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er than pedicels ; petals oblong-elliptical, erect, rather persistent ; 

 stamens inserted in the retuse lobes of the disk ; anthers minutely 

 apiculate ; styles club-shaped — March and April — Bed of the Beirut 

 River, and other streams of Phoenician coast. 



I I Flowering racc-mes scarcely .004 iroad. Flowen 4z-o-merous. 



4. T. Jordaiiis, Boiss. 5 5 to 8, glabrous, glaucescent. 

 Leaves half-clasping, ovate, cuspidate, membranous at apex. Racemes 

 peduncled, .03 to .05 long, loose ; bracts lanceolate, acute, longer 

 than the pedicels ; petals ovate-elliptical, erect ; lobes of disk 5, retuse ; 

 filaments linear, inserted into the notches of the disk ; anthers api- 

 culate ; styles 3, club-shaped, a little more than half as long as ovary — 

 March and April — Banks of the lower Jordan. 



* * Bacemes later than leaves, terminal, panicled. Floioers o-merous. 



t Stamens as many as sepals and petals. 



X Leaves not sheathing. 



§ Petals persistent. 



5. T. Palla§il, Desv. 5 B to 6, glabrous, glaucescent. Leaves 

 half-clasping, ovate or deltoid-cordate, acute. Racemes .03 to .05 long, 

 subsessile or peduncled, dense, stiff ; bracts oblong, acute, longer than 

 the very short pedicels, often as long as flower ; petals obovate, ob- 

 lique ; lobes of disk 5, more or less retuse or bifid ; filaments filiform, 

 inserted between lobes of disk ; anthers oblique, scarcely apiculate ; 

 styles club-shaped, as long as ovary — March to July — Moist places 

 and banks of streams. The most widely diffused of all the species in 

 our district, readily distinguished by its short, slender racemes, and 

 filiform twigs, with very minute leaves. 



Var. Siiiyriiensi§, Boiss. Green. Racemes spike-like, .01 to .03 

 long, crowded — PhcEuicean coast. 



Var. Tig^reniis, Bunge. Glaucous. Flowers minute ; racemes 

 dense — Hamath. 



§ § Petals soon deciduous. 



6. T. Nilotiea, Ehr. J 5 to 8, glabrous, glaucescent or green. 

 Leaves half-clasping, ovate or deltoid, cordate, acute. Racemes loose; 

 bracts longer than pedicels ; petals obovatc-oblong ; filaments inserted 

 into the deeper notches of the 10-lobed disk ; anthers apiculate ; styles 

 half as long as ovary — Spiing — Said by Tristram to be found in the 

 southern desert. 



y. T. maimifera, Ehr. 5 3 to 5, glabrous, glaucous, or white- 

 powdery ; branches rather rigid. Leaves^ half-clasping, ovate-deltoid, 

 acute. Racemes rather short, dense, spreading ; bracts, acute, longer 

 than pedicels ; petals obovatc-oblong, tapering at base, inserted into 

 the 5, retuse lobes of the disk ; anthers somewhat apiculate ; styles 3, 

 obovate, one-third as long as ovary — Spring — Callirrhoe to Arabia 

 Petraea, and southward and eastward. 



X X Leaves sheathing, abruptly mucronulate, pitted. 

 §. T. articulata, Vahl. 5 Athl. 5 to 10, rarely flowering in 

 our district, glabrous, glaucous. Racemes short peduncled, slender, 



