Linaria. 867 
1216. (8.) Linaria Haelava Chav. Monogr. Antirrh. (1833), 
p. 164. — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 381. — Aschers. Flor. Rhinocol., 
p- 862 no. 193. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Kg., p. 116 no. 781. 
- Aschers.-Schweinf. Primit. Flor. Marmaric., p. 661 no. 234. — An 
annual, erect plant, 5—25 cm high, in shady localities often some- 
what more up to 60 cm high, branching from the base, glabrous 
below; inflorescence glandular-pubescent. Leaves linear, rather fleshy, 
1—3 cm long, in whorls of four or three, or opposite, or alternate. 
Racemes nearly capitate, ovate in flower, elongated in fruit; pedicels 
shorter than the oblong bract and calyx; calyx-lobes ovate-oblong, 
much shorter than the corolla-limb; corolla 1,5 cm long, violet, 
yellow, or variegatel, with broad, inflated palate; spur subulate, 
longer than the limb; capsules 3 mm long; seeds minute, reniform, 
— Flow. January to April. 
M. ma. Marmarica: Matruqa; Alexandria-West and -East; 
Abukir. — M. p. Bassa-el-Grady; el-‘Arish. — D. 1. D. i. D. a. sept. 
Common in the desert. 
Local name: halawe (Forsk; Del.); sfeyra (Ascherson). 
Also known from Tripolitania, Arabia Petraea and Palestine. 
1217. (9.) Linaria ascalonica Boiss. and Kotschy Diagnos. 
Plant. Or. Ser. I, fase. III (1856), p. 165. — Flor. Or. IV, p. 382. 
—— Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p. 116 no. 782. — Aschers.- 
Flor. Rhinocol., p. 802 no. 194. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., 
p. 264. — An annual plant, 1—3 m high, glabrous; stems erect, 
flexuous, branching from the base. Leaves of shoots crowded, opposite, 
linear-oblong, 1 cm long; of stems and branches filiform-linear, 
1—3 em long. Racemes terminal, very loose, few-flowered; pedicels 
stiff, as long as the calyx; bract subulate; calyx glabrous, lobes. 
linear, membranous-margined; corolla 7 mm long, yellow; spur as 
long as the limb; capsules 3mm long, once and a half as long as 
the calyx, seeds minute, transversely wrinkled. — Flow. March. 
to April. 
M. p. Bir Nakhe; Abii Heyla; Sheykh Zoyéd; el-Gerady; el- 
“Arish. 
Also known from Arabia Petraea and Syria. 
1218. (10.) Linaria albifrons Spreng. Syst. IT (1825), p. 793. 
— Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 382. — Chav. Monogr. Antirrh., p. 156. — 
Benth. in DC. Prodrom. X, p. 280. — Aschers.-Schweinf. III. Flor. 
d’Eg., p.116 no. 783. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., Supplem. 
p.- 110. — Aschers. Flor. Rhinocol., p. 802 no. 195. — Aschers.- 
Schweinf. Primit. Flor. Marmaric., p. 661 no. 235. — Sickenberg, 
Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 263. — An annual plant, 6—12 cm high or 
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