576 SCROPHULARIACE^. (FIGWORT FAMILY). 



12 V. Caesareiini, Boiss. (D 1 to 1.5, red, at length glahrous 

 helow ; stem simple or sparingly branched at the base of the .4 to .5 long, 

 de7ise sjnhe. Leaves green, yellow-puberulent, especially at lower sur- 

 face, prominently nerved, the radical .15 to .3 long, .06 to .1 broad, 

 oblong-elliptical, cuneate or rounded at base, cauline ovate-oblong, 

 cordate-clasping. Flowers yellow, .01 broad, 3-5 in a cluster, clusters 

 crowded ; bracts as long as calyx ; calyx .008 to .01 long, cleft for 

 two-thirds of its length ; capsule .005 long, fine-tiiberded — July to 

 September — Galilee to Lebanon, Antilebanon, and Cassius. 



13. V. Oalilseimi, Boiss. (D 1 to 2 or more, greyish-woolly, 

 especially about inflorescence, long-jxinicled above. Leaves greenish to 

 grey, the lower oblong, .4 to .6 long, .1 to .25 broad, repand-lobed, 

 crenate-deutate, the upper ovate to oblong, cordate-auricled, often 

 narroioed alove iase. Flower* .02 broad, yellow, 3-5 in a cluster, clus- 

 ters .01 to .03 apart ; bracts ovate, acuminate ; calyx woolly, .006 to 

 .01 long, cleft for three-quarters of its length ; capsule * * — April to 

 June — Shady and rich places ; coast and lower mountains. 



14, V. Pa!myren§e, Post. (Plant. Postian. V. 12). © .3 or 

 more, pannous with yellowish-grey wool, detersile above ; stem sparing- 

 ly branched above middle. Lower leaves obovate, petioled, entire, .05 

 to .1 long, upper cordate-ovate to orMcular, half-clasping at base. 

 Flowers sessile, 1-4 in a cluster, forming loose spikes ; calyx .003 long, 

 woolly, cleft nearly to base; corolla yellow, .02 broad; filaments purple- 

 bearded ; capsule * * — April — Flanks of the hill on which is the 

 mediaeval castle. Palmyra. Described from a single, immature specimen. 



15 V. eri©rrSial>dOBi, Boiss. (D .6 to 1, stem and inflores- 

 cence 5?<(?m'2/ '^^^'^J'^^'^^^^^^*^ at length detersile tcool, simple or sparingly 

 panicled above. Root-leaves in a dense rosette, rounded, elliptical to 

 ovate and ohJong, crenate, petioled, obtusely short-pointed, t?iid% Tery 

 densely felted with silvery-white icool ; stem-leaves sessile, cordate-ohomite 

 to cordate-ovate, half -clasping. Flowers .02 broad, 3-5 in a cluster, form-- 

 ing a loose spike ; bracts linear ; calyx woolly, at length glabrous, 

 .004 long, cleft to base ; capsule oblong-cylindrical, .005. long, mucron- 

 ate — June — Akher Dagh. 



Var. Iiisulare, Boiss. All the parts larger ; root-leaves .05 to 

 .15 long, .04 to .1 broad ; fruiting calyx .006 long ; clusters many- 

 fiowered — Akher Dagh. 



16 V. ^laaailleuifi], Bth. (D Kherma. 1 or more, densely 

 pannous with golden or rusty wool, long-panicled. Leaves thick, cre- 

 nate, the lower oblong, .3 to .4 long, .06 to .08 broad, tapering at base; 

 the upi^er ovate, tapering at tip, somewhat cordate-clasping, and some- 

 times decurrent at hase. Flowers ichite, .01 broad, 3-5 in a cluster, 

 forming interrupted spikes often .4 long ; pedicels woolly, unequal, ; 

 the longest scarcely longer than calyx ; calyx .005 long, cleft for two- 

 thirds of its length into oblong-lanceolate lobes ; capsule ovate, .006 

 long — Summer — Antilebanon ; Jaulan ; Gilead ; around Dead Sea ; 

 Sinai. 



IT. V. Alicise, Post. (Plant. Postian. IIL 14). If .5 to .6, 

 stellate-woolly ; stems numerous, wand-like, simple or sparingly 

 branched. Leaves entire, the lower oblong-spathulate, .06 to ,1 long, 

 with petiole as long as limb, the upper sessile, lanceolate, cordate- 



