S, Arnicna, L. © Silicle orbicular, hirtulous, 

 with a closed sinus at tip ; style as long as sinus ; mar- 

 ginal wing more or less plicate — Spring — Overflowed /) 

 ground. Near el-Weshen (Palmyrene Desert). 



Page 108. After C. Irachycarpa. C glauccs- 

 ceii§, D. C. 2f .3, glabrous below; stems angled, 

 simple or sparingly branched. Leaves petioled, round- 

 ovate, obsoletely 3-nervedat base, the lower ,02 to .03 S'licle of Samerana 

 long. Racemes terminal, glandular; bracts sessile, ^»"mena. 



oblong; pedicels thrice as long ns bracts; petals oblong, obtuse, netted- 

 veined, 3-4 times as long as calyx ; pods Iroad-Unear, acute, falcate, 

 sparingly papillose — Spring — Palmyra. 



Page 112. After R. KaMrina, Mull. .3 or more, glabrous. 

 Lower and middle leaves lanceolate-spathulate, entire, upper ternate! 

 Racemes loose; pedicels longer than flower; sepals linear-oblong, about 

 as long as white corolla; lateral lobes of upper petals half-ovate, deep- 

 ly incised ; capsule obovate, glabrous, short-3-toothed with somewhat 

 constricted mouth — Spring — Jebel Usdum to 'Ain-Jidi. 



Page 124. In place of Var. pruiiiosus. I>. deserti, Post. (Plantse 

 'Postiange, ii, 6). If .3, pruinose-velvety ; stems numerous, simple 

 or stiff -branched. Leaves connate at base, appressed to stem, scabri- 

 dulous at margin, scarcely longer than internodes. Flowers solitary or 

 2-3 in a cluster; scales scarious, ovate, cuspidate; calyx about twice as 

 long as scales, teeth oblong-ovate, the nerves of the sinuses long-decur- 

 rent; lamina pink, obovate-cuneate, dentate — April to July — Moun- 

 tains south of Qaryetein. • 



Page 125. After D. Jloribundus, D. Haiisskneclitii, Boiss. 

 2f .15 to .2, tufted, many-stemmed. Leaves rigid, linear, scabrous at 

 margin; sheaths of stem-leaves longer than diameter of stem, with 

 short limb. Stems 1-2-flowered ; scales short-ovate, hyaline at margin, 

 acute, mucronate, one-third as long as calyx ; calyx-teeth triangular, 

 acute, white-margined ; lamina obovate, dentate, white at upper, green- 

 ish or brownish at lower surface — July — Top of Jebel Baruk ; Sudr- 

 esh-Sheikh-'Ali (Antilebanon). 



Page 127. After T. Syriaca. T. filiformis, Post. (Plantse 

 Postianse, V, 3.) .5, glabrous; stem reddish, minutely white-dotted, 

 stiff-panicled from base. Leaves linear, 3-5-nerved, scabridulous at 

 margin, the upper subulate. Pedicels filiform, 1-3 times as lono- as 

 calyx; calyx-teeth short-triangular, mucronate; lamina white, oblong, 

 entire ; capsule about twice as long as calyx — July — Amanus. 



Page 129. After G. Aucheri. Cr. liyg^ropliila, Post. (Plantse 

 Postianse, ii, 6.) If .1, crisp-puberulent below, glabrescent-glaucous 

 above; stems elongated, pendulous, forked-branched. Leaves fleshy, 

 rounded at base, oblong, .15 to .18 long, .02 to .03 broad, obtuse, 5- 

 nerved, scabridulous at margin. Bracts scarious, triangular; pedicels 

 capillary, 2|-3 times as long as turbinate-campanulate calyx; calyx- 

 lobes ovate, broad-margined; claw included; lamina pink, oblong, 

 .003 to .005 long, twice as long as calyx — July — Ditches; ]^ar Lian 

 (Qaryetein). 



Page 129. After G. ortegiodes. O. tubulosa, Nob. .1 to 

 .2, glandular-Mrtulous ; stem and branches filiform, forked. Leaves 



