306 ROSACEA, (rose family.) 



hairy, obovate-cuneate, incised-serrate, those of stem linear-cuneate ; 

 stipules entire or incised. Flowers corymbose ; calyx-lobes lan- 

 ceolate, the outer narrower ; carpels wrinkled, keeled-subulate — Sum- 

 mer — Mountain regions of Lebanon, Cassius, Amanus, and northward. 

 {TJiis species seems to me not to le distinct from P. recta^ L.) 



4. P. Kotscliyaiia, Fenzl. % .3 to 3, hirsute ; stems ascend- 

 ing, forming a hemispherical tuft, dichotomous, cymose, leafy. Lower 

 leaves quinate, leaflets obovate-cuneate, obtusely serrate or incised at 

 apex ; upper ternate, leaflets oblong or ob-lanceolate, cuneate, more or 

 less deeply incised ; stipules semi-ovate, 2-^-Jid or entire. Fruiting 

 pedicels recurved ; calyx-lobes growing in fruit, lanceolate, nearly 

 equal in length, the outer mostly 'l-Z-jid; petals obovate, longer than 

 calyx — Summer — Alpine and subalpine Lebanon, Amanus, and 

 northwaid. 



5. P. geranioides, Willd. 2^ .'^lo .Z^Mrsute-canescent ; stems 

 woody, branches decumbent, dichotomous, cymose, few-flowered. 

 Leaves small, fan-shaped, lower long-petioled, upper sessile ; leaflets 

 quinate or septennate, pinnatipartite into linear, obtuse segments, the 

 lateral smaller, nearly sessile, the others tapering at base, stalked ; 

 stipules lanceolate and ovate, entire. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, a little 

 unequal; corolla . 008 h'oad, petals obcordate, longer than calyx — Sum- 

 mer — Alpine Lebanon and Antilebanon. * 



6. P. reptaiis, L. If .1 to .4, sparsely appressed-hairy ; stems 

 prostrate, rooting at joints. Leaves all petioled, quinate, rarely septen- 

 nate, leaflets obovate-cuneate, coarsely serrate ; stipules ovate, general- 

 ly entire. Flowers solitary from joints, long peduncled, .015 to .02 

 broad ; calyx-lobes elliptical, acute, nearly equal in length ; petals ob- 

 cordate, longer than calyx — May to July — Waysides and damp places ; 

 common. 



Var. major, Post. All the parts larger. Corolla often .03 

 broad — Ghautah (Damascus) ; Kessab. 



§. ALCHEHlLLiA, L. Lady's Mantle. 



Calyx-tube sub-campanulate, limb 8-parted, the external divisions 

 alternate, smaller. Stamens 1-4, inserted on the ring of the throat. Car- 

 pels 1-4 with lateral styles, and ascending ovule. Akenes 1-3, membra- 

 nous included in calyx — Perennial or annual herbs, with small, green 

 flowers. 



1. A. vulgaris, L. If .1 to .5. Root-leaves round-reniform, 

 plicate along the nerves, with 7-9, semi-orbicular, sharply serrate lobes. 

 Calyx-teeth about equal — Summer — 



Var. g^enuina, Boiss. Low, smoothish or hirsute ; calyx-lobes 

 as long as tube, or shorter —'Ain es-Sowa'ir, between Jebel Sunnin and 

 Keniseh. 



2. A. arTen§i§, L .1 to .2; stems numerous, ascending. 

 Leaves .005 to .01 long, fan-shaped, 3-parted into 3-4-fid lobes, the 

 radical soon drying. Inner calyx-teeth ovate, outer minute — May and 

 June — Sandy fields ; Jebel Turbul. 



