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2. P. Oi'ieiita82§, Mill. 2f .d to .5, wooWj, somewhat flocculent; 

 stems simple or sparingly branched. Leaves often glabrescent above, 

 wrinkled, the cauline ovate-oblong, petioled, cordate at base, .06 to .1 

 long, the floral ovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, truncate or cuneate 

 at base, longer than whorls. Whorls 10-4-flowered ; calyx .015 long in 

 flower, teeth lanceolate, .004 long; longer filaments not spurred — Sum- 

 mer — Interior plains. 



Var. bracliyodon, Boiss. Calyx-teeth shorter, more obtuse — 

 Wilderness of Judea. 



3. P. t>revilal>ri§, Ehr. Ti .25 to .4, appressed-woolly, not 

 flocculent, often procumbent at base ; stems simple or very sparingly 

 branched. Leaves petioled, ovate to oblong-ovate, subcordate to 

 cuneate or tapering at base, .02 to .04 long; the floral lenticular, longer 

 than calyces. Whorls few-flowered; calyx .01 long in flower, teeth 

 lanceolate, .002 long; longer filaments not spurred — Summer — Subal- 

 pine and alpine Lebanon, Ccelesyria, and Antilebanon. 



4. P. cordata, Boiss. et Ky. % A to .6, appressed-woolly, 

 greyish yellow; stems ascending, nearly simple. All the leaves cordate, 

 petioled, the lower .025 long, the upper smaller, as long as whorls. 

 Whorls 4-6 flowered, distant; calyx .01 long in flower, teeth lanceolate, 

 .003 long ; longer filaments not spurred — Summer — Subalpine Amanus 

 and Kurd Dagh. 



5. P. capltata, Boiss. 11 .2 to .3; stems numerous, erect, 

 nearly simple. Leaves small, appressed-tomentellous, white or yellow- 

 ish, wrinkled-netted, the radical cordate, the cauline subsessile, soon 

 falling, the floral elliptical, as long as whorls. Whorls crowded into an 

 ovate, dense, terminal head, the lowermost sometimes distinct; calyx 

 .01 long in flower, teeth lanceolate, rather obtuse, .003 long— Sum- 

 mer — Akher Dagh. 



6. P. Armeaiaca, Willd. If .5 to .8, appressed-woolly, canes- 

 cent ; stems simple, or sparingly branched. Leaves elli]jtical to lanceo- 

 late and oUong, .04 to .14 long, .01 to .025 broad, the lower long-petiol- 

 ed, the floral sessile, as long as whorls or longer. Whorls 2-4 or more, 

 the lower distant, the upper approximated, 4-10-flowered, twice as large 

 as a walnut; calyx .012 long in flower, teeth lanceolate, one-third to one- 

 half as long as tube ; nutlets glabrous — August — Akher Dagh. 



7. P. Iineari§, Boiss. et Bal. % .4 to .6; stems simple, sparing- 

 ly woolly. Leaves appressed-tomentellous, i^aZe green, oUong-linear to 

 linear, ,1 to .2 long, .005 to .01 broad, slightly wrinkled, the lower 

 tapering into a long petiole, the floral sessile, much longer than flowers. 

 Whorls 2-4, distant, 4-8-flowered, twice as large as a walnut; calyx .014 

 long in flower, teeth lanceolate, one-half to two-thirds as long as tube; 

 nutlets hairy at tip — September — Beryt Dagh, and probably Akher 

 Dagh. 



8. P. aurea, Dec. If .6 to 1, golden- woolly, flocculent. Leaves 

 oblong, .05 to .1 long,. .02 to .03 broad, the lower truncate or subcor- 

 date at base, short-petioled. Whorls many flowered, as large as a walnut 

 or larger, distant ; bracts oblong to linear, obtuse, somewhat shorter 

 than calyces; calyx .015 long in flower, truncate, teeth 5, short-triangu- 

 lar-subulate ; nutlets glabrous — Summer — Sinai. 



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