CRUCIFER^. (MUSTARD FAMILY.) 



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lenticular^ .005 long, .002 broad ; style one-third their length — Later 

 Summer — Subalpine regions of Amanus and northward, 



Var. eonfertiiiii, Boiss. Lower. Corymb contracted. Silicles 

 .003 long, .002 broad — Alpine regions. 



Var. leptdotuiii, Post. Leaves of sterile stems smaller, densely 

 scurfy. Silicles as in last — Amanus. 



4. A. arg^enteum, Wittm. 2^ .3 to .4, stems clustered^ shrubby 

 at base, herbaceous above, corymbose at apex. Lower-leaves obovate 

 oblong, .012 long, .004 broad, upper linear-oblong, all scurfy white 

 beneath. Fruiting racemes short, corymhulate, silicles scurfy, flattened, 

 obovate or orliculate^ .003 to .004 long, .002 broad, style nearly as long as 

 pods to half their length ; seeds broadly loinged — May to October — 

 Subalpine and mountain regions, Lebanon to Amanus, and northward. 



Var. maerocarpuiii, Post. Stem-leaves .02 to .03 long. Sili- 

 cles .005 long, .004 broad — Cassius and Amanus. 



5. A. creiiiilatiim, Boiss. If .5 or taller, shrubby at base. 

 Leaves of sterile branches scurfy white, linea7'-spathulate, .035 long. 

 Fertile stems corymbose-paniculate. Leaves green, oblong-linear. 

 Fruiting rac^emes contracted, almost umbel-like ; pedicels cajnllary 

 flexuous ; silicles sparingly scurfy, orbicular, . 002 to , 003 in diameter, 

 retuse, menibranous, crenulate at margin ; seeds narrowly winged — 

 Early Summer — Middle region of Mount Cassius, 



\XX Tall,.^ to .4. Lower -learns linear, plicate, croicded. Silicles .0l5 long. 



6. A. saniariferum, Boiss. et Haussk. If or 5 *^ to .5. 



Leaves of sterile branches scurf j plicate, of fertile green, linear, not pli- 

 cate, all .02 to .03 long. Fruiting racemes corymbose. Pedicels filiform, 

 reflexed. Pods glabrous, p)apyraceous, obovate-orbicular, thin, with short 

 style, and wingless seeds — May and June — Middle mountain region 

 of Amanus, and northward. Fruit resembling that of Peltaria. 



1 1 Biennials. Pods oboDate, .003 to .004 long, 



7, A. eiriopliylliiin, Boiss. et Haussk. (g) Sterile 

 stems .1, crowded loitli minute, densely pannous, oblong- 

 obovate leaves ; fertile stems, .1 to .3, with few, green, 

 sparingly woolly leaves. Inflorescence much branched, 

 corymbose ; fruiting racemes dense .02 to .03 long ; 

 silicles stellate-woolly, obovate-elliptical, .003 long ; 

 style one-third their length ; seeds wingless — Sum- 

 mer — Amanus to Akherdagh, and northward. 



Var. iiinbellatuiii, Post. Fruiting racemes .01 

 to .015 long, umbelliform. Silicles lenticular,. 00^ long, 

 .0015 broad — Gesbeldagh. Akherdagh. 



8. A. €a§siuiii, Boiss. (2) .5 to .8, green, 

 sparingly stellate-hairy. Stem stout, leafy above, dense- 

 ly corymbose. Leaves oblong, the lower often .05 

 long, tapering at base. Fruiting racemes .08 long ; silicles .004 to 

 .005 long, on horizontal pedicels, sparingly hairy ; style one-half to 

 one-third as long as pod ; seeds narroioly winged — Summer — Fields 



Fig. 30. 



End of raceme 



of Alyssum 



Cassium. 



