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Readily distinguished from C. heterophylla by indumentum nañ ; 
entire leaves, with minutely porous lower surface. 
Plant 3 feet high; panicle.2 feet long and 1 broad ; leaves 
2-3 inches long, 1-14 broad; flowers 8-9 lines broad. 
ScROPHULARIA GILEADENSE. Perennis, basi fruticosa glabra 
vel superne glandulosa, caulibus striatis- angulatis flexuosis vir- 
gatis superne paniculatis, folis ambitu oblongis bipinnatisectis 
segmentis oblongis integris, cymis 3-8-floris pedunculis crassis 
suffultis, pedicellis calyce et bracteolis subulatis »quilongis vel 
longioribus, calycis laciniis orbiculatis margine late scariosis, 
corolla lurido-purpurea magna oblongo-globosa calyce quadruplo 
longiore sesquilatiore, appendice ovata 1-2-dentata. 
Hab. in dumosis inter Süf et ’Ajlün, ditionis Gilead. 
Readily distinguished from the other plants of Sect. IV. Tomio- — 
phyllum, $ 2. Sparsifolia, by the large inflated corolla, 3 lines 
long, 23 broad. 
Plant 13 foot high; leaves 1-13 inch long, 3-4 lines broad; 
segments 13-3 lines long. 
XVI. LABIATAE. 
THYMUS SYRIACUS, Boiss., var. TRACHONITICUS. Caules humiles 
suffruticosi tortuosi, capitulæ paucifloræ, bractei anguste ovato- 
oblongi, flores parvas occultanti. 
Hab. in fissuris lavæ prope Braq, ditionis Trachonitis (vulgo 
el-Leja) ; floret Maio. 
SALVIA PURPURASCENS. Perennis, caule glabro superne pur- 
purascenti elato simplici, foliis petiolatis imparipinnatis 1-jugis 
petiolis sparse infra et ad margines pilosis, foliolis supra 
glabris infra sparsissime papillosis ovatis crenatis vel obtuse 
dentatis terminale cæteris 2łplo longiore et latiore basi cordato 
inferioribus obtusis superioribus acutis, verticillastris 4-3-floris 
distantibus racemosis, foliis floralibus ovato-lanceolatis acumi- 
natis calyce æquantibus vel superantibus glabris margine ciliatis, 
pedicellis calyce subduplo brevioribus, calycis parce papillosi ad 
quartam partem bilabiati dentibus anguste triangularibus acumi- 
natis subpungentibus, corolla cærulescenti calyce vix sesquilon- 
giore. 
Hab. inter Marash et Adana ; floret Maio. 
Nearest to S. rubifolia, Boiss. . but distinguished from it by 
glabrescence, purplish colour, large bracts, larger flowers, and 
more exserted corolla. 
Plant 2 feet high, bracts 5-9 lines long. 
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