172 HTPERICINE^. (ST. JOHN'S-WOHT FAMILY.) 



9. H. confertiim, Choisy If .15 to .3, papillose-puberulent 

 or glabrescent ; stems slightly 2-lmed. Leaves pellucid-clotted, those 

 of stem .005 to .01 long, lanceolate from a truncate l^ase, those of ax- 

 illary twigs and sterile braaches .003 to .005 long, revolute^ cylindrical. 

 Cymes nearly sessile, forming an interrupted raceme-like jjanicle ; calyx- 

 lobes fringed with stipitate glands — June and July — Open glades ; 

 Amanus, and northward. 



10. A. hyssopifolium, Vill. 2^ .3 to .6, glabrous ; stems 

 with 2 prominent lines. Leaves .01 to .03 long, sessile, somewhat 

 leathery, pellucid dotted, ohlong -linear to linear., obtuse, with revolute 

 margins. Cymes pednncled, forming a narrow, elongated panicle ; cells 

 of ovary with 30 40 ovules — Summer — Rocky places ; Lebanon and 

 Antilebanon to Amaims. Akherdagh, and northward. 



Var. L<y(liuiii, Boiss. Pale green. Leaves narro w. Branches of 

 panicle 5-7-flowered ; petals 3-4 times as long as calyx. 



Var. elongatum, Boiss. Leaves narrow. Stems simple. Panicle 

 narrow — Hamath ; Palmyra ; Coelesyria. 



Var. latifoSiiini, Boiss. Stem leaves .004 to .007 broad, with 

 scarcely revolute margins. 



11. m. lieSiantlieinoides, Spach. If .3 to .4, glabrous ; 

 often shrubby below ; stems slender with 2 prominent lines, and 

 numerous branches. Leaves pellucid-dotted, revolute, linear-cylindrical. 

 Cymes peduncled, forming a long, narrow panicle, or 1 -few -flowered, 

 racemed ; cells of ovary 10-12-ovuled — May to August — Hilly and 

 mountainous regions ; G-alilee to Lebanon, Antilebanon, Jebel-el- 

 Abiadh, Aleppo, Antioch, Amanus, and northward . 



Perhaps better regarded as a variety of H. hyssopifolium, with 

 smaller flowers and narrower leaves. 



12. H. Kot§cIiyaiium, Boiss. % .15 to .25, velvety-puberu- 

 lent, canescent ; stems terete. Leaves oblong, obtuse, flat, with several 

 parallel ner'oes^ those of the axillary twigs much crowded, linear^ re- 

 volute. Cymes peduncled, few-flowered, in a short, oblong panicle ; 

 cells of ovary 25-30-ovuled — Summer — Rocky hills about Aintab. 



13. H. acleiiocladuiti, Boiss. If .OSto.l, glabrous, shrubby 

 at base ; the low., simple stems and inflorescence densely heset with pjromi- 

 nent., 2)eUucid glands. Leaves pellucid-dotted, oblong-linear to linear, 

 obtuse, revolute. Cymes short-peduncled with crowded flowers, forming 

 an ovate panicle, .03 to .04 long; cells of ovary 12-15-ovuled — Summer 

 — Amanus. 



14. H. retusuin, Auch. If .3, glabrous ; stems black-dotted, 

 with 2 prominent lines. Leaves sparingly pellucid- and black-dotted, 

 linear, revolute, truncate at base and apex. Cymes peduncled, panicle 

 .02 to .05 long, the lateral flowers sessile; ovules 30-40 in a cell — 

 Summer -- Aintab to Marash, and northward. 



15. H. Amanum, Boiss. If .5 to .8, glabrous, glaucescent ; 

 stems nearly simple, with 2 prominent lines. Leaves sessile, rigid, 

 sparingly pellucid-dotted, those of stem .015 to .03 long, oblong to ob- 

 long-lanceolate., acutish, those of the sterile stems .005 to .008 long, 



