603 OROBAKCHACE^. (bROOM-EAPE FAMILY.) 



2. PKEI^IF^A, Tourn. PnELiPiEA. 



Flowers perfect, with median bract at base, and two lateral bract- 

 eoles. Calyx 4-5-fid. Corolla bilabiate, upper lip bifid, lower trifid. 

 Stamens 4, didynamous, inserted on corolla-tube ; anther-cells mucro- 

 nate at base, with muticous or mucronate connective. Ovary 1-celled, 

 with 4, twin, parietal placentse. Capsule 2-valved, dehiscent at apex. 

 Seeds numerous, reticulate — Herbs wdth aspect of Orobanche. 



* Calyx-lobes unequal, acuminate, anthers glabrous, or more or less villmie. 

 Capsule crowned with base of deciduous style. 



t Stem alicays simple. 



1. P. caenilea, Vill. If Stem tall. Spike rather loose, pubes- 

 cent-glandular ; bract ovate-lanceolate, shorter than calyx ; bracteoles 

 subulate ; calyx-lobes 5-4, lanceolate, acuminate ; corolla twice and a 

 half as long as calyx, glandular-pubescent, amethystine,i\ibn\2iY, curved 

 forward, the middle of the tube narrowed, the lobes of the lips acute, 

 fiat ; anthers glabrous, or sparingly bearded at apex ; stigma white, 

 biglobose — June — Lebanon ; Carmel. 



2. P. Lilbanotica, Schweinfiirth. (Boiss. Suppl. Fl. Or. 357). 

 Spike dense, pyramidal, acute, longer than stem ; bract subulate from 

 a broader base, longer than the buds of the upper part of the spike ; 

 bracteoles short, linear-lanceolate ; calyx-lobes 4-5, lanceolate, subu- 

 late-tapering ; corolla twice and a half as long as calyx, pale greyish- 

 violet, papillose-hirsute, tubular-campanulate, nearly straight, lobes 

 ciliate, short-ovate, obtuse, abruptly -cuspidate ; anthers woolly — Sum- 

 paer — On the pass between the Cedars and 'Ain-Ata (Lebanon). 



1 1 Stem often branching. 



3. F. lavandulacea, R'chb. 2f .1 to .3, short-papillose ; 

 stem simple or sparingly branched below. Spike long, rather dense, . 

 many-flowered ; bract ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, a little shorter than 

 calyx ; bracteoles linear-subulate ; calyx leathery^ with subulate-taper- 

 ing lobes ; corolla .03 to .03 long, thrice as long as calyx, blue, gradu- 

 ally widening from base, puberulent, curved forw^ard, with round- 

 ovate, denticulate-ciliate-lobes ; beard of anthers unequal ; stigma sub- 

 quadrate — March to June — Shittim Plain, and Jericho to noitheru 

 Palestine, Lebanon, Antilebanon, Damascus, Cassius, and northward. 



4. F. pyrami€lall§, Rent. If .1 to .3, short-papillose ; stem 

 simple, rarely branching at base of compact spike. Bract lanceolate, 

 acuminate, much shorter than calyx •, bracteoles linear-subulate ; calyx 

 membranous, v/ith subulate-tapering lobes ; corolla .03 to .03 long, 

 twice and a half as long as calyx, blue, gradually widenmg from base, 

 with ovate-lobes ; anther- connective long-woolly ; style retuse —June 

 — Suf Dagh. Too near the last. 



' 5. P. rani©§a, L. If .lto.3, glandular-pubescent, yellow ; 

 stems simple or branched ; spikes rather loose. Bract oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, bracteoles linear-subulate, a little shorter than calyx ; 

 calyx-lobes as long as tube, subulate from a triangular base ; corolLa 

 .01 to .015 long, yellow or violet, twice and a half as long as calyx, 

 constricted above ovary, curved near apex, with ovate, obtuse lobes ; 

 filaments puberulent at base ; anthers glabrous, or sparingly woolly at 

 sutures ; stigma retuse — September — Common throughout. 



