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2. A, Arsusianum, Ky. l^ .6, stems slender, rigid, simple, 

 rarely with short alternate branches above. Leaves few, very short, linear, 

 acutish, fiat above, convex beneath. Pedicels 2-3 times as long as glabrous 

 .003 long calyx; calyx-teeth ovate, obtuse — June to September — 

 Rocky places ; Amanus and Akherdagh. 



3. A. Reuteri, Boiss. et Haussk. !(; .4 to .8 ; stems slender, 

 dichotomously or alternately branched. Leaves short, linear, acute. 

 Pedicels 3-4 times as long as .003 long, campanulate, glandular-hispid 

 calyx ; calyx-teeth ovate, obtuse — July to September — Kapucham- 

 dagh and Akherdagh. 



* * Intermediate lobe of x>etals not bijid^ and not toothed at base. 



4. A. Coele§yriacum, Boiss. If .3 to .6, intricately branched 

 into a diffuse panicle. Leaves few, short, fleshy, the lower linear, the 

 upper awl-shaped. Pedicels once and a half to twice as long as pu- 

 berulent .003 to .006 long calyx —- June and July — Waste places; 

 Coelesyria and Antilebanon. 



7. SAPONARIA, L. Soapwort. 



Calyx cylindrical or oblong-cylindrical, with numerous, generally 

 obscure nerves. Petals 5, with narrow, bilamellate claw, limb general- 

 ly distinct from claw, scaly or naked at base, often expanded. Stamens 

 10. Torus small or elongated into a carpophore. Ovary generally 

 many-ovuled, with a cylindrical placenta. Capsule obovate or oblong, 

 rarely globular, splitting into 4 short valves or teeth. Seeds kidney- 

 shaped or nearly globular, affixed by a marginal umbilicus. 



* Inflorescence consisting of opposite, pseudoverticillate cymes. 



1. S. nodiflora, Boiss. @ ? 1, glabrous ; branches somewhat 

 whorled, slender. Lower leaves oblong-spathulate, obtusely 5-7-nerved, 

 .06 to .07 long ; stem-leaves lanceolate, acute. Flowers minute ; calyx 

 membranous between ribs, viscid, cylindrical, with short, lanceolate 

 teeth ; limb somewhat exserted, linear-cuneate, retuse ; capsule as 

 large as a pea, bursting the base of the calyx, half its length — Between 

 Behesne and Malatia (northern Syria.) 



* * Inflorescence loose, dichotomous-corymbose. 



2. S, Taccaria, L. Cowherb. .3 to .5. Lower leaves taper- 

 ing at base, the others cordate-lanceolate. Calyx-teeth triangular, 

 scarious-margined ;, claw somewhat exserted ; limb pink, obovate, 

 half as long as calyx — Spring — Fields ; everywhere. 



3. S, oxyodonta, Boiss. © As in last except the acuminate 

 calyx-teeth, and smaller limb of the corolla — Fields ; common. Pro- 

 bably a variety of the last. 



* * * Inflorescence p^ciniculate, or densely corymbose, or cymose. 

 t Limb of petal scaly, distinct from claw. 



4. S. pulvinari§, Boiss. If .03 to .15, densely tufted, matted; 

 stems dichotomously 3-7-flowered or simple, 1 -flowered. Leaves small. 



