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linear-cyliadrical. Cymes forming a thyrsoid, often broad panicle • 

 bracts serrulate; calyx -lobes glandular-denticulate — Summer — Woody 

 zone of Cassius and Araanus. 



16. H. ^pectabile, Jaub. et Spach. 2|; .4 to .8, glabrous, 

 glaucescent ; stems with 2 prominent lines, usually simple. Leaves 

 firm, .02 to .04 long, more or less connate or free at base, ovate, obtuse, 

 with cartilaginous margin, the upper tapering. Cymes crowded in an 

 oblong or ovate panicle ; calyx lobes glandular-denticHlate, one-third 

 as long as .01 long petals — Summer — Aiutab, and north-eastward. 

 {H. Leichtlini, Stapf.) 



17. H. tetrapteriim, Fries. 2^ .2 to .5, stoloniferous at base; 

 stem 4:-wi)iged, much hruiched. Leaves .02 to .03 long, pellucid-dotted, 

 with black dots at margin, all half -clasping, ovate-oblong or ellipHcal, 

 obtuse. Cymes forming a large, leafy, somewhat corymbose panicle ; 

 calyx lobes half as long as .006 long petnls, entire, destitute of glands 

 — Summer — Moist places, especially near springs ; along coast, and 

 in lower mountains, and interior plains. 



18. H. crispiiin, L. 2^ .2 to .3, glabrous, glaucescent, stems 

 decussate-branched almost from base, forming a pjyramidal panicle, 

 almost as hroad as long, with stifE, divaricating branches. Leaves .01 

 or less long, pellucid- and black-dotted, Za/ice^/^^^e, acute to ith undulating 

 margin. Gj\\\es at ends of all the branches, 1-3-5-flowered ; sepals ovate 

 or oblong, never glandular-mangined, one-fourth as Ions: as .006 lono*, 

 oblong-linear petals — Summer — Waste fields and vineyards ; coast 

 and inland plains ; common. 



19. H. laiiugiiiosum, Lam. If .4 to 1, tomentellous canes- 

 cent, except glabrous inflorescence ; stems terete. Leaves .02 to .05 

 long, oblong to oblong -lanceolate, the upper tapering, all sparingly 

 pellucid-dotted, and black-dotted at margin. Cymes forming a broad 

 panicle ; calyx-lobes glandular-denticulate, one-third as long as .008 

 long petals — May to July — Shady and moist places ; coast and moun- 

 tains to 2000 m. throughout, except in Jordan Valley. 



20. H. Siiiaiciim, Hochst. If. .1 to .3, velvety cauescent, ex- 

 cept glabrous inflorescence ; base shrubby ; stems numerous, ascending. 

 Leaves .006 to .008 long, .003 broad, elliptical, pellucid-dotted. Cymes 

 few-flowered, terminal, corymbose, glabrous, with short, divaricating 

 branches; calyx-lobes glaudular-margined — Spring — Moist rocks; 

 Sinai. 



21. M. perforatum, L. 2]! .5 to 1, glabrous green ; stem with 

 2 prominent lines, panicled-corymbose. Leaves .01 to .02 long, sessile, 

 pellucid -dotted, oblong-elliptical to oblong-linear, black-dotted at margin, 

 often revolute. Calyx lobes lane* olate, acute, entire, destitute of 

 glands or dots, half as long as .015 long petals — Summer — Dry 

 places ; coast and lower mountains. 



22. H. €as§iiiiii, Boiss. If .3 to .5, glabrous, glaucous. Leaves 

 .02 to .04 long, rather rigid, black- but not pellucid -dotted, cordate, 

 clasping at base, ovate-oblong, the upper acutish. Cymes composite, 

 corymbose, the branches of cyme after flowering racemed, stiff ; sepals 

 linear-lanceolate, acute. In fruit defiexed, sparingly black-dotted, margin 

 remotely denticulate, loith short ascending teeth tipped by a gland ; capsule 



