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of corolla somewhat hooded — Spring — Fields ; everywhere to sub- 

 alpine regions. 



3. A. setosa, Jaub. et Sp. .05 to .2, branching almost from 

 base. Lower leaves opposite, oblong; the others in fours and sixes, 

 linear, obtuse. Leaves of involucre twice as long as Uuisli or whitish 

 fiesh-coJored jioicers ; lobes of corolla ovate, somewhat hooded — Spring 

 — Alpine regions of Lebanon and Antilebanon. 



4. A. Orieiitalis, Boiss. et Hoh. .15 to .3, erect, branching. 

 Lower leaves in fours, elliptical, the others in sixes and eights, linear, 

 obtuse. Leaves of involucre half as long as blue flowers ; lobes of 

 corolla ovate-oblong, acute, flat — Spring — Coast and Ccelesyria to 

 Antilebanon, Aleppo, Aintab, Marash, and northward. 



Further study will probably show 2, 3, and 4 to be one species. 

 * * * Perennials. Flotcers 4:-me7'ous, variously grouped. 



t Corolla funnel-shaped, yellow or lurid. Leaves narrowly linear with 

 rewlute margins. 



5. A. §tricta, Boiss. 1|! .1 to .7, minutely scabrous or glabres- 

 cent ; stems stiff, flexuous, ending in interrupted, whorled spikes. 

 Leaves in fours, mucronate. Bracts oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 somewhat connate at base ; mericarps ovate, tubercled — Summer — 

 Mountains to alpine regions ; Lebanon, Antilebanon, Amanus, Akher- 

 dagh, and northward. 



Yar. lougifolia, Boiss. Leaves longer, often short-mucronate. 

 Bracts less acuminate — In lower and subalpine regions. 



Var. alpina, Boiss. Dwarf, .1 to .3, more or less tufted. Leaves 

 shorter, more crowded — Alpine regions. 



Var. latibracteata, Boiss. Tall. Bracts broad-ovate, acu- 

 minate, more connate at base —Lebanon ; Amanus. 



1 1 Carolla funnel-shaped, white. Leaves ovate-oMong to elliptical or 

 lenticular, fiat. 



6. A. cymiilosa, Post. (Journal of Linnren Soc, Lond. Vol. 

 xxiv., Bot., 1888, p. 432, under Galium), 2]! .1 to .15, glabrous, glossy, 

 light-green ; stems 4-ribbed, somewhat forked, cymulose above. 

 Leaves elliptical to lenticular, somewhat petioled, .008 to .012 long, 

 not scalyrous at margins or along the indistinct nerves. Cymes few-flow- 

 ered, dense, from upper axils and terminal ; peduncles short, thick, 

 strongly ribbed ; pedicels about as long as ripe fruits, ribbed ; fruit 

 glabrous, twin, .001 long; mericarps hemispherical, .001 long— August 

 and September — In mossy dells, at a height of 1000 m., on mountain 

 east of Othmaniyeh (Amanus). 



7. A. iiivolucrata, Bergg. et Wahl. 11 .3 to .5, glabrous, 

 light-green ; stems numerous, not scah^ous, ascending. Leaves in fours, 

 oblong to oblanceolate-spathulate, oUuse, 1-nerved. Flowers capitate, 

 loosely corymbose ; bracts oblong-elliptical, much shorter than 

 flowers ; corolla-tube gradually expanding into the limb, lobes ovate, 

 obtuse, less than half as long as tube ; anthers yellow, nearly included ; 

 style bifid ; mericarps semi-ovate, .0015 long — April and May — 

 Berytdagh, and northward. 



