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7. C liiieatus, L. If .05 to .25, appressed-silky, many-stem- 

 med from a woody root ; stems ascending or procumbent, simple or 

 somewhat branched. Leaves oblong to linear, .02 to .04 long, the 

 lower long-tapering to a petiole. Cymes at end of branches, 3-1-flower- 

 ed; pedicels shorter than calyx; sepals oblong-lanceolate, membranous 

 at base, herbaceous at tip; corolla pink, .015 to .02 long, twice to 

 twice and a half as long as calyx — April to June — Roadsides and 

 hills ; rather common. 



8. C Liibanoticus, Boiss. 11 .05 to .1, tufted, appressed- 

 grey-canescent, many-stemmed from a naked, woody base. Leaves 

 oblong to linear, .005 to .015 long, the radical tapering to a petiole. 

 Flowers terminal, 3-5 in a loose cyme, or solitary; pedicels as long as 

 calyx or shorter; sepals oblong, herbaceous at tip; corolla iiesh-colored, 

 .01 long, twice and a half to four times as long as calyx — Summer — 

 Alpine Lebanon and Hermon. 



9. C coclileari§, Griseb. If Silvery-silky, with a woody, 

 branching root-stock. Leaves .005 to .007 long, ovate-cuneate, petioled, 

 the upper face lineate and plaited along nerve. Flowers solitary, nearly 

 sessile in tuft. Sepals ovate, more or less caudate-acuminate ; corolla 



silky in Imes on the outside, .01 long, thrice as long as calyx 

 Summer — Marash. Between Aiutab and Marash ; Amanus, and 

 northward. 



10. C. secundum, Desr. If .3 to .6, silky-woolly ; stems pros- 

 trate or ascending, leafy. Leaves on one side of stem, wrinkled, the 

 lower oblong-spathulate, petioled, .04 to .05 long, the others oblong 

 to oblong -lanceolate^ sessile. Flowers 2-5 together in short-peduncled or 

 sessile clusters, forming a one-sided, interrupLeu, leafy spike; bracts 

 and sepals lanceolate; corolla white, .02 long, thrice as long as calyx 



— Spring — Sands along coast. 



Var. latifoliii§, Post. Stem-leaves ovate-oblong to oblong^ often 

 .01 broad. 



. Var. parvifolius, Post. Leaves .01 to .015 long, oVong to el- 

 liptical. 



11. C retieuiatus, Choisy. 2f .3 to .6, appressed-woolly, 

 stems prostrate or ascending. Leaves netted-wrinkled, the lower .02 

 to .05 long, oblong, tapering to a short petiole, the others ovate-cordate, 

 obtuse or rather acute, .02 to .05 long, .006 to .013 broad. Flowers 

 2-5 together in short-peduncled or sessile, axillary clusters; bracts and 

 sepals lanceolate, acute; corolla .01 long, white, twice as long as calyx 



— Spring — Aintab, and northward and eastward. 



12. C. Scliimperi, Boiss. If .3 to .5, liispid-rcoolly; stems 

 prostrate or ascending. Leaves ^j/ai^e<:Z, waDy-margiried, .02 to .06 long, 

 oblong-spathulate, tapering to a long petiole. Flowers 3-5 together in 

 dense heads, on peduncles nearly as long as leaves; bracts and sepals lan- 

 ceolate at base, linear -caudate at tip, very hisjnd; corolla white, .01 

 long, scarcely longer than calyx — Spring — Et-TIh. 



Var. ellipticus, Post. Upper leaves elliptical, short-petioled --^ 

 Gaza desert. 



13. C. glomeratui^, Choisy. If Root vertical, stems numerous, 

 prostrate, wand-like, long, simple. Leaves green, appressed hirsute at 



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