THYMELiBACE^. (MEZEREUM FAMILY.) 



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Involucral leaves ami head ot 

 Daphne olieoides. 



1. 1>. olacoidcs, Schreb. Fia. 

 5 'Ud-el-Khall. .2 to .4, much- 

 brnnched, naked below, leafy 

 above. Leases pale green, obovatc 

 to oblong-elliptical, .03 to .03 

 long, usually mucronulate, ap- 

 pressed - hairy to glabrescent at 

 upper surface, appressed-pubes- 

 cent at lower. Flowers termin- 

 al, clustered, sessile, hractless ; 

 perigonium .01 long, appressed- 

 silky without, lobes yellowish 

 within, triangular-ovate to lanceo- 

 late, from half as long an to longer 

 than tulje ; berry dry — April to 

 September — Subalpine and alpine 

 Lebanon, Antilebanon, Hermon, Amauus, and northward. 



2. D. sericea* Vahl. 5 (Turcice Taicnl-Chkhelca. Tefncl.) 

 .3 to 1 or more, much-branched, naked below, leafy above. Leaves 

 olive-green above, elliptical, .03 to .05 long, tapering at base, or sub- 

 spathulate, glossy, glabrous at upper surface, appressed-silky at lower, 

 margiu revolute. Flowers sessile, in terminal heads, and clustered in 

 upper axils; Irads scale-lil-c, -villous, much shorter than jjerigonimn ; 

 perigonium densely silky without, .015 long, lobes ovate, obtuse, pi?ik, 

 about a third as long as tuhe ; l^erry red — March and April — Wooded 

 zones of Cassius and Amanus from coast to 1000 m. ; Lattakia. 



3. D. liiaearifolia, Hart. ^ 1 to 2, branching; twigs slender, 

 reddish, glabrous, leafy. Leaves Linear, acuminate, .03 to .05iong, 

 .002 broad, glabrous, sessile. Flowers 10-15 in terminal, capitate 

 clusters, subsessile, .OO'l long; short pedicels scabridulous-hispid; 

 perigonium densely villous, pa^e yellow, lobes lanceolate, mucrouate, 

 one-half to one-third as long as tube; berry reddish-brown — Autumn 

 — Petra, and at base of Jebel Harun, 800 to 1000 m. 



2. THYMEL.i*:A, Tourn. Tiiymel.ea. Metnan. 



Flowers perfect or polygamous-diacious. Perigonium funnel- 

 shaped, deciduous or persistent, tube continuous, limb 4-cleft, throat 

 destitute of scale. Stamens 8, inserted in two rows at apex of tube, 

 filaments very short. Style lateral, stigmas capitate. Nutlet included 

 in perigonium, or naked. Albumeu — Shrubs with small, yellow 

 llowers, and (oars) miiiute, fleshy, imbricated leaves. 



T. liir§ula) L. 5 ^J^etndn. 1 or more, fastigiatc-branched ; 

 twigs nodding. Leaves ovate to oblong, .002 long, convex at upper 

 surface, concave at lower, glabrescent. Flowers 5-10 in a cluster at or 

 near tip of twigs, bractless, polygamous-dioecious; perigonium silky 

 without, glabrous within, lobes somewhat shorter than tube; fruit 

 ovate, glabrous — Spring — Sands; coast; Carmel; southern deserts; 

 Dead Sea. 



3. I^\"OIA, Fasan. Lygia. 



Flowers perfect or monoecious. Perigonium um-shaped or funnel- 

 shaped, persistent, with a continuous tube, a 4-cleft limb, and throat 



