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linear-cylindrical. Cymes forming a thyrsoid, often broad panicle ; 

 bracts serrulate; calyx -lobes glandular-denticulate — Summer — Woody 

 zone of Cassius and Amanus. 



16. H. §pectal)ile, Jaub. et Spach. If; .4 to .8, glabrous, 

 glaucescent ; stems with 2 prominent lines, usually simple. Leaves 

 firm, .03 to .04 long, more or less connate or free at base, ovate, obtuse, 

 with cartilaginous margin, the upper tapering. Cymes crowded in an 

 oblong or ovate panicle ; calyx lobes glandular-denticulate, one-third 

 as long as .01 long petals — Summer — Aintab, and north-eastward. 

 {H. Leichtlini, Stapf.) 



17. H. tetrai^terum, Fries. 2^ .2 to .5, stoloniferous at base; 

 stem 4:-winged, much branched. Leaves .01 to .03 long, pellucid-dotted, 

 with black dots at margin, all half-clasping, ovate-ohlong or elliptical, 

 obtuse. Cymes forming a large, leafy, somewhat corymbose panicle ; 

 calyx lobes half as long as .006 long petals, entire, destitute of glands 

 — Summer — Moist places, especially near springs ; along coast, and 

 in lower mountains, and interior plains. 



1§. H. crispum, L. 2f .2 to .3, glabrous, glaucescent, stems 

 decussate-branched almost from base, forming a pyramidal panicle.^ 

 almost as broad as long, with stiff, divaricating branches. Leaves .01 

 or less long, pellucid- and b\a,ck-dottQc\, lanceolate, acute with undulating 

 margin. Cyuies at ends of all the branches, 1-3-5-flowered ; sepals ovate 

 or oblong, never glandular-mangined, one-fourth as long as .006 long, 

 oblong-linear petals — Summer — Waste fields and vineyards ; coast 

 and inland plains ; common. 



19. H. laniiginosum, Lam. 71 A to 1, tomentellous canes- 

 cent, except glabrous inflorescence ; stems terete. Leaves .02 to .05 

 long, oblong to oblong -lanceolate, the upper tapering, all sparingly 

 pellucid-dotted, and black-dotted at margin. Cymes forming a broad 

 panicle ; calyx-lobes glandular-denticulate, one-third as long as .008 

 long petals — May to July — Shady and moist places ; coast and moun- 

 tains to 2000 m. throughout, except in Jordan Valley, 



20. H. Siiiaiciiiii, Hochst. If. .1 to .3, velvety canescent, ex- 

 cept glabrous inflorescence ; 1 tase shrubby ; stems numerous, ascending. 

 Leaves .006 to .008 long, .003 broad, elliptical, pellucid-dotted. Cymes 

 few-flowered, terminal, corymbose, glabrous, with short, divaricating 

 branches ; calyx-lobes glandular-margined — Spring — Moist rocks ; 

 Sinai. 



21. H. perforatum, L. % .5 to 1, glabrous green ; stem with 

 2 prominent lines, panipled-corynibose. Leaves ,01 to ,02 long, sessile, 

 pellucid-dotted, oblong-elliptical to oblong -linear, black-dotted at margin, 

 often revolute. Calyx lobes lanci olate, acute, entire, destitute of 

 glands or dots, half as long as .015 long petals — Summer — Dry 

 places ; coast and lower mountains. 



22. H. CasMuin, Boiss. If .3 to .5, glabrous, glaucous. Leaves 

 .02 to .04 long, rather rigid, black- but not pellucid -dotted, cordate, 

 clasping at base, ovate-oblong, the upper acutish. Cymes composite, 

 corymbose, the branches of cyme after flowering racenied, stiff ; sepals 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, in fruit dejlexed, sparingly black-dotted, margin 

 remotely denticulate, with short ascending teeth tipped by a gland ; capsule 



