1924] Weatherby,—A New Satureja from Florida 81 
in the throat, bilabiate; upper lip broad-spreading, almost entire or 
obscurely and obtusely 3-toothed, purple-tinged and puberulent 
within, the lateral margins more or less revolute; lower lip narrower, 
spreading, deeply bidentate, the teeth 2-3 mm. long, linear-lanceolate, 
short-ciliate, purple-tinged within; corolla about twice as long as the 
calyx, of firm texture, pubescent and resinous-punctate, pale helio- 
trope with lilac spots, bilabiate; tube about equalling the calyx or 
slightly longer, straight; upper lip about 5 mm. long, erect, nearly 
plane. with broad, obtuse, subentire or emarginate apex; lower lip 
slightly longer, deeply three-lobed, the margins shallowly sinuate; 
central lobe obovate, lateral lobes broadly quadrate. rounded or 
subtruncate at apex; stamens 4, included, parallel and ascending 
under the upper lip and slightly shorter than it, the lower pair longest; 
anthers about 0.75 mm. long and wide, purplish, free, bilocular, not 
appendaged, the sacs distinct, parallel, sparsely short-piiose on the 
outer margins; style glabrous, the apex bifid, the lobes subulate; 
nutlets (according to the collector's notes) orange, smooth.—F LoRIDA: 
sandy pine woods near Ocala, Marion Co., April, 1923, W. W. 
Ashe, TYPE in Hb. Gray; in the “scrub” near Astor Park, Lake Co., 
April, 1923, Ashe (herb. Ashe). 
In aspect S. Ashet somewhat resembles Conradina canescens of the 
same general region; but in its straight corolla-tube, unappendaged 
anthers, and strongly bilabiate calyx with the teeth of the upper lip 
nearly or quite obsolete, clearly belongs in Satureja, sect. Calomelissa: 
subsect. Coccineae of Briquet. In that subsection it is nearest 
S. dentata. From its relatives of the southeastern United States it 
may be distinguished as follows: 
A. Leaves manifestly petioled, broadest at or below the 
middle, shallowly dentate or crenate; puberulence 
crisped, not glandular; cymes 3-6-flowered; corolla 1.5-2 
OI ON eer D Lemon pln ks hei. wl [LR tee S. caroliniana. 
A. Leaves subsessile, often broadest above the middle; 
puberulence not crisped; cymes 1-3-flowered B. 
B. Corolla 2 em. long or less, white to heliotrope; puberu- 
lence more or less glandular C. 
C. Leaves 1.2-2 cm. long, more or less dentate toward 
the apex, not revolute-margined and not crowded 
on the long (mostly 1.5-2.5 dm.) branchlets, usually 
shorter than the internodes; upper lip of calyx with 
very short but manifest teeth....................... S. dentata. 
C. Leaves 5-7 mm. long, entire, strongly revolute- 
margined, more or less crowded on the short (3-6 
em.) branchlets, often longer than the internodes; 
upper lip of calyx nearly entire or only obscurely 
21 MM EM HC eS Lo 0o S. Ashei . 
B. Corolla 3-4 em. long, scarlet; puberulence not glandu- 
lar; leaves entire, not revolute-margined or only 
slightly so in drying..............-...... 9 £29 39 ae S. coccinea . 
Gray HERBARIUM. 
