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§ 10. AURICUIiAT^. 



40. ». itentoria, Fenzl. If .1 to .15, velvety, glandular, 

 shrubby at base, tufted, stems 1-2-flowered. Leaves rigid, subulate^ 

 of ten falcate. Calyx .03 long, netted-veined, club-shaped, teeth oblong, 

 obtuse ; claws exserted ; limb white, small, bifid ; capsule oblong, 

 about as long as or shorter than carpophore — Summer — Top of Le- 

 banon, between Dtman and Yamiini. 



41. S. Tejedensis, Boiss. 11 .04 to .06, densely glandular- 

 hairy ; stems slender, prostrate, naked. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute 

 or rather obtuse. Flowering branches short, leafy, 1-2-flowered at 

 apex ; peduncles short ; calyx .02 long, green-nerved, cylindrical-club- 

 shaped, teeth ovate, obtuse ; limb flesh-colored, bifld to middle into 

 oblong lobes ; capsule oblong, shorter than carpophore — Summer — 

 Gravelly places ; alpine Lebanon and Antilebanon. 



I 11. INFIiAT^. 



42. S. odontopetala, Fenzl. .15 to .25, pubescent, glandular, 

 villous above ; stems leafy, nearly simple. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, 

 acute or obtuse. Flowers 1-7 ; calyx whitish, campa?iulate, .012 long, 

 with broad, triangular, acuminate teeth ; limb white ; capsule ovate, 

 somewhat shorter than calyx, as long as or longer than carpophore — 

 Summer — Alpine Lebanon and Antilebanon. 



Var. rubella, Post. Calyx reddish — Top of Sunnm. 



43. S. inflata, Sm. If .3 to .5, generally glah^ous, glaucescent. 

 Leaves ^ oblong to lanceolate, acuminate. Calyx ovate, umbilicate at 

 base, with broad, triangular, acute teeth ; limb white ; capsule ovate- 

 globular, included, narrower than calyx, three to five times as long as 

 carpophore — March to June — Fields ; common throughout. 



44. S. commutata, Guss, 2f .3 to .5, glabrous, glaucous. 

 Leaves ovate or elliptical, the lowest sometimes ciliate, the intermediate 

 acute, often heart-shaped at base. Calyx ovate, umbilicate at base, 

 teeth broad triangular ; capsule ovate, included, narrower than calyx, 

 thrice as long as carpophore — June — Mountains near Marash, and 

 northward. 



§ 12. FIMBRIATE. 



45. S. physalodes, Boiss. 1|! .1 to .2, hirtulous ; stem thick, 

 hollow, leafy, paniculate above. Leaves .1 to .12 long, tender, ovate, 

 the lower long-petioled, subcordate at base, the others cuneate at base, 

 acuminate. Fruiting peduncles deflexed ; bracts cordate-acuminate 

 to oblong, large ; calyx cylmdrical, in fruit campanulate, teeth trian- 

 gular, ciliate. ; claws dilated ;|limb white, linear, fringed into 4-6, brist- 

 ly lobes ; capsule ovate, much smaller than calyx, scarcely longer than 

 carpophore — June — Bushes ; Banias. 



§ 13. PANICUIiATiE. 



46. S, Italica, L. 2^ .3 to .5, tomentellous-canescent, viscid 

 above ; neck bearing short sterile twigs, and erect stems, ending in 



