UMBELLIFER^. (PABSLEY FAMILY.) 371 



2. D. leptocarpu§, Hochst. .4 to .6; stem slender, stiff- 

 branched above, retrorsely setulose. Leaves oblong-ovate in outline, 

 2-pinnately dissected into small, lanceolate, simple or 3-5-fid lobes. 

 Rays 7-15, setulose ; bracts of involucel linear-subulate, setulose ; 

 petals somewhat radiating ; fruits .006 long, .004 broad, including 

 prickles ; prickles setaceous, scabridulous, pellucid, several times as 

 long as diameter of linear seed — Summer — Kurd Dagh, and north- 

 ward, and eastward. 



* * Involucre of many leaves. 



t Fruiting umbel contracted, nest-liJce. 



I Prickles often connate for one-fourth their length, larhed. 



3. I>. Broteri, Ten. .1 to .4, Fm. 198. 

 bristly, divaricately branched from base. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate in outline, 2-pin- 

 nately dissected into minute, oblong-linear, 

 entire or 2-3-tid lobules. Umbels small; 

 rays .005 to .02 long ; bracts of involucre 

 linear, trifid, of involucel linear -subulate, 

 simple or three-forked ; fruits .006 long, 

 .004 broad, including prickles ; ribs some- 

 what remote ; prickles longer than diameter 

 of seed — May and June — Fields ; along the 

 coast ; lower and middle zones of Lebanon. 



Var. bicolor, Boiss. Umbels long- 

 peduncled. Involucre and involucel often 

 longer than ur/ibellets. Central flowers often Fmitin" umbel of D 



sterile, violet — Same range as type. ' ' Broteri. 



X \ PricTcles short-connate at base, barbed. Leaves dissected into minute lobes. 



4. I>. littorali§, S. et S. .3 to .4, glabrous or retrorsely 

 hairy. Leaves oblong in outline, 2-pinnatisect, segments dissected into 

 simple or 2-3-fid, fleshy, minute, oblong lobes. Rays 7-9, rigid, .005 to 

 .03 long ; bracts of involucre linear, entire or trifld, of involucel linear- 

 lanceolate, with membranous margin, bristly; fruits. 006 long, .004 broad, 

 including prickles; prickles longer than diameter of seed — Spring — 

 Sandy places, along coast, and more sparingly in lower hill country. 



Var. genuiiius, Boiss. Prickles 10-12. 



Var. For§kahlei, Boiss. Prickles 6-9 — Beirut; et-Tih. 



Var. loiigiradiatus, Post. Radii. 01 to .05 long— Sands; Beirut. 



5. D. sul>§egsili$, Boiss .1 to .2, asperulous ; branches 

 short, few, stiff, appressed to stem or 0. Leaves oblong-ovate in outline, 

 3-pinnatisect into minute, liriear-filiform lobes. Umbels 1-3 in axillary 

 clusters with thick peduncles, and feio rays ; bracts of involucel pin- 

 natisect, longer than flowers ; petals small, not iruliating ; fruit .005 

 long, .003 broad, including prickles ; prickles slender, twice as long 

 as diameter of seed — April — Stony places ; near Bethany ; between 

 'Ain Hesban, and 'Amman (Moab). 



6. I>. seUilosus, Guss. .3 to .6, retrorsely scabrous ; 

 stems erect and ascending. Lower leaves oblong in outline, 2-pinnati- 



