RUBIACE^. (madder FAMILY.) 379 



* Climbing shrubs. 



1. li. Etriisca, Santi. % Glabrous. Leaves fZ^ciVZwows, glaucous, 

 puberulent at lower surface, the lower ohovate, short-petioled, the 

 upper connate-perfoliate. Clusters capitular, near the end of the 

 branches, peduncled. Corolla glabrous ; tube longer than limb ; style 

 glabrous — Spring — Rocky places and thickets; coast and lower 

 mountain regions, and northward. 



Var. viscid Ilia, Boiss, Branches of inliorescence and corolla 

 glandular — Amanus. 



Var. ]iir§uta, Post. Young branches hirsute. Leaves pubescent 

 ■ Beirut ; Qob-Elias. 



* * Shrubs, not climbing. 

 t Floicers capitate. 



2. li. iniplexa, Ait. If Zigzag-branched, glabrous. Leaves 

 leathery, ever-green, glossy above, glaucous below, ovate, the upper 

 connate-perfoliate. Clusters terminal, nearly sessile. Corolla puberu- 

 lent ; tube longer than limb ; style generally hirsute — Spring — 

 Thickets ; Banias. 



1 1 Peduncles axillary, 2-bracted, 2-Jlowered. 



3. lu, iiuiiiinularifolia, J. et Sp. 5 Disdr. 2 to 3; young 

 twigs and leaves (especially at lower surface) velvety. Leaves short- 

 petioled, elliptical to obovate and ovate, obtuse or retuse, .015 to .025 

 long. Peduncles shorter than calyx. Corolla -^inki&'h., funnel-sha2yed ; 

 tube a little shorter than lips ; berries distinct — May and June — Lower 

 and subalpine regions of Lebanon, Antilebanon, Amanus, Akherdagh, 

 and northward. 



Var. eordata, Post. Leaves retuse or cordate at base — Jebel 

 Qul^b (Hauran). 



4. L(. Orieiitali§, Lam. 5 1 to 2 ; twigs glabrous or glabres- 

 cent. Leaves short-petioled, rounded or cuneate, occasionally sub- 

 cordate at base, oblong, acute, .04 to .06 long, nearly glabrous above, 

 more or less white-hairy below. Peduncles rather shorter than flowers. 

 Corolla bluish, short-eampanulate ; tube gibbous, very short; bennes 

 united — Summer — Amanus, and northward. 



Order LIII. RUBIACEJE. (Madder Family.) 



Shrubs or lierhs^ with opposite, entire leaves, connected 

 hy interposed stip)ides, or whorled withoict stipxdes, the ccdyx- 

 tuhe coherent with the {in ours) %celled ovary, limb dentate 

 or obsolete, stamens 4-5, as many as lobes of funnel-shaped, 

 hypocrateriform, rotate, or campamdate, regular corolla, 

 inserted on its ttd)e — Flowers generally perfect. Style 1, 

 generally 2-parted ; stigmas 2. Fruit capsular, 2-celled, dehis- 

 cent, many-seeded, or twin, nut-like or berry-like, with two, 

 1-seeded cells. 



* Fruit capsular, ^celled ; cells many-seeded, 



1, OLDENLANDIA. Low annuals, with opposite leaves and rotate-infundibular flowers. 



* * Fruit berry-like. 



2. PUTORIA, Low shrubs, with opposite leaves, and hypocrateriform flowers. 



