564 COXVOLYULACE^. (CONYOLYULUS FAMILY). 



uppermost often linear-hastnte. Peduncles shorter than leaf; pedicel 

 longer than calyx, in fruit recurved and often longer than jJedunde; 

 sepals round-oboVate cuspidate; corolla .013 long, ^^w?^, about thrice 

 as long as calyx — Sprhig — Phoinician coast, Lebanon, Coelesyria, An- 

 tilebanon, and eastward. 



25. C. Siculufi, L. .4 to .6, more or less pubescent; stems 

 procumbent or erect. Leaves petioled. cordate-ovate to cuneate-ovate, 

 acute. Peduncles longer than flower, shorter than leaf; pedicel very 

 short; bracts lanceolate, as long as calyx or longer; sepals elliptical, 

 tapering; corolla .01 long, Uue, scarcely twice as long as calyx — Spring 

 — Moab: Valley of lower Jordan; Marsaba; Hill country of Samaria; 

 Nahr-el-Kelb. 



26. C. pciitapetaIoide§, L. .2 to .6, sparingly pubescent ; 

 stems ascending and prostrate, simple. Leaves ohlong-sjjathulate, pe- 

 tioled to linear-lanceolate, sessile. Peduncles shorter than leaves; pedi- 

 cels longer than calyx; bracts minute ; sepals somewhat scarious, round- 

 ovate, acute; corolla .008 long, Uue, twice to thrice as long as calyx — 

 Spring — Grassy places ; common. 



C. tricolor, L. is found near gardens, but not spontaneous. 

 4. CRESSA, L. Cressa. 



Calyx 5-parted to base. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-parted beyond 

 middle. Stamens included. Styles 2, stigmas capitate. Ovary 2- celled; 

 cells 2-seeded — Much branched, low shrubs, with minute leaves. 



C Cretica, L. If .1 to .2, ashy with appressed and spreading 

 hairs. Leaves .003 long, ovate-subcordate at base to elliptical-lanceo- 

 late. Peduncles very short, forming dense, terminal, bracted spikes; 

 calyx-lobes hooded, .003 long, elliptical, obtuse; corolla-tube about as 

 long as calyx, lobes reflexed — Spring — Philistine coast, and south- 

 ward. 



5. CUSCUTA, L. Dodder. Khaniq-el-Kirsenneh. 



^ Calyx 4-5-cleft or -parted. Corolla tubular or campanulate, 4-5- 

 cleft, often urn-shaped after flo-^N^ering, generally furnished with fim- 

 briated or dentate scales under the stamens. Stamens adnate to the 

 corolla-tube, alternate with its lobes. Ovary 2-celled, 4-ovuled ; styles 

 2, free, or 1. Fruits usually capsular, membranous, opening by a lid 

 or irregularly torn, rarely baccate — Filiform, branching parasites. 



* Styles 2. Stigmas elongated. Flowers in globular heads. 



t Styles as long as stigmas, or shorter. Capsule opening by a lid. 



I Styles longer than ovary. 



1. C. Epitliyinuin, L. Heads .005 broad; calyx-lobes «cz/^e; 

 corolla-tube cylindrical, longer than calyx, limb shorter than tube, 

 lobes ovate, acute ; scales counivent, fringed — Spring — On Genista, 

 Labiates, Poterium, etc. 



2. C. planiflora, Ten. Heads .005 to .007 broad; calyx- 

 lobes rather ohtuse; corolla scutellate, tube cylindrical, longer than 

 calyx, limb longer than tube, rotate, jlattened., lobes short-acuminate; 

 scales counivent, fringed — April to July — 



