. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. eaflet, the others of 3, ovate-oblong to oblong,rather obtuse, about as long as petiole, the terminal usually glandular, hairy, ovate ; petals pink, 3-5 times as long as calyx— Spring — Ghor-et-Safieh to et-Tih, and southward to Egypt. Var. Sinaica, Boiss. More glandular ; flowers rather smaller —Sinai. Var. minima, Post. .1 to .2. Leaflets .002 to .004 long. Plantsmaller, green — Et-Tih. 11 Stipules spiny, as long as or longer than leaves. \ Flowers minut
. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. eaflet, the others of 3, ovate-oblong to oblong,rather obtuse, about as long as petiole, the terminal usually glandular, hairy, ovate ; petals pink, 3-5 times as long as calyx— Spring — Ghor-et-Safieh to et-Tih, and southward to Egypt. Var. Sinaica, Boiss. More glandular ; flowers rather smaller —Sinai. Var. minima, Post. .1 to .2. Leaflets .002 to .004 long. Plantsmaller, green — Et-Tih. 11 Stipules spiny, as long as or longer than leaves. \ Flowers minute. 4. F. Brug^uieri, DC. If .2 to .3, pale green, minutely glan-dular ; branches crowded, procumbent, short ; internodes short. Spinesa little longer than leaves ; leaves short-petioled, the lower with 3,the upper with 1, ovate-oblong, fleshy, mucronate leaflets. Sepalspuberulent, ovate ; petals pale pink, twice as long as calyx — Spring— Syrian desert from Aleppo southward to Sinai. 5. F. myriacantha, Boiss. If .1 to .2, sparingly glandular,pale green ; branches numerous, prostrate; i?iternodes long. Spines. GERANIACE^. (GERANIUM FAMILY.) 189 spreading, sharp, much longer than leaves, sometimes .03 long ; leavesnearly sessile, the lower with 3, the upper with 1, oblong-linear tolinear, minute leaflets. Sepals rather glabrous, lanceolate, long-a-cuminate ; petals pale flesh-colored, twice to twice and a half as longas calyx — Spring — Et-Tih to Sinai. 6. F. Olivieri, DC. 5 -^ t<^ -3, green, more or less sprinkledwith sessile glands ; branches erect ; internodes long. Spines spread-ing, nearly equalling the leaves ; leaves nearly sessile all simple^ ob-long-linear, rigid, .015 long. Sepals hirsute, oblong-lanceolate ; petalspale flesh colored, twice as long as calyx — Early summer — Ccelesyria,Suq-Wadi-Barada and Dummar to Aleppo, Nisib, and eastward in theSyrian desert. X \ Floioersfrom .01 to .0% Iroad. 7. F. mollis, Del. 5 -15 to .3, hispid, yellowish-g
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