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linear-setaceous, .005 to .015 long, acutish. Pedicels much longer than 

 calyx; calyx tubular-campanulate, .003 to .005 long, membranous 

 between nerves, teeth ovate, obtuse; petals purple, cuneate, refcuse, as 

 long as calyx; capsule oblong-cylindrical, as long as calyx; seeds 

 transversely wrinkled — May — Kef r Huneh to Jezzin (Lebanon). 



Page 130. After G. porrigens. O. Aiitilibaiiotica, Post. 

 (Plantse PostiauEe, ii, 6.) 5 .08 to .2; branches minutely puberulent, 

 erinacous. Leaves .008 to .015 long, .001 to .0015 broad, minutely and 

 sparingly puberulent-scabridulous, terete, pricMy mucronate. Heads 

 dense, terminal, easilj/ hrolcen off ; bracts longer than calyx, dilated at 

 base, linear-lanceolate, prickly; calyx cleft for one-fourth its length 

 into ovate, prickly-mucronate teeth ; lamina white, spathulate, entire, 

 slightly exserted — July — Top of mountain above Bludan. 



Page 137. After 8. crassipes. S. papilloma, Boiss. .3 to .4, 

 hirtulous; stems forked-branched. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to linear- 

 lanceolate, the floral longer than flowers. Flowers subsessile, alar and 

 terminal; calyx setose at green nerves with lojig, icavy^ soft painllcB^ 

 cylindrical and in fruit oblong-club-shaped, teeth lanceolate, acute; 

 lamina pink, cuneate, 2-lobed ; capsule twice as long as carpophore — 

 Spring — BeirCit; Beit-Meri. 



Page 140. After S. Kotschyi. Var. effu§i§$ima, Boiss. Stems 

 much-branched. Alar peduncles sometimes .02 to .05 long. Lobes of 

 crown triangular — Marash. 



Page 141. After 8. Cassia. S. iiitricata, Post. (Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss., iir, 154.) 2^ ? .6 to 1, papillose-roughened below, glabrous- 

 viscid at inflorescence ; stems numerous, intricately panicled, branches 

 filiform. Leaves grass-like, .02 to .05 long, the uppermost very narrow. 

 Peduncles much shorter than calyx; calyx .015 long, glabrous, red- 

 lined, teeth ovate, obtuse; lamina greenish, cuneate, bij^artite to be- 

 yond middle, half as long as calyx ; lobes of crown tooth-like ; capsule 

 oblong, as long as carpophore — August and September — Gaiour Dagh 

 (Amanus). 



Page 145. After Yar. stenophylla. Var. brevipes, Post, Pe-. 

 duncles short — "Wadi-el-Qarn (Antilebanon). 



Page 146. After 8. 8c'hlumbergeri. S. f iifidelium, Post. (Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss., in, 154.) % .16 to .3, glabrous, many-stemmed from 

 base; stems stiff, geniculate, 1-2-flowered. Leaves linear-spathulate 

 to linear-long-acuminate, the lower .04 long, .002 to .005 broad. 

 Calyx pale green or red-striped, cylindrical, then club-shaped, .025 

 long, teeth triangular, scarious-margined ; claws dilated, glabrous ; la- 

 mina pale, linear-cuneate, bifid to beyond its middle ; capsule ovate, 

 about as long as carpophore — August and September — Gaiour Dagh 

 (Amanus), 1500 m. 



Page 148. After A. setacea. Var. puberulent a, Post. The 

 whole plant puberulent — Gaiour Dagh (Amanus), 1500 m. 



Page 153. After A. Libanotica. A. Adoiiidis, Peyron. 11 .1 

 to .15, tufted, glabrous; stems filiform. Leaves .003 long, linear, ob- 

 tuse. Stems few-flowered ; pedicels twice to thrice as long as calyx ; 

 sepals oblong, acute ; petals obovate, twice as long as calyx — June — 

 Neb'-el-Hadid; Afqa. 



