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calyx ; capsule glabrous, .002 broad, about as long as calyx, broader 

 than long ; style one-third as long as sinus — June — Fields ; alpine 

 Lebanon. 



16. V. Rcutcriaiia, Boiss. © .02 to .04, glandular-hairy, 

 simple or branching from base. Leaves subpetioled, small, ovate-ob- 

 long, entire; ^oral liiiear-spathulatc, as long as pedicel. Racemes short ; 

 corolla** ; fruiting pedicels horizontal, twice to thrice as long as 

 calyx ; capsule glandular at margin, longer than calyx, lobes diverging 

 at aright angle; style half as long as 4-5-seeded cells — March to June 



— Moist clayey places ,; ManshCtra (Antilebanon) ; Damascus. 



17. Y. Syriaca, Reem. et Sch. © .15 to .35, glandular-hairy, 

 branching from base and above. Leaves ovate, crenate or dentate, the 

 lowest petioled ; floral much shorter than pedicel, linear-ellijjtical, 

 entire or sparingly toothed. Racemes loose ; corolla blue, .008 to .01 

 broad ; fruiting pedicels many times as long as calyx ; capsule flatten- 

 ed, giandular-ciliate, as long as calyx, broader than long ; style once 

 and a half to thrice as long as sinus; cells 8-10-seeded ; seeds icrinlded 



— January to May — Common in flelds everywhere to subalpine 

 regions. 



?.§. V. trlpliylSos, L. -1 to .25, sparingly pubescent, often 

 diffuse. Lowest leaves ovate, petioled, undivided, intermediate j;aZ??i««j- 

 sect into 3-7-9, ollong-spathulate lobes ; floral trisect or undivided. Ra- 

 cemes loose ; pedicels as long as calyx and bracts, or longer, spread- 

 ing ; calyK-lobes oblong, longer than blue corolla ; capsule glandular, 

 .006 long, .008 broad, obcordate, about as long as calyx ; style^ longer 

 than sinus — Spring — North-eastearn plains from Ccelesyria and 

 Qaldun, to Palmyra, Aiutab, and northward. 



19. V. Ijilotoa, L. © .05 to .1, sparingly glandular-puberulent, 

 simple or sparingly branched. Leaves oblong, sparingly denticulate, 

 floral lenticular. Racemes Sit first capitate, tlien loose, feic-foicered ; pedi- 

 cels about as long as calyx and bracts ; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, 3- 

 nerved, comiate by pairs at base; corolla pale, shorter than calyx ; cap- 

 sule glandular, cleft nearly to base into obovate, 2-3-seeded, divergent 

 lobes, shorter than calyx ; style much shorter than sinus — May and 

 June — Subalpine Lebanon. 



20. Y. campyflopoda, Boiss. © .05 to .15, papillose-hairy, 

 usually much branched from base. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to ob- 

 long, the lowest obsoletely crenate or dentate, the others entire ; the 

 floral linear, as long as pedicels. Racemes loose ; pedicels usually 

 longer than calyx, recurved in fruit; calyx-lobes short-connate in pairs, 

 linear-lanceolate, 3-nerved ; corolla pale, shorter than calyx ; capsule 

 glandular, cleft nearly to base into obliquely obovate, divergent, 2-6- 

 seeded lobes ; style half as long as siriiis — Spring — Fields and sandy 

 places ; Lebanon, Antilebanon, Qaldilu, Deir 'Atlyeh, Aintab, and 

 northward . 



21. V. Buxbaumii, Ten. © Papillary-pubescent. Leaves or- 

 bicular to ovate, subcordate, coarsely crenate-serrate, the lower petiol- 

 ed ; the floral scarcely smaller. Pedicels much longer than leaves ; 

 calyx-lobes ovate-oblong, in pairs, divaricating in fruit, longer than cap- 

 sule ; corolla .01 broad, blue, broader than calyx ; capsule ciliate, 

 reticulate, ticiceas broad as long, icith divaricate, obtusely-triangular lobes. 



