SCROPHULARIACE^. (PIGWORT FAMILY.) 58$ 



ovate-orbicular ; capsule .005 long, ovate-globular — Spring — Road- 

 sides, and waste places ; common. 



2. S. Scopolii, Hoppe. (D .4 to .8, stem obtusely 4-angled. 

 Leaves dotted, ovate-oblong, cordate, petioled, .03 to .05 long, mcyre 

 or less piibescent, obtusely or acutely crenate-dentate, with apiculate 

 teeth, the upper truncate or cuneate at base. Panicle oblong, often 

 .3 long, leafless or with a few leaves near base, bracts linear-lanceolate ; 

 pedicels gltndular, about twice as long as calyx ; calyx-lobes ovate-or- 

 licular, white-mar g ined ) corolla greenish-purple; stamens included, scale 

 broader than long; capsule ovate-globular, .004 long — Spring — 

 Woods and rocky places ; Nusairy mountains to Amanus, and north- 

 ward. 



3. S. ]Vusairien§i§, Post. (Plant. Postian. Fasc. V. p. 13). 

 (D .4 to .8 or more, stem obtusely quadrangular. Leaves ovate-cor- 

 date to oblong, obtuse to acute, doubly serrate, or lobuled to dentate. 

 Panicle composed of distant, loosely thyrsoid branches, terminal thyr- 

 sus oblong ; leaves of panicle small, oblong-linear ; pedicels sparing- 

 ly glandular, twice to thrice as long as calyx ; calyx-lobes orbicular, 

 white-margined; cotoWsl hroionish-purple ; scale broader than long ; 

 longer stamens exserted on filaments nearly as long as corolla; capsule as 

 large as a small pea, depressed -globular, mucronate — Spring — Banias 

 (Nusairy Mountains). 



4. S. Antiocliia, Post. (Plant. Postian. Fasc. V. p. 13). ®% 

 .5 to 1, stem quadrangled, not winged. Leaves petioled, ovate to 

 ovate-oblong, the lower coarse-serrate and dentate, the upper dentate. 

 Panicle elongated, loosely thyrsoid ; leaves of panicle sululate; pedi- 

 cels once and a half as long as calyx ; calyx-lobes oblong -elliptical ; 

 corolla ** ; capsule .003 long, .0025 broad, mucronate, scarcely longer 

 than calyx ^— June — Huseiniyeh (Antioch). Perhaps a small fruited 

 variety of the last. 



5. S. alata, Giiib. If 1 or more, nearly glabrous ; root fibrous ; 

 stem 4-angled, winged especially near the base of the winged petiole. 

 Leaves oblong-ovate, rounded or o'bscui'ely cordate at base, serrate. 

 Panicle elongated, nearly leafless ; pedicels sparingly glandular ; calyx- 

 lobes orbicular, scarious-margined ; corolla greenish brown ; scale ob- 

 coi'date-bilobed — April to July — Wet places ; Lebanon to Aintab, 

 Marash, and northward. 



Var. crenata, Post. Leaves crenate. Panicle shorter — 

 Marash. 



Var. cordata, Boiss. Leaves cordate — With type. 



6. S. macropliylla, Boiss. 2f 1 to 2, glabrous ; root fibrous; 

 stem 4-angled, nearly wingless, simple or sparingly branched. Lower 

 leaves .05 to .2 long, oblong-lanceolate, coarsely crenate-dentate, cor- 

 date and often somewhat lobed at base. Panicle thyrsoid, interrupted ; 

 nearly leafless ; pedicels nearly glabrous; caiyx-lobes ovate, obtuse, 

 scarious-margined ; corolla lurid ; scales transversely semilunar, round- 

 ed ; capsule ovate, mucronulate, .004 long, twice as long as calyx — 

 Spring — Wet places ; common. 



7. S. scariosa, Boiss. @ .6 to 1, glabrous ; stem simple, end- 

 ing in a narrow thyrsus .3 or more long. Leaves (resembling those 



