544 BOERAGINBiE. (BORAGE FAMILY.) 



13. A. Paliiiyrensi§, Post. (PL Postian. Fasc. IV.) .15 to 

 .2, pubescent, viscid ulons, branching from base; stems ascending. 

 Leaves .02 to .05 long, .003 to .006 broad, linear to oblong, tapering 

 at both ends, the lowermost petiolcd. Flowers at axils or above, 

 forming leafy racemes at first dense then loose; flowering pedicels one- 

 third to one-lialf as long as calyx, fruiting pedicels as long as the en- 

 larged calyx ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-linear ; corolla yellowish-pink, tiibe 

 .01 long, a little longer tlian calyx; scales minute^ pubescent; nutlets 

 transversely ovate, black, smooth, glossy, keeled at back, obliquely 

 beaked — April — Palmyrene Desert and ruins of Palmyra. 



14. A. Staattuckii, Post. © (Joun. Linn. Soc.Bot. XXIV, 

 p. 435). .08 to .15, erect Mspidulotis, forked above. Leaves entire, 

 sessile, oblong, oUiise, the lower tapering at base. Flowers few, in 

 rather de?ise, terminal racemes ; pedicels shorter than calyx, def.exed in 

 frnit; calyx-lobes linear, scarcely longer than nutlets; corolla (dried) 

 llachish-lyroicn, tube twice as long as calyx; scales exserted; (immature) 

 nutlets tubercled at outer face — Spring — Fields ; Aintub and Marash. 



t Corolla-tube curved. Nutlets transversely ovate. 



15. A. Tiberiadis, Post. .8 to .5, sparingly rough-setulose, 

 erect, corymbose-paniculate. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, repand- 

 dentate, the lower tapering to a petiole, obtuse, the upper sessile, half- 

 clasping, acute. Racemes at first crowded, then loose; bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate, a little longer than pedicels; calyx growing little, lobes linear- 

 lanceolate, twice as long as nutlets; corolla yellow, tube as long as 

 calyx, curved about middle ; nutlets wrinkled, tubercled, .002 long, 

 .0015 broad, short-bealced, ring at base rugose — Spring — Tiberias 

 (Armitage). 



17. IVONl^EA, Medic. Nonnea. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped or tubular, straight, with 

 hairy or fringed squamules near middle of tube. Nutlets 4, free, with 

 concave base, surrounded by a tumid, often plaited ring — Prostrate 

 or ascending herbs. 



* Nutlets straight or somewhat gibbous, with erect beak. 



1, IV. obtusifolia, Willd. .% io .^, prostrate, flaccid, green, 

 rough with short hairs. Leaves obovate-oblong to oblong, nearly en- 

 tire, the lower tapering at base, the upper clasping, somewhat decur- 

 rent. Flowers axillary, forming short, leafy racemes; calyx cleft to 

 middle; corolla bluish-white ; nutlets black, shining, puberulent, not 

 plaited — Spring — Waysides and shady places; common. 



* * Nutlets transversely ovate or oblong, with lateral beak directed inwards. 



2. 'X. melanocarpa, Boiss. .2 to .3, erect or decumbent, 

 asperulous with uiiLCiual hairs. Leaves entire, the lower oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, tapering at base, the others elliptical with subcordate base; 

 floral triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, longer than flowers. Racemes 

 leafy, at length loose; calyx cleft nearly to middle; corolla reddish or 

 pale violet; nutlets black, puberulent, netted, basilar margin plaited — 

 Spring — Jerusalem; Hauran to Palmyra, Aleppo, and eastward. 



