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inner appendages leathery, triangular, erect-spreading, tapering into a 

 broad, stout spine, longer than appendage — June — Fields ; Lattakia 

 to Amanus, and northward. 



23. C. Hausikneclitii, Boiss. It .6, appressed-cobwebby, 

 canescent, and rough papillose ; stem slender, nearly na^ed above, 3-6- 

 headed. Lower leaves petioled, lyrate, with 1-2, retrorse segments on 

 each side, the terminal ovate-triangular, cuneate or cordate at base ; 

 upper leaves small, linear-lanceolate, scarcely decurrent. Heads pe- 

 duncled, ovate, .03 broad ; appendages of scales leathery, triangular, 

 pectinate-fringed, tapering into stout spines, those of intermediate 

 scales .01 long — July — Sofdagh (Amanus). 



24. C. Doddiii, Post. (Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. Vol. xxiv.,Bot. 

 p. 434). % .6 to 1.5, green, sparingly cobwebby ; stems simple, leafy, 

 8-14-headed. Leaves firm, minutely and sparingly papillose, the lower 

 long-petioled, cordate-ovate, entire or somewhat repand ; the middle ones 

 oUoiig -lanceolate, acute, tapering into a winged 'petiole, the upper sessile, 

 linear, somewhat decurrent. Heads ovate, sessile, .02 to .03 broad ; 

 appendages of scales of involucre leathery, straw-colored, ovate, pectin- 

 ate-ciliate, ending in recurved stoutish spines, the intermediate .01 to 

 .015 long — June and July — Plain of Antioch at base of el-Jebel-el- 

 Ahmar. 



25. C. foliosa, Boiss. et Ky. (D 1 or more, glabrescent, green; 

 stem leafy along its whole length, thyrsoid-racemed above. Root-leaves 

 long-petioled, lamina .d to .5 long, lyrate-pinnatipartite into 1-2 pairs 

 of lanceolate, obtuse, retrorse lobes with rounded sinuses, the terminal 

 lode .25 long, nearly cordate, repand ; stem-leaves oblong, entire, long- 

 decurrent. Thyrsus .3 long, with 2-3 heads in each cluster ; heads ovate, 

 .02 to .03 long, hracted ly lanceolale leaves; appendages of scales 

 leathery, yellow, velmty, rejiexed^ pectinate-prickly, .01 to .02 long, in- 

 cluding slender, terminal spine — June and July — Near 'ArsHs 

 (Amanus). 



26. C. onopordifolia, Boiss. 2^ .6 to 1, appressed-woolly, 

 canescent ; stems several, pricUy-winged, leafy, somewhat panicled 

 above. Leaves leathery, lanceolate-linear, with elevated nerves at lower 

 surface, pinnatifld, loles pricUy-toothed, ending in a short, stroiig spinCy 

 the upper leaves prickly-dentate, decurrent. Heads nearly sessile, 

 ovate, .025 long ; appendages of involucre scales glabrous, leathery, 

 yellow, the lower small with 5-7 palmate prickles, the intermediate 

 prickly at base, ending in a spine .025 to .03 long, the inner with a 

 scarious, hooded, unarmed tip — July — Fields ; Coelesyria. 



27. C. Traclioiiitica, (Post. Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond, Vol. 

 xxiv., Bot. p. 434). If Nearly or quite stemless, strigose. All the leaves 

 radical, or rosetted at the base of short peduncles, lyrate-pinnatisect 

 into unequal, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, mucronate, 

 more or less irregularly dentate, decurrent segments. Heads 8-15, 

 nearly sessile, ovate, .03 to .04 long ; scales of involucre glabrous, 

 ovate, reddish-green, ciliate toward tip, the outer with a short spine, 

 the intermediate with a stout, spreading or reflexed, reddish spine, .02 

 long, the inner unarmed, with a red, scarious, denticulate tip ; flower- 

 ets pz^rp^e — May — Volcanic scoriae near Shulibah (el-Leja). 



