464 COMPOSITE, (composite family.) 



4. C. depressa, M.B. .4 to .6, cobwebby-canescent ; stems 

 simple or branching from neck. Lower leaves petioled, oblong, entire 

 or lyrate-pinnatifid, the upper linear-lanceolate, mucronate. Heads 

 ovate, .02 to .025 ^ong ; margin of involucre-scales scarious, white or 

 tawny, with white, lanceolate teeth almost as long as breadth of scale ; 

 intermediate row of pappus rather longer than akeue — June — Fields ; 

 Moab to Gilead, Galilee, Aintab, and northward. 



5. C cjraiioidcs, Berggr. et Wahl. .2 to .4, appressed- 

 cobw^ebby, canescent ; stems sparingly branched. Root-leaves petioled, 

 ovate, undivided or lyrate ; stem-leaves elliptical to lanceolate, some- 

 ichat auricled at 'base. Heads ovate, .01 to .014 long ; margin of in- 

 volucre scales tawny, with white teeth about as long as breadth of 

 scale ; al:enes laid — April to June — Fields ; common from coast to 

 subalpine regions. 



6. C. axinari§, Willd. % .2 to .4 ; root-stock stoloniferous ; 

 stems more or less winged, rising from a rosette of leaves. Leaves more 

 or less decurrent, oblong to lanceolate and linear-lanceolate, entire, 

 toothed, or pinnatifid. Heads ovate, .02 to .035 long ; margin of in- 

 volucre-scales pale or tawny, with white or black teeth longer than 

 margin ; intermediate row of pappus one-third to one-fourth as long as 

 akenes — Summer — Aintab, and northward. 



Yar. cana, Boiss. White-woolly. Leaves entire or nearly so, 

 commonly narrow. Heads .015 to .02 long — Alpine Lebanon and 

 Antilebanon. 



7. C. Ammocyanng, Boiss. .15 to .3, branching from neck, 

 the central branch frequently reduced to a sessile head, the lateral pros- 

 trate. Root-leaves obovate, .035 long, pinnatifid to lyrate or toothed ; 

 stem-leaves linear, few-lobed, the upper entire. Scales of involucre 

 glabrous, green, prickle straight, scarcely longer and stronger than the 

 teeth ; flowerets yink — April and May — Sandy places ; northern 

 borders of et-Tlh ; el-Balqa. 



8. C. laxa, Boiss. et Haussk. .2 to .3 ; stem erect, with 

 foi'Tced, spreading hranches. Lower leaves lanceolate-oblong, .035 long, 



long-petioled, somewhat toothed ; stem-leaves sessile, pinnatipartite, 

 the upper linear, entire. Scales of involucre glabrous, pale green, 

 prickle at length recurved, about as long as scale ; flowerets purple — 

 Spring — Damascus to Qaldtin (Antilebanon), Palmyrene desert, and 

 eastward. 



9. C. virgata, Lam. 2]! .5 to .7, appressed-pubescent. Root- 

 leaves petioled, 1-2-pinnatipartite into linear lobes ; stem-leaves sessile, 

 few-lobed or entire, the uppermost scale-like, minute. Heads 

 peduncled, solitary, or clustered, oblong, .008 to .01 long, .003 to .004 

 broad ; pricMe of involucre-scafes scarcely longer or stouter than fringe^ 

 often shorter ; flowerets ^f/i^ — May and June — Antilebanon to Aintab, 

 and northward. 



Var. sqnarrosa, Boiss, Terminal prickle stouter than fringe, 

 sometimes twice as long, spreading or recurved — Coelesyria and Anti- 

 lebanon. 



C diffusa, Lam., said by Tristram to be found in the Buqa', is 

 probably the above. 



