. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. l toJuly — Hedges; not uncommon. Var. latifolia, Boiss. Leavestriangular-hastate, .03 broad atbase or more — Jerusalem; Gilead. 5. A. peecilaiitiia, Boiss. 11 .2 to .5, hirtellous; trunk oblongto cylindrical; stems naked below, simple or branched. Leaves long-or short-petioled, triangular-hastate to ovate, deeply excavated at base,with obtuse, recurved auricles. Flowers on a long, nodding peduncle,solitary in axils, .04 to .1 long, hirsute without, glabrous within, gree
. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. l toJuly — Hedges; not uncommon. Var. latifolia, Boiss. Leavestriangular-hastate, .03 broad atbase or more — Jerusalem; Gilead. 5. A. peecilaiitiia, Boiss. 11 .2 to .5, hirtellous; trunk oblongto cylindrical; stems naked below, simple or branched. Leaves long-or short-petioled, triangular-hastate to ovate, deeply excavated at base,with obtuse, recurved auricles. Flowers on a long, nodding peduncle,solitary in axils, .04 to .1 long, hirsute without, glabrous within, green-ish-yellow, with blackish-purple spots near throat; utricle ovate, .005to .015 long, lip .015 to .03 long; capsule oblong-obovate, .03 to .05long — May to July — Shady and rocky places; common. Probablyonly a variety of the last. Order LXXXVIIL , (Laurel Family.) Aromatic trees or sluuhs, vnth simple^ alternate leaves,{ours with) dmcioiis flowers, the perigonium. free, {oii7^s) of 4:sejKils, imhncate in the lud, and a ^-celled, l-ovitled ovary,forming a lerry or drupe m fruit; anthers opening hy. Leaf Aristolocliia 708 THYMELiEACEJS. (MEZBRErM FAMILY.) ujyUfted Valves — Flower perfect or dioecious, rerigonium4-6-iid or -parted. Stamens inserted at the margin of a perigy^nous disk, as many as sepals and opposite to them., or 2-6times as many, arranged in rows. Anthers adnate to filament,introrse or extrorse, 2-4:-celled. Ovule pendulous, 1. Embryo orthotropous. Albumen 0. !*», L. Laurel. Bay Tree. dioecious, urabciled, slieathed by hooded, deciduous 4-parted, the divisions deciduous. Staminate 8-12, in 2-3 rows, the filaments with two glands about introrse, oblong, 2-celled, connective broad. Pistillate 4, sterile, the filaments with a shield-shaped gland on eitherside at tip. Ovary with 1, pendulous ovule. Style single, stigmaobtuse. Fruit a 1-seeded
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