11(5 CISTINE^. (rock-rose FAMILY.) 



length recurved, shorter than calyx. Outer 2 sepah fterhaceous^ minute, 

 inner 3, scarious, ovate-inflated, red-veined ; capsule ovate-globular, .006 

 to ,008 long, puberulent, shorter than sepals — Spring — Sandy 

 places ; Judea and Moab, to Antilebanon, Aleppo, and northward. 



I I Perennials. Petals yellow, about as long as sepals. Stamens in 1 row. 



6. H, vento§iiiii, Boiss. B(i'r 5 -3 to .4, greenish stellate- 

 puberulent, intricately branched. Leaves elliptical, with somewhat 

 revolute margins. Racemes loosely 1-5-flowered ; pedicels half as long 

 as calyx, at length recurved ; outer sepals half as long as ovate inner 

 ones — Spring — Top of the Tih chain, and southward. Doubtfully 

 separate from var. depauperatum of next species. 



7. H, Kaliiriciim, Del. 5 .15 to. 3, ashy stellate-puberulent. 

 Leaves oblong to linear, with revolute margins. 



Eacemes dense, many -flowered ; pedicels Fig. 



as lang as, or sharter than calyx, recurved — 

 Spring — Et Tih, and southward to Egyjit. 



Var. depauperatum, Post. Branches 

 slender. Leaves small. Racemes few-flowered, 

 loose. Pedicels twice as long as calyx — Callirrhoe 

 to Sinai. 



8. H. Liippii, L. 5 -3 to .4, ashy stel- 

 late-canescent. Leaves elliptical to linear with 

 revolute margins. Racemes dense, many 

 flowered ; floicers sessile or nearly so — Spring 



— Sandy places along coast to Et-Tih and 

 southward. 



Var. ellipticum, Boiss. Plant larger, 

 leaves elliptical, and flowers more conspicuous 



— Sea coast and Sinaitic deserts. 



Var. micrantliUEii, Boiss. Branches ^aeeme of h. Kahiricum. 

 more slender, often dead at tips. Leaves elliptical to linear, ^ often 

 minute. Flowers and capsules smaller — Et-Tih. Callirrhoe. Further 

 study may show the last tliree species to de one. 



I I I Perennials. Petals 2-3 ti7ne8 as long as calyx. Stamens in oo rows. 



X Petals yellow. Inner sepals ^-nerved. JRacemes panicled. 



9. H. lavandulaefolium, Lam. 5 .3 to .7, appressed stellate- 

 canescent, branches erect. Leaves oblong to linear, with revolute mar- 

 gins, the younger clustered in the axils. Racemes dense, one-sided, 

 nearly opposite, paniculate, the upper often ternate — Summer — Dry 

 places ; coast range of mountains, and northward. 



+ I Petals pinlcish, purple, white, or yellow. Inner sepals ^-nerved. Ra- 

 cemes simple. Fruiting calyx scarious, more or less inflated. 



10. H. vesicarium, Boiss. 5 -15 to .25, appressed-canescent. 

 Leaves oblong to linear, obtuse, margins revolute. Stipules linear, 

 half as long as leaves. Racemes loose ; pedicels about as long as calyx; 

 petals pinkish purple ; nerves of inner sepals sparingly hispid— Spring 



