582 SCEOrnULARIACEiB. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 



4. C. pai'viflora, Dec. ^ Nefieh. .15 to .2, opposite-branched. 

 Leaves. 01 to .015 long, .004 broad, opposite, the lower woolly-canes- 

 cent, oblocfg-lauceolate, somewhat repand, short-petioled, the upper 

 sessile, linear, drow?iish-pu7yle, as also ilie Ucigs. Racemes opposite or 

 alternate, .07 long, few-flowered, loose ; pedicels twice to thrice as 

 long as calyx, filiform ; bracts minute, linear ; calj^x .002 long, with 

 elliptical, acute, glandular-margined lobes ; corolla .005 broad ; cap- 

 sule globular — Ghor-es-:Safieh, and southward to Sinai. 



5. €. piiietoriiHi, Boiss. (D ,6 papillose-hispid below and at 

 leaves ; stem slender, ending in a spreading, glandular panicle. Leaves 

 alternate, th*e lower .05 long, petioled, lyrate-pinnatisect, the lateral 

 segments few, small, triangular, the terminal ovate-oblong, acutely cut- 

 lobed and deutate, the u})per undivided, nearly sessile ; the uppermost 

 cordate-clasping, triangular-ovate, acutely dentate, acuminate. Pedi- 

 cels capillary, many times as long as calyx ; bracts minute, cvate, cus- 

 pidate ; calyx .003 long, with elliptical-lanceolate lobes ; corolla .02 

 broad ; capsule a half longer than calyx — June — Woods ; moun- 

 tains of Gilead ; pines between Kessab and Su^diyeh. 



6. C. lieteropliylla, Desf. @ .5 to 1.5, glabrous except at 

 hispidulous base, spreading-paniculate above. Leaves alternate, loioest 

 pinnatisect with oblong, crenate, remote segments, often intermixed toith 

 lohdes, the terminal oblong-lanceolate, longer ; intermediate leaves 

 nearly sessile, with narrower, acute lobes ; the uppermost half-clasp- 

 ing, ovate, acuminate. Pedicels 4-5 times as long as calyx ; bracts 

 cordate-deltoid, undkided, acuminate, the lower as long as pedicels, the 

 upper much shorter ; calyx .002 long, with oblong lobes ; corolla .006 

 to .008 broad ; capsule .003 in diameter, globular, 



a third longer than calyx — Summer — By water ; Fig. 264. 



Gilead to Lake Phiala, eastern sloj^es of Lebanon, 

 Coilesyria, and A.ntilebanon, Aintab, Marash, and 

 northward and eastward. 



7. C. Oriciitali§, L. © .3 to .5, tomentel- 

 lous, green ; stem densely leafy, simple, or sparing- 

 ly panicled. Leaves ovate-oblong in outline, &yj>m- 

 natisect into minute, oblong, divergent, often lobulated 

 lobes; upper sessile, pinnatisect into few, linear 

 lobes. Pedicel shorter than calyx ; bracts pinnati- 

 sect into linear-lobes, entire or linear, longer than 

 calyx ; calyx .005 long, with linear lobes ; corol- 

 la .006 croad ; capsule oblong-ellipsoidal, .005 

 long, .003 broad, shoi^ter XhMi calyx — March to Segment of flowenng 

 Jime — Hillsides and fields ; common. branch of c. Orientaiis. 



3. LIXARIA, Juss. Toad-Flax. 



Calyx 5-parted, with nearly equal lobes. Corolla personate, with 

 spur at base of tube, throat sometimes closed by prominent palate, 

 sometimes open ; upper lip erect, bifid, lower reflexed, 3-lobed. 

 Stamens 4, didynamous ; anther-cells oblong. Capsule globular or 

 ovate, with 2, equal or slightly unequal cells, variously dehiscent or 

 ruptured at apex. Seeds ovate or prisinatic, with variously marked 

 testa, or discoid, membranous-margined — Herbs or shrubs. 



