S. Ariiicna, L. Silicle orbicular, hirtulous, 

 with a closed sinus at tip : style as long as sinus ; mar- 

 ginal wing more or less plicate — Spring — Overflowed 

 ground. Near el-Weshen (Palmy rene Desert). 



Page 108. After C. hrncliycarpa. C glaiices- 

 cens, D. C. 2f .3, glabrous below; stems angled, 

 simple or sparingly branched. Leaves petioled, round- 

 ovate, obsoletely 3-nerved at base, the lower .03 to .03 Silicle of samemia 

 long. Racemes terminal, glandular; bracts sessile, rmena. 



oblong; pedicels thrice as long as bracts; petals oblong, obtuse, netted- 

 veined, 3-4 times as long as calyx; pods Iroad-linear, acute, falcate, 

 sparingly papillose — Spring — Palmyra. 



Page 112. After R. KaJiirina, Mull. .3 or more, glabrous. 

 Lower and middle leaves lanceolate-spathulate, entire, upper ternate! 

 Racemes loose; pedicels longer than flower; sepals linear-oblong, about 

 as long as white corolla; lateral lobes of upper petals half-ovate, deep- 

 ly incised ; capsule obovate, glabrous, short-3-toothed with somewhat 

 constricted mouth — Spring — Jebel Usdum to 'Ain- Jidi. 



Page 124. In place of Var. i^ruinosus. I>, deserli, Post. (Plant^e 

 Postianse, ii, 6). 11 .3, pruinose-velvety ; stems numerous, simple 

 or stiff-branched. Leaves connate at base, appressed to stem, scabri- 

 dulous at margin, scarcely longer than internodes. Flowers solitary or 

 2-3 in a cluster; scales scarious, ovate, cuspidate; calyx about twice as 

 long as scales, teeth oblong-ovate, the nerves of the sinuses long-decur- 

 rent; lamina pink, obovate-cuneate, dentate — April to July — Moun- 

 tains south of Qaryetein. 



Page 125. After D. Jloribundus. ». Hau§$kiieclitii, Boiss." 

 % .15 to .2, tufted, many-stemmed. Leaves rigid, linear, scabrous at 

 margin; sheaths of stem-leaves longer than diameter of stem, with 

 short limb. Stems 1-2-flowered ; scales short-ovate, hyaline at margin, 

 acute, mucronate, one-third as long as calyx; calyx-teeth triangular, 

 acute, white-margined ; lamina obovate, dentate, white at upper, green- 

 ish or brownish at lower surface — July — Top of Jebel Baruk; Sudr- 

 esh-Sheikh-'Ali (Antilebanon). 



Page 127. After T. Syriaca. T. flliform]'§, Post. (Plantge 

 Postianse, V, 3.) .5, glabrous; stem reddish, minutely white-dotted, 

 stiff-panicled from base. Leaves linear, 3-5-nerved, scabridulous at 

 margin, the upper subulate. Pedicels filiform, 1-3 times as long as 

 calyx; calyx-teeth short-triangular, mucronate; lamina white, oblono- 

 entire; capsule about twice as long as calyx — July — Amanus. °' 



Page 129. After G. Aucheri. O. liygropliila, Post. (Plantae 

 Postianae, ii, 6.) If .1, crisp-puberulent below, glabrescent-glaucous 

 above; stems elongated, pendulous, forked-branched. Leaves fleshy, 

 rounded at base, oblong, .15 to .18 long, .02 to .03 broad, obtuse, 5- 

 nerved, scabridulous at margin. Bracts scarious, triangular; pedicels 

 capillary, 2^-3 times as long as turbinate-campanulate calyx ; calyx- 

 lobes ovate, broad-margined; claw included; lamina pink, oblong, 

 .003 to .005 long, twice as long as calyx — July — Ditches; Mar Lian 

 (Qaryetein). 



Page 129. After G. ortegiodes. G. tubulosa. Nob. .1 to 

 .2, glandular-hirtulous ; stem and branches filiform, forked. Leaves 



