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2. P. Oi'iciitalis, Mill. If .3 to .5, v^'ooWy, somewhat fiocculent ; 

 stems simple or sparingly branched. Leaves often glabrescent aboye, 

 wrinkled, the cauline ovate-oblong, petioled, cordate at base, .06 to .1 

 long, the floral ovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, truncate or cuneate 

 at base, longer than whorls^ Whorls 10-4-flowered; calyx .015 long in 

 flower, teeth lanceolate, .004 long; longer filaments not spurred — Sum- 

 mer — Interior plains. 



Var. bracliyodoii, Boiss. Calyx-teeth shorter, more obtuse — 

 Wilderness of Judea. 



3. P. brcvilabris, Ehr. If .25 to .4, appressed-wooUy, not 

 fiocculent, often procumbent at base; stems simjile or very sparingly 

 branched. Leaves petioled, ovate to oblong-ovate, subcordate to 

 cuneate or tapering at base, .02 to .04 long; the floral lenticular, longer 

 than calyces. Whorls few-flowered; calyx .01 long in flower, teeth 

 lanceolate, .002 long; longer filaments not spurred — Summer — Subal- 

 pine and alpine Lebanon, Coelesyria, and Antilebanon. 



4. P. cordata, Boiss. et Ky. If .4 to .6, appressed-woolly, 

 greyish yellow; stems ascending, nearly simple. All the leaves cordate, 

 petioled, the lower .025 long, the upper smaller, as long as whorls. 

 Whorls 4-6 flowered, distant; calyx .01 long in flower, teeth lanceolate, 



003 long ; longer filaments not spurred — Summer — Subalpine Amanus 

 and Kurd Dagh. 



5. P. capUata, Boiss. If .2 to .3; stems numerous, erect, 

 nearly simple. Leaves small, appressed-tomentellous, white or yellow- 

 ish, wrinkled-netted, the radical cordate, the cauline subsessile, soon 

 falling, the floral elliptical, as long as whorls. Wharls crowded into an 

 ovate, dense,- terraiiial head, the lowermost sometimes distinct; calyx 

 .01 long in flower, teeth lanceolate, rather obtuse, .003 long — Sum- 

 mer — Akher Dagh. 



6. P. Armeiiiaca, Willd. 2f .5 to .8, appressed-woolly, canes- 

 cent; stems simple, or sparingly branched. l^QdiVQS elliptical to lanceo- 

 late and oUong, .04 to .14 long, .01 to .025 broad, the lower long-petiol- 

 ed, the floral sessile, as long as whorls or longer. Whorls 2-4 or more, 

 the lower distant, the upper approximated, 4-10-flowered, twice as large 

 as a walnut; calyx .012 long in flower, teeth lanceolate, one-third to one- 

 half as long as tube ; nutlets glabrous — August — Akher Dagh. 



T. P. liiieari§, Bpiss. et Bal. 2^ .4 to .6; stems simple, sparing- 

 ly woolly. Leaves ap2)rcssed-tomenteUous, ^xitZd green, oUong-linear to 

 linear, .1 to .2 long, .005 to .01 broad, slightly wrinkled, the lower 

 tapering into a long petiole, the floral sessile, much longer than flowers. 

 Whorls 2-4, distant, 4-8-flowered, twice as large as a walnut; calj'X .014 

 long in flower, teeth lanceolate, one-half to two-thirds as long as tube; 

 nutlets hairy at tip — Septem])er — Beryt Dagh, and probably Akher 

 Dagh. 



8. P. aurca, Dec. 2f .0 to 1, golden-woolly, flocculeut. Leaves 

 oblong, .05 to .1 long, .02 to .03 broad, the lower truncate or subcor- 

 late at base, short-petioled. Whorls many flowered, as large as a walnut 

 3r larger, distant ; bracts oblong to linear, obtuse, somewhat shorter 

 :han calyces; calyx .015 long in flower, truncate, teeth 5, short-triangu- 

 ar-subulate ; nutlets glabrous — Summer — Sinai. 



