578 SCROPHULARIACEiE. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 



22. V. Salteiise, Post. (Plant. Postian. V. 13). U 1 or more, • 

 appresscd-o-rey-puberulent, several-stemmed; stems panicled with 

 wand-like branches. Lower leaves oblong-spathulate, undivided, .15 

 to 2 lono- tapering to a petiole, crenate-serrate ; stem-leaves oblong- 

 la^eolat?! cordate at base, acute, uppermost cordate, acuminate. 

 Clusters 2-5-liowered, about .015 distant ; bracts minute, triangular ; 

 lonoer pedicels longer than calyx; calyx. 002 long, cleft to base ; corolla 

 velfow 008 broad ; filaments yellow-woolly ; capsule globular, mu- 

 cronate, .0025 long, puberulent — April — Es-Salt (Gilead). 



23. V. Ccclreti, Boiss. (D .5 to .8, wool of leaves appressed, 

 permanent, of stems and inflorescence at length deciduous ; panicle 

 commencing nearly at base. Root-leaves oblong, .06 to .15 long, .02 

 to 04 broad, tapering to a petiole, crenulate, often coarse-sinuate- 

 lobed ; leaves' of sterile rosettes elliptical, crenate, thick ; upper leaves 

 oNojw ' sessile, acute to acuminate. Flowers 2-4 in distant clusters, 

 hriicts setaceous ; calyx .003 long, at length glabrous, cleft to base ; 

 corolla yellow, .01 broad ; capsule cylindrical, .006 to .008 long, .002 

 to .003 broad — Summer — Alpine and subalpine Lebanon and Anti- 

 lebanon. 



24. V. Barbeyi, Post. (Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. XXIV.; p. 436). 

 (D 1 or more, pannous with yellow, detersile wool ; stem simple or 

 sparingly branched. Root-leaves petioled, elliptical, .3 to .5 long, .2 

 to . 3 broad, crenate-serrate, sjxiringly steUate-jjubescent at wpper surface, 

 wooUy-canescent at lower ; stem-leaves * *. Flowers 2-5 in a cluster, 

 fm-ming a loose sjnJce .3 to .5 long ; pedicels as long as calyx or longer; 

 calyx .003 to .004 long, cleft nearly to base, corolla hirsute without, 

 .015 to .02 broad ; capsule globular, .004 in diameter — Summer — 

 Top of mountain above Hassan Beyley (Amanus). 



25. V. Damascenuni, Boiss. (D .5 to .8 ; stem woolly, at 

 length glabrous, panicled. Sterile rosettes composed of densely pan- 

 noifs, very thick, yellowish leaves, obovate to elliptical and ovate, the 

 largest .1 to .2 long, .04 to .1 broad, crenulate, tapering to a petiole ; 

 lower leaves of fertile stems obovate to orbicular, petioled ; upper ob- 

 long to ovate, sessile, uppermost acuminate. Flowers 1-4 in scattered 

 clusters ; bracts minute, setaceous ; pedicels somewhat longer than 

 calyx ; calyx .002 to .003 long, cleft nearly to base ; corolla. 006 broad; 

 capsule oblong, .006 to .008 long, .002 to .003 broad — Summer — 

 Hermon and Antilebanon to alpine regions ; Damascus, Yebrud, 

 Palmyra, Amanus, and eastward. 



26. V. Gcriiiaiiiciae, Haussk. (g) .5 to .6 ; stems red, pubes- 

 cent below, panicled almost from base, w^ith slender, glabrous branches. 

 Lower leaves ohovatc-sjKithidate, tapering to a petiole, crenulate, thick, 

 pannous, upper oblong, tapering to a short petiole, tomentellous, 

 entire. Flowers solitary ; bracts minute, ovate ; pedicel filiform, twice 

 as long as calyx ; sepals o'blong-sjmthulate ; corolla .005 broad ; fila- 

 ments purple-bearded ; capsule .003 long, oblong — June — Amanus 

 to Marash and Aintab. 



27. V. rotunclifolium, Post. (Plant. Postian. IL 18). 2f .5 

 or more, rusty-grey, pannous, panicled almost from 'base. Root-leaves 

 oblong-spathulate in outline, .1 to .2 long, tapering to a petiole, sinu- 

 ate-pinnatifid, with rounded, crenate lobes ; stem-leaves oblong to or- 

 hicular, .02 broad, sessile, cordate-clasping, crenate, reticulate-nerved. 



