CISTINE^. (rock-rose FAMILY.) 117 



— Coast of southern Palestine and hill country of Juclea and Moab, to 

 borders of Et-Tih, and southward. 



11. H. Kotscliyanum, Boiss. 5 -^ *o -4, hisjnd. Leaves 

 linear, obtuse, margins revolute ; stipules linear, less than half as long 

 as leaves. Racemes long, rather compact ; pedicels about as long as 

 calyx ; petals yelloio ; nerves of inner sepals entirely hispid — May and 

 June — Calesyria to Aintab, Marash, and northward. 



12, H. TuJgare, Gaertn. 5 •'^ *o -^5 greenish, more or less 

 canescent. Leaves ovate-elliptical and ovate-oblong to oblong-linear, 

 margins little or not at all revolute; stipules linear, longer than petioles. 

 Racemes loose, few flowered ; pedicels as long as calyx ; petals 

 yellow, pink, or white ; flowers .015 broad — June and July — North- 

 ern mountains of Syria, and northward. 



Var. vire§cens, Boiss. Leaves greenish above and below. 



Var. di§color, Boiss. Leaves more or less canescent below. 



Var. graudifloriini, Boiss. Lower leaves .035 long, .01 broad. 

 Flowers .03 or more broad — Mt. Cassius. 



3. FUMAXA, Spach. FtTMANA. 



As in last, except the outer rows of stamens, which are sterile, 

 necklace-like. Flowers yellow. 



* Stipules 0. FloiDers in loose, terminal racemes. 

 t G apsides l2-seeded. 



1. F. prociimbens, Dunal. 5 -^j appressed-puberulent, pro- 

 cumbent. Leaves alternate, sessile, linear, about .01 long, alil:e. 

 Flowers 1-4 at apex of branches ; pedicels as long as leaves, at length 

 reflexed ; seeds long adherent to valves — Summer — Aintab and 

 northward. 



2. F, §paclitl, Gren. et Godr. ^ Erect. Leaves alternate, sessile, 

 somewhat viscid, the upper smaller. Flowers, in axils of bract-like 

 upper leaves ; pedicels 3-3 times as long as leaves, at length deflexed ; 

 seeds separating from deciduous valves — Summer — Aleppo and 

 northward. 



1 1 Capsules ^-seeded. 



3. F. oligo§perma, Boiss. et Ky. 5 -O^^? minutely glandu- 

 lar-puberulent, branches ascending. Leaves somewhat viscid, linear- 

 awl-shaped, petioled, remotely denticulate, the teeth ending in slender 

 pellitcid hristles ; floral leaves much smallar. Pedicels recurved, longer 

 than calyx — Summer — Woods ; Cassius and Amanus. 



* * Leaves stipuled. 



t Flowers .03 to .03 Iroad. Capsule .006 long ; seeds 13, wrinlled. 



4. F. Arabica, L. 5 -3 to .3, more or less pubescent, viscid. 

 Leaves oblong to linear, acute, the loioer much smcdler, croioded. Pedicels 

 longer than calyx, at length recurved ; style slender, lent hcloio, 

 straight above — April to July — Dry hills and rocky places ; through- 

 out. 



