156 ALSINEiE. (CHICKWEED FAMILY.) 



petals glabrous, obovate- oblong, bilobed, shorter than calyx ; capsule 

 .02 long, tiCLce to thrice as long as ca?//j; — April and May — Fields; 

 Huleh to Hauran, Antilebanon, Lebanon and northward. 



6. C. inflatum, Link. .1 to .2, glandular-pubescent. Leaves 

 lanceolate, rather obtuse. Cyme loosel]/ dichotomous ; pedicels erect, 

 shorter than calyx ; calyx inflated, ovate-globular, umbilicate at base_ ; 

 iepals ovate-oblong, acuminate ; petals glabrous, obovate-oblong, bi- 

 lobed, shorter than calyx ; capsule .02 long, much narrower than calyx, 

 and once an.i a half to twice as long — April to June -— Sinai, Le- 

 banon, and Antilebanon, to Marash, and northward. 



X\ X Teeth of capsule with revolute margins. 

 § Base of petals bearded. 



7. C. viscosuiii, L. .1 to .3, glandular -pubescent. Lower 

 leaves obovate-spathulate, tapering into a petiole, the others oblong or 

 elliptical, .015 long, .01 broad. Cyme dense ; pedicels nearly as long 

 as calyx, at length spreading or recurved ; sepals oblong, acuminate, 

 bearded at tip ; petals about as long as calyx, bifid for one-third of 

 their length ; capsule .01 long, somewhat incurved, twice as long as 

 calyx — January to April — Plains and lower mountains ; common. 



8. C. bracliypetaliiin, Desp. .1 to .2, hirsute with long 

 hairs. Low^er leaves spathulate, upper ovate-oblong. Cyme loose ; 

 pedicels nodding, twice to thrice as long as calyx ; sepals lanceolate ; 

 petals obovate, bilobed, shorter than calyx ; capsule .006 long, some- 

 what incurved, a third longer than calyx — May — Borders of rivulets ; 

 Ehedin. 



§ § Base of petals glabrous. 



9. C. g[lutiiio§uin, Fries. .1 to .3 or more, glutinous. Leaves 

 oblong or elliptical, the lower tapering into a petiole. Cijme dense ; 

 pedicels once to twice as long as calyx, recurved ; petals a little longer 

 than calyx, bidentate ; capsule .008 long, once and a half to twice as 

 long as calyx — Spring and Summer — Sandy places ; middle zone of 

 Lel>anon, Coelesyria, Nusairy Mountains, and northward. 



10. C. frag^illimnni, Boiss. .1 to .3, hirsute, very viscid ; 

 stems ascending, slender, brittle. Lower leaves spathulate, the others 

 oblong. Cyjne very loose ; peduncles twice to thrice as long as calyx, 

 in fruit refracted, at length erect ; sepals oblong, obtuse, narrowly 

 scarious ; petals somewhat shorter than calyx, linear-oblong from a 

 tapering base, w^ithtwo, short, acute teeth ; capsule .006 long, incurv- 

 ed, nearly twice as long as calyx — June aad July — Subalpine and 

 alpine Lebanon and Antilebanon. 



9. MALA CHI UM, Fries. "Malachium. 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, nearly hypogynous, 2-parte>i beyond middle. 

 Stamens 10, Seeds globular, tubercled — A perennial herb, with 

 aspect of Stellaria media, L., var. pubescens and major. 



IW. aquaticuiti, L. 2f .2 to .4, crisp-pubescent or glabres- 

 cent ; stems flaccid, decumbent or climbing. Leaves oblong to cor- 



