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3. H. reticulatu§, L. (D .4 to .5, Fig. 262. 



villous with cobwebby hairs ; stem stout, erect, 

 branching from neck or above. Leaves ob- 

 long to lanceolate, more or less pinnatifid to 

 pinnatipartite, the radical petioled, the cau- 

 line sessile but not clasjnng, the floral entire, 

 longer than flower. Corolla nearly regular^ 

 .025 long, purplish-violet, reticulate, with 

 rounded lobes one-fourth as long as tube ; 

 fruiting calyx .025 long, .01 broad, not con- 

 tracted above middle, with recurved, lanceo- 

 late, pricUy -pointed teeth, about half as long piower of H. reticulatus. 

 as tube — Spring — Fields ; common. 



Var. iiitegrifoliu§, Boiss. Leaves sinuate, iiTegularly toothed 

 or entire — Coeiesyria ; Antilebauon ; Gilead ; Hems ; Aintab. 



4. M. albus, L. % .3 to .6, villous-mscid ; stems erect, branch- 

 ing. Leaves petioled, ovate-orbicular, cuneate to cordate at base, 

 coarsely and obtusely dentate-lobed ; floral leaves cordate-ovate, dentate, 

 or oblong, entire, tapering at base. Corolla p)ttle yelloio, purple or green 

 at throat, .015 to ,025 long, with oblique limb, and unequal lobes ; 

 stamens slightly longer than tube ; fruiting calyx ,02 long, ,008 broad, 

 with short, triangular, acute teeth, one-sixth to one-eighth as long as 

 tube — March to July — Walls, roadsides, and waste pla*ces ; common, 

 especially along coast, 



Yar, desertorutn, Ascherson. Flowers small ; lower pedun- 

 cles often twice to thrice as long as calyx ; calyx teeth very short — 

 Palmyrene Desert ; around Dead Sea. 



Var. repandus, Post, SeiTcerdn. Leaves small, .02 to .03 long, 

 rhombic-ovate, repand or entire — Sinai. 



5. H. aureus. L. % .3 to .6, villous-viscid ; stems decumbent 

 or pendulous, brittle. Leaves petioled, ovate-orbicular, cordate at base, 

 triangular -lobed and acutely dentate; floral leaves triangular-ovate to 

 oblong, acutely dentate. Flowers all peduncled ; corolla bright yellow, 

 purple at throat, .025 long, tube exserted, limb obliquely cleft, the 

 upper two lobes much smaller ; stamens and style long-exserted ; fruit- 

 ing calyx ascending or nodding, ,03 long, ,01 broad, with triangular- 

 lanceolate, long-acuminate, scarcely prickly teeth, one-fourth as long as 

 tube — March to July — Walls and banks ;• common. 



Var. parvifolius, Post. • Leaves .01 to .03 long, doubly ser- 

 rate-denticulate — Castle of Banias ; Es-Salt. 



Among the cultivated plants of this Order are Nicotiana Tabacum, 

 L,, Tobacco, Arabice ^^^^m ; Nicotian a rustica, L,. Arabic6 Tembek ; 

 Atropa Belladonna, L., Deadly Night-shade ; and Capsicum annuum, 

 L., Cayenne Pepper, Arabice Fuleijileh. 



Order LXXII. SCI10PHUL.ARIACEiE, LindL 



(FiGWORT Family.) 



HerU or shrubs^ with peifect, more or less irregular 



flowers ; stamens 2, or 4= didynamoios (with ra/rely a fifth, 



perfect or imperfect), inserted on the tube of the corolla, al- 



