584 BCROPHULAKIACE^. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 



4. It. Grseca, Bory et Ch. Hairy. Lowest leaves opposite, 

 OTate to oblong, upper alternate, minute, ovate-triangular. Pedicels 

 capillary, many times longer than axillary leaf, tendril-Wke^ curved at 

 ayex ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, very acute; coToWsLyelloiDish-Uue oy yelloic ; 

 seeds tubercled — May to October — Fields ; coast and lower moun- 

 tains of maritime range. 



5. L<. floribunda, Boiss. 21 Ashy-hirsute; root-stock woody ; 

 stems prostrate, naked at base, densely leafy above, ending in spikes 

 often .15 long. Leaves small, tapering into a short petiole, the loicer 

 rhonilic-ellijjtical, entire, or with a small tooth near middle, wpfer linear.^ 

 .01 long, .002 to .004 broad, overto2)pirtg Jioicers. Pedicels capillary, 

 shorter than calyx ; corolla yellow, with a hooked-recurved spur ; seeds 

 tubercled — Spring — Deserts of southern Palestine. 



6. L«. iEgyptiaca, L. 5 Duvminet-el-Fdr, ^ Ushl-el-Dib. 

 Dureisheh. Mujemiineh. Rihah. Jaictm. .15 to .3, pubescent, much 

 branched from base and above ; branches stiff, elongated, at length 

 spinescent. Leaves .005 to .02 long, the lower ohlong, oltuse, the upper 

 tinangular-hastate. Racemes leafy; pedicels capillary, longer than 

 leaves, flexed at tij), at length spinescent ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute ; 

 corolla .01 long; seeds glandidar-tulercJed — Spring — Nazareth to 

 Tiberias, Moab, el-Ghor, valleys around Dead Sea, and southward and 

 eastward. 



7. Li. niacilenta, Sec. 5 Baldweh. .3 to .6, glah'ous ; hrdnches 

 stiff, sparingly leafy, with short, at length spinescent twigs. Lower 

 \e2LyG& ovate to linear-lanceolate, .02 long, .004 to .006 broad, entire or 

 sagittate at base, the uppermost awl-shaped, entire. Racemes terminal, 

 loose, short-bracted ; pedicels capillary, 2-4 times as long as calyx ; 

 calyx-lobes awl-shaped ; corolla .013 to .015 long ; seeds tubercled- 

 echinate — Spring — Jebel Hariin, and southward to Sinai. 



8. li. Aucheri, Boiss. 71 .3 to .5, glabrous; stems simple or 

 fastigiate-branched above. Leaves crowded, .03 to .05 long, .006 

 broad, linear-lanceolate, not clasping at base, 1 -3-nerved. Spikes at 

 length rather loose ; calyx-lobes nerveless, ovate-oblong ; corolla .016 to 

 .018 long, palate hirsute — May to July — Alpine and subalpine Leba- 

 non, Autilebanon, and Ccelesyria. 



Yar. auguitifolia, Post. Leaves linear, .001 to .0025 broad — 

 Subalpine Lebanon. 



Var. fa§tigriata, Post. Leaves .001 to .004 broad. Plant fastigi- 

 ate above — Cedars of Lebanon. 



9. L.. Daina§cena, Boiss. et Gaill. 2f .3 to .8, glabrous-glau- 

 cescent, many- or 1 -stemmed ; stems leafy, ending in a simple raceme, 

 which is elongated and rather dense in fruit. Leaves alternate, linear- 

 lanceolate, nearly 3-nerved, the midrib not grooved above. Calyx-lobes 

 oc -nerved, oblong-elliptical ; corolla .02 to .025 long, palate minutely 

 pruinose — Spring and summer — Dry hills ; Hauran to Damascus, and 

 subalpine regions of Autilebanon. 



10. Li. Pcli§§eriana, L. © .2 to .5, glabrous ; fertile stems 

 erect, simple, or sparingly branched. Leaves of shoots obhng, whorled; 

 of stems remote, linear to aid-shaped. Corolla violet, .015 long, includ- 

 ing spur which is as long as Zm&— Spring — Sands and fields, along 

 coast, and to middle Lebanon. 



