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* * Shriibhy jjerenniaU. 

 t Silicles 2-celled ; cells l-ovided, icinged. 



2. M, coridifoliiiin, DC. ^ -1 to .25, many-stemmed, stems 

 simple, the fertile as icell as sterile leafy. Leaves obtuse or acutish 

 obovate-oblong, oblong-linear or linear, the upper .01 long. Flowers 

 .006 long, pink. Flowering and fruiting racemes dense, the latter 

 .03 to .06 long ; silicles obovate-oblong, .007 long, notched at base 

 and apex ; wings narrow, loat-sluqjed, entii-e ; stijle much shorter than 

 sinus — Summer — Alpine and subalpine regions of Lebanon, Amanus, 

 and northward. 



3. iE. Arinenuin, Boiss, If .1 to .2, with numerous simple 

 stems. Leaves .006 to .008 long, naiToiDly linear, acute. Flowers .005 

 to ,008 long, pink ; flowering racemes short, fruiting .03 long ; 

 silicles .004 long, obovate, obtuse at base, with broad obtuse sinus at 

 apex ; wings crenate, broader than cells ; style shorter than sinus — 



Fig. 33. 



a. Ripe pod of 



M. longistylum. 



J. the septum and 



style, with a seed, 



both natural size. 



Summer — Middle zone of Amanus and northward. 



4. iE. loiig^istylum, Post. (Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. Lond. 1888 p. 425) ^ ."i^tc, .^, many-stemmed 

 from a woody, zigzag, decumbent base ; fertile 

 stems with few, sterile with raiiny .02 to .03 long, 

 .003 to .005 broad, oblong-linear leaves, tapering 

 at base, very obtuse at apex. Fruiting racemes 

 rather loose, .02 to .05 long; ^S^xoX&'s, 6hcordate-or- 

 hicular, .008 long, deeply notched at apex ; wings 

 as broad as cell, entire, slightly incurved ; style longer 

 than sinus — Summer — Rocky places, 1,200 ; 

 Jebel-el-Fughry in Lebanon; Kaipokdagh in 

 Amanus. 



5. JE, splcatuni, Post. (Hooker's Icones 

 Plantarum, Vol. xv., Plate 1478) 5 -15 to .25, many 

 stemmed from a woody, zigzag base, reddish-corky 

 below. Lower-leaves crowded .006 to .015 long, 

 obovate-cuneate, truncate, often retuse ; upper a few 

 -psiivs,oblo)ig-elliptical, .01 long, nearly sessile. Fruiting 

 racemes /wmm(7 hoplike spikes, .01 to .03 long, .015 

 broad ; silicles orbicular, .01 long, slightly 

 notched at base and deeply at apex ; wi7igs ticice 

 as broad as cell, pale pinkish green, crenate-margined, 

 flat or wavy ; style several times shorter than sinus 

 — April to June — Rocky places above 1,000 ; El- 

 Jebel-el-Ahhmar, opposite Antioch, and the adjacent 

 mountains of Amanus. 



Spike of ripe fruits 

 oi JE. spicatum 



6. JSl, styloium, DC. ^ .05 to .15 ; stems simple or branched, 

 leafy. Leaves .01 long, ovate-lanceolate, acutish, the lower tapering to 

 a short petiole. Flowers capitate, .007 long. Fruiting raceme elon- 

 gated ; ovary ovate, scarcely retuse ; wings denticulate ; style hug — 

 Summer — Alpine summits of Lebanon. 



T. M, Oileadense, Post. (Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 1888, 



