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* * Perennials, 



2. 15. niiilticeps, Decaisn. 5 -^j shrubby at base ; branches 

 erect, nearly simple, velvety. Pedicels short, velvety ; sepals glabrous, 

 lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved ; petals entire, lanceolate, somewhat short- 

 er than calyx ; filaments half as long as calyx ; styles somewhat longer 

 than ovary ; seeds slightly tubercled at back, flattish at face — June 



— Rocky places ; Sinai. 



3. B. calyculata, Boiss. et Bal. 5 .2 to .3 ; stems prostrate, 

 branches erect, slender, glah^ons, simple, ^'lowers nearly sessile, hracted 

 at hase ; sepals lanceolate, the outer ohsoletely the inner manifestly ner- 

 ved ; petals entire, a little shorter than calyx ; stamens a little longer 

 than petals ; styles much longer than ovary ; seeds slightly tubercled 

 »t back, .002 long — Summer — Akherdagh, and northward. 



4. B. K-Oticltyaiia, Boiss. 5 -2 to .3, glabrous, woody at 

 base ; branches stiff, forked above. Flowers nearly solitary ; sepals 

 about equal, lanceolate, all manifestly 5-7-nerved ; petals lanceolate as 

 long as sepals and stamens ; styles as long as ovary ; inner face of seed 

 smooth, margin minutely tubercled — Summer — Qamu'-el-Hurmul 

 (CcBlesyria.) 



3. AliSIME, Wahl. Gkove Sandwort. 



Sepals 5, entire or retuse, rarely 0. Stamens 10 or fewer, inserted 

 with glands on a somewhat perigynous disk. Styles 3. Ovary general- 

 ly many-ovuled. Capsule 3-valved. Seeds kidney-shaped, somewhat 

 laterally compressed, not arillate — Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, 

 with small white or pinkish flowers. 



* Perennials. 



t Sepals velvety, nerves 0. 



1. A. procumbens, Wahl. If .15 to .25, glandular-pubescent, 



rootstock woody ; branches prostrate. Cymes irregularly forJced ; 

 pedicels longer than calyx, at length declined ; leaves fleshy, oblong 

 to Unear-oblanceolate, .003 to .005 long ; sepals narrowly white-mar- 

 gined, ovate ; pink petals and ovate capsule as long as calyx — Spring 



— Desert south of Gaza, and southward to Egypt. 



1 1 Sepals moix or less 1-3 or 5-7-nerved. 



2. A. rnpc§tri§, Labill. 2f .03 to .1, densely tufted ; trunk 

 short, woody, naked. Leaves of sterile tranches dense, .01 long, stiff, 

 awl-shaped, obtuse, ciliate at base^ with thick midrib, of flowering 

 bT&nches few, .002 to .005 long. Cymes 3-5-flowered ; pedicels glan- 

 dular, once ami a half to thrice as long as calyx ; sepals oblong-linear, 

 rather obscurely 3-nerved ; petals pink, oblong-linear, once and a half 

 as long as calyx ; capsule as long as calyx, few-seeded — September- 

 Alpine summits of Lebanon andHermon. 



3. A. rccurva, All. Pod. y. .1 to .15, tufted ; stems woody 

 below ; branches slender, corymbose above. Leaves subulate, .01 

 long, 3-nerved, those of sterile branches clustered. Pedicles onc€ to 



