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nate-dentate, the lower petiolcd the upper sessile. Cymes few-flower- 

 ed, the lower short-peduncled, the others sessile, forming loose, some- 

 what distant whorls ; bracts lanceolate-subulate, as long as pedicels; 

 calyx .005 long in flower, .008 in fruit, pruinose, slightly incurved, 

 teeth one-fifth to one-fourth as long as tube; corolla slightly incurved, 

 twice as long as calyx — Spring — Sinai to Egypt. 



4. X. Traclioiiitica, Post. (Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. Vol. XXIV. 

 p. 43'J)- 21 -6 to .S,j)uljcnd€?it, canescent ; stems stout, four-angled- 

 ribbed, grooved. Lower leaves .03 to .05 long, .02 to .04 broad, long- 

 petioled, ovate-cordate, obtusely coarse-serrate, the upper short-petiol- 

 ed, oblong-ovate, acutely coarse-serrate. Spikes terminal, dense, oUong, 

 .03 to .05 long, .02 to .03 broad, scarcely interrupted at base; bracts 

 appressed-woolly, linear-subulate, half as long as calyx; calyx .013 

 long, greenish-red, teeth half as long as tube ; corolla j?>i«^, woolly, 

 once and a half as long as calyx, tube slightly exserted ; nutlets strong- 

 ly tubercled — May — Ruins of Shuhbah (el-Leja). 



5. X. Cilicica, Boiss. 2f .3 to .G, green, glahrous or minutely 

 puberulent ; stems simple or branched. Lower leaves petioled, cor- 

 date-ovate, .015 to .05 long, coarse-toothed; upper sessile, acutely 

 toothed. Whorls few-many-flowered, short-pedicelled to sessile, dis- 

 tant below, approximated afme ; bracts subulate, shorter than calyx- 

 tube; calyx .01 long, teeth a third as long as tube; corolla blue, .03 

 long, with slender tube, twice to twice and a half as long as calyx ; 

 nutlets muricate — May to August — Moab ; subalpine and alpine 

 Lebanon and Antilebanon ; Akher Dagh. 



6. N. glomcrata, Month, et Auch. H .3 to .6, minutely glan- 

 dular and 2)^f'Pillose-pul)escent ; stems ascending, branched. Lower 

 leaves short-petioled, cordate-ovate, .01 to .035 long, obtusely crenate, 

 the upper sessile, somewhat auricled. Whorls dense, small, sessile, all 

 remote; bracts lanceolate-subulate, half as long as calyx; calyx .005 

 long, teeth a third as long as tube; corolla bluish, tube twice to twice 

 and a half as long as calyx ; nutlets tubercled — August and Septem- 

 ber — Alpine regions of Leb?.non and Hermon; Akher Dagh. 



y. IV. Amaiii, Post. 2( .3 to .6 or more, dark green, minutely 

 puberUlent ; stems simple or sparingly branched above. Leaves petiol- 

 ed, cordate-ovate, .02 to .08 long, incised-crenate-dentate ; the ujiper- 

 most sessile, dentate. Cymes many-flowered, short-peduncled and 

 -pedicelled, approximated, /(??'mi«^ a dense or somewhaiinterrvpAcd spike 

 .05 to .1 long in flower, .1 to .2 in fruit; bracts subulate, shorter than 

 calyx-tube; calyx .01 long, teeth one-fourth as long as tube; corolla 

 blue, tube admit twice as long as calyx — July — Amanus. 



8. IV. curviflora, Boiss. If .6 to 1, app)ressed-tomentellou8, ca- 

 nescent, panicled above. Leaves petioled, truncate to subcordate at 

 base, oblong-ovate to oblong, .01 to .03 long, floral oblong-lanceolate, 

 minute. Cymes many-flowered, short-pcduncled and sessile, many 

 times dichotomous, forming interrupted spikes or racemes; bracts 

 subulat-e, curved, short; calyx .002 to .003 long, teeth oblong-ovate, 

 one-third to one-fourth as long as tul>e ; corolla blue, tube thrice as long 

 as calyx, strongly incurved — April to June — Moab; Palestine to mid- 

 dle and subalpine Lebanon and Antilebanon and Coelcsyria. 



9. N. nuda, L. If .0 to 1, puberulent or glabrescent; stems 



