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margined ; receptacle long-conical ; akenea thick-ribbed, transversely 

 wrinkled ; crown short — Spring — Gennesaret (Tristram). 



3. CIi. auriculatum, Boiss. .1 to .2, glabrescent ; stems 

 1-headed, scape-like. Leaves pinnatisect into linear, entire or pinnate- 

 lobuled segments. Heads .008 broad ; scales of involucre ovate-ob- 

 long, scarious-margiued ; receptacle ovate ; akenes small, inner face 

 thick-ribbed and deeply furrowed ; auricle oblong, translucent, as 

 long as akene or longer — March and April — Sandy places ; et-Tih ; 

 about Dead Sea ; Syrian desert. 



* * Perennials. 



4. Ch. graiiclifloruiii, Boiss. et Haussk. If .3 to .5, sparingly 

 appressed -pubescent ; stems numerous, ascending, 1-headed, Root- 

 leaves linear-oblong in outline, tripinnatisect into linear, crowded, 

 acute lobules ; those of stem sessile, pinnatisect. Head .035 broad; 

 scales of involucre oblong, obtuse, margin rust-colored, wavy ; akenes 

 oblong, finely striate at back, 3 -rib bed at face ; auricle white, crenate, 

 one-third as long as akene — March and April — Antilebanon ; Jebel 

 Muhassan near Aleppo ; Aintab. 



5. Cli. oreade§, Boiss. If .3 to .4, more or less pubescent, 

 clumpy, many-stemmed ; stems ascending, usually 1-headed. Leaves 

 oblong in outline, 2-pinnatisect into linear, acute lobes ; stem-leaves 

 small, sessile. Heads .035 broad, radiate ; scales of involucre oblong, 

 obtuse, rusty-scarious at margin ; akenes short, compressed, ribless at 

 back, 3-ribbed at face ; auricle crenate-lobed, white, one-third to one- 

 fourth as long as akene — Spring — Rocky places ; Lebanon and Anti- 

 lebanon to Damascus, Aleppo, and northward. 



35. 0RIIIE:NI§, Cass. Ormenis. 



Heads many-flowered, rayed, rays bearing styles but sterile ; disk- 

 flowerets perfect, 5-toothed ; tube of ray-flowerets 3-winged at base, 

 writh 3, short spurs, that of disk-flowerets winged, the base at inner side 

 produced in the form of an oblong-lanceolate horn enveloping the akene ; 

 receptacle conical, chaffy. Akenes obovate, rather compressed, tip 

 rounded, bald ; outer face ribless, inner with 3, filiform ribs — 

 Annual herbs with aspect of Anthemis, 



0. mixta, L. .3 to .5, pubescent, erect, diffusely branched. 

 Lower leaves oblong-spathulate to oblong-linear in outline, bipinnati- 

 sect into linear-lanceolate, mucronate lobules, upper leaves piunatifid- 

 serrate, all with a broad rachis. Heads .03 broad ; scales of involucre 

 oblong, obtuse, margin scarious — Spring — Fields ; coast, lower 

 mountains and interior plains. 



36. CHRYSANTHEMUM, L. Chrysanthemum. Adharyun. 

 Heads many-flowered, rayed, ray-flowerets strap-shaped, pistillate 

 or sterile. Involucre imbricated, scales scarious at margin. Receptacle 

 naked, convex. Akenes of two kinds, those of rays more or less tri- 

 quetrous or 3-winged, those of disk turbinate. Pappus crown-like or 

 0— Annual herbs, with .03 to .04 broad, yellow flowers. 

 * Akenes ending in a broad crown. 



1. Ch. imyconis, L. .3 to .8, glabrescent; stems thickish, 

 simple or branched. Leaves serrate, the lower petioled, obovate-cuneate 



