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§ 10. AURICUIiAT^. 



40. S. §teiitoria, Fenzl. If .1 to .15, velvety, glandular, 

 shrubby at base, tufted, stems 1-2-flowered. Leaves rigid, subulate^ 

 of ten falcate. Calyx .03 long, netted-yeined, club-shaped, teeth oblong, 

 obtuse ; claws exserted ; limb white, small, bifid ; capsule oblong, 

 about as long as or shorter than carpophore — Summer — Top of Le- 

 banon, between Diman and Yamtini. 



41. S. Tejedensis, Boiss. % .04 to .06, densely glandular- 

 haii*y ; stems slender, prostrate, naked. Leaves oblong-lanceolate^ acute 

 or rather obtuse. Flowering branches short, leafy, 1-2-flowered at 

 apex ; peduncles short ; calyx .02 long, green-nerved, cylindrical-club- 

 shaped, teeth ovate, obtuse ; limb flesh-colored, bifid to middle into 

 oblong lobes ; capsule oblong, shorter than carpophore — Summer — 

 Gravelly places ; alpine Lebanon and Antilebanon. 



§11, INFLATE. 



42. S. odoiitopetala, Fenzl. .15 to .25, pubescent^ glandula/r^ 

 villous above ; stems leafy, nearly simple. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, 

 acute or obtuse. Flowers 1-7 ; calyx whitish, camjmnulate^ .012 long, 

 with broad, triangular, acuminate teeth ; limb white ; capsule ovate, 

 somewhat shorter than calyx, as long as or longer than carpophore — 

 Summer — Alpine Lebanon and Antilebanon. 



Var. rubella, Post. Calyx reddish — Top of Sunnin. 



43. S. inflata, Sm. If .3 to .5, generally glabrous, glaucescent. 

 Leaves |oblong to lanceolate, acuminate. Calyx ovate, umbilicate at 

 base, with broad, triangular, acute teeth ; limb white ; capsule ovate- 

 globular, included, narrower than calyx, three to five times as long as 

 carpophore — March to June — Fields ; common throughout. 



44. S. commutata, Guss. If .3 to .5, glabrous, glaucous. 

 Leaves ovate or elliptical, the lowest sometimes ciliate, the intermediate 

 acute, often heart-shaped at base. Calyx ovate, umbilicate at base, 

 teeth broad triangular ; capsule ovate, included, narrower than calyx, 

 thrice as long as carpophore — June — Mountains near Marash, and 

 northward. 



S 12. FIIIIBRIATJE. 



45. S. pli)r§alodes, Boiss. 2f .1 to .2, hirtulous ; stem thick, 

 hollow, leafy, paniculate above. Leaves .1 to .12 long, tender, ovate, 

 the lower long-petioled, subcordate at base, the others cuneate at base, 

 acuminate. Fruiting peduncles deflexed ; bracts cordate-acimiinate 

 to oblong, large ; calyx cylindrical, in fruit campanulate,' teeth trian- 

 gular, ciliate, ; claws dilated ;|limb white, linear, fringed into 4-6, brist- 

 ly lobes; capsule ovate, much smaller than calyx, scarcely longer than 

 carpophore — June — Bushes ; Banias. 



§ 13. PANICULATE. 



46, S. Italica, L. If .3 to .5, tomentellous-canescent, viscid 

 above ; neck bearing short sterile twigs, and erect stems, ending in 



