Page 191. After G-. asphodeloicles^ O. PyrenaiCiim, L. IC .5, 



soft-pubescent, glandular above; stems ascendinjr. Leaves reniform, 

 7-9-cleft iiit<» obtuse, crenate-dentate lobes, the upper small, palmati- 

 parted. Peduncles axillary, pedicels reflexed in fruit; sepals oblong, 

 short-mucronate; petals purple, obcordate, ciiiate above base, about 

 twice as long as calyx; valves appressed-pubescent or glabrescent — 

 Summer — Afqa (Lebanon). 



Page 200. After MEt.IACE^. 



Order A<|lJIFOI.IACEiE, D. C. (Holly Family). 



Trees or shritl)s, with small, axillary^ ^-'^-nierous flowers^ 

 a minute calyx^ free from the Ai-'^-celled ovary and resulting 

 ^^-seeded herry-lilce driijpe ; the staraens as many as the 

 j^etals^ alternate with them, inf^erted at their hase — Calyx 

 imbricated in sestivation. Cells of ovary 1-2-oYuled. Al- 

 bumen co^^ioiiSj embryo straight, small. 



II.EX. L. Holly. 

 Calyx persistent, 4-5-toothed. Corolla rotate, 4-o-parted. Ovary 

 sessile, nearly globular, 4-5 celled, stigmas 4-5, nearly sessile. Drupe 

 globular, pja-enes 4-5, crustaceous — Shrubs, with leathery, glossy, 

 alternate leaves. 



I. Aqnifoliiim, L. q 3 ^ ^<^ ^ ^^ more. Leaves ovate, acute, 

 wavy, spiny-dentate or enti 10. Peduncles axillary, short, many-flowered, 

 flowers somewhat umbelled ; drupe dark crimson, as large as a marrow- 

 fat pea — May — Gaiour Gagh (Amanus). 



Page 202. After R. Libanotica. R. glaberriiiia, Peyron. 5 2 

 to 4, unarmed, glabrous. Leaves petioled, oblong to lenticular, .03 

 to .05 long, entire. Lm!)el long-peduncled; drupe black, as large as a 

 currant, half as long as peilicel — May — Forest of Ehedin. 



Page 222. After T. Cassia. T. Amaua, Post. .1 or more, 

 soft-pubescent. Leaflets obovate to cuneate-truncate, denticulate at 

 tip. Flowers 2-4 in uxillury and terminal clusters, pale yellow; calyx- 

 teeth one-fifth as long as uiisute tube, narrow-triangular, acute; corolla 

 once and a half as l.>ng as calyx, immature pods sparingly hairy — 

 April — Hassan Beyiey to 'Othmaniyeh; Beilan to Kurk-khan. 



Page 222. After T, astroites. T. auraiitiaca, Boiss. .1 

 to .15, appressed-pubesceat, procumbent. Stipules short-triangular; 

 leaflets obovate-cuneate, small, denticulate at tip. Peduncles filiform, 

 twice to thrice as loag as leaves; flowers 8-12 in ahead, orange-colored ; 

 calyx half to one-thi; .1 as long as corolla, teeth setaceous, longer than 

 tube; pods appress^-.l -pubescent, curved, .02 long, .001 thick, trans- 

 versely reticulate-nerved — June — Kurd Dagli. 



Page 222. After T. Noeana. T. ortIiocera§, Kar. et Kir. 

 Appressed-hirsute, erect. Stipules semi-sagittate, dentate; leaflets 

 obovate, dentate at tip. Peduncle nearly 0; flowers 2-4, .005 long, 

 sessile; calyx a little shorter than corolla, teeth subulate, longer than 

 tube; pods appressed-puberulent, .012 long, .0015 broad, straight, re- 

 ticulate-veined with the areolae longer lengthwise ~ Spring — In a gar- 

 den near Beirvlt (PwyronJ. 



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