SCKOPHULARIACE^. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 583 



* Throat closed ly a folate. Cells of capsule opening ly lids. Flowers 

 less than .015 long. 



t Annual, prostrate. Leaves orhicular and ovate to hastate. 



1 L. spuria, 2 lanigera, 3 Elatine, 4 Grseca. 



1 1 Perennials. 



5 L. floribunda, 6 ^Egyptiaca, 7 macilenta. 



* * Throat closed ly a palate. Cells of capsule opening at tip ly 4-6, 

 tooth-Wke valves. 



t Seeds discoid, membranous margined. 

 X Pm^ennials, with yellow flowers .016 to .025 long. 

 8 L. Aucheri, 9 Daraasceca. 

 \ X Annuals flowers violet or yelloio, .005 to .015 long, in terminal heads. 

 10 L. Pelisseriana, 11 arvensis, 12 micrantha. 



1 1 Seeds oblong, reniform, or d-angled, not margined. 

 X Olabrous-glaucescent perennials. Seeds ^-angled. 

 13 L. Dalmatica, 14 genistifolia, 15 coridifolia. 

 X X Grlabrous or glandular -pnibescent annuals. Seeds angled or reniform. 

 16 L. triphylla, 17 Chalepensis, 18 Hselava, '19 Ascalonica, 20 

 albifrons. 



* * *. Throat of corolla open. Cells of capsule dehiscent by teeth, or 

 irregularly torn. Annuals. 



21 L. minor, 22 pterospora, 23 Persica. 



1. ]L, ipiiria, L. © Finely villous. Leaves alternate, short-pe- 

 tioled, entire, or lowest someAvhat dentate, round-ovate. Pedicels 

 tioice or thrice as long as axillary leaf ; calyx-lobes ovate-oblong ; corolla 

 yellow, loith violet uj)ijer-lip ; seeds with gyrate pittings — June to 

 September — Fields ; coast to subalpine Lebanon and Coelesyria. 



2. L, lanigera, Desf. Woolly -villous. Leaves alternate short- 

 petioled or nearly sessile, entire or repand, upper round- 

 cordate, acute. Pedicels shorter than axillary leaf to a Fig-. 265. 

 little longer, calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute ; corolla yellow- 

 ish violet ; seeds reticulate-pitted — June to November 

 — Fields ; coast and maritime ranges of mountains to 

 subalpine regions. 



Var. Tillosissima, Post. Villous-canescent ; 

 branches stiff ; leaves all short-petioled, longer than 

 flowers — M-Baghik (Dead Sea). 



3. t<. Elatine, L. © Hairy. Lowest leaves op- 

 posite, the rest alternate, short-petioled, ovate, the up- 

 permost hastate, acute. Pedicels capillary, several 

 times as long as axillary leaf ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, 

 very acute ; corolla lohite, loith pturplish upp)er and yelloio- 

 ish lower lip ; seeds pittbd-reticulate — January to 

 August— Fields ; Jordan Valley ; coast ; lower moun- 

 tains. 



