838 
11'S. perroria'ta (Lin. spec. p. 802.) suffruticose, hardly 
woolly at the base; stem pilose, green; leaves half stem-clasp- 
ing, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, greenish on both surfaces, and 
furnished with soft villi, rather veiny : floral leaves very broadly 
cordate, acuminated, reticulately veined, green on both surfaces, 
twice as long as the leaves ; calyx green, pilose, with lanceolate- 
subulate very acute scarcely spinose teeth. h. F. Native of 
ihe South of Europe; as of Spain, Sicily, and the Levant. 
Leaves 14 to 2 inches long, quite entire or few-toothed, often 
connate at the base; floral leaves very much dilated, boat-shaped 
at the base. Corolla yellow, hardly exceeding the calycine teeth. 
Perfoliate-leaved Ironwort. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1781. 
Shrub.1 to 14 foot. 
12 S. pnísraws (Willd. spec. 3. p. 66.) suffruticose, hoary; 
leaves lanceolate, quite entire, acute; whorls distant; floral 
leaves cordate, acuminated, mucronate, reticulated, nerved. h. 
F. Native of the Levant. Very nearly allied to S. Taúrica, 
from which it differs in the acute, less tomentose, quite entire, 
leaves, very remote whorls, and glabrous, mucronate bracteas, &c. 
Tube of corolla longer than the calyx; middle lobe of lower lip 
obtuse, not emarginate as in S. Taárica. 
Distant-whorled Ironwort. Shrub 4 to 1 foot. 
13 S. nuco'sa (Poir. suppl, 2. p. 383.) suffruticose ; leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, wrinkled, a little toothed, clothed with 
hoary tomentum ; whorls distant; floral leaves entire, and are, 
as well as the calyxes acuminated and tomentosely pilose at apex ; 
branches strict. h. F. Native of Syria, Labillardiére. S. 
rytídea, Spreng. syst. 5. p. 644. Stems slender. Leaves dis- 
tant, about an inch long. Calyxes longer than the floral leaves; 
teeth spinose. Corollas yellow. ? 
Wrinkled Ironwort. Shrub 1 to 1 foot. i 
14 S. JEcvrrr'AcA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 117.) leaves ovate, ser- 
rated, hoary, the veins beneath rather prominent; stem terete, 
clothed with white tomentum; whorls clasped by the floral 
leaves. h.? F. Native of Egypt. Stem tall. 
Egyptian Ironwort. Shrub tall. 
Sect. III. EusipEnrTIs (from ev, eu, well, and Sideritis; so 
named from this section being supposed to contain the true or 
legitimate species of the genus.) Benth. lab. p. 577. Small 
shrubs, villous or rather woolly from soft hairs or pili; rarely 
nearly glabrous. Floral leaves bractea-formed, sessile, very 
broadly cordate, clasping the flowers, reticulately veined, with 
spiny-toothed margins. Teeth of calyx equal, spiny. Corolla 
exceeding the calycine teeth a little. The species of this section 
are closely allied to each other. ` 
15 S. GRANDIFLORA (Salzm. pl. tang. exs. ex Benth. lab. p. 
577.) suffruticose ; stem loosely woolly ; leaves oblong, obtuse, 
crenated, narrowed a long way at the base, clothed with soft 
villi: floral leaves very broad, exceeding the flowers, clothed 
with soft villi, bluntly acuminated at top, somewhat spinosely 
denticulated on the margins at the base. h. F. Native on 
hills about Tangiers. Leaves green on both surfaces. Corollas 
pale yellow, size of those of Stüchys récta ; tube annulate in- 
side. 
Great- flowered Yronwort. Shrub 1 to 14 foot. 
16 S. ova'rA (Cav. icon. 1. p. 36. t. 48.) suffruticose, ? green, 
glabrous or subvillous ; leaves oblong-ovate, obtuse, subserrated : 
floral leaves very broad, exceeding the flowers, glabrous or with 
villous margins, few-veined, with spiny-toothed margins ; whorls 
approximate, spicate. h. F. Native of Spain, Leaves 1 to 
1j inch long. Whorls 6-flowered. Corolla cream-coloured ; 
middle segment of the lower lip crenated. 
Ovate-leaved Ironwort, Shrub. 
17 S. spino'sa (Lam. dict. 2. p. 169.) suffruticose, clothed 
with soft villi, greenish ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, mucronate, 
nearly glabrous. h. H. 
LABIATZE. LXXXV. Sivenitis. 
with serrated subspinose margins: floral leaves broad, acumi- 
nated, exceeding the flowers, with spiny-toothed edges, all 
clothed with silky villi; whorls approximate, spicate. kh. F. 
Native of Spain and Barbary. S. serrata, Lag. nov. gen. et 
spec. p. 18. Stems branched at the base. Corollas pale yellow, 
Spinose Ironwort. Fl. June, Sept. Clt.? Shrub 1 to 14 
foot. 
18 S. ir:icrro'Lra (Willd. enum. p. 606.) suffruticose, nearly 
glabrous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, with spinosely serrated edges, 
a little cut: floral leaves broad, acuminated, exceeding the 
flowers, with spiny-toothed margins, all nearly glabrous ; whorls 
all remote. b. F. Native of the Levant and Spain. Leaves 
1-2 inches long. Corollas small. Whorls many-flowered, dense. 
Lower leaves petiolate ; upper ones sessile. 
Holly-leaved lronwort. Fl. June, Sept. 
1i foot. 
19 S. sconprorpzs (Lin. spec. p. 803.) suffruticose ; branches 
decumbent, ascending or erectish, usually loosely villous, rarely 
glabrous; leaves ovate, oblong or oblong-linear, narrowed at 
the base, deeply toothed, mutic or rarely almost entire, pilosely 
woolly or glabrous: floral leaves very broad, equalling the ca- 
lyxes or hardly longer, with spiny-toothed margins; whorls 
rather villous, rarely glabrous, interruptedly or densely spicate. 
hk. H. Native of Europe, in the region of the Mediterranean; 
as of Spain, South of France, Piedmont, South of Switzerland. 
—Barr. icon. 343.— Lob. icon. 528. Very variable in stature . 
and form of leaves. Corollas pale yellow. ; 
Var. a, grandiflóra (Benth. lab. p. 578.) branches erectish, 
stiff; leaves oblong, green, villous, deeply toothed ; whorls large, 
subinterruptedly spicate. h.H. Native among rocks in the 
Eastern Pyrenees, near Bagnols, and of Spain. S. subspinosa, 
Cav. icon. rar. 3. p. 5. t. 209. S. spindsa, Benth. cat. pl. pyr- 
p. 121. but not of Lin. s 
Var. B, commünis (Benth. lab. p. 578.) branches erectish or 
ascending ; leaves obovate-oblong, deeply toothed, villous, ca- 
nescent while young ; whorls very spinose, interruptedly spicate. 
k. H. Native of the South of France and Spain in dry, arid 
places. s 
Var. y, elongata (Benth. lab. p. 578.) branches elongated, as- 
cending or erect; leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, deeply 
toothed, nearly glabrous, green; whorls interruptedly rarely 
densely spicate. h. F. Common in gardens; and probably a 
native of Spain. S. hyssopifòlia, of many authors. S. foe tida, 
Poir. dict. suppl. 2. p. 382. S. hírta, Roth, catal. 1. p. 67. S. 
hirsùta, Brot. fl. lus. 1. p. 161. S. fruticulòsa, Pourr. act. tol. 
3. p. 328. 
Var. ò, alpina (Benth. lab. p. 578.) branches short, decum- 
bent ; leaves oblong-ovate, few-toothed, clothed with hoary villi 
or at length glabrous ; whorls densely or subinterruptedly spi 
cate. h.H. Native of the higher Pyrenees and Pied 
S. alpina, Vill. fl. dauph. 2. p. 373. S. Pyrenàica, Poir. supp 
2. p. 383. S. crenata, Lapeyr. hist. abr. pl. pyr. p. 931... i 
Var. e, glabrata (Benth. lab, p. 578.) branches ascending; 
leaves oblong-ovate, few-toothed or quite entire, nearly glabrous; 
whorls densely or subinterruptedly spicate. h. H. Native 
along with var. 9. S, hyssopifélia, of many authors. i 
Var. ¢, angustifolia, (Benth. lab. p. 578.) leaves oblong-linear; 
Native of the Eastern Pyrenees. "^ 
hyssopifdlia, Lin, spec. 803. Schkuhr, handb. 2. t. 158.—Bar 
rel. icon. t. 171. 
Var. n, incàna, (Benth. cat. pyr. 121. lab. p. 519.) pre 
oblong-linear, clothed with hoary villi, h. H. Native of tu 
Eastern Pyrenees. S. Pyrenàica, Endress. pl. exs. UP. a 
Wurtemb. 
Scordium-like lronwort. 
1 to 1 foot. 
Cit.? Shrub 1 to 
Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt,.1597. Shrub 
