LAURINE^. (laurel FAMILY.) 



Fig. 



707 



Leaf and flower of AnstoIocliiaBillaiilieri. 



Fig. 326. 



3. A. BUIardicri, J. et Sp. 



2^ .3; stems erect, slender, puber- 

 ulcnt. Leaves short-petioled, papil- 

 lose-hispid on both sides, .02 to .03 

 long, cordate-ovate, obtuse, with 

 excised siiiiis. Flowers violet, .02 to 

 .03 long, short-peduncled, solitary 

 in axils; utricle hispid, shorter 

 than peduncle, lip oblong-lingui- 

 fonn, as long as strongly incurved 

 tube; capsule pyriform, .015 long 

 — May and .June — 'Ain el Beida, 

 Ijetween Alexandretta and Aleppo. 



■'' * Perigonium expanded cibove and 



behind into a 1-sided limb, which is 



cordate-2-aicricled at base. Tube 



strongly incurved. 



4. A. Maiirorwm, L. 11 



.2 to .5, hirtellous; trunk-oblong 

 to cylindrical ; stems naked below, 

 simple or branched. Leaves short- 

 2)etioled, lanceolate to linear, hastate, 

 acute, deeply excavated at base, 

 with oblong - spatJmlate, obtuse au- 

 ricles. Flowers on a long, nodding 

 peduncle, solitary in axils, hirtu- 

 lous, .04 to .06 long, rusty-colored, 

 Avith yellow spots; utricle ovate, 

 .005 to .015 long, lip .015 to .03 

 ,03 to .05 

 .03 broad — April to 

 July — Hedges ; not uncommon. 



Var. latifolia, Boiss. Leaves 

 triangular -hastate, .03 broad at 

 base or more — Jerusalem; Gilead. 



5. A. peecilaiitiia, Boiss. 11 .2 to .5, hirtellous; trunk oblong 

 to cylindrical; stems naked below, simple or branched. Leaves long- 

 or short-petioled, triangular-hastate to ovate, deeply excavated at base, 

 with obtuse, recurved auricles. Flowers on a long, nodding peduncle, 

 solitary in axils, .04 to .1 long, hirsute without, glabrous within, green- 

 ish-yellow, with blackish-purple spots near throat; utricle ovate, .005 

 to .015 long, lip .015 to .03 long; capsule oblong-obovate, .03 to .05 

 long — May to July — Shady and rocky places ; common. Probably 

 only a variety of the last. 



Order LXXXVIIL LAURIKE.aE, D.C. (Laurel Family.) 



Aromatic trees or slu'uhs, vnth simple^ alternate leaves, 

 {ours with) d'mcioiis flowers, the perigonium. free, {oii7^s) of 4: 

 sejKils, imhncate in the lud, and a ^-celled, l-ovitled ovary, 

 forming a lerry or drupe m fruit; anthers opening hy 



Leaf 



Aristolocliia 



