598 SCROPHULAKIACE^. (FIGWOUT FAMn^Y.) 



keeled, .cells 5-8-seeded ; style longer than lobes — Spring — Fields ; 

 common. 



22. V. didyina, Ten. Sparingly pubescent. Leaves round- 

 ovate, subcordate, pctioled, crenate-serrate ; floral smaller. Pedicels as 

 long as leaves or shorter; calyx-lobes hroad-ovate, more or less divaricat- 

 ing in fruit, longer than capsule ; corolla deep-blue, as broad as calyx; 

 capsule densely tomentellous, broader than long, notched, inflated, 

 cells 8-10-seeded ; style longer than sinus — November to May — 

 Fields ; common. 



23. V. Cyinbalarla, Bod. Hirsute with long papillae. 

 Leaves semi-orhicular^ siibcordate or cuneate at base, petioled, 5-11-cre- 

 natc-lobed. Peduncles longer than leaves, spreading ; calyx-lobes 

 ovate to elliptical, obtuse, tapering at base, open in fruit, ciliate ; corol- 

 la white, rotate, scarcely broader than calyx ; capsule inflated, didy- 

 mous, 2-4-seeded, hirsute or glabrous ; style longer than sinus — Spring 



— Fields ; common throughout. 



Var. cyinbalarioldes, Post. Glabrous or glabrescent. Peduncles 

 about as long as leaves; calyx-lobes sometimes furnished with a lateral 

 lobe ; corolla cream-colored ; style scarcely longer than sinus — Fields; 

 with type. (F. cymbalarioides, Bl.). 



24. V. hedersefoJia, L. Pubescent. Leaves nearly round, 

 cordate or cuneate at base, d-5-loled, terminal lobe larger. Peduncles 

 about as long as leaf or shorter, deflexed in fruit : calyx-lobes cordate- 

 triangular, erect ijifi'uit, longer than ca2}sule ; corolla white or pale-blue, 

 shorter than calyx ; capsule glabrous, 4:-lobed, cells 1 -seeded ; style 

 short — Spring — Fields ; common. 



Var. brevipeduiicwiata, Post. Peduncles shorter than calyx 



— Beirut, Hems. 



ai. §IPII<I>WOSTECiIA, B'th. SiPHONOSTEGIA. 



Calyx bibracteate, tubular, many-ribbed, 2-lipped, the upper lip 

 3-, the lower 2-parted to base into oblong-linear, nearly equal lobes. 

 Corolla tubular, bilabiate, long exserted, the upper lip helmet-shaped, 

 retuse, the lower 3-lobed,the palate not gibbous, but more or less longi- 

 tudinally 2-plaited. Stamens 4, nearly equal under the upper lip, 

 with sagittate, muticous anthers. Capsule lanceolate, acute, scarcely 

 compressed, included in calyx, loculicidal. Seeds numerous, nearly 

 triquetrous — Tall perennials. 



S. Syriaca, Boiss. et Reut. If .6 to 1, pubescent, drying-black; 

 stems wand-like,' simple or sparingly branched, ending in a long, 

 spike-like, leafy raceme or panicle. Leaves nearly sessile, oblong- 

 lanceolate, entire, tapering at base, floral linear-lenticular, as long as or 

 longer than calyx. Flowers opposite, sessile, spreading ; bracteoles of 

 calyx linear ; calyx 11 -ribbed and grooved, lips one-fourth as long as 

 tube ; corolla purple, with small limb — Summer — Shady rocks ; 

 valley of the Orontes from Suediyeh to Antioch ; Amanus, and north- 

 ward. 



12. BUNGEA, C. A. M. Bungea. 



Calyx bibracteate, short-tubular, deeply cleft into 4, leaf-like 

 lobes. Corolla tubular, the upper lip helmet-shaped, acuminate, with 



