. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. , radicle superior, cotyledonslinear — Shrubs, often spinescent. * * Perigo7mim ^-meroiis. Stamens 6. Stigmas 2. Akene lenticular, 1. A. §plnosa, L. 5 -3 to .5. Leaves elliptical - rhombic toeordatci-oiblcular, .005 to .003 long. Outer two leaves of perigoniumovate-orbicular, reflexed, inner two cordate- to reniform-orbicular, .005long — May and June. Var. typica,Boiss. Greenish. Leaves elliptical to oblong —Aintab, and northward. Var. glauea, Boiss. Glaucous. Leaves ov
. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. , radicle superior, cotyledonslinear — Shrubs, often spinescent. * * Perigo7mim ^-meroiis. Stamens 6. Stigmas 2. Akene lenticular, 1. A. §plnosa, L. 5 -3 to .5. Leaves elliptical - rhombic toeordatci-oiblcular, .005 to .003 long. Outer two leaves of perigoniumovate-orbicular, reflexed, inner two cordate- to reniform-orbicular, .005long — May and June. Var. typica,Boiss. Greenish. Leaves elliptical to oblong —Aintab, and northward. Var. glauea, Boiss. Glaucous. Leaves ovate to oblong —Syrian Desert. Var. Siiiaica, Boiss. Suweid. Saicds. Leaves .003 to .004long, round-ovate— Sinai. * * Perigonium ^-merous. Stamens 8. Stigmas 3. Alene triquetrous. 2. A. Rillardicri, Jaub. et Sp. Fig. .3 to .5. Leaves ovate to oblong, (?^y\/^^:^obtuse and acute, .003 to .007 two leaves of perigonium ovate,deflexed, inner 3-2, cordate-reniform, broad ~ Summer — Subalpine andalpine Lebanon and Antilebanon, andDamascus plateau. ,.^^.^,^„ ^^^J^^ ^, Atraphaxis POLYaONACE^ (buckwheat FAMILY.) 701 Var. lieteraiitlia, Boiss. Some of the flowers (often in thesame receme), 4-merous, with flat akene, others 5-merous, with trique-trous akene — Same range as last; also Aintab and Sof Dagh. 7. POIuYGONVm, L. Knotweed. Flowers perfect. Perigonium 4-5-cleft or -parted, herbaceous orpetaloid, persistent, enclosing the fruit. Stamens 4-8, in two rows,inserted at base of perigonium. Styles or stigmas 2-3. i\.kene trian-gular or lenticular, crustaceous, with erect seed. Embryo accumbentto angle of albumen, or curved and somewhat immersed, with leafycotyledons and superior radicle — Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs,with the base of the petiole expanded into a membranous, tubularsheath (ockrece), and membranous, interfloral bracts (ochreoles).
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