574 SCROPHULAEIACE^. (FIGWORT FAMILY). 



27 V. rotundifolium, 28 fruticulosum, 29 Schimperianum, 30 

 Tiberiadis, 31 Aleppense, 32 infidelium, 33 macranthum. 

 I I Pedicels much longer than calyx. 

 34 V. Porteri, 35 Berytheum, 36 Blancheanum, 87 scaposum. 



Species of doubtful acuity, or imperfectly Jcnown. 

 38 V. chryserium, 39 Gileadense. 



1. V. «iubiiivalc, Boiss. et Haussk. (D .6 to 1, woolly, yellow- 

 ish-green ; stem simple, ending in a .3 to .4 long, dense, spike-like 

 raceme. Leaves crenate, yellowish-canescent at lower, greenish at 

 upper surface, the radical long-petioled, cuneate at base, oblong to ob- 

 long-lanceolate, obtuse to acute and long-acuminate, the cauline nu- 

 merous, lanceolate, sessile, half-clasping, the uppermost caudate-a- 

 cuminate. Flowers solitary ; jDedicels as long as calyx ; lower bracts 

 similar to upper leaves, several times as long as calyx, upper subulate, 

 gradually diminishing in length ; calyx woolly, .005 to .008 long, 

 cleft to three-fourths its length into lanceolate-subulate lobes ; corolla 

 yellow, .02 broad, tomeutellous ; flamerds with whitish-yelloic wool; 

 capsule oblong, as long as calyx — September — Top of Akher-Dagh, 

 and northTv&rd. 



2. V. Sflattaria, L. (D Moth Mullein. .5 to. 6, green, glalrous, 

 slender ; stem simple or branched above. Leaves oblong to oblong- 

 lanceolate, the lowermost petialed, entire to sinuate-pinnatifid ; the 

 others cordate-clasping, obtuse to acute. Raceme loose ; corolla yellow, 

 violet or white at throat; filaments bearded with violet wool; pedicel 

 longer than capsule — Summer — Rich, moist places ; near Autileba- 

 non (Tristram). 



3. V. gloiueratiBin, Boiss. (2) 1 to 2, densely pannous, yellow- 

 ish grey, stout, thyrsoid-2Kmiculate. Leaves nearly entire, the lower 

 often .3 to .4 long, .08 to .1 broad, lanceolate, nearly sessile, tapering 

 at base, the upper cordate, somewhat auricled at base, ovate, acumin- 

 ate. Spikes loose, interrupted, flowers in clusters of 3-5 ; bracts 

 triangular, shorter than calyx ; calyx .01 long, cleft nearly to base ; 

 capsule less than half as large as a pea — Summer — Dry hills ; Aintab 

 to Soff Dagh, and no) thward. 



4. V. AiitioclniMin, Boiss. @ 1 to 1.5 ; stem red, glabrescent, 

 simple, or sparingly branched, ending in a long, widely -interrupted 

 raceme. Leaves obsoletely crenate, green and tomeutellous at upper- 

 surface, woolly-can escent at lower, the lowermost oblong, .25 long, 

 cuneate at base, the others ovate, cordate-clasping, growing smaller. 

 Flowers .01 broad, in clusters of 5-G, which are often .02 apart ; calyx 

 .006 to .008 long, cleft for two-thirds of its length into triangular-lan- 

 ceolate lobes ; capsule as large as a small pea — Summer — Hanging 

 from walls of Antioch ; rocks ; Lebanon, Antilebanon, and north- 

 ward. 



5. V. Amanuiii, Boiss. @ .6 to 1, greenish-grey ; stem tomeu- 

 tellous below, loosely hispid with branching icool above, ending in a 

 spreading panicle. Leaves woolly-canescent at lower surface, tomeutel- 

 lous at upper, ovate-oblong, the lower .05 to .25 long, .03 to .08 broad, 

 petioled, crenate, the upper obsoletely crenate or entire, those of 

 panicle cordate-clasping, smaller. Flowers .01 broad, in clusters of 



