586 SCROPHULAEIACE^. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 



ovate in flower, elongated in fruit ; pedicels shorter than oblong bract 

 and calyx ; calyx-lobes ovate-oblong, much shorter than coi'olla-UmI / 

 corolla .015 long, violet, yellow, or variegatel, with hroad, inflated 

 palate; spur subulate, longer than limb ; capsules .003 long ; seeds 

 minute, reniform — Spring — Borders of Et-Tih, and southward ; top 

 of Wall of Jerusalem ; Jericho ; Gaza. 



19. L, Ascalonica, Boiss. et Ky. .1 to .3, glabrous ; stems 

 erect, flexuous, branching from base. Leaves of shoots crowded, op- 

 posite, linear-oblong, .01 long ; of stems and branches filiform-linear, 

 .01 to .03 long. Racemes terminal, very loose, few flowered ; pedicels 

 stiff, as long as calyx ; bract subulate ; calyx glalrous, lobes linear, 

 membranous-margined ; corolla .007 long, yellow ; spur as long as 

 limb ; capsules .003 long, once and a half as long as calyx, seeds mi- 

 nute, transversely wrinkled. Spring — Philistine plain to Et-Tih, and 

 southward to Sinai. 



Yar. toracliylotoa, Post. Capsule as long as calyx — Ruins of 

 Palmyra. 



20. Li. albifrons, Sibth. et Sm. .06 to .12, glabrous, glau- 

 cescent, simple or branching from neck ; stems simple or sparingly 

 branched. Leaves oblong -lanceolate to oblong, tapering at base, .004 to 

 .007 broad, lowest in threes or opposite. Flowers .006 to .008 long, 

 few, nearly capitate, at length loosely spiked ; bract linear, nearly as 

 long as calyx ; calyx-lobes linear-oblong, nearly as long as corolla; 

 corolla whitish, with molet tube, and yellowish palate ; capsule . 005 long, 

 as long as or longer than growing calyx ; seeds ovate, obtuse, punctate- 

 pitted — Spring — Jericho, Judasa and Philistia to Et-Tlh, and north- 

 ward and eastward ; ruins of Palmyra. 



21. Jj. minor, L. .1 to .2, glandular-hairy, branching from 

 base and above. Leaves oblong to linear-lanceolate, tapering to a petiole- 

 or the upper sessile, mostly alternate. Racemes leofy, very loose, flex- 

 uous, feio-flowered ; pedicels twice to four times as long as calyx ; calyx- 

 lobes linear-spathulate, rather longer than capsule ; corolla .004 to 

 .005 long, bluish; spur conical, one-third to one-half as long as limb ; 

 capsule ovate, glandular, .003 to .004 long, ribbed ; cells unequal, 

 each opening by three valves at apex ; seeds ribbed lengthwise, tub'ercled 

 — May to August — Aint^b, and northward. 



22. Jj, ptero§pora, Boiss. © .1 to .2, glandular-pubescent, 

 stems single or branching below, forked. Leaves oblong to oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse. Racemes long, flexuous ; pedicels 1-3 times as long 

 as calyx ; bract twice as long as calyx ; calyx-lobes linear-spathulate, 

 longer than capsule ; corolla bluish-pink, twice as long as spur ; cap- 

 sule ovate, glandular, little longer than style ; seeds oblong, winged 

 along ribs — Spring — Ziaretdagh (Amanus). 



23. Li. Persica, Chav. .1 to .2, more or less pubescent, 

 simple or sparingly branched. Leaves rather fleshy, ovate to oblong 

 or elliptical, the upper sessile. Flowers nearly sessile, distant,^ loosely 

 spiked, .01 long ; bract about as long as calyx ; calyx-tube crisp-wool- 

 ly, lobes oblong-spathulate, about as long as corolla ; corolla bluish- 

 pink, spur .001 to .002 long, incurved ; capsule velvety, globular, long- 

 mucronate, with equal, irregularly torn cells ; seeds transversely pit- 

 ted between longitudinal ribs — Spring — Aleppo to AintSb, and north- 

 Tvard, 



