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2. C. §erotina, Koch. © .5 to .7; stem-leaves ovate, or ovate- 

 lanceolate, narrower at connate lase. C'alyx deeply parted into 8, lan- 

 ceolate-subulate, Z-nerved lobes^ nearly as long as corolla; corolla-lobes 

 acute or acuminate — Summer — Wet places ; Lattakia to Marash, 

 and northward. 



2. ERYTHRiKA, Ren. Centaury. Qantariyun. QanCariydn. 



Calyx tubular, 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, ma^-cescent, with 

 cylindrical tube and 5-cleft limb. Stamens 5, inserted on upper part 

 of corolla-tube ; anthers exserted, at length spirally twisted. Style 

 filiform, undivided or 2-cleft, deciduous; stigma bilamellate or un- 

 divided. Capsule 2-valved, septicidal, margins more or less introvert- 

 ed ; placentae sutural — Monocarpic herbs. 



* Corolla pinh, rarely white. Style undimded. Stigma 2-loded or -parted. 



1. E. ra]]iosi§siina, Pers. .2 to .6, much branched, cy- 

 mose-fastigiate. Leaves oilong to oblong -linear, the upper acute. 

 Flowers solitary, rather long-pedicelled, the lateral distant from Iracts; 

 corolla-tube somewhat longer than calyx, lobes elliptical-oblong, rather 

 obtuse — April to July— Sterile fields; conimoii, eo^eclally aloug 

 coast. 



Var. albiflora, Boiss. Corolla white. 



2. E. latifolia, Sm. .3 to .6, stiff -branched, cymes dense. 

 Leaves ovate to oblong, obtuse. Flowers clustered, bracted at base ; co- 

 rolla-tube a little longer than calyx, lobes lanceolate, acutish — May 

 and June — Rare along coast. 



3. E. Centaurium, Pers. (2) .3 to .6, compactly corymbose 

 above. Leaves ovate-oblong. Flowers sessile at apex of branches, 

 bracteate at base ; corolla-tube nearly twice as long as calyx, lobes ovate, 

 obtuse; capsule somewhat 2-celled — May and June — Common in 

 fields, especially in mountains. 



The above three species are too near each other. 



* * Corolla yellow. Style 2-cleft. Cymes dichotomous. 



4. E. maritima, L. .2 to .5, simple, one-flowered, or 

 branching above. Leaves elliptical to oblong, obtuse, upper acutish. 

 Cyme few-flowered, loose; lowers pedicelled; corolla .02 long, tube 

 somewhat longer than calyx, lobes ovate, acutish ; valves of capsule 

 slightly introflexed — Spring — Fields along coast ; lower zone of 

 Lebanon. 



* * * Corolla pinh. Style undivided. Flowers in spike-UTce, cymose racemes. 



5. E. spicata, L. Menash-ed-Dibbdn. .2 to .5; stem densely 

 leafy, branching above. Leaves oblong, nearly 5-nerved. Flowers 

 nearly sessile, bracteate ; corolla-tube as long as calyx, lobes lanceolate 

 acute — June — Swampy places along coast. 



Order LXIX. BORRAGIXEiE. (Borage Family). 



Trees, shrubs, or annual or perennial, usually rough- 

 hairy herhs, with mucilaginous jidce, alternate or rarely 

 ojpjposite, undimded leaves, syQumetrical flowers, with a five- 



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