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10. E. inalacoidei, L. ^Uqeil .3 to .5, erect or diffuse, 

 clothed with short, spreading hairs ; inflorescence glandular. Leaves 

 appressed-pubescent, ovate-ohlang^ obscurely lobed, the lower cordate. 

 Sepals glandular-hairy, mucronate ; petals lilac, obovate, somewhat 

 longer than calyx ; beak .03 to .04 long, slender, 3-4 times as long 

 as carpels — Spring — Fields and weedy places ; common. 



11. E. hirtiim, Forsk. % Tummeir. Bislis. .1 to .25, glabres- 



cent or more or less greyish-hirsute ; root thick, Jyrancliing, furnished 

 with spheroidal to ovoid tubers ; stems short, procumbent. Leaves tri- 

 angular, Mpinnatisect, segments decurrent, lobules short, oblong. 

 Sepals glabrescent or grey-hairy, mucronate ; petals pink, with a purple 

 spot at base, .008 to .01 long, once and a half as long as calyx ; beak 

 .08 long, sixteen times as long as carpels — Spring — Syrian desert to 

 valleys about Dead Sea, et-Tih, Sinai, and Egypt. 



12. E. Oaillardoti, Boiss. 2^ .2 to .3 ; roots vertical, expand- 

 ed below into ovoid or globular tubers ; stem flexuous, sparingly hairy. 

 Leaves densely canescent, plicate, ovate cordate, crenate-dentate, some un- 

 divided, others trisect, incised; stem-leaves smaller, pinnatisect. Sepals 

 muticous, glandular-hairy ; petals pink, twice as long as calyx ; beak 

 .07 long, 6 to 8 times as long as hispid carpels — Spring —Plain of 

 Damascus and northward. 



13. E. sriaucophylluin, Ait. l^ KabsMyah. Ka'Ml. Tummeir. 

 Lisan-el-Uhamal. .3 to .5, glaucous ; root thick ; stems prostrate, much 

 forked. Leaves coriaceous, glabrescent or sparingly pubcrulent, oblong, 

 c/renate or obtusely incised-lobed toward base. Sepals mucronate, appres- 

 sed-hairy at nerves ; petals purple, .008 to .01 long, once and a half 

 as long as calyx ; beak .08 long, slender, 10-14 times as long as carpels 

 — Spring — Valleys about Dead Sea, and Judean wilderness to Sinai 

 and Egypt. 



14. E. Huisotii, ]5oiss. If .15 to .4, scurfy; rhizome elon- 

 gated, scaly ; stems erect, slightly branched. Leaves coriaceous, 

 ovate-cordate to ovate, obscurely lobed, crenate. Sepals woolly, mu- 

 cronate ; petals pink, with a deep purple spot at base, .015 long, once 

 and a half to twice as long as calyx ; beak .12 long, slender, 12-15 

 times as long as carpels — Spring — Sinai to Egypt. 



15. E. bryoniaefolium, Boiss. (D Dehdmin. MurghU. .1 to 

 .25 ; stems procumbent, retrorse-woolly. Leaves silky-silvery, the 

 radical somewhat plicate, cordate-ovate, obtusely crenate, undivided 

 or trilobed or tripartite, the upper lobe often incised ; upper leaves 

 much smallar, more acute, lobed or parted. Se[)als mucronate, wool- 

 ly ; petals pink, somewhat longer than calyx ; beak .06 long, slender, 

 8-10 times as long as carpels — Spring — Sinai. 



5. PEEAROOXIU^, L'her. Pelargonium. 



Flowers irregular. Sepals 5, connate at base, the posterior pi'O- 

 duced into a spur adnate to the pedicel, l^etals 5, or by abortion fewer, 

 the upper pair dissimilar from the lower. (Hands 0. Stamens 10, con- 

 nate at base, seven fertile, three sterile. Styles at maturity coiled 

 elastically from base to apex — Perennial herbs with a fleshy root- 

 stock. 



