. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. Fruit of V. hispida. 6. MERICARPiEA, Boiss. Mericarp^a. Flowers perfect. Calyx-limb obsolete. Corol- Fig. 306. la rotate, 4-parted. Stamens 4, short. Style 3-parted, stigmas globular. Mericarps oblong, be-coming crescentic lengthwise, inner face grooved,outer 3-crested —Annual, dwarf herbs, with minuteyellow flowers. M. vaillantioide§, Boiss. 0 .05 to .1,strigulose ; branches prostrate or ascending fromneck. Leaves in sixes, linear-elliptical, aculeolateat margins. Cyme
. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. Fruit of V. hispida. 6. MERICARPiEA, Boiss. Mericarp^a. Flowers perfect. Calyx-limb obsolete. Corol- Fig. 306. la rotate, 4-parted. Stamens 4, short. Style 3-parted, stigmas globular. Mericarps oblong, be-coming crescentic lengthwise, inner face grooved,outer 3-crested —Annual, dwarf herbs, with minuteyellow flowers. M. vaillantioide§, Boiss. 0 .05 to .1,strigulose ; branches prostrate or ascending fromneck. Leaves in sixes, linear-elliptical, aculeolateat margins. Cymes axillary, nearly sessile, 3-1-flowered, middle pedicel almost 0, lateral short,thick ; crests of mericarps 5-7-toothed — Spring —Haurein to Damascus, Aleppo, and Fruit of RUBIACE^. (MADDER FAMILY.) 383 7. OAlilUm, L. Bedstratt. Cleavers. Flowers perfect or polygamous. Calyx-teeth obsolete. Corollarotate, 4-lobed, tube sometimes slightly campanulate. Fruit twin, dry;mericarps hemispherical or oblong-linear — Herbs, sometimes shrubbyat base, with flowers in axillary cymes, panicled or corymbose, or j3owerssolitary, axillary. * Perennials. Floicers perfect. Peduncles even in fruit, erect. t Corolla white. Leaves 1-nerved. 1 G. Bocconi, 2 Schlumbergcri, 3 Pestalozzae, 4 Ehrenbergii, 5 Tolosianum, 6 erectum, 7 Orientale, 8 Cilicicum. 11 Corolla yellow, cream-colored, or gresnish-yellow. Leaves l-nerved. 9 G. aureum, 10 verum, 11 Sinaicum. t 11 Corolla jiurple. Leaves 1-nerved. 12 G. canum, 13 Cappadocicum, 14 jungermanniodes. ^ ^ Annuals. Fruit on erect or reflexed pedicels, not covered h/ rejlexed leaves. t Ramification not whorled. X Mericarps globular. § Fruits .002 to .006 long, twin. Corolla white. 1 Flaccid, decumbent, or
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