80 Rhodora [APRIL 
A NEW SATUREJA FROM FLORIDA. 
C. A. WEATHERBY. 
Mr. W. W. Asut recently sent to the Gray Herbarium for deter- 
mination specimens of a shrubby Satureja from Florida which he 
suspected was undescribed and which proves to be indeed a well- 
marked new species. It is a pleasure to associate with it the name 
of its discoverer. 
SATUREJA Ashei, n. sp., humilis, circa 2 dm. alta, fruticosa, ramosa, 
tota ramis veteribus corollisque exceptis glanduloso-puberulens; 
cortice griseo; foliis 5-7 mm. longis oppositis in ramulis brevibus 
(3-6 cm.) plus minusve confertis et internodiis saepe longioribus, 
subsessilibus, lanceolatis vel anguste obovatis, obtusis, integris, 
resinoso-punctatis, marginibus valde revolutis; pedunculis singulis 
in axillis foliorum superiorum non reductorum anthesi 2-3.5 mm. 
longis, in speciminibus visis unifloris, basin versus bibracteatis, 
bracteis oppositis foliis simillimis at 1⁄¿-1⁄4 brevioribus; calice 6-7 
mm. longo, 13-nervio, nervis extus prominentibus, inter nervos 
resinoso-punctato, bilabiato, fauce dense barbato; labio superiore late 
patente, fere integro vel obscure obtuseque tridentato, marginibus 
lateralibus subrevolutis, intus purpurascente et puberulente; labio 
inferiore angustiore, profunde bidentato, dentibus 2-3 mm. longis, 
lineari-lanceolatis, breviter ciliatis, intus purpurascentibus; corolla 
calice subduplo longiore, textura firma, pubescente et resinoso- 
punctata, heliotropii colore lilacino-punctata, bilabiata; labio superiore 
circa 5 mm. longo, erecto, subplano, late obtuso, subintegro vel emar- 
ginato; labio inferiore paullo longiore, profunde trilobato, lobo cen- 
trali obovato, lobis lateralibus late quadratis, apice rotundatis vel 
subtruncatis, marginibus omnium loborum leviter sinuatis; staminibus 
4, inferioribus longioribus, inclusis, parallellis, sub labium superius 
adscendentibus et eo paullo brevioribus; filamentis glabris; antheris 
circa 0.75 mm. longis et latis, purpurascentibus, liberis, bilocularibus; 
loculis distinctis, parallellis, margine exteriore sparse breviterque 
pilosis; stylo glabro, apice bifido, lobis subulatis; nuculis (testimonio 
collectoris) aurantiacis, laevibus. 
A low shrub, about 2 dm. high, glandular-puberulent throughout 
except the old branches and corollas; stems often nearly 7 em. thick 
at base, usually many from a single root, much branched within 5 or 
6 em. of the earth; bark gray, shreddy; leaves mostly 5-7 mm. long, 
subsessile, opposite, rather crowded on the short (3-6 em.) branchlets 
and often longer than the internodes, lanceolate or narrowly obovate, 
obtuse, entire, resinous-punctate and with strongly revolute margins; 
peduncles in the specimens seen one-flowered, solitary in the axils 
of the upper ieaves, which are not reduced, at flowering time 2-3.5 
mm. long, having near the base two opposite bracts similar to the 
subtending leaves, but 15-53 smaller; calyx 6-7 mm. long, resinous- 
punctate between the 13 prominent nerves, densely villous-bearded 
