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KUBIACEiE. (MADDER FAMILY.) 



3. O. Pe§talozzae, Boiss. It .1 to .25, glabrous, tufted ; 

 stems filiform, tender, erect. Leaves in sixes, membranous, lenticular, 

 nearlj translucent Inflorescence trichotomous, corymbose ; pedicels 

 capillary, a little longer than flower ; corolla-lobes oblong, acutish^ 

 muticous ; anthers ^9^-?; / fvmt glcibrous — May and June — Subalpine 

 Lebanon. 



4. O. Elirenbergii, Boiss. 11 .15 to .25, tufted, velvety-Jiispid, 

 drying blackish ; stems numerous, erect, tender, irlttle. Leaves in 

 sixes, linear-lanceolate, mucronate. Peduncles filiform, 1-3-flowered, 

 pedicels slender, much longer than flowers ; lobes of corolla oblong, 

 obtuse, not mucronate ; anthers yellow ; fruit someiDliat granular — Sum- 

 mer — Natural Bridge, (Afqa). 



5. O. Tolosiaiiuin, Boiss. et Ky. If .05 to .08, tufted, 

 glah'ous, drying blackish ; stems decumbent-ascending, filiform, tan- 

 gled, densely leafy. Leaves in foiws amljives^ small, thickish, glossy, 

 &vate or oblong -S2xithulate, obtuse, not mucronate, tapering at base. 

 Peduncles terminal, long-exserted, dichotomously 3-7-flowered ; bracts 

 small, elliptical, acute ; pedicels scarcely longer than flowers ; lobes 

 of corolla lanceolate, obtusely acuminate ; anthers 2Kde ; fruit smooth — 

 June — Amanus. 



O. erectuiil, Huds. 11 .2, glabrous, erect, more robust than 



6. 



the last three. 

 apex, acutish. 



BCtuin, Huds. 11 .2, 

 Leaves in eights, oblong to linear, somewhat dilated at 

 Panicle narrow, with somewhat spreading branches ; 



pedicels longer than flowers ; lobes of milk-colored corolla apiculate ; 

 fruit scarcely wrinWed — June — Amanus. 



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7, O. Orientale, Boiss. If .15 to .3, tufted, velvet- 

 \ glabrescent, or glabrous. Leaves in sixes, 



crowded, linear, acute, with or without mucro, with revolute 

 margins, and prominent nerve. Cymes in upper axils, 3-7- 

 flowered ; with peduncle often longer than leaves, forming 

 a thrysoid panicle ; pedicels about as long as flowers ; lobes 

 of corolla lanceolate, somewhat hooded at apex, with or 

 without mucro ; anthers turning blackish ; fruit usually 

 smooth — Summer — Alpine and subalpine Lebanon, 

 Antilebanon, Amanus, Akherdagh, and northward. 



Var. tenerum, Boiss. .15 to .3 glabrous, tender. 

 Leaves scattered, somewhat falcate — Lebanon; Amanus. 



Var. alpiiiuni, 

 sometimes canescent. 

 Cassius ; Amanus ; Akherdagh. 



Var. elatiii§, Boiss. .2 to .4, shrubby at base, stiffer, leaves 

 stiSer, less crowded, more mucronate, canescent to glabrescent — 

 Amanus to Akherdagh and Aintab, and northward. 



Var. lattfolia, Boiss. Resembling var. alpinum, but with 

 broader leaves — Antilebanon ; Nazareth. 



Var. liirtum, Post. .1 to .16, velvety-hirsute. Leaves short. 

 Inflorescence compact — Top of Mt. Cassius. (G. incanum, S. & S.) 



8. €r. Cilicicum, Boiss. If .03 to .06, tufted, stems procum- 

 bent, slender, leafy, puberulent. Leaves in sixes, generally minutely 

 hirsute, awl-shaped, mucronate, with prominent nerve beneath. 



Fruits of G. • 

 Orientale, 



Boiss. .1 to .15, herbaceous or shrubby at base, 

 Corolla and fruit sometimes velvety — Lebanon ; 



