. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. diameters. calyx campanulate, .003 long, divided to three- (/!.) Petals, stamens,fourths its length into oblong, white-margined and pistil, magnified 3 dia-lobes ; petals pink to violet, ^ elliptical-oblong, ^^^^^^^twice as long as calyx — March to May — Dry places ; Palmyra toJerusalem, Moab, and southward to Arabia and Eg3pt. 3. O. liibanotica, Boisa. 2]! .15 to .3, glaucous, woody atbase, stems numerous, slender, branching into oblong, somcitimesviscid panicles. Leav
. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. diameters. calyx campanulate, .003 long, divided to three- (/!.) Petals, stamens,fourths its length into oblong, white-margined and pistil, magnified 3 dia-lobes ; petals pink to violet, ^ elliptical-oblong, ^^^^^^^twice as long as calyx — March to May — Dry places ; Palmyra toJerusalem, Moab, and southward to Arabia and Eg3pt. 3. O. liibanotica, Boisa. 2]! .15 to .3, glaucous, woody atbase, stems numerous, slender, branching into oblong, somcitimesviscid panicles. Leaves fleshy, rigid, oblong-lenticular, .01 long, .003broad, reticulate. Bracts oblong-lanceolate, scarious-margined ; pedi-cels capillary, 3-4 times as long as calyx ; calyx campanulate, .003long, acutely dentate from middle ; limb i:)ink, shorter than calyx —July to September — Rocks ; Alpine Lebanon, Berytdagh and north-ward. 4. O, Auchcri, Boiss. If .6 to 1, green ; stems slenderbranching into a glandular, rarely glabrous panicle. Leaves rigidtubercled, oblong to linear-lanceolate .03 to .05 long, .003 to .004. SILENE^. (pink family.) 129 broad. Bracts linear, scarious ; pedicels setaceous, 2-3 times as longas calyx ; calyx .0015 long, campanulate, white-tuberded, teeth ovate,obtuse, membranous-margined ; limb pink, oblong, somewhat shorterthan calyx — July and August — Akherdagh and northward. 5. O. Damascena, Boiss. If .3 to .4, glabrous ; stems slen-der, ending in a glabrous, rarely glandular panicle. Leaves fleshy,oblong, .01 to .015 long, .002 to .004: broad, acute, 3-nerved, thelateral nerves marginal anastomosing with the intermediate. Bractsminute, lanceolate, scarious ; pedicels setaceous, 4-6 times as long ascalyx ; calyx campanulate, .002 long, teeth oblong, obtuse, mem-branous-margined ; limb ichite, as long as calyx — June and July —Dry hills ; Um-Jem^l (Moab) to Damascus, Antilebanon, and north-ward. 6. O. ruicifolia, Boiss. % .8 to 1, glabrous ;
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