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Branches of panicle ascending ; flowers 4-5 in a cluster ; i)edicels as 

 long as calyx ; calyx-lobes oblong-ovate, acutish ; corolla yellow ; 

 6.\aments glah'ous ; anthers reni form ; capsule ovate-spherical, longer 

 than calyx — Near ArimithaBa (Er-Ramah). 



39. V. Oiicadeiise, Post. (Jourci. Linn. Soc. Bot. XXIV. p. 

 437). @ 1 or more, appressed-wooUy ; stem 2-icinged above from decur- 

 rent leaves. Root-leaves appressed-woolly at lower surface, sparingly 

 stellate-pubescent at upper, oblong, .3 to .4 long, .06 to .1 broad, ir- 

 regularly incised-lobed and dentate, wavy-margined, lyrate toward 

 hase ; stem-leaves woolly," oblong, sessile, obtuse, dentate, ^6'Ci^rrc/if /or 

 nearly the ichole length of the inteniode ; upper-leaves lanceolate, acute 

 — June — Fields; Wadi-es-Sir (Gilead). I have not seen flowering or 

 fruiting specimens. 



21. CEI.§IA, L. Celsia. 



Calyx 5-cleft or parted. Corolla rotate, with 5, nearly equal lobes. 

 Stamens 4 ; fihimeuts bearded ; anthers all reniform, or the two of the 

 longer filaments adnate decurrent. Style 1 ; stigma club-shaped. 

 Capsule septicidally 2-valved, 3-celled. Seeds wrinkled-pitted — Hairy 

 or glabrescent herbs or shrubs. 



* Anthers of longer stamens adnate-decurrent. Leaves opposite. 



1. C. irlandiilosa, Bouche. (D Glandular-pubescent ; stem 

 leafy, ending in a long, loose, simple raceme. Leaves opposite, all 

 except the uppermost petioled, lyrate, segments 3-4 pairs, ovate-oblong, 

 acutely double-serrate, often remote, minute, the terminal ovate, ob- 

 tuse ; the uppermost leaves small, sessile, ovate, acuminate. Pedicels 

 filiform, horizontal, with small, triangular-ovate, acuminate, acute- 

 toothed bracts : calyx .004 long, with oblong lobes ; capsule twice as 

 long as calyx, somewhat smaller than a pea — March and April — 

 Nahr-el-Kelb ; Haifa. 



2. C. aipina, Boiss. et Ky. If .15 to .35, hairy, viscid, pale 

 green ; root-stock woody ; stems brittle, simple, leafy, ending in a 

 loose raceme. Leaves opposite, the lower long-petioled, ovate. .02 to 

 .04 long, obtuse, doubly crenate-dentate, sometimes lyrate with small, 

 ovate, lateral lobules ; upper-leaves sessile, ovate. Pedicels filiform, 

 horizontal or dsflexed, 4-5-times as long as calyx ; calyx glandular, 

 .003 long, with oblong lobes — June — Rocks ; valley of Manshiirali 

 (Antilebanon) 1800 m. - 



* * All the anthers reniform, insei'ted at middle. 



3. C. srlanclulifcra, Post. (Plant. Postian. H. 19). If .5 to 

 .8, white-iooolly helow, stipitate-glandular above ; root-stock woody ; 

 stems panicled almost from base. Leaves alternate, the lower oblong, 

 .05 long, .01 broad, tapering into a petiole, serrate, the upper oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse. Pedicels solitary, somewhat longer than calyx, 

 spreading in flower, curved upward in fruit ; bract minute, round- 

 ovate, mucronate ; calyx .002 long, parted to base ; corolla yellow, 

 .008 broad ; filaments purple bearded ; capsule ovate-spherical, 

 mucronate, once and a half as long as calyx — July — Fields near 

 Marbat 'Antar (Palmyrene Desert). 



