602 OROBAKCHACEiE. (bROOM-KAPE FAMILY.) 



2. PHEIilPiEA, Tourn. Phelip^a. 



Flowers perfect, with median bract at base, and two lateral bract- 

 eoles. Calyx 4-5-fid. Corolla bilabiate, upper lip bifid, lower trifid. 

 Stamens 4, didynamous, inserted on corolla-tube ; anther-cells mucro- 

 nate at base, w-ith muticous or mucronate connective. Ovary 1-celled, 

 ■with 4, twin, parietal placentae. Capsule 3-valved, dehiscent at apex. 

 Seeds numerous, reticulate — Herbs with aspect of Orobanche. 



* Calyx-lobes unequal, acummate, anthers gladrous, or rnm-e or less villous. 



Capsule croioned with lase of deciduous style. 



t Stem alioays simple. 



1. P. caerulea, Vill. 11 Stem tall. Spike rather loose, pubes- 

 cent-glandular ; bract ovate-lanceolate, shorter than calyx ; bracteoles 

 subulate ; calyx-lobes 5-4, lanceolate, acuminate ; corolla twice and a 

 half as long as calyx, glandular-pubescent, amethystine,ivibM\a.Y, curved 

 forward, the middle of the tube narrowed, the lobes of the lips acute, 

 flat ; anthers glabrous, or sparingly bearded at apex ; stigma white, 

 biglobose — June — Lebanon ; Carmel. 



2. P. Liibanolica, Schweinfiirth. (Boiss. Suppl. Fl. Or. 357). 

 |3pike dense, pyramidal, acute, longer than stem ; bract subulate from 

 a broader base, longer than the buds of the upper part of the spike ; 

 bracteoles short, linear-lanceolate ; calyx-lobes 4-5, lanceolate, subu- 

 late-tapering ; corolla twice and a half as long as calyx, pale greyish- 

 violet, papillose-hirsute, tubular-campanulate, nearly straight, lobes 

 ciliate, short-ovate, obtuse, abruptly -cuspidate ; anthers woolly — Sum- 

 mer — On the pass between the Cedars and 'Ain-Ata (Lebanon). 



1 1 Sitem often branching. 



3. P. lavaEiduiacea, R'chb. % .1 to .3, short-papillose; 

 stem simple or sparingly branched below. Spike long, rather dense, 

 many-flowered ; bract ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, a little shorter than 

 calyx ; bracteoles linear-subulate ; calyx leathery, with subulate-taper- 

 ing lobes ; corolla .02 to .03 long, thrice as long as calyx, blue, gradu- 

 ally vridening from base, puberulent, curved forw^ard, with round- 

 ovate, denticulate-ciliate-hles ; beard of anthers unequal ; stigma sub- 

 quadrate — March to June — Shittim. Plain, and Jericho to northern 

 Palestine, Lebanon, Antilebanon, Damascus, Cassius, and northward. 



4. P. pyramidali§, Rent. 2f .1 to .3, short-papillose ; stem 

 simple, rarely branching at base of compact spike. Bract lanceolate, 

 acuminate, much shorter than calyx ; bracteoles linear-subulate ; calyx 

 membranous, with subulate-tapering lobes; corolla .02 to .03 long, 

 twice and a half as long as calyx, blue, gradually widening from base, 

 with ovate-lobes ; anther-connective long-w^ooUy ; style retuse —June 

 — Suf Dagh. Too near the last. 



5. P. ramosa, L. % .1 to .3, glandular-pubescent, yellow ; 

 stems simple or branched ; spikes rather loose. Bract oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, bracteoles linear-subulate, a little shorter than calyx ; 

 calyx-lobes as long as tube, subulate from a triangular base ; corolla 

 .01 to .015 long, yellow or violet, twice and a half as long as calyx, 

 (mtstricted above °ovary, curved near apex, with ovate, obtuse lobes ; 

 filaments puberulent at base ; anthers glabrous, or sparingly woolly at 

 sutures ; stigma retuse — September — Common throughout. 



