578 SCROPHULARIACE^. (FIG WORT FAMILY.) 



22. V. Salteii§e, Post. (Plant. Postian. V. 13). 2( 1 or more, 

 appressed-grey-puberulent, several-stemmed; stems panicled, with 

 wand-like branches. Lower leaves oblong-spathulate, undivided, .15 

 to .2 long, tapering to a petiole, crenate-serrate ; stem-leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, cordate at base, acute, uppermost cordate, acuminate. 

 Clusters 2-5-flowered, about .015 distant ; bracts minute, triangular ; 

 longer pedicels longer than calyx ; calyx . 002 long, cleft to base ; corolla 

 yellow, .008 broad ; filaments yellow-woolly ; capsule globular, mu- 

 cronate, .0025 long, puberulent — April —Es-Salt (Gilead). 



23. V. Cedreti, Boiss, (2) .5 to .8, wool of leaves appressed, 

 permanent, of stems and inflorescence at length deciduous ; panicle 

 commencing nearly at base. Root-leaves oblong, .06 to .15 long, .02 

 to .04 broad, tapering to a petiole, crenulate, often coarse-sinuate- 

 lobed ; leaves of sterile rosettes elliptical, crenate, thick ; upper leaves 

 oblong, sessile, acute to ' acuminate. Flowers 2-4 in distant clusters, 

 hY?iC\s setaceous ; calyx .003 long, at length glabrous, cleft to base ; 

 corolla yellow, .01 broad ; capsule cylindrical, .006 to .008 long, .002 

 to .003 broad — Summer — Alpine and subalpine Lebanon and Anti- 

 lebanon. 



24. V. Barbeyi, Post. (Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. XXIV. 'p. 436). 

 @ 1 or more, pannous with yellow, detersile wool ; stem simple or 

 sparingly branched. Root-leaves petioled, elliptical, .3 to .5 long, .2 

 to .3 broad, crenate-serrate, sparingly stellate-imTyescent at upper surf ace, 

 woolly-canescent at lower ; stem-leaves * *. Flowers 2-5 in a cluster, 

 forming a loose spnTce .3 to .5 long ; pedicels as long as calyx or longer; 

 calyx .003 to .004 long, cleft nearly to base, corolla hirsute without, 

 .015 to .02 broad; capsule globular, .004 in diameter — Summer — 

 Top of mountain above Hassan Beyley (Amanus). 



25. \. I>ama§cemim, Boiss. (5) .5 to .8 ; stem woolly, at 

 length glabrous, panicled. Sterile rosettes composed of densely pan- 

 nous, very thick, yellowish leaves, obovate to elliptical and ovate, the 

 largest .1 to .2 long, .04 to .1 broad, crenulate, tapering to a petiole ; 

 lower leaves of fertile stems obovate to orbicular, petioled ; upper ob- 

 long to ovate, sessile, uppermost acuminate. Flowers 1-4 in scattered 

 clusters ; bracts minute, setaceous ; pedicels somewhat longer 'than 

 calyx ; calyx .002 to .003 long, cleft nearly to base ; corolla. 006 broad; 

 capsule oblong, .006 to .008 long, .002 to .003 broad — Summer-^ 

 Hermon and Antilebanon to alpine regions ; Damascus, Yebrud, 

 Palmyra, Amanus, and eastward. 



26. V. Oerniaiiiciae, Haussk. (D .5 to .6 ; stems red, pubes- 

 cent below, panicled almost from base, with slender, glabrous branches. 

 Lower leaves oiovate-sjxithidate, tapering to a petiole, crenulate, thick, 

 pannous, upper oblong, tapering to a short petiole, tomentellous, 

 entu-e. Flowery solitary ; bracts minute, ovate ; pedicel filiform, twice 

 as long as calyx ; sepals oblong-spathulate; corolla .005 broad; fila- 

 ments°x3urple-bearded ; capsule .003 long, oblong — June — Amanus 

 to Marash and Aintab. 



2T. V. rotundifolium, Post. (Plant. Postian. 11. 18). li .5 

 or more, rusty-grey, pannous, panicled almost from base. Root-leaves 

 oblong-spathulate in outline, .1 to .2 long, tapering to a petiole, sinu- 

 ate-pinnatifid, with rounded, crenate lobes ; stem-leaves oblong to or- 

 bicular, .02 broad, sessile, coi^ date-clasping, crenate, reticulate-nerved. 



