SCROPHULAKIACE^. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 579 



Flowers solitary, short-pednncied ; sepals obloDg ; capsule ovate- 

 globular, woolly, .005 long, about as long as calyx — June — Jebel 

 Husha' (Gilead) ; plain of Hauran. 



28. V. friittculo§um, Post. (Plant. Postian. Fasc. VI). If 

 . 3 to . 6, woody at base, densely ^annous with stellate wool. Leaves 

 thick, crenate, the lower oblong, .03 to .1 long, obtuse, wavy-margin- 

 ed, the upper ovate-lanceolate, cordate-clasping at base, acute, the 

 floral ovate-cordate, short-acuminate. Flowers solitary, short-pedun- 

 cled, .015 to .018 broad ; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, a little shorter 

 than calyx ; calyx .006 long, split nearly to base into lanceolate, acute 

 lobes ; corolla yellow, densely stellate-tomentellous ; filaments purple- 

 woolly ; anthers kidney-shaped ; capsule woolly, soon glabrescent, 

 spherical, mucronate, sliorter than calyx — July and August — Wadi- 

 en-Nar, between Jerusalem and Mar Saba. 



29. V. Scliimperiaiium, Boiss. (D Pannous, rusty-yellow. 

 Leaves mostly at neck, crowded, oblong, .04 to .1 long, obtuse, taper- 

 ing into a short petiole, obtusely sinuate-lobed, wavy-margined. Panicle 

 almost from base, much branched, leafless excei^t 1-2, scale-like^ omte- 

 cordate leaves. Racemes long, slender ; flowers solitary, short pedicel- 

 led ; calyx scarcely .003 long, woolly, cleft to middle ; filaments dirty 

 white- wo oily ; capsule ovate, mucronate, somewhat longer than calyx 

 — Spring — Sinai. 



30. V. Tiberiadis, Boiss. (D .6 to 1, appressed-papillose 

 below, glandular-woolly above ; stem stout, densely leafy below, 

 broad-panicled above. Root-leaves short-petioled, oblong to oblong- 

 lanceolate, .15 to .3 long, pinuatifid into irregular, triangular-lanceo- 

 late, dentate lobes ; middle leaves sessile ; upper cordate, acuminate, 

 denticulate. Pedicels shorter than calyx ; bracts small, triangular- 

 cordate ; calyx .003 long, cleft nearly to base ; capsule ovate-globular, 

 .006 long — May — Around Lake of Tiberias and Banias. 



31. V. Aleppeii§e, Benth. (D .3 to .6 ; stem simple, leafy be- 

 low, racemed or thyrsoid-'pamcled above. Leaves of sterile rosette 

 canescent, imbricated, oblong, wavy-sinuate, .06 to .1 long ; of fertile 

 stems more densely woolly at lower surface, the lower oblong-lanceo- 

 late, dentate or cut-loled, petioled, the upper sessile, somewhat cordate- 

 clasping, plaited, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate. Inflo;'escence gland- 

 ular ; bracts triangular-oUong, as long as pedicel; calyx .005 long, 

 cleft nearly to base ; filaments purplish- woolly ; capsule ovate, .005 

 long — Aleppo, and north-eastward. 



32. V. infidelium, Boiss. et Haussk. (D .5 to .8, many- 

 stemmed, leafy-below ; stems simjjle m^ sparingly hranched above, heset 

 with sessile glands, and long, spreading, rigid hairs. Leaves undivided, 

 crenate ; radical white-pannous, oblong, acute, tapering into a short 

 petiole ; cauline sessile, half-clasping, lanceolate-acuminate. Bracts 

 lanceolate, as long as pedicel; inflorescence hispid; calyx .005 long, 

 parted into lanceolate, often acuminate lohes ; filaments yellowish wool- 

 ly ; capsule ovate, shorter than calyx — Summer — Near Marash. 



33. V. macraiitlium, Post. (Plant. Postian. Fasc. VI). U 

 1 to 1.3, woody at base, stem yellowish, appressed-woolly, icinged 

 below, the wings coarsely serrate-lobed, simple or sparingly bmnched 

 above ; branches long, wand-like. Leaves woolly, the lower cauline 



