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2. Li, coryiiiB>ulo§iiiii, Kchb. .3 to .5, slemler, loosely cor yyn- 

 tose-paniculate. Leaves scattere I, linear-lanceolate to linear. Lower 

 fruiting pedicels as long as calyx or longer ; se})als lanceolate, taper- 

 ing, one-third as long as corolla, twice as long as capsule — Spring — 

 Mt. Carmel ; middle and subalpine Lebanon. A taller and stouter 

 plant than the last. 



3. JL, strictum, L. .3 to .5, glabrous ; stem at first slender, 

 becoming stout and stiff, corymbose. Leaves crowded, linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, very rough. Flowers .005 long ; fruiting pedicels thickened, 

 shorter than capsule ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, two-thirds as long ai^ 

 ,005 long corolla, twice as long as capsule — Spring — Dry hillsides ; 

 type less common in our district than 



Var. §picatuiii, Rchb. Corymbs dense, spiked. 



4. L<. iiodiAoriiiii, L. .3 to .5, glabrous ; stems angled. 

 Leaves spathulate to oblong and linear-lanceolate. Branches of dichoto- 

 mous cyme with remote, nearly sessile flowers, .01 long ; sepals linear, 

 glandless, half as long as corolla, thrice as long as ovate, acute capsule 

 — Spring — Dry hillsides and fields ; common throughout. 



5. Li. Balaiisae, Boiss. 11 .2 to .3, glabrous, glaucous ; stems 

 herbaceous, prominently lined above. Leaves obovate, 5-7-uerved, the 

 upper oblong, all acute or abruptly acuminate. Branches of cyme loose, 

 few -flowered ; flowers .02 or more long ; sepals lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, keeled, with glandular, membranous margin, one-tliird to one- 

 fourth as long as corolla, in fruit recurved, twice and a half as long as 

 capsule ; petals orange, icith a livid purple throat — Summer — Damas- 

 cus table-land ; hills between Aintab and Nisib. 



6. Li. flaviiiu, L. If. 2 to. 3, glabrous; stems herbaceous from a 

 shrubby base, acutely angled above. Leaves ohovate-lanceolate 2-3- 

 nerved, to lanceolate and linear, acute. Branches of cyme forked, 

 nearly equal ; sepals lanceolate, glandular-margined, acuminate, one- 

 third as long as .03 long, yellow corolla, once and a half as long ag 

 capsule — Spring — Fields ; mountains and interior plains. A variable 

 species. 



Var. Orientale, Boiss. Stems more shrubby at base. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate to linear, 1 -nerved. Branches of cyme more dense. 

 Petals orange. {L. Orientale, Boiss.) 



Var. Tauricuiu. Leaves linear-oblong obtuse, to linear-lanceo- 

 late acute, 1-nerved. Petals pale yellow — Hermon (Z. Tauricum, 

 Willd.) 



Var. ISyriacuni. Glaucescent. Leaves linear-lanceolate to linear, 

 1-nerved. Petals pale yellow {L. Syriacum, Boiss.) 



Var. sulpbureum. Shrubby. Cymes depauperated, flowers 

 often solitary. Leaves 1-nerved, the lowest minute, oblong -spathulate, 

 mucrouate, the rest oblong-linear, stifE, acute. Flowers sulphur-colored 

 to orange {L. Sulphureum, Boiss. et Haussk.) 



Var. rig[idi§simiiin. Shrubby, branches rigid. Lower leaves 



and those of sterile twigs minute, imbricated, jleshy, oblong-obovate, \cith 

 white, minutely denticulate margin, the others liuear-oblanceolate — 

 Kapu- Cham- Dagh, and north-eastward {L. rigidissimum, Boat. Trans. 

 Linn. Soc, Lond., 1888, p. 428.) 



