SCROPHULARIACE^. (FIG WORT FA^IILY.) 583 



* Throat closed hy a imlate. Cells of capsule opening l>y lids. Flowers 

 less than .015 long. 



t Annual, prostrate. Leaves orUcular and ovate to hastate. 



1 L. spuria, 3 lanigera, 3 Elatine, 4 Grseca. 



1 1 Perennials. 



5 L. floribunda, G ^gyptiaca, 7 macilenta. 



* * Throat closed hy a palate. Cells of capsule opening at tip) l>y 4-6, 

 tooth-lilce valves. 



t Seeds discoid^ membranous margined. 



\ Perennials, loith yelloio flowers .016 to .025 long.' 



8 L. Aucheri, 9 Daraascena. 



\ X Annuals flowers violet or yellow, .005 to .015 long, in terminal heads. 



10 L. Pelisseriana, 11 arvensis, 12 micrantha. 



1 1 Seeds ohlong, reniform, or d-a?igled, not margined. 



X Gldbrous-glaucescent perennials. Seeds "^-angled. 



13 L. Dalmatica, 14 genistifolia, 15 coridifolia. 



X X Qlahrous or glandular -inibescent annuals. Seeds angled or reniform. 



16 L. triphylla, 17 Chalepensis, 18 Hselava, 19 Ascalonica, 20 

 albifrons. 



* * * Throat of corolla open. Cells of capsule dehiscent hy teeth., or 

 irregularly torn. Annuals. 



21 L. minor, 22 pterospora, 23 Persica. 



1. ]L. spuria, L. © Finely villous. Leaves alternate, short-pe- 

 tioled, entire, or lowest somewhat dentate, round-ovate. Pedicels 

 twice or thrice as long as axillary leaf ; calyx-lobes ovate-oUong ; corolla 

 yellow, with violet upper-lip) ; seeds with gyrate pittings — June to 

 September — Fields ; coast to subalpine Lebanon and Ccelesyria. 



2. L*. laiiig'era, Desf. Woolly -villous. Leaves alternate short- 

 petioled or nearly sessile, entirO'Or repand, upper round- 

 cordate, acute. Pedicels shorter than axillary leaf to a Fig. 205. 

 little longer, calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute ; corolla yelloio- 

 ish violet; seeds reticulate-pitted — June to Kovember 

 — Fields ; coast and maritime ranges of mountains to 

 subalpine regions. 



Var. v{llo§i$§iina, Post, Villous-canescent ; 

 branches stiff ; leaves all short-petioled, longer than 

 flowers — M-Baghik (Dead Sea). 



3. L<. Ulaliiic, L. © Hairy. Lowest leaves op- 

 posite, the rest alternate, short-petioled, ovate, the up- 

 permost hastate, acute. Pedicels capillary, several 

 times as long as axillary leaf ; calyx-loljes lanceolate, 

 very acute ; corolla lohite, with p)urp)lish uppjer and yclloio- 

 ' '•■ lower lip ; seeds pitted-reticulate — January to 

 August — Fields ; Jordan Valley ; coast ; lower moun- 

 tains. 



