SCROPHULAKIACE^. (FIGWORT F.iMILY.) 597 



calyx ; capsule glabrous, .002 broad, about as long as calyx, broader 

 than long ; style one-tliird as long as sinus — June — Fields ; alpine 

 Lebanon. 



16. Y. Reuteriana, Boiss. .02 to .04, glandular-hairy, 

 simple or branching from base. Leaves subpetioled, small, ovate-ob- 

 long, entire; floral linear-spatliulate, as long as pedicel. Racemes short ; 

 corolla * * ; fruiting pedicels horizontal, twice to thrice as long as 

 calyx ; capsule glandular at margin, longer than calyx, lobes diverging 

 at aright angle ; style half as long as 4-5-seeded cells — March to June 



— Moist clayey places ; Manshura (xintilebanon) ; Damascus. 



17. Y. Syriaca, Reem. et Sch. .15 to .35, glandular-hairy, 

 branching from base and above. Leaves ovate, crenate or dentate, the 

 lowest petioled ; floral much shorter than pedicel, linear-elliptical, 

 entire or sparingly toothed. Racemes loose ; corolla blue, .008 to .01 

 broad ; fruiting pedicels many times as long as calyx ; capsule flatten- 

 ed, glandular-ciliate, as long as calyx, broader than long ; style once 

 and a half to thrice as long as sinus ; cells 8-10-seeded ; seeds wrinMed 



— January to May — Common in fields everywhere to subalpine 

 regions. 



1§. Y, tr!plByno§, L. .1 to .25, sparingly pubescent, often 

 diffuse. Lowest leaves ovate, petioled, undivided, intermediate ^aZ??2aiJ- 

 sect into 3-7-9, obUng-spathulate lobes ; floral trisect or undivided. Ra- 

 cemes loose ; pedicels as long as calyx and bracts, or longer, spread- 

 ing ; calyx-lobes oblong, longer than blue corolla ; capsule glandular, 

 .006 long, .008 broad, obcordate, about as long as calyx ; style^ longer 

 than sinus — Spring — ISTorth-eastearn plains from Coelesyria and 

 Qaldun, to Palmyra, Aintab, and northward. 



19. ¥. biloba, L. .05 to .1, sparingly glandular-puberulent, 

 simple or sparingly branched. Leaves oblong, sparingly dentic%late, 

 floral lenticular. Racemes at first capitate, then loose, few-flowered ; pedi- 

 cels about as long as calyx and bracts ; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, 3- 

 nerved, connate by pairs at base ; corolla pale, shorter than calyx ; cap- 

 sule glandular, cleft nearly to base into obovate, 2-3-seeded, divergent 

 lobes, shorter than calyx ; style much shorter than sinus — May and 

 June — Subalj)ine Lebanon. 



2©. V. campylopocta, Boiss. .05 to .15, papillose-hairy, 

 usually much branched from base. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to ob- 

 long, the lowest obsoletely crenate or dentate, the others^ entire ; the 

 floral linear, as long as pedicels. Racemes loose ; pedicels _ usually 

 longer than calyx, recurved in fruit; calyx-lobes short-connate in p)airs, 

 linear-lanceolate, 3-nerved ; corolla pale, shorter than calyx ; capsule 

 glandular, cleft nearly to base into obliquely obovate, divergent, 2-6- 

 seeded lobes ; style half as long as sinus — Spring — Fields and sandy 

 places ; Lebanon, Antilebanon, Qaldiln, Deir 'Atiyeh, Aiutab, and 

 northward. 



21. V. Buxbaumii, Ten. Papillary-pubescent. Leaves or- 

 bicular to ovate, subcordate, coarsely crenate-serrate, the lower petiol- 

 ed ; the floral scarcely smaller. Pedicels much longer than leaves ; 

 calyx-lobes ovate-obhng, in pairs, divaricating in fruit, longer than cap- 

 sule ; corolla .01 broad, blue, broader than calyx ; capsule ciliate, 

 reticulate, twice £is broad as long, with divaricate, obtusely -triangular lobes, 



