184 LINEiE. (FLAX FAMILY.) 



7. L.. liirfeE-itlini, L. 1( .3 to .5, ^coolly. Leaves lanceolate to 

 linear, rarely glabrescent. Branches of cyme at length spike-like ; 

 sepalR cyate-lanceolate, acute, one-third to one-fourth as long as .025 

 long, ligJit Nue CGTolla. about twice as long as capsule — Spring — 

 Gennesaret (Tristram.) 



8. Ij. put>eieeii§, Euss. © .3 to .5, more or less bristly-hairy ; 

 stems branching from neck. Leaves 3-5-nerved, oblong obtuse to 

 oblong-lanceolate acute, glandular-denticulate. Branches of cyme at 

 length elongated, tpike-like ; sepals nerved, linear-lanceolate, one-third 

 as long as .03 long, pink corolla, thrice as long as capsule — Spring — 

 Fields ; common throughout in plains and lower mountains. 



9. L<. usUatl^isimuin, L. Common Flax. Kittdn. .5 to 1, 

 stems simple or nearly so, erect. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Sepals ovate, 

 acuminate, 3-nerved, one-third as long as .02 long, dee]) blue, crenate 

 petals, as long as cajysule ; inner margin of septa of capsule not ciliolate 

 — Spring — Cultivated, and escaped from cultivation. 



10. L(. huiuile, Mill. © .2 to .3; stem erect. Leaves flat, 

 linear-lanceolate, acute. Sepals ovate, acuminate, 3-nerved, ciliolate, 

 one-third as long as deep blue corolla, a little shorter than capsule, one 

 half to one-third as long as deep blue, entire petals ; inner margin of 

 septa of capsule ciliate — Spring — Fields ; Hermon to Aintab, and 

 northward. 



11. Li. aiigtiitifoliuiu, Huds. © 1^ .3 to .5, ascending from 

 a many-stemmed neck. Leaves scattered^ linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 1-nerved. Sepals two-lilths as long as .01 long, blue corolla, scarcely 

 as long as caj^svle, ovate, short-acuminate, 1-nerved, the outer toothed- 

 ciliate — Spring — Fields and dry hills ; common. Varies considerably 

 in length and breadth of leaves, etc. 



12. Li. tenuifoliuin, L. 21 .3 to .5, shrubby at base ; stems 

 erect, rnther rigid from a procumbent base. Leaves crowded, linear- 

 awl-sJiaped, keeled, 1 -nerved, war^w someicJiat rewlute. Sepals 1-nerved, 

 ovate-oblong, long-acuminate, one-thii"d as long as .015 long, ?i?ac corol- 

 la, scarcely longer than capsule — Summer — Mountains around Aintab, 

 and northward. 



13. L<. carnulosiini, Boiss. 2^ .04, glabrous, glaucous ; stems 

 tufted. Leaves crowded, linear, rather obtuse, .006 to .008 long, JiesJiy, 

 Flowers 1-2 ; fruiting pedicels nodding ; sepals ovate or nearly round, 

 obtuse, muticous, broad margined, 3-5-nerved at base, half as long as 

 the ovate, acutish capsule — Summer — Alpine Lebanon, above Cedars, 

 Perhaps a variety of the following. 



14. L<. Austriacum, L. © 2]! .3 to .4, glabrous ; stems erect 

 or ascending. Leaves linear, acute. Branches of cyme raceme-like, 

 fruitmg pedicels recurved ; sepals round-ovate, somewhat 5-nerved at 

 base, one-third as long as .01 long, light Mite jjetals, less thaji half as long 

 as the globular, .01 broad capsule — Spring — Coelesyria, Hauran, Ain- 

 tab, and northward. 



Order XXIV. ZYG©PIIYI.I.EiE. E. Br. (Ztgophtllum Family.) 



Herbs or shrubs, with stijmlate (usually comjpound) 

 leaves, destitute of glandular dots, with regular Jlowers, 5 



