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2. I^. corymb ulosiiiu, lichb. .3 to .5, slender, loosely corym- 

 hose-paniculate. Leaves scattered, linear-lanceolate to linear. Lower 

 fruiting pedicels as long as calyx or longer ; sepals lanceolate, taper- 

 ing, one-third as long as corolla, twice as long as capsule — Spring — 

 Mt. Carmel ; middle and subalpine Lebanon. A taller and stouter 

 j)lant than the last. 



3. Li. strictiim, L. © .3 to .5, glabrous ; stem at first slender, 

 becoming stout and stifE, corymbose. Leaves crowded, linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, very rough. Flowers .005 long; fruiting pedicels thickened, 

 %horter them ccqysule ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, two-thirds as long as 

 .005 long corolla, twice as long as capsule — Spring — Dry hillsides ; 

 type less common in our district than 



Var. §picatuiii, Rchb. Corymbs dense, spliced. 



4. Jul, nodiflorum, L. .3 to .5, glabrous ; stems angled. 

 Leaves spathulate to oblong and linear-lanceolate. Branches of dichoto- 

 mous cyme with remote, nearly sessile flowers, .01 long ; sepals linear, 

 glandless, half as long as corolla, thrice as long as ovate, acute capsule 

 — Spring — Dry hillsides and fields ; common throughout. 



5. Ju, Balaiii^aB, Boiss. If .2 to .3, glabrous, glaucous ; stems 

 herbaceous, prominently lined above. Leaves ohovate, 5-7-nerved, the 

 upper oblong, all acute or abruptly acuminate. Branches of cyme loose, 

 few-flowered ; flowers .02 or more long ; sepals lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, keeled, with glandular, membranous margin, one-third to one- 

 fourth as long as corolla, in fruit recurved, twice and a half as long as 

 capsule ; petals orange, with a livid purple throat — Summer — Damas- 

 cus table-land ; hills between Aintab and Nisib. 



6. JL. flavuau, L. If .2 to. 3, glabrous; stems herbaceous from a 

 shrubby base, acutely angled above. Leaves ohovate-lanceolate 2-3- 

 nerved, to lanceolate and linear, acute. Branches of cyme forked, 

 nearly equal ; sepals lanceolate, glandular-margined, acuminate, one- 

 third as long as .03 long, yellow corolla, once and a half as long aa 

 capsule — Spring — Fields ; mountains and interior plains. A variable 

 species. 



Var. Orientale, Boiss. Stems more shrubby at base. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate to linear, 1-nerved. Branches of cyme more dense. 

 Petals orange. {L. Orientale, Boiss.) 



Var. Tauricum. Leaves linear-oblong obtuse, to linear-lanceo- 

 late acute, 1-nerved. Petals pale yellow — Hermon (L, Tauricum, 

 Willd.) 



Var. Syriacum. Glaucescent. Leaves linear-lanceolate to linear, 

 1-nerved. Petals pale yellow {L. Syriacum, Boiss.) 



Var. siilphareum. Shrubby. Cymes depauperated, flowers 

 often solitary. Leaves 1-nerved, the lowest minute, oblong-spathulate, 

 mucrouale, the rest oblong-linear, stifl, acute. Flowers sulphur-colored 

 to orange (L. Stilphureum, Boisg. et Haussh.) 



Var. rigidi§§inium. Shrubby, branches rigid. Lower leaves 

 and those of sterile twigs minute, imbricated, Jleshy, oUong-obovate, with 

 white, minutely denticulate margin, the others linear-oblaaceolate — 

 Kapu-Cham-Dagh, and north-eastward (L. rigidissimum, Post. Trans. 

 Linn. Soc, Land., 1888, p. 428.) 



