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PRIMULACE^. (PRIMKOSB FAMILY.) 



umbels; pedicels very short; flowers minute, white, .004 long, tube of 

 corolla a little longer than calyx; fruiting calyx .002 to .003 broad, 

 lobes connivent — Summer — Highest peaks of Lebanon above Cedars, 

 and Rijal-el-'Asherah. 



2. A. iiiulti§capa, Duby. (D .03 to .04, hirsute with short, 

 branching hairs ; root slender, vertical. Leaves densely rosetted, .01 

 to .015 long, linear -Ungulate, obtuse, entire, or minutely 1-2-toothed 

 above. Scapes numerous, twice as long as leaves; umbels 2-5-flowered; 

 pedicels nearly as long as calyx ; flowers white or flesh-colored ; fruiting 

 calyx .005 broad, lobes slightly spreading — Summer — Alpine sum- 

 mits of Lebanon. 



Fig. 242. 



3. A. maxima, L. .05 to 

 .15, sparingly papillose. Leaves .015 

 to .04 long, rhomboid-ovate to lentic- 

 ular and oblong-lanceolate, serrulate 

 above. Scape much longer than 3- 

 10-flowered umbels ; pedicels as long 

 as or longer than hirsute, accrescent 

 calyx; flowers reddish-white; fruiting 

 calyx .013 broad, lobes somewhat 

 spreading — Spring — Jerusalem to 

 Damascus, Antilebanon, Coelesyria, 

 Aintab, and northward. 



Upper leaves and umbels of immature fruiting calyces of A. maxima. 



3. CYCI^AMEN, L. Cyclamen. Duweih-el-Jelel, BaMur Mariam. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-parted. Corolla-tube short, limb 5-parted, 

 reflexed. Stamens 5, inserted at bottom of tube, anthers included, 

 sessile, cuspidate. Capsule somewhat fleshy, globular, at length 5- 

 valved, closely surrounded by the connivent calyx-lobes — Perennial, 

 herbaceous plants, with turnip-shaped, tuberous roots, from the upper 

 aspect of which springs a short, underground stem, which bears-the 

 peduncles and petioles — Oermination monocotyleclonous. 



1. C Coum, Mill. 2f Leaves round or round-kidney-shaped, 

 cordate at base, entire or crenate-repand. Peduncles at length sjyirally- 

 coiled; calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, acute; corolla .015 

 to .002 broad, deep pink, lobes obovate, obtuse, twice as long as title — 

 January to June — Alpine and subalpine regions of Lebanon, Anti- 

 lebanon, Amanus, and northward. 



2. C. latlfoJiiim, S. et S. If Daweih-el-Jehel. Leaves large, 

 ovate, somewhat acute, cordate at base, unequally crenate-denticulate. 

 Peduncles ?i(?f coiZetZ; calyx-lobes ovate, somewhat acute; corolla .025 

 to .03 broad, white or light pink, lobes linear-elliptical. Jive to six 

 times as long as tube — January to May — Rocky places everywhere. 



4. LYSIMACHIA, L. Loosestiiife. 



Calyx 5-cleft, or -parted. Corolla 5-parted, campanulate or rotate. 

 Stamens 5, free or monadelphous at base. Capsules 5-valved. Seeds 

 smooth, numerous — Perennial or (ours) annual herbs. 



