ASCLBPIADE^. (MILKWEED FAMILY.) 527 



P. spiralis, Forsk, If 1 or more, glabrous, branched, twisted 

 and tangled. Leaves .01 to .04 long, short-petioled, rounded at base, 

 elliptical to oblong and oblong-lanceolate. Flowers .015 to .02 broad, 

 solitary in axils, or few-fascicled, on capillary pedicels — Spring — 

 Hot springs at Callirrhoe, and Ghor-es-Safieh to Wadi Harun, and 

 southward. 



10. DiEMIA, R. Br. D^mia. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla salver-shaped, with short tube, and rotate, 

 5-parted' limb. Crown double, the outer short, annular, sinuate, 10- 

 lobed, the inner of 5 leaves, free below and spurred, tapering above 

 into an awl-shaped awn. Pollen-masses flattened, tapering. Stigma 

 muticous. Follicles unarmed, or clothed with soft spines — Twining, 

 climbing shrubs. 



I>. cordata, R. Br. 5 Lebben-el-JIamdrdh. ''Atmeh. OTinlqah. 

 Woolly -cauescent, the young branches twining around the old. Leaves 

 petioled, .015 to .03 long, cordate or reniform. Umbels axillary, on a 

 peduncle longer than leaves; pedicels much longer than whitish-yellow 

 flowers; corolla .008 broad, with ciliate margin, and tube a little Ling- 

 er than brownish, hirsute calyx; follicles .06 long, inflated below, 

 long-beaked — Spring — Wadis about Dead Sea, and southward to 

 Sinai and Egypt. 



11. CIOXURA, Griseb. Cionura. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 5-parted, with spreading lobes. Crown 

 composed of 5, oblong-linear, free leaves, about as long as gyno- 

 stegium. Stigma long-beaked, bifid, much longer than gynostegium. 

 Pollen-masses ovate, erect, small. Follicles unarmed — Erect herbs, 

 with shrubby base. 



C erecta, L. 2^ or 5 Glabrous ; stems somewhat climbing by 

 twining above. Leaves long-petioled, cordate to ovate-cordate, short- 

 tapering. Cymes peduncled, many-flowered, axillary, supra-axillary, 

 and terminal; calyx-lobes short, ovate; corolla .008 broad, white, 

 lobes linear; follicles .08 to .1 long, .01 broad, tapering, glabrous — 

 June and July — Amanus to Aintab, Marash, and eastward and north- 

 ward. 



12. L.EPTADENIA, R. Br. Leptadknia. Marlch. 



Calyx short, 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 5-parted, with very short 

 tube, and woolly-lobes with revolute margins, alternating with 5, 

 glandular gibbosities. Crown 0. Anthers contiguous or free. Pollen- 

 masses erect with pellucid apex, inserted by means of an inflated, 

 short stipe. Stigma muticous. Follicles unarmed — Leafless shrubs. 



L<. pyroteclinica, Forsk. ^ Marlli. Trunk tuberous ; branches 

 and twigs wand-like, stiff, terete. Clusters of almost sessile flowers 

 on short, at length thickened, recurved peduncles; corolla .007 broad, 

 whitish-grey; follicles . 1 to .13 long, .005 thick, sparingly puberulent, 

 pendulous — Spring — Deserts about the Dead Sea, and southward to 

 Sinai and Egypt, and eastward. 



13. BOUCEROSIA, Wight. Boucerosia. 



Calyx fleshy, 5-parted. Corolla somewhat campanulate, 5-cleft, 

 with acute sinuses, and triangular lobes, warty within. Crown united, 



