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3-4, separated below, crowded above ; calyx .006 long, cleft tohase; 

 capsule .005 long, oblong — August and September — Amauus. 



6. V. simplex, Labill. If .6, pannous-canescent ; stems leafy 

 below, ending in a sparingly branched panicle, or a simple, widely 

 interrupted raceme. Lower leaves ohovate^ long-petioled, .02 to .05 

 long, upper ovate to oblong, sessile, smaller, often cuspidate, upper- 

 most acute. Flowers .01 broad, in clusters of 2-5, the lowermost 

 often .03 to .05 apart ; calyx .005 long, cleft nealy to base ; capsule 

 .003 to .004 long, wooUy — May to July — Lebanon, Ccelesyria, and 

 Antilebanon to Palmyra and Aleppo. 



7. V. Syriacaim, Schrad. % .6 to 1.5, grey-tomentellous, 

 'panicled above. Leaves somewhat crenate or entire, obovate to oblong, 

 the lower petioled, .1 long, the upper sessile, rounded, clasping at base, 

 mucronate, the uppermost acute. Flowers .015 broad, in clusters of 

 3-6, the lower clusters often .03 to .04 apart ; calyx .006 long, cleft 

 for two-thirds of its length ; capsule .004 long, tubercled — April to 

 June — Aleppo to Aintab and Marash. 



§. V. Aiitari, Post. (Plant. Post. II. 16). If lor more, dense- 

 ly pannous, many stemmed, stems leafy below, ending in a very long, 

 simple or 2-4-branched, interrupted raceme. Radical leaves crenulate, 

 small, obovate, sinuate, petioled, cauline sessile, ovate-oblong to or- 

 bicular .03 to .1 long, crenate, cordate at base, half-clasping ; bracts 

 cordate-ovate, acute. Flowers 2-4 in a cluster ; calyx .01 to .012 long, 

 pannous, cleft for two-thirds of its length ; corolla yellow ; capsule 

 woolly, ovate-globular, shorter than calyx — July — Marbat-'Antar. 



9. V. Karyeleiiii, Post. (Plant. Postian. II 17). If Many- 

 stemmed, pannous ; stems simple, ending in a dense, long spike. Lower 

 leaves small, obsoletely crenulate, elliptical, petioled, lower cauline 

 short petioled, upper sessile, all oblong-ovate, sinuate-crenate, cuneate 

 to cordate at base, .05 to .1 long. Flowers sessile or short-pedicelled, 

 d-5 in a, duster, clusters contiguous ; calyx .01 to .012 long, cleft for 

 three-fourths of its length ; corolla yellow, .015 broad ; capsule wool- 

 ly, ovate, half as long as calyx — July — Qaryetein. 



10. V. Aiwtabicwm, Post. (Plant. Post. II. 17). (D 1 or 

 more, pannous below, heset with detersile loool above, ending in a broad 

 panicle . 1 or more long. Leaves firm, the lowermost yellowish, dense- 

 ly pannous, short-petioled, elliptical, acutish, entire, .2 to .25 long, 

 .1 broad, the cauline sessile, oblong, greenish, white along the pro- 

 minent nerves, beset with short, detersile wool, the uppermost cordate- 

 auriculate, clasping. Flowers .025 broad, yellow, 2-3 in a cluster, the 

 clusters .01 to .02 distant ; bracts ovate-acuminate ; calyx pannous, 

 .01 to .013 long, cleft for three-fourths of its length ; capsule* * — 

 June — Aint§,b. 



11. V. ptycliopliyllum, Boiss. (D .4 to 2.5, yellowish-white, 

 pannous, many-stemmed from neck ; stems simple or 1-2-branched, 

 forming interrupted racemes. Root-leaves obovate-oblong, petioled, 

 .06 to .1 long, iDavy and sinuate-lobed ; cauline oblong, sinuate and 

 crenate-dentate to entire, long-decurrent ; bracts cordate-triangular. 

 Flowers .01 broad, 3-4 in a cluster, clusters .02 to .03 apart ; calyx 

 .006 to .008 long, cleft to three-fourths of its length ; capsule .004 

 long, ovate — June and July — Mar Saba to Moab, Antilebanon and 

 Palmyra. 



