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Page 316. After S. amplexicaule. 



* * Annuals or monocarpic. Leaves flat. 



S. Amani, Post (Plantse Postianae, v, 6). 0.1 to .2, crisp-pu- 

 berulent; stems simple or branching from neck, thyrsoid-panicled, pale 

 or reddish. Leaves numerous, flat, spathulate, the lower .013 to .02 

 long, .002 to .004 broad, obtuse, entire, the upper whorled. Cymes 4- 

 12-flowered; calyx-teeth oblong, acute, cuspidate, tawny; petals .002 

 long, white, lanceolate, tapering, scarcely longer than calyx ; stamens 

 10-12; carpels puberulent, erect, beaked — July — Amanus. 



Page 319. Add a semicolon at the end of line 3, under PUXICA. 

 The line will then read " with two tiers of cells, the lower consisting 

 of 3, and the upper of 5 ; " 



Page 382. After E. roseum. E. orig^anifoliimi, Lam. 2f .2 

 to .3; stolons hearing hulb-like hids at their tips, covered with imbricated 

 scales. Leaves somewhat petioled, ovate, acute, remotely repand -den- 

 tate. Flowers few, .008 broad, nodding in the bud — August — 

 Jebel Sunnin. 



Page 322. Before Order XLV. CUCURBIT ACE-*:. 



ClRCiEA, L. Enchanter's Nightshade. 



Calyx-tube slightly prolonged beyond ovary, limb 2-lobed, at 

 length circumscissile, caducous. Petals 2, obcordate. Stamens 2, al- 

 ternating with petals. Fruit pear-shaped, bur-like with hooked bristles, 

 1-2-celled; cells 1-seeded — Tender herbs, with small, white flowers, in 

 peduncled, terminal and lateral racemes; leaves alternate, petioled. 



C. Eutetiana, L. 2{ .3 to .G. Leaves ovate, cordate or rounded 

 atbase, i-epand-denticulate. Bracts 0; pedicelsreflexed in fruit; calyx- 

 teeth ovate, acute ; petals 2-lobed, short-clawed — Summer — Woods ; 

 Amanus. 



Page 342. After B. trichopoclum. Var. clepaiipcratum, Boiss. 

 Involucels as long as flowers — Among reeds, at mouth of Beirut river. 



Page 348, ■ After B. angustifolia. 



REUTERA, Boiss. Reutera. 



Calyx-teeth obsolete. Petals ovate, nearly entire, convolute at tip. 

 Fruit laterally flattened, ovate to oblong. Ribs of mericarp 5, filiform, 

 obsolete. Grooves 2-3-vittate. Inner face of albumen flat — Biennial 

 or perennial herbs, with ytUow flowers. 



B. tenuis, Boiss. et Haussk. U .1 to .15; stems rigid, filiform, 

 forked-branched. Root-leaves rosetted, petiole once and a half to 

 thrice as long as limb; limb truncate to cordate at base, orbicular, .01 

 in diameter, acutely 5-10-dentate; stem-leaves at forks reduced to a 

 setaceous sheath. Umbels with 2-3, short, capillary rays ; fruit oblong, 

 .002 long, longer than pedicel — Rocks ov^er tombs near fountain on 

 east side of valley south of YebrM. 



Page 849. After P. eriocarpa. P. Moabilica, Post (Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss., Ill, 156). © .1 to .25, papillose-hairy or glabrescent, forked- 

 branching from base. Leaves all ternatisect into petiolulate, oNong to 

 cuneate, lobed and dentate segments ; petioles winged, ciliate-margined. 

 Umbels with 4-6j nearly equal, filiform rays, .01 to .015 long; fruit 



