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oblong, abruptly cuspidate petals ; carpels lanceolate, glandular — 

 Spring — Rocks ; common. 



10. S. Assyriaciim, Boiss. Glabrous, stem .06 to .1, with 

 clustered branches to or below middle. Leaves semi-terete, linear, 

 .015 to .018 long. Branches of cyme as in last ; pedicels about as long 

 as calyx ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute, one-third to one-fourth as long 

 as elliptical-lanceolate, obtuse or acute petals — Spring — Rocks. 



Var. minus, Boiss. .03 to .04, with more acuminate petals — Anti- 

 lebanon. 



1 1 Flowers 5-androus. Petals pinJc or white. 



11. S. rubens, L. © Glandular-piibescent ahove ; stem. 06 to. 1, 

 simple or branched. Leaves semi-cylindrical, obtuse. Cyme corymb- 

 ose, one-sided; flowers sessile : calyx-lobes triangular, acute, one -third 

 as long as glandular-pubescent, lanceolate, acuminate, pink petals — 

 Spring — Near coast, and in coast range of mountains. 



12. S. cespito§um, Cav. Glabrous; stems low. Leaves 

 ovate, obtuse, imbricated. Branches of cyme 2-3, stiff ; flowers sessile ; 

 calyx-lobes lanceolate, half as long as lanceolate, white petals — 

 Spring — Sandy and rocky places ; Bethany to Damascus, Aleppo, 

 and northward. 



4. TdLHI^SA, Fenzl. Telmissa. 



Calyx 3-5-parted. Petals 3-5, free. Stamens 3-5, perigynous. 

 Capsules 3-5, with 1 seed, suspended from apex — Dwarf annual herbs, 

 distinguished from Sedum by 1-seeded capsules. 



T. microcarpa. Smith. © Glabrous ; stems simple or branch- 

 ing from below, .1 to .15. Leaves semi-cylindrical, obtuse, succulent, 

 Cyme with 3-3, long, loosely spiked, rigid, leafy branches ; flowers. 001 

 long, sessile, not in axils ; calyx-lobes minute, dentiform ; petals 

 pinkish-white, oblong, thrice as long as calyx ; carpels prismatic, 

 tubercular-punctate, abruptly mucronulate — Spring — Rocks and 

 stony places ; common in middle mountain region, and central and 

 eastern plains. 



Order XXXIX. DROISERACHiK, (Sundew Family). 



Glandular-hairy hog-lierhs^ with regular., 6-merous, hypo- 

 gynous flowers, withering-persistent calyx and corolla, sta- 

 mens with extrorse anthers, and a 1-d-celled pod with parietal 

 placentm and 1-5 styles — Calyx imbricated. Petals convo- 

 lute. Seeds numerous, anatropons. Fruit capsular, membra- 

 nous, loculicidal ; embryo minute at base of albumen. A 

 small order, of no known virtues. The plants of this family 

 impart a purple color to the drying papers. 



DR08ERA, L. Sundew. 



Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Styles 3-5. Capsule 1-celled, stipitate. 

 Seeds minute, reticulate. 



