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nate-dentate, the lower petioled the uppei- sessile. Cymes few-flower- 

 ed, tlie lower sliort-peduucled, the others sessile, forming loose, some- 

 what distant whorls ; bracts lanceolate-subulate, as long as pedicels ; 

 calyx .005 long in flower, .008 in fruit, pruinose, slightly incurved, 

 teeth one-fifth to one-fourth as long as tube; corolla slightly incurved, 

 twice as long as calyx — Spring — Sinai to Egypt. 



4. N. Traclaoiiitica, Post. (Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. Vol. XXIV. 

 p. 439). 2f .G to ,^, ]3uberulent, canescent ; stems stout, four-angled- 

 ribbed, grooved. Lower leaves .03 to .05 long, .03 to .04 broad, long- 

 petioled, ovate-cordate, obtusely coarse-serrate, the upper short-petiol- 

 ed, oblong-ovate, acutely coarse-serrate. Splices terminal, dense, ollong, 

 .03 to .05 long, .03 to .03 broad, scarcely interrupted at base; bracts 

 appressed-wooUy, linear-subulate, half as long as calyx; calyx .013 

 long, greenish-red, teeth half as long as tube ; corolla p^nlc, looolly, 

 once and a half as long as calyx, tube slightly exserted ; nutlets strong- 

 ly tubercled — May — Ruins of Shuhbah (el-Leja). 



5. N. Cilicica, Boiss. 11 .3 to .6, green, glabrous or minutely 

 puberulent ; stems simple or branched. Lower leaves petioled, cor- 

 date-ovate, .015 to .05 long, coarse-toothed; upper sessile, acutely 

 toothed. Whorls few-many-flowered, short-pedicelled to sessile, dis- 

 tant below, approximated alove ; bracts subulate, shorter than calyx- 

 tube; calyx .01 long, teeth a third as long as tube; corolla blue, .03 

 long, with slender tube, twice to twice and a half as long as calyx; 

 nutlets muricate — May to August — Moab ; subalpine and alpine 

 Lebanon and Antilebanon ; Akher Dagh. 



6. M. giomerata, Month, et Auch. If: .3 to .6, minutely glan- 

 dular and p)apillose-p)ulescent ; stems ascending, branched. Lower 

 leaves short-petioled, cordate-ovate, .01 to .035 long, obtusely crenate, 

 the upper sessile, somewhat auricled. AYhorls dense, small, sessile, all 

 remote; bracts lanceolate-subulate, half as long as calyx; calyx .005 

 long, teeth a third as long as tube; corolla bluish, tube twice to twice 

 and a half as long as calyx ; nutlets tubercled — August and Septem- 

 ber — Alpine regions of Lebanon and Hermon; Akher Dagh. 



T. W. Amasaa, Post. 2f .3 to .6 or more, dark green, minutely 

 puberalent ; stems simple or sparingly branched above. Leaves petiol- 

 ed, cordate-ovate, .03 to .08 long, incised-crenate-dentate ; the upper- 

 most sessile, dentate. Cymes many-flowered, short-peduncled and 

 -pedicelled, approximated, /<?r??2wi^ a dense or somewhat interrupted s2nJce 

 .05 to .1 long in flower, .1 to .3 in fruit; bracts subulate, shorter than 

 calyx -tube; calyx .01 long, teeth one-fourth as long as tube; corolla 

 blue, tube about twice as long as calyx — July — Amanus. 



§. N. ciirviflora, Boiss. If .6 to 1, ap>pressed-tomentellous, ca- 

 nescent, panicled above. Leaves petioled, truncate to subcordate at 

 base, oblong-ovate to oblong, .01 to .03 long, floral oblong-lanceolate, 

 minute. Cymes many-flowered, short-peduncled and sessile, many 

 times dichotomous, forming interrupted spikes or racemes; bracts 

 subulat-e, curved, short; calyx .003 to .003 long, teeth oblong-ovate, 

 one-third to one-fourth as long as tube ; corolla blue, tube thrice as long 

 as calyx, strongly incurved — April to June — Moab ; Palestine to mid- 

 dle and subalpine Lebanon and Antilebanon and Ccelesyria. 



9. N. nuda, L. U -6 to 1, puberulent or glabrescent; stems 



