590 SCROPHULABIACE-S. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 



of Datisca cannabina), bipinnatisect into narrow-lanceolate, acute, 

 acutely incised leaflets, in uj^per leaves linear-lanceolate. Cymes short, 

 5-7-flovvered ; bracts and bracteoles ovate-oUong, broadly scarious-mar^ 

 gined; calyx-lobes with broad, scarious, tcavy, blistered margin ; corolla 

 blackish purple, scale round ; capsule ovate-conical, acuminate, twice 

 as long as calyx — Spring — Aleppo to Aintab. 



8. S. tag^ctifolia, Boiss. et Haussk. (D .6 to 1, glabrous ; 

 stem simple or branched, ending in a long, loose thyrsus. Leaves 1-2- 

 pinnatisect int» short-lanceolate, acutely incised-dentate leaflets, axis 

 often bearing minute leaflets. Cymes rather long peduncled, 7-15-flower- 

 ed ; bracteoles not scarious ; pedicels 3-4 times as long as calyx ; calyx- 

 lobes with denticulate, scarious margin not as broad as herbaceous 

 portion ; corolla purple ; appendix renif orm, capsule long, mucronate, 

 scarcely longer than calyx — Spring — Aleppo to Aintab. 



9. S. Itlichoiiiana, Coss. et Kralik. (g) 1 to 1.5, glabrous 

 except glandular inflorescence. Stem red, angled, simple or sparing- 

 ly branched, ending in a loose thyrsus .3 to .6 long. Leaves pinnati- 

 sect into ovate-oblong, obtusely-dentate, or lyrate segments, the lowest 

 often icith a leaflet at base of petiole, the upper decurrent. Cymes short- 

 peduncled, 2-7-flowered ; bracts and bracteoles setaceous, not scarious- 

 margined ; calyx-lobes ovate, with a red, crisp, wavy margin, as broad 

 as they ; corolla yellowish ; scale small, round ; capsule as large as a 

 pea, abruptly long-mucronate — April to August — Common. 



Var. tenuisecta, Boiss. Subdivisions of leaves smaller and 

 more dissected. Thyrsus short — Common. 



10. S. Incida, L. @ .5 to .8, glabrous ; stem obtusely te- 

 tragonal, ending in a long, minutely glaijdular thyrsus. Leaves thick- 

 ish, the lowest small, ovate, lobed, the others 2-pinnatisect into ob- 

 long, incised-dentate segments, those of upper leaves narrower. Cymes 

 bifid, 3-7-flowered ; flowers short-pedicelled ; bracts linear, short ; 

 calyx-lobes orbicular, scarious margined ; corolla blacMsh-purple, lobes 

 orbicular, the upper larger ; hnger stamens exserted ; scale half-round ; 

 capsule as large as a small pea, acuminate-mucronate, twice as long as 

 calyx — Spring — Between Hebron and Jerusalem ; Hasbeiyah. 



11. S, §ph£erocarpa, Boiss. et Rent. (2) 1 or more, glabrous, 

 glossy ; stem red, obtusely 4-angled, ending in an elongated, spreading^ 

 slightly glandular panicle. Leaves thickish, the lower lyrate-pinnati- 

 fid, the others bipinnatisect, with divaricating, oblong, obtuse, obtusely 



dentate zegmQnis,. Cymes 5-7-flowered, flowers nearly sessile; bracts 

 short, linear ; calyx-lobes orbicular, with broad, scarious margins ; 

 corolla purple, scale renif orm ; capsules .003 in diameter, globular, 

 apiculate — May — Lower and middle zones of Lebanon, Coelesyria, 

 and Antilebanon, to Amanus, Aintab, and northward. 



12. S. zylorrhiza, Boiss. et Haussk. 2( .06 to .16, minutely 

 glandular or glabrescent ; root-stock woody ; stems numerous, brittle, 

 simple, somewhat angled, ending in a narrow thyrsus, leafy near base. 

 Leaves. 01 long, ovate-oblong, acutely incised-dentate, cuneate at base, 

 undivided, or lyrate, or pinnatisect into oblong, decurrent segments ; 

 floral-leaves minute. Cymes short-peduncied, 5-1-flowered ; bracteoles 

 oblong ; calyx-lobes ovate, narrow-margined ; corolla campanulate, 

 thrice as long as calyx ; scale round-ovate ; capsule globular, nearly 



