RUBI.\CE^. (madder FAMILY.) 379 



* Climbing sftrubs. 



1. li. Etru§ca, Santi. 1(! Glabrous. Leaves fZecicZwows, glaucous, 

 puberulent at lower surface, the lower obovate, short-petioled, the 

 upper connate-perfoliate. Clusters capitular, near the end of the 

 branches, peduncled. Corolla glabrous ; tube longer than limb ; style 

 glabrous — Spring — Rocky places and thickets ; coast and lower 

 mountain regions, and northward. 



Var. vi^icidiila, Boiss. Branches of inflorescence and corolla 

 glandular — Amanus. 



Var. birsuta, Post. Young branches hirsute. Leaves pubescent 

 • Beirut ; Qob-Elias. 



* * Shrubs^ not climbing. 

 t Floicers capitate. 



2. \j. implexa, Ait. 11 Zigzag-branched, glabrous. Leaves 

 leathery, ever-green, glossy above, glaucous below, ovate^ the upper 

 connate-perfoliate. Clusters terminal, nearly sessile. Corolla puberu- 

 lent ; tube longer than limb; style generally hirsute — Spring — 

 Thickets ; Banias. 



1 1 Peduncles axillary, 2-bracted, 2-flowered. 



3. Yt, nuininularifolia, J. et Sp. 5 Disdr. 2 to 3; young- 

 twigs and leaves (especially at lower surface) velvety. Leases short- 

 petioled, elliptical to obovate and ovate, obtuse or retuse, .015 to .025 

 long. Peduncles shorter than calyx. Corolla ^ixiki^Yi, funnel-shaped ; 

 tube a little sJwrter tlian lips ; berries distinct — May and June — Lower 

 and subalpine regions of Lebanon, Antilebanou, Amanus, Akherdagh, 

 and northward. 



Var. cordata, Post. Leaves retuse or cordate at base — Jebel 

 Qulgb (Hauran). 



4. Li. Orieiitali§, Lam. 5 1 to 2 ; twigs glabrous or glabres- 

 cent. Leaves short-petioled, rounded or cuneate, occasionally sub- 

 cordate at base, oblong, acute, .04 to .06 long, nearly glabrous above, 

 more or less white-hairy below. Peduncles rather shorter than flowers. 

 Corolla bluish, short-campanulate ; tube gibbous, very short ; berries 

 united — Summer — Amanus, and northward. 



Order LIII. RUBIACEJE. (Madder Family.) 

 Shrubs or Tierhs^ with opposite, entire leaves, connected 

 hy interposed stipitles, or whorled without stipules, the calyx- 

 tuhe coherent with the (in ours) %celled ovary, limh dentate 

 or obsolete, stamens 4-5, as many as lohes of funnel-shaped, 

 hypocrateriform, rotate, or campamdate, regular corolla, 

 inserted on its tube — Flowers generally perfect. Style 1, 

 generally 2-parted ; stigmas 2. Fruit capsular, 2-celled, dehis- 

 cent, many-seeded, or twin, nut-like or berry-like, with two, 

 1-seeded cells. 



* Fruit capsular, 2-celled ; cells manij-seeded. 



1. OLDENLANDIA. Low annuals, with opposite leaves and rotate-infundibular flowers. 



* * Fruit berry-like. 



2. PUTORIA. Low shrubs, with opposite leaves, and hypocrateriform flowers. 



