SCROPHULARIACE.E. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 593 



L. §inaica, Dec. 5 -5 to .G, glaudular-Mspid, with wand-like 

 branches, ending in long, interrupted racemes of nearly sessile, op- 

 posite flowers. Leaves short-petioled, those of new branches. 03 long, 

 round or truncate at base, ovate-obtuse, coarsely crenate-dentate ; the 

 upper much smaller, .003 to .005 long, the floral nearly sessile, short- 

 er than calyx. Corolla violet, .015 long, four times as long as calyx, 

 throat bearded ; capsule somewhat longer than calyx — Spring — 

 Rocks ; Ghor-es-Safieh, and southward to Sinai. 



8. I>IOITAL.I^, L. Foxglove. Kaff-eth-Thanab. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla declined, with inflated, campanulate or 

 cylindrical tube, the upper lip short, retuse or bifid, the lower trifid, 

 with longer middle lobe. Stamens 4, didynamous, included, inserted 

 at bottom of corolla ; cells of anthers divergent, confluent at apex. 

 Style short, 2-lobed. Capsule ovate, septicidally 3-valved, valves 

 entire with introflexed margins ; the placental column often naked 

 above. Seeds numerous, minute, oblong — Perennial herbs. 



I>. ferrugtiiea, L. 21! 1, stem leafy. Leaves glabrous or 

 sparingly puberulent below and at margins, the lower oblong-spath- 

 ulate, .15 to .25 long, .015 to .03 broad, the upper linear-lanceolate. 

 Flowers short-peduncled ; bracts linear-lanceolate, deflexed ; calyx- 

 lobes obovate-elliptical, scarious-margined ; corolla .015 long, gland- 

 ular-pubescent, yellow, rusty-veined, with abruptly inflated tube ; 

 lower lobe ovate, entire, or obscurely o-lobed, about as long as tube, 

 hairy within — Summer — Lebanon. 



9. ■^VUI^FET^^IA, Jacq. Wulfenia. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla tubular-campanulate, with short, ascend- 

 ing, slightly bilabiate limb, the upper lip broader, bifid, the lower 

 trifid. Stamens 3, filaments inserted in the notches between the lips ; 

 anthers reniform, with diverging cells, confluent at apex. Style capit- 

 ate. Capsule oblong, septicidal and loculicidal. Seeds ovate, convex 

 at back, concave at face — Perennial herbs, with most of the leaves 

 radical, and scape-like racemes. 



"W. OriemtaSss, Boiss. 1|! Glabrous, except glandular, hairy 

 axis and pedicels. Leaves resetted, cartilaginous, oblong-spathulate, 

 .15 to .35 long, short-petioled, doubly crcnate, somewhat lobed. 

 Scape naked, longer than leaves ; spike at length elongated, loose ; 

 bracts linear-lanceolate, acute ; pedicels twice as long as bracts, nod- 

 ding above ; calyx-lobes lanceolate ; corolla-tube twice as long as 

 calyx ; capsule oblong,' as long as calyx — Summer — Plains of Suediyeh 

 and Antioch. 



10. VERONICA, L. Speedwell. 



Calyx 4-5-parted. Corolla tube short or almost ; limb spread- 

 ing, 4-clefc, the upper lobe broader. Stamens 3, inserted on tube, 

 exserted ; anthers dehiscent by two longitudinal slits. Stigma entire. 

 Capsule turgid, generally flattened, 3-celled, obtuse and generally re- 

 tuse ; seeds flattened or concave, inserted by inner face — Annual or 

 perennial herbs, or somewhat shrubby plants. 



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