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than leaves; spikes cylindrical, dense, .03 to .15 long; bracts apprcssed- 

 hirtulous, narrow-margined, ovate, acute or acuminate ; calyx-lobes 

 ciliate, the posterior keeled-winged ; corolla-tube hirsute, lobes ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate ; cells of capsule lilocellate — Spring — Sands and 

 dry places ; common. 



Var. sisiiplex. Leaves linear, entire or few toothed — Beirut 

 among pines. 



15. F. HiaHtlma, L. 21 Stemless. LeaYbs /leshy, linear, 3-nerved, 

 entire or remotely denticulate, glabrous or sparingly papillose, hirsute or 

 fleecy at sheathing base. Scapes appressed-papillose-hairy, usually 

 longer than leaves; spike cylindrical, .02 to .06 long, rather loose; 

 bracts ovate, concave, shorter than calyx, narrow-margined ; calyx-lobes 

 obtuse, broad-margined, the keel of the posterior lobes green, expanded 

 into a narro^v, scarious v/ing; corolla-tube appressed-hirtulous, lobes 

 ovate, acute; cells of ca2)siile 2, each loith 1 seed — Summer — Salt 

 marshes ; coast and interior, 



16. F. carluata, Schrad. % Root-stoch woody, with many stems. 

 Leaves triquetrous-linear, glabrescent or fleecy at base. Scapes appress- 

 ed-hirtulous, usually much longer than leaves; spikes ovate-globular to 

 cylindrical, .01 to .05 long; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, as long as 

 calyx ; calyx-lobes scarious-margined, the posterior keeled ; corolla-tube 

 appressed-hirtulous, lobes'ovate, acute ; capsule 2-celled with 1 seed in 

 each cell — July to October — Subalpine and Alpine Lebanon and Anti- 

 lebanon. 



17. I^. ArsiMca, ^ L. .2, sJirubhy at iase and alove, the bra72ches 

 nalced Mow, densely leafy. Leaves hispid, 'very viscid, stiff, linear- 

 triquetrous, .015 to .02 long, revolute-margined. Peduncles few to- 

 gether, corymbed in the upper axils, longer than leaves ; spikes ovate- 

 spberical, .008 long, few-flowered; bracts ovate, acute or acuminate, 

 viscid-hirtulous, somewhat shorter than calyx ; calyx viscid-hirtulous, 

 anterior lobes oblong, obtuse, posterior keeled; corolla-lobes ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute — March — Elevated valleys and mountain tops of 

 Sinai. 



1§. F». Fsyltiiim, L. © Qatunah. .2 to .4, glandular -pubescent; 

 stem, erect, simple or thyrsoid-branched. Leaves linear-lanceolate to 

 linear, .03 to .06 long, entire or remotely denticulate. Peduncles from 

 upper axils, about as long as leaves; spikes ovate-spherical, .006 to 

 .013 long, glandular-hairy; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate; 

 calyx-lobes acuminate, corolla-lobes lanceolate, acute — Spring — 

 Grassy places and fields ; common even in deserts. 



19. P. §tricta, Schousb. © .2 to .4, minutely ^wuinose above, 

 papillose-hairy at joints ; stem nearly simple. Leaves linear, entire. 

 Peduncles from upper axils, often longer than leaves; spikes ovate, long, 

 seabridtdous-hairy ; bracts lanceolate to lanceolate-linear; calyx-lobes 

 acutish ; corolla-lobes lanceolate, acute — Spring — Near Aleppo at 'Ain- 

 el-Beida. 



20, P. pliseostoma, Boiss. et Held. © .04 to .07, glandular- 

 pub erulent and papillose-hairy, branching from neck, branches diva- 

 ricate. Leaves linear, .01 to .025 long, entire. Peduncles as long as leaves 

 and heads, or shorter; spikes oblong, .014 to .02 long, dense, hirtulous; 

 bracts ollong-linear, obtuse, all but the lowest shorter than calyx ; calyx- 



