564 CONVOLVULACE^. (CONVOLVULUS FAMILY). 



uppermost often linear-hastate. Peduncles shorter than leaf; pedicel 

 longer than calyx, in fruit recurved and often longer than p)^duncle; 

 sepals round-obovate cuspidate; corolla .012 long, pinTc^ about thrice 

 as long as calyx — Spring — Phoenician coast, Lebanon, Coelesyria, An- 

 tilebanon, and eastward. 



25. C Sicului, L. .4 to .6, more or less pubescent; stems 

 procumbent or erect. Leaves petioled. cordate-ovate to cuneate-ovate, 

 acute. Peduncles longer than flower, shorter than leaf; pedicel tery 

 short; bracts lanceolate, as long as calyx or longer; sepals elliptical, 

 tapering; corolla .01 long, Uue^ scarcely twice as Jong as calyx — Spring 

 — Moab ; Valley of lower Jordan ; Marsaba ; Hill country of Samaria ; 

 Nahr-el-Kelb. 



26. C. pentapetaloidei, L. © .2 to .6, sparingly pubescent ; 

 stems ascending and prostrate, simple. Leaves oUong-sjxithulate, p)e- 

 tioled to linear-lanceolate, sessile. Peduncles shorter than leaves ; pedi- 

 cels longer than calyx; bracts minute ; sepals somewhat scarious, round- 

 ovate, acute; corolla .008 long, Uue, twice to thrice as long as calyx — 

 Spring — Grassy places ; common. 



C. tricolor, L. is found near gardens, but not spontaneous. 



4. CRESSA, L. Cressa. 



Calyx 5-parted to base. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-parted beyond 

 middle. Stamens included. Styles 3, stigmas capitate. Ovary 2-celled ; 

 cells 2-seeded — Much branched, low shrubs, with minute leaves. 



C. Cretica, L. 1(! .1 to .2, ashy with appressed and spreading 

 hairs. Leaves .003 long, ovate-subcordate at base to elliptical-lanceo- 

 late. Peduncles very short, forming dense, terminal, bracted spikes ; 

 calyx-lobes hooded, .003 long, elliptical, obtuse; corolla-tube about as 

 long as calyx, lobes reflexed — Spring — Philistine coast, and south-' 

 ward. 



5. CUSCUTA, L. Dodder. KJianiq-el-Kirsenneh. 



Calyx 4-5-cleft or -parted. Corolla tubular or campanulate, 4-5- 

 cleft, often urn-shaped after flowering, generally furnished with fim- 

 briated or dentate scales under the stamens. Stamens adnate to the 

 corolla-tube, alternate with its lobes. Ovary 2-celled, 4-ovuled ; styles 

 2, free, or 1. Fruits usually capsular, piembranous, opening by a lid 

 or irregularly torn, rarely baccate — Filiform, branching parasites. 



* Styles 2. Stigmas elongated. Flowers in glohular heads. 



t Styles as long as stigmas, or shorter. Capsule opening hy a lid. 



X Styles longer than ovary. 



1. C. Epithymum, L. Heads .005 broad; cah^x-lobes «cwiey 

 corolla-tube cylindrical, longer than calyx, limb shorter than tube, 

 lobes ovate, acute ; scales connivent, fringed — Spring — On Genista, 

 Labiates, Poterium, etc. 



2. €. plauiflora. Ten. Heads .005 to .007 broad; calyx- 

 lobes rather obtuse; corolla scutellate, tube cylindrical, longer than 

 calyx, limb longer than tube, rotate, flattened, lobes short-acuminate; 

 scales connivent, fringed — April to July — 



