84 CRUCIFER/E. (mustard FAMILY.) 



Var. caiiescens, Post. Leaves smaller, obovate oblong, more 

 or less silvery-canescent, mixed with green foliage — Khotscli-Bel, 

 Amanus, 1,500. 



* * Silicles unequally convex ; cells 2-ovided. Filaments winged, toothed 

 or a2Jpe7idaged, rarely toothless. 



t Perennials. 



9. A. moutauuui, L. If .15 to .25, greenish or canescent ; 

 branches ascending, Iierlaceous, or woody at base. Leaves oblong- 

 obovate, or oblong-linear. Petals retuse. Fruiting raceme .04 to .06 

 long ; silicles more or less scurfy, obovate to orbicular, . 004 long, 

 retuse ; style ctbout as long as pod ; seeds narrowly winged or wingless 

 — May and June — Subalpine regions of Lebanon, Antilebanon, Cas- 

 sius, and northward. 



10. A. praecox, Boiss. 1(! .15, silvery-scurfy ; branches ascend- 

 ing, iDoody. Leaves ol)ovate to oblong. Petals retuse. Fruiting 

 racemes .02 to .03 long ; silicles glabrescent, ovate to obovate-orbicu- 

 lar, .006 long, retuse ; style shorter than pod ; seeds wingless — May 

 and June — Middle region of Amanus, and northward. 



Var. nauuui, Post. .03, tufted. Fruiting racemes .01 long, 

 contracted — El-Jebel-el-Abiadh, between Hamath and Palmyra. 



11. A, siiffruticeiis, Boiss. 2|! Scurf y-canescent ; branches 

 slwrt, prostrate, zigzag. Leaves oblong-linear. Petals entire. Silicles 

 ovate, sparingly scurfy ; seeds mngless — Summer — Alpine region 

 of Barakatdagh, Amanus. Summit of Hermon. {Tristram). 



12. A. lepidotuni, Boiss. If .05, silvery-scurfy, densely tuf- 

 ted ; sterile branches .01 long, herbaceous. Leaves minute, iml>ricated, 

 the lower spathulate, the upper ovate-elliptical. Petals retuse. Fruit- 

 ing racemes .01 long or less, with few pods, umhel-Vike ; silicles scurfy, 

 ovate-orbicular, .004 long, retuse ; style nearly half as long as pod — 

 Summer — Top of Sunn in, and northward. 



13. A. Mouradiciim, Boiss. et Bal. If .15, scurfy ; branches 

 prostrate or ascending. Leaves obovate to liuear-spathulate. Petals 

 obovate-cuneate, entire. Fruiting racemes .03 to .06 long ; silicles 

 glahrous, ovate-orbicular, .006 long, retuse ; style about as long as 

 pod ; seeds wingless — April to August — Middle, subalpine, and 

 alpine zones of Lebanon, Nusairy Mountains, and northward. 



14. A. tetrasteinoii, Boiss. 2f .05, shrubby at base, scurfy 

 below, short-woolly above. Leaves .... Petals oblong-cuneate retuse. 

 Fruiting racemes short ; silicles scurfy, ovate, somewhat retuse ; style 

 about as long as pod — Summer — Mountains of Northern Syria. 



Var. latifoliuiii, Boiss. Leaves oblong-elliptical — Summer — 

 Mountains near Nazareth. 



1 1 Annuals. 

 X Petals nearly twice as long as adyx. 



15. A, iiiacrostyluni, Boiss. et Huet. © Canescent, strigulose 

 with scattered, branched hairs ; branches short, prostrate or ascending. 



