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linear-setaceous, .005 to .015 long, acutish. Pedicels much longer than 

 calyx; calyx tubular-campanulate, .003 to .005 long, membranous 

 between nerves, teeth ovate, obtuse; petals purple, cuneate, retuse, as 

 long as calyx; capsule oblong-cylindrical, as long as calyx; seeds 

 transversely wrinkled — May — Kefr Huneh to Jezzin (Lebanon). 



Page 130. After G. porrigens. O. Aiitilibaiiotica, Post. 

 (Plantaj Postianoe, ii, 6.) 5 -08 to .2; branches minutely puberulent, 

 erinacous. Leaves .008 to .015 long, .001 to .0015 broad, minutely and 

 sparingly puberulent-scabridulous, terete, •prickly mucronate. Heads 

 dense, terminal, easily Irolcen off ; bracts longer than calyx, dilated at 

 base, liucar-lanceolate, prickly; calyx cleft for one-fourth its length 

 into ovate, prickly-mucronate teeth ; lamina white, spathulate, entire, 

 slightly exscrted •- July — Top of mountain above Bludan. 



Page 137. After S. crassipes. S. papillo§a, Boiss. .3 to .4, 

 hirtulous ; stems forked-branched. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to linear- 

 lanceolate, the floral longer than flowers. Flowers subsessile, alar and 

 terminal; calyx setose at green nerves with long, loavy, soft papillm, 

 cylindrical and in fruit obloi^g-club-shaped, teeth lanceolate, acute; 

 lamina pink, cuneate, 2-lobed; capsule twice as long as carpophore—; 

 Spring — Beirut; Beit-Meri. 



Page 140. After S, Kotscliyi. Var. eiru$i§sima, Boiss. Stems 

 much-branched. Alar peduncles sometimes .03 to .05 long. Lobes of 

 crown triangular — Marasli. 



Page 141. After S. Cassia. . S. iiitricata, Post. (Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss., iir, 154.) If ? .6 to 1, papillose-roughened below, glabrous- 

 viscid at inflorescence ; stems numerous, intricately panicled, branches 

 filiform. Leaves grass-like, .02 to .05 long, the uppermost very narrow. 

 Peduncles much shorter than calyx; calyx .015 long, glabrous, red- 

 lined, teeth ovate, obtuse; lamina greenish, cuneate, bipartite to be- 

 yond middle, half as long as calyx ; lobes of crown tooth-like ; capsule 

 oblong, as long as carpophore — August and September — Gaiour Dagh 

 (Amanus). 



Page 145. After Var. ftcnophylla. Var. brcvipes, Post. Pe- 

 duncles short ;:— Wadi-el-Qarn (Antilebanon). 



Page 146. After S. ScUumlergeri. S. iiifideliiiiii, Post. (Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss., in, 154.) % .16 to .3, glabrous, many-stemmed from 

 base; stems stiff, geniculate, 1-2-flowered. Leaves lincar-spathulate 

 to linear-long-acuminate, the lower .04 long, .002 to .005 broad. 

 Calyx pale green or red-striped, cylindrical, then club-shaped, .025 

 long, teeth triangular, scarious-margined; claws dilated, glabrous; la- 

 mina pale, linear-cuneate, bifid to beyond its middle ; capsule ovate, 

 about as long as carpophore — August and September — Gaiour Dagh 

 (Amanus), 1500 m. 



Page 14^. After A. setacea. Var. puberulcuta, Post. The 

 whole plant puberulent — Gaiour Dagh (Amanus), 1500 m. 



Page 153. After A. Lihanotica. A. A<lonidi§, Peyron. If .1 



to .15, tufted, glabrous; stems filiform. Leaves .003 long, linear, ob- 

 tuse. Stems few-flowered ; pedicels twice to thrice as long as calyx ; 

 sepals oblong, acute; petals obovate, twice as long as calyx — June — 

 Neb'-el-Hadid; Afqa. 



