574 SCROPHULARIACE^. (FIGWOKT FAMILY). 



27 V. rotundifolium, 28 fniticulosum, 29 Schimperianum, 30 

 Tiberiadis, 31 Alepi^ense, 32 infidelium, 33 macrantlium. 



I I Pedicels much longer than calyx. 



84 V. Porteri, 35 Berytheum, 36 Blancheanum, 37 scaposum. 



Species of doubtful affinity, or imperfectly Icnown. 



38 V. chryserium, 39 Gileadense. 



1. V. §iil>iii¥ale, Boiss. et Haussk. (D .6 to 1, woolly, yellow- 

 ish-green ; stem simple, ending in a .3 to .4 long, dense, spike-like 

 raceme. Leaves crenate, yellowisli-canescent at lower, greenish at 

 upper surface, the radical long-petioled, cuneate at base, oblong to ob- 

 long-lanceolate, obtuse to acute and long-acuminate, the cauline nu- 

 merous, lanceolate, sessile, half-clasping, the uppermost caudate-a- 

 ciwiinate. Flowers solitary ; pedicels as long as calyx ; lower bracts 

 similar to upper leaves, several times as long as calyx, upper subulate, 

 gradually diminishing in length ; calyx woolly, .005 to .008 long, 

 cleft to three-fourths its length into lanceolate-subulate lobes ; corolla 

 yellow, .02 broad, tomentellous ; filaments with whitish-yellow wool; 

 capsule oblong, as long as calyx — September — Toj) of Akher-Dagh, 

 and northward, 



2. V. Klattaria, L. (D* Moth Mullein. .5 to, 6, green, glalrous, 

 slender ; stem simple or branched above. Leaves oblong to oblong- 

 lanceolate, the lowermost petioled, entire to sinuate-pinnatifid ; the 

 others cordate-clasping, obtuse to acute. Raceme loose ; corolla yellow, 

 violet or white at throat; filaments bearded with violet wool ; pedicel 

 longer than capsule — Summer — Rich, moist places ; near Antileba- 

 non (Tristram), 



3. V, gloMieratiain, Boiss, (D 1 to 2, densely pannous, yellow- 

 ish grey, stout, tliyrsoid*2Kmiculate. Leaves nearly entire, the lower 

 often .3 to ,4 long, ,08 to ,1 broad, lanceolate, nearly sessile, tapering 

 at base, the upper cordate, somewhat auricled at base. Ovate, acumin- 

 ate. ' Spikes loose, interrupted, flowers in clusters of 3-5 ; bracts 

 triangular, shorter than calyx ; calyx .01 long, cleft nearly to base ; 

 capsule less than half as large as a pea — Summer — Dry hills ; Aintab 

 to SofE Dagh, and northward. 



4. ¥. Aiitiocliium, Boiss. (D 1 to 1,5 ; stem red, gldbrescent, 

 simple, or sparingly branched, ending in a long, widely -interrupted 

 raceme. Leaves obsoletely crenate, green and tomenteltous at upper- 

 surface, woolly-eanescent at lower, the lowermost oblong, .25 long, 

 cuneate at base, the others ovate, cordate-clasping, growing smaller. 

 Flowers .01 broad, in clusters of 5-6, which are often .02 apart ; calyx 

 .006 to .008 long, cleft for two-thirds of its length into triangular-lan- 

 ceolate lobes ; capsule as large as a small pea — Summer — Hanging 

 from walls of Antioch ; rocks ; Lebanon, Antilebanon, and north- 

 ward. 



5. V. AiUREiiiiii, Boiss. (D .6 to 1, greenish-grey ; stem tomen- 

 tellous below, loosely hispid with branching wool above, ending in a 

 spreading panicle. Leaves wooUy-canescent at lower surface, tomentel- 

 lous at upper, ovate-oblong, the lower .05 to .25 long, .03 to .08 broad, 

 petioled, crenate, the up])er obsoletely crenate or entire, those of 

 panicle cordate-clasping, smaller. Flowers .01 broad, in clusters of 



