Page 172. After H. confertum. Var. stenobotry§, Boiss. 

 Asperulous, glabrescent above. Calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate, obtu- 

 sish, sliort-fringed — 'Ain-Judai (Lebanon). 



Page 173. After 11. JnjssopifoUum, var. latifolium. Var. micro- 

 calyciniim, Boiss, Leaves narrow; sterile twigs imbricated; sepals 

 ovate, obtuse, densely glandular — Amanus; Kurd Dagh. 



After i7. Tielianthemoides. Var. iiamiiii, Keller et Post. .15 to 

 .2. Leaves minute, scabridulous and glabrescent, glandular — Gaiour 

 Dagh (Amanus). 



Page 177. After A. Imatevcuflora^ var. pallida. Var. glabres- 

 ceii§, Boiss. Stems glabrous. Leaves nearly glabrous. Involucre 

 half as long as calyx or less — Palestine. 



Page 177. After A. apterocaiya. 8. A. Kurdica, Schlecht. If 1 

 or more, hirtulous-tomentellous. Raceme loose, often paniculate. 

 Lower leaves cordate-reniform, o-7-lobed, the floral smaller, more or 

 less deeply palmatipartited into linear-oblong, acutely crenate lobes. 

 Peduncles shorter than calyx; involucre a third as long as calyx, lobes 

 triangular; calyx-lobes lanceolate; petals violet; seed white pustular, 

 somewhat grooved at back — Summer — Rocks; Antilebanon above 

 Zebedani. 



Page 180. After TILIACE^, before ORE^VIA. 



TIL.IA, L. LixDEN. 



Sepals 5, deciduous. Petals 5, naked, or with petaloid scales at 

 inner aspect of base. Stamens numerous, free or irregularly polyadel- 

 phous at base. Ovary 5-celled, with 2 ovales in each cell. Style 

 simple, stigma o-dentate. Fruit globular, indehiscent, by abortion 1- 

 celled, 1-3-seeded — Trees with axillary or terminal cymes, the pe- 

 duncle united as far as middle with a leaf-like bract. 



T. argciitea, Desf. 5 -6 to .8; comus ovate. Buds pubescent; 

 leaves with cordate, oblique base, ovate, acuminate, acutely dentate, 

 white with fine stellate wool at lower surface. Capsule as large as a 

 marrowfat pea, obovoid -globular, apiculate, ribs scarcely prominent — 

 Summer — Amanus. 



Page 183. Mi^x L. nodifiorum. L«. toxicuiii, Boiss. 5 -15 to 

 .2, glabrous, glaucescent; branches stiff, simple, forming an intricate 

 bush. Leaves thick, oblong, ,005 to .014 long, the lower obtuse, the 

 upper acute. Flowers terminal, solitary or 2-3 in a head ; sepals oblong, 

 with scarious, glandular-denticulate margin, mucronate, about one- 

 third as long as yellow, acutish petals ; capsule globular-ovate, a little 

 longer than sepals — June and July — Top of Mt. Hermon. Poisonous 

 to goats. 



Page 184. In place of 14. L. Aiistriacum. Li. Peyroni, Post. 

 (Planta Postianae, in, C; .3 to .4, glabrous; stems branching from 

 base or above, loosely corymbose. Leaves rather crowded, linear, 

 acute, .005 to .012 long. Flowers few, solitary, pedicels erect in 

 flower, nodding in fruit; sepals ovate or nearly orbicular, obtuse, 

 mucronulate, narrowly scarious-margined, one-third as long as pale 

 petals and capsule; capsule globular, .01 in diameter, more than twice 

 as long as sepals — April and May — Fields; Ilauran to Ccelesyria, 

 Antilebanon, and Aintab. 



