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lower, the radical lyrate, with ovate-triangular to ovate lateral, and 

 ovate to cordate terminal segments ; stem-leaves few, the lowest some- 

 what lyrate, the others linear, entire, T ednncles glandular-pubescent — 

 Spring — Gilead ; 'Ain Sofar (Lebanon). 



4. C. Iliero§olyinitaiia, Boiss. 21 .8 to 1. Leaves tender, 

 somewhat bristly, the radical petioled, lyrate, with round-ovate lateral, 

 and ovate terminal segments ; the lower stem-leaf pinnatifid, the rest 

 linear. Peduncles ajjjjre&sed-yuberulent ; heads .015 long ; akenes in- 

 curved — May — Rocky places ; coast and mountain regions to 1,000 m. 



5. C Reuteriaiia, Boiss. 11 .5 to 1, more or less bristly or 

 glabrescent. Leaves tender, the radical runcinate-lyrate, the terminal 

 segment triangular or lanceolate, the lateral oblong-triangular ; stem- 

 leaves 1-2, linear-lanceolate. Peduncles glalrous ; heads .015 long; 

 involucre glabrous; ?ikenes straight — April to October — Shady places 

 and thickets ; coast ; Lebanon ; Antilebanon. 



Var. alpina, Boiss. .2 to. 3, involucre glandular-hairy — Middle 

 to alpine Lebanon and Antilebanon. 



1 1 Monocarpic or annual herbs. * 



X Scales of involucre hardened in fruit, 



6. C. pnlchra, L. © .6 to 1 ; stem slender, leafy below, naked 

 above, loosely dichotomous-corymbose. Root-leaves oblong-spathulate, 

 usually dentate to runcinate-pinnatifid ; stem-leaves sessile, rounded- 

 truncate or sagittate at base, oblong to linear. Heads .01 long ; in- 

 volucre glabrous ; akenes linear, the marginal ones roughened, the 

 inner smooth — May — Fields and roadsides; mirldle and subalpine 

 Lebanon and Antilebanon to Kurd-Dagh, and northward. 



\ X Scales of involucre unchanged in fruit. 



7, C parviflora, Desf. © Bcddwi .5 to 1 ; stem slender, 

 zigzag, dichotomous-corymbose. Lower leaves ovate-oblong, repand- 

 toothed to runcinate ; stem-leaves linear-lanceolate to linear, sagittate 

 at base. Peduncles slender, divergent, curved ; heads very small ; 

 involucre appressed-canescent, inner scales obtuse, h^istly-mucronate ; 

 akenes minute — April to July — Marash, and northward. 



* * Akenes nearly alike, all or the central beaked. 



§. C. iieglecta, L. © .2 to .3 or more, setulose ; stems slender, 

 loosely cymose. Lower leaves obovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 

 dentate to runcinate, the upper sagittate, often pectinate-pinnatijfid at 

 base. Heads .006 long ; involucre puberulent ; akenes minute, ending 

 in a beak one-third to one-fourth as long as they, the striae somewhat 

 wrinkled — Spring — Moab (Paine). 



9. C. pterothecoide§, Boiss. © .2 to .3, papillose-glandular, 

 stems dichotomous. Root-leaves resetted, obovate-oblong, .03 long, 

 dentate to runcinate, upper leaves linear, very small. Heads .02 long; 

 inner akenes gradually tapering from the middle — May — Antileba- 

 non. 



10. C foetida, L. © .1 to .3, more or less hirsute or bristly ; 

 stem erect, leafy, branching, branches erect, loosely 1-4-headed. Root- 

 leaves runcinate-pinnatifid or -parted, sometimes lyrate ; stem-leaves 

 aui-icled at base, oblong to lanceolate and linear, incised-dentate to 



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