150 ALSINEiB. (CHICKWBED FAMILY.) 



ttoiee as long as calyx ; sepals lanceolate, 5-7-nerved ; petals as long 

 as calyx or longer ; capsule shorter than ealyx — Summer. 



Var. uivalis, Boiss. Leaves usually glabrous. Calyx .004 long 



— Ziaretdagh (Amanus), and northward. 



4. A. juniperina, Fenzl. If .15 to .2, tufted ; trunks pros- 

 trate, woody, tumid at nodes ; branches stifE, simple. Leaves .015 to 

 .025 long, awl-shaped, mucronate, obtusely keeled, somewhat l-nerved, 

 generally recurved, the dead ones persistent. Cymes uTribellihe ; sepals 

 lanceolate, acute, strongly 3-nerved ; petals linear-cuneate, once and a 

 half as long as calyx ; capsule conico-cylindrical, once and a half as 

 long as calj'x — June to September — Higher regions of mountains of 

 Galilee, Lebanon, Hermon, Amanus, and northward. 



Var. legitima, Boiss. Leaves prickly. 

 Var. tenuifolia, Boiss. Leaves less rigid. 



5. A. §etacea, Tliuill. If .05 to .1, glaucescent, many-stemmed 

 from a woody base ; stems filiform. Leaves mostly on the sterile 

 stems, .005 to .01 long, setaceous^ obtuse or mucronate. Inflorescence 

 more or less densely corymtose ; sepals oblong-lanceolate, the midrib 

 with a narroiD green stripe on each side ; petals about as long as calyx ; 

 capsule somewhat longer than calyx — Late summer — Alpine regions 

 of Ziaretdagh (Amanus). 



6. A. Liibanotica, Boiss. If .03 to .1, glabrous, tufted ; 

 stems elongated, prostrate, filiform ; branches short, corymbose, 3-5- 

 flowered. Leaves terete-subulate, grooved, obtuse, the lowermost 

 densely imbricated in four rows. Pedicels shorter than calyx ; sepals 

 lanceolate, acute, with a green band on each side of the midrib, as 

 broad as the scarious margin ; petals somewhat shorter than calyx ; 

 capsule as long as calyx — Summer — Sandy places ; alpine summits 

 of Makmel. Too near the last species. 



Var. papillosa, Post. Papillose-glandular. 



** Annuals. 

 t 8epals 5-^-7ierved. 



7. A. Meyeri, Boiss. © .06 to .08, sparingly glandular-hairy ; 

 stems forked, cymose ; branches filiform. Leaves linear, 7-nerved. 

 Pedicels straight, shorter than calyx ; sepals herbaceous, huiulous, 

 unequal, lanceolate-acuminate, the outer 5- the inner 3-nerved ; petals 

 one-third as long as calyx ; capsule oblong, two-thirds as long as calyx 



— Spring — Sandy places near Ehedin (Lebanon). Ssoffdagh. 



Var. major, Boiss. Lower leaves .03 long. Pedicels longer 

 than .008 long calyx — Sinai. 



8. A. brevi§, Boiss. .01 to .03, glandular-puberulent. Leaves 

 awl-shaped, 5-nerved at broad base. Cyme dense, fetc-Jlowered, ter- 

 minal, sometimes with a few 1-3-flowered clusters in axils ; sepals 

 3-nerved, lanceolate, acuminate ; petals one-third, capsule two-thirds 

 as long as calyx — Spring — Rocks ; Sinai. Summit of Jebel Baruk 

 (Lebanon.) 



