CISTINEiS. (KOCK-KOSB FAMILY.) 117 



— Coast of southern Palestine and hill country of Judea and Moab, to 

 borders of Et-Tih, and southward. 



11. H. I£ot§chyanuin, Boiss. 5 -^ ^^ -^j hispid. Leaves 

 linear, obtuse, margins revolute ; stipules linear, less than half as long 

 as leaves. Racemes long, rather compact ; pedicels about as long as 

 calyx ; petals yelloic ; nerves of inner sepals entirely hispid — May and 

 June — Coelesyria to Aintab, Marash, and northward. 



12, H, Tulgare, Gaertn. 5 .2 to .3, greenish, more or less 

 canescent. Leaves ovate-elliptical and ovate-oblong to oblong-linear, 

 ma/rgins little or not at all revolute ; stipules linear, longer than petioles. 

 Racemes loose, few flowered ; pedicels as long as calyx ; petals 

 yellow, pink, or white ; flowers .015 broad — June and July — North- 

 ern mountains of Syria, and northward. 



Var. viresceii§, Boiss. Leaves greenish above and below. 



Var. discolor, Boiss. Leaves more or less canescent below. 



Var. g^randiflorum, Boiss. Lower leaves .035 long, .01 broad. 

 Flowers .02 or more broad — Mt. Cassius. 



3. FUMAl^A, Spach. FtTMANA. 



As in last, except the outer rows of stamens, which are sterile, 

 necklace-like. Flowers yellow. 



* Stipules 0. Flowers in loose, terminal racemes. 

 t Cajjsules l2-seeded. 



1. F. procumbeiis, Dunal. 5 -^7 appressed-puberulent, pro- 

 cumbent. Leaves alternate, sessile, linear, about .01 long, alike. 

 Flowers 1-4 at apex of branches ; pedicels as long as leaves, at length 

 reflexed ; seeds long adherent to valves — Summer — Aintab and 

 northward. 



2. F. Spacbli, Gren. et Godr. ^ Erect. Leaves alternate, sessile, 

 somewhat viscid, the tipper smaller. Flowers, in axils of bract-like 

 upper leaves ; pedicels 2-3 times as long as leaves, at length deflexed ; 

 seeds separating from deciduous valves — Summer — Aleppo and 

 northward. 



1 1 Capsules S-seeded. 



3. F. oligosperma, Boiss. et Ky. 5 -^^^j minutely glandu- 

 lar-puberulent, branches ascending. Leaves somewhat viscid, linear- 

 awl-shaped, petioled, remotely dentieulate, the teeth ending in slender 

 pellucid iristles ; floral leaves much smallar. Pedicels recurved, longer 

 than calyx — Summer — Woods ; Cassius and Amanus. 



* * Leaves stipuled. 

 t Flowers .02 to .03 Iroad. Capsule .006 long ; seeds 12, wrinkled. 



4. F. Arabica, L. 5 -^ ^^ '^i more or less pubescent, viscid. 

 Leaves oblong to linear, acute, the lower much smaller., crowded. Pedicels 

 longer than calyx, at length recurved ; style slender, bent below, 

 straight above — April to July — Dry hills and rocky places ; through- 

 out. 



