. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. 2/2J^ndages; Vfmgs oi £i\ branches .001 to .002 broad;lower aspect of axis covered with linear, ciliate-pectiuate scales; calyx-limb blue, truncate, crenulate; corolla cream-colored — March to June—Along the coast; east of Jordan (Tristram). 2. S. Tliouini, Viv. © .2 to .4, glabrous. Fig. more or less 3-winged, o?ie of the wingsendAng at the nodes in a sliort. Hunt, odong ap-pendage; wings of floral branches .002 to .004broad, reticulate; axis nearly nake
. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. 2/2J^ndages; Vfmgs oi £i\ branches .001 to .002 broad;lower aspect of axis covered with linear, ciliate-pectiuate scales; calyx-limb blue, truncate, crenulate; corolla cream-colored — March to June—Along the coast; east of Jordan (Tristram). 2. S. Tliouini, Viv. © .2 to .4, glabrous. Fig. more or less 3-winged, o?ie of the wingsendAng at the nodes in a sliort. Hunt, odong ap-pendage; wings of floral branches .002 to .004broad, reticulate; axis nearly naked; calyx-limbwhite, cleft to middle into 5, triangular lobes, icithbristle in sinus; corolla yellow—Spring — Jor-dan Valley and its flanks to the Mediterraneansea-level; south of Gaza; Arabia Petrsea. t t Branches terete or angled. Calyx-insertionoblique. Perennial herbs. 3. S. Liiinoiiium, L. % .3 to .8, gla-brous-glaucescent. Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, tapering to a petiole, .05 to .2 one-sided, dense or lax, often scorpioid; ^y® ^^-• 2-3-flowered ; bracts herbaceous,. PLUMBAGINE^ (LEADWORT FAMILY.) 513 scarious-margined, the lower one-third the length of the upper; flowers .003 long; calyx-tube hairy, longer than triangular-lobed limb June to November — Coast of Mediterranean and Dead Sea. 4. S. Sietoeri, Boiss. 1|! .2 to .5, glabrous-glaucescent. Leavesobovate-spatJndate, long-petioled, .02 to .04 long. Lower branchessterile, upper dichotomous. Spikelets 1-2-flowered, straight, forminglax, one-sided spikes; bracts brown, coriaceous with rusty, scariousmargin, the upper thrice as long as the lower; calyx-tube hirtulous,much longer than limb— June to November— Rocks along seashore. 5. S. Tirgata, Boiss. % .2 to .3, glabrous. Leaves oUong-to lanceolate-spathulate, tapering to a long petiole, .02 to .03 branches sterile, upper dichotomous. Spikelets 2-4-flowered,usually ijicurved, forming lax, one-sided spikes;
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