kotschyana, Boiss.), 



* * * Perennials. 



7. P. Traginm, Vill. If .1 to.6, glaucescent or pale green, pu- 

 berulent, woody at base. Root-leaves oblong in outline, pinnatisect into 

 2-4 pairs of somewhat coriaceous, rounded, cordate or cuneate, crenate, 

 dentate, incised, or linear-lobuled leaflets. Rays of umbel 3-10 ; fruits 

 ovate, .002 long, .0015 broad, puberulent — Summer — Dry places; 

 alpine and subalpine Lebanon. i 



Var. depauperata, Boiss. Stems almost naked, divaricate 

 almost from base. Leaves all radical, with acutely toothed segments. 

 Fruit ovate-oblong, short-puberulent — Alpine summits of Lebanon ; 

 between 'Ain-Aata and Deir-el-Ahmar. 



