452 COMPOSITiK. (COilPOSITE FAMILY.) 



15-20-Jtoroe7'ed ; scales of involucre 50-55, ovate, abruptly acuminate 

 — June — Edlip to Aleppo and Aintab. 



* * Bristles of receptacle, at least the longer ones scalrous {except C. 

 Wesheni) . Flowerets pink ar purple. 



t Scales of involucre cobwebby, broad at base, gradually tapering into a 

 long, recurved, triquetrous spine. 



5. C. Libanotica, DC. 11 (D .3 to .6, densely appressed- 

 wooUy. canescent ; stem thick, corymbose. Koot-leaves crowded, 

 lanceolate-linear, pinnatipartite into lanceolate, dentate lobes, tipped 

 with long, yellow spines ; upper leaves half-clasping, ovate-lanceolate, 

 recurved, coarsely serrate-prickly, ending in a long, firm spine. Heads 

 terminal, globular, .02 to .03 in diameter, 60-70-flowered ; spines of 

 involucre .01 to .02 long, flowerets pink ; akenesbald, nearly truncate, 

 obsoletely lobed — July to September — Subalpine and alpine Le- 

 banon. 



6. C. I>ayi, Poet. (Plantae Postianae, Fasc. ir. 13). @ appressed- 

 tomentellous, canescent ; stem thick, corymbose-paniculate. Leaves 

 oblong, pinnatifid into triangular, spiny-dentate lobes, the upper lanceo- 

 late, falcate-recurved, ending in a strong spine. Heads terminal, oiate, 

 .015 long, 40-50-flowered ; spines of involucre .01 to .02 long ; flowerets 

 j?i/i^', akenea bald, truncate — July and August — Northern Antile- 

 banon to alpine summits, and 'Asal-el-Ward plateau. 



7. C. "IVesheni, Post. (Plantye Postianae, ir. 13). If or (D .6 to 

 1 ; stem thick, winged, flocculent, branching from base, paniculate- 

 corymbose. Leaves woolly at upper surface, pannous at lower, oblong, 

 coarsely spiny-serrate, the lower tapering at base and tip, the upjper 

 long-decurrent at base, forming broad icings to the stem. Heads numerous, 

 ovate, .012 long, arranged along the upper side of the branches, 30-40- 

 flowered ; involucre densely cobwebby, the outer scales 15-20, linear- 

 lanceolate, spiny, twice to thrice as long as diameter of head, the inner 

 scarious, tawny, much shorter than the deep purple flowerets ; bristles 

 of receptacle glabrous, finely fluted ; akenes oblong-club-shaped, margin 

 scarcely lobuled, pappus scabrous — July — El-Jebel-el-xibiad (Syrian 

 Desert), above el-Weshen, 



tt Scales of involucre more or less suddenly contracted into recurved, 

 triquetrous spines. 



§. C IIerinoiii§, Boiss. If (D BurWiah. .3 to .5, more or less 

 cobwebby-canescent, corymbose. Root-leaves crowded, lanceolate, 

 pinnatipartite into crowded, triangular, 2-3-spiny-lobed and dentate 

 segments ; stem-leaves oblong, very prickly, somewhat recurved, with 

 long, decur rent wings. Heads globular, .02 in diameter excluding spines, 

 many-flowered ; spines .018 long, flattened, defexed ; flowerets pink — 

 July and August — Subalpine Hermou, Antilebanon, Coelesyria, and 

 the eastern slopes of Lebanon. 



1 1 1 Sea 'es of involucre ending in triangular, spiny-tipped appendages. 



9. C. Aintabeii§i§, Boiss. et Haussk. (2) .6 or more, appressed- 

 woolly, canescent, corymbose ; stem and branches winged. Leaves 

 leathery, those of root unknown, of stem oblong-lanceolate, wavy- 

 margined, prickly-lobed and toothed. Heads globular, .03 in diameter, 



