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2. S. Hispanicus, L. (D .5 to 1, racemed or panicled. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, sinuate-pinnatipartite. Heads axillary and terminal; 

 crown of akenes furnished with two beards — Summer — Waste places ; 

 common. 



81. CATENAXCHE, Vaill. Catbnanche. 



Heads many-flowered. Eeceptacle honey-combed, fringed with 

 bristles. Involucre imbricated, of many scales. Akenes turbinate, 

 5-angled, truncate, appressed-hirsute. Pappus composed of 5-7, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, bristle-tipped scales — Herbs, with yellow 

 flowers. 



C lutea, L. Dainet-el-Jidy .15 to .3; stems sparingly 

 branched. Leaves oblanceolate to oblong, entire or sparingly dentate. 

 Heads terminal, solitary, loug-peduncled — March and April — Coast 

 and lower mountains. 



§2. CICHORIUM, L. Succory. Chicory. Emdibah. 



Heads many-flowered. Receptacle naked, often somewhat honey- 

 combed. Involucre calyculate. Akenes obovate or obpyramidal. 

 Pappus short, consisting of 2-3 rows of pales or bristles — Herbs with 

 blue or pink flowers. 



1. C. Intybus, L. 2J! .3 to .6, erect, divaricately branched. 

 Leaves hirsute, the lower runcinate, the terminal segment long, acute ; 

 stem-leaves half-clasping, lanceolate. Lateral heads sessile, in clusters 

 of 2-several, terminal solitary, peduncled ; outer scales of involucre 

 ovate-lanceolate, inner twice as long, all more or less glandular fringed ; 

 flowerets thrice as long as involucre ; alcenes 8-10 times as long as pappus 

 — May and June — Common. 



2. C. divaricatiim, Schousb. Maqd. ShiMrtyeh. .3 to 1 

 or more ; stem forked, branching from base. Root-leaves dentate to 

 runcinate-pinnatipartite ; stem-leaves minute, linear. Lateral heads 

 sessile, clustered, terminal solitary, peduncled, peduncles at length 

 thickened, club-shaped ; outer scales of involucre ovate, obtuse, ciliate 

 or unarmed, not glandular, inner much longer ; flowerets thrice as long 

 as involucre ; pales as long as akenei — May and June — Coast, and 

 lower mountains, and interior plains. 



3. C. glandiilo§uiii, IBoiss. et Huet. .3 to .3 ; stem white, 

 stiff, zigzag, divaricately branched. Lower leaves ovate-oUong, minute- 

 ly-toothed, upper lanceolate, acute. Heads in forks and lateral, 1-3 in a 

 cluster, sessile, the terminal solitary, peduncled, the peduncles at length 

 club-shaped. Scales of involucre glandular-ciliate, the outer almost as 

 lo7ig as the inner ; flowerets scarcely twice as long as involucre ; pales 

 short-spatliulate, one-fifth as long as aJcene — Waste places ; Aintab to 

 Marash, and northward. 



83. HYOSERI§, L. Hyoseris. 



Heads many-flowered. Receptacle naked. Involucre calyculate ; 

 scales of the true involucre 6-10, hardened in fruit, enclosing the outer 

 akenes. Outer akenes compressed at back, linear, with a pappus of 

 short, scabrous bristles ; intermediate akenes compressed-winged, with 



