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11. li. arven§i§, L. .15 to .3, glaucescent, glabrous below ; 

 fertile stem or stems erect, simple or sparingly branched. Leaves 

 linear. Corolla .005 to .008 long, including subulate spur which is half 

 as long as limb — April to June — Lebanon and Antilebanon. 



Var. flaTiflora, Boiss. Corolla yellow, sometimes violet-striped 

 — Sandy places and fields ; Aleppo to Aintab, and northward ; Arabia 

 Petraea ; Moab. 



12. L«. micrantha, Cav. .05 to .15, glaucous ; fertile 

 stems 1 or several, simple. Leaves of sterile shoots linear, of stems 

 oblong -lanceolate in threes, or opposite, or alternate. Corolla .003 long, 

 Mue^ scarcely longer than calyx; spur very short, conical — Spring — 

 Fields ; Jaffa ; Antilebanon, Damascus, Hems, and northward. 



13. Ti. Dalmatica, L. If .3 to .6, simple or paniculate. 

 Leaves ovate, oblong, or lanceolate, half-clasping. Pedicels as long as or 

 longer than calyx; calyx-lobes broad-lanceolate ; corolla .02 long, with 

 villous palate ; spur straight, shorter than limb — Summer — Waste 

 places ; Hauran ; Aintab to Akherdagh, and northward. 



Yar. graiidiflora, Boiss. Corolla .04 long — Aintab ; Suf- 

 dagh. 



14. L, g^euistifolia, L. If .3 to .8, paniculate. Leaves lanceo- 

 late to oblong-linear and linear. Pedicels shorter than calyx; calyx- 

 lobes lanceolate ; corolla .007 to .012 long, with bearded palate ; spur 

 straightish, as long as or shorter tlian limb — Summer — Waste fields ; 

 Mt. Cassius, and northward. 



Var. linifolia, Boiss. Leaves linear-lanceolate to linear. Flowers 

 scattered — Amanus, and northward. 



15. li. corldifolia, Desf. 2f .2 to .3, many-stemmed. Stems 

 slender, erect, simple or fastigiate-branched. Leaves crowded, szibu- 

 late, .01 to .02 long. Pedicels shorter than bracts and calyx ; calyx- 

 lobes lanceolate, acute ; corolla .008 long, pale greyish-violet, spur as 

 long as tube — Summer — Aintab, and northward. 



16. li. tripliylla, L. .3, glabrous ; stems simple or branch- 

 ed. Leaves rather fleshy, sessile, ovate to lenticular or elli2Mcal, obtuse, 

 those of the shoots opposite, of the stem d-whorled. Spike terminal, 

 dense in flower, lax in fruit ; flowers sessile or^giearlyso ; calyx-lobes 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse ; corolla tricolored or blue, .015 long, spur curved 

 upward, nearly as long as limb ; capsules ovate, .006 long — Spring — 

 Khan Lejjtln (Megiddo) ; Moab. 



17. Yi. €halep'cnsi§, L. .2 to .5, glabrous, stems erect, 

 simple or branching, ending in a loose raceme. Leaves of shoots and 

 lower stem-leaves oblong or lenticular, opposite, the remainder linear, 

 .02 to .04 long, alternate. Pedicels shorter than calyx and linear 

 bracts ; calyx-lobes linear, spreading, acute, ahout as long as corolla- 

 limb ; corolla .015 long, white, upper lobes linear-oblong ; spur sub- 

 ulate, once and a half to twice as long as limb ; capsules ovate, .004 long:; 

 seeds angled, wrinkled — Spring — Common. 



1§. JL, Hselava, Forsk. Nimwdr. Shuqeirah. Sufeirah. 

 .05 to .25, branching from base, glabrous below ; inflorescence gland- 

 ular-pubescent. Leaves linear, rather fleshy, .01 to .03 long, in whorls 

 of four or three, or opposite, or alternate. Racemes nearly capitate^ 



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