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2. H. liiiifloruni, Stev. © .1 to .15, green, glandular-hairy. 

 Leaves oblong to oblong-linear, the radical tapering into a petiole. 

 Sepals ovate-oblong ; petals glctbrous afbase, entire; stamene 10, fila- 

 ments as long as calyx — Spring — Sandy places and fields ; Aleppo ; 

 Damascus ; Sinai. 



§. CERASTIUM, L. Mouse-ear Chickweed. 



Sepals 5 (rarely 4). Petals 5 (rarely 4), bidentate or bifid. Stamens 

 10-8 (rarely 5-4). Styles 5 (rarely 3-4). Teeth of cylindrical capsule 

 double the number of the styles. Seeds globular or reniform, not 

 arillate — Perennial or (oui-s) annual herbs, with white flowers. 



* Styles 3 {rarely 4-5). 



1. C. anoinalum, W. K. © .1 to .2, glandular-pubescent, 

 erect, cyme several times forked, corymbose. Leaves linear, the lowest 

 somewhat spathulate. Pedicels ascending, once to thrice as long as 

 calyx ; sepals oblong-lanceolate, with w^rro?^;, scarious-margins ; petals 

 longer than calyx, hifid to middle — Ajpril — Fields ; Aleppo to 

 Hamath, Tripoli, Antiiebanon, and Hauran. 



2. C K.ot§cIiyi, Boiss. © Glandular-hairy above ; stem erect; 

 cyme several times forked, corymbose. Leaves linear, those of stem 

 somewhat dilated at base. Pedicels erect, somewhat longer than 

 calyx; sepals oblong, rather obtuse, with h'oad, scarious margins; petals 

 as long as calyx, wltli two sJwrt teeth — Spring — Bludan (Antiiebanon). 

 Probably a variety of the last. 



* * Styles 5. 

 t Teeth of capsule convolute at apex. Margin not revolute. 



3. C. perfoliatum, L. © .3, glabrous, glaucous ; cyme 

 many-flowered, stiff. Lowest leaves petioled, lanceolate, the others 

 oblong to ovate, more or less connate. Pedicels several times as long- 

 as calyx, erect ; sepals oblong, acute, tubercled-punctate ; petals bilob- 

 ed, shorter than calyx ; capsule .02 long, twice to thrice as long as 

 calyx ; seeds echinate — Spring — Fields ; Aleppo to Aintab, Marash, 

 and northward. 



tt Teeth of capsule spreading or straight. Margin fat or revolute. 

 I Capsule indehiscent, opening dy a terminal pore. Teeth ohsolescent. 



4. C. Ulyriciiiii, Arduin. © .03to.l, densely hirsute, hairs 

 retrorse along branches, spreading at leaves and calyx. Leaves oblong- 

 spathulate and oblong, obtuse. Cyme loose ; pedicels erect or spread- 

 ing, once to twice as long as calyx ; sepals villous, lanceolate, acute ; 

 petals oblong-linear, bifid for one-third their length, shorter than calyx; 

 capsule .005 long, somewhat shorter than calyx — May and June — Sandy 

 and rocky places ; Lebanon from 1300 m. upward. 



I I Teeth of capsule long ; margin not revolute. 



5. C. dicliotomuiii, L. © .1 to .2, glandular-pubescent. 



Leaves lanceolate-linear, rather obtuse. Cyme dense, corymbose ; pedi- 

 cels erect, shorter than calyx ; cah/x not infated ; sepals oblong, acute ; 



