2 ,Satureja (Tourn.) Le 
‘Trailing perennial herbs with crenate-dentate leavese Flowers soli- 
tary in the axils. Calyx tubular, subequally 5-toothed, the teeth tri- 
angular. Corolla tubular, 2-lipped, the upper lip notched, the lower 3 
lobed, ‘Stamens 4, the pair inserted below the lower lip longer, Nutlets 
smooth. 
1. S. Douglasii (Benth.) Briq. Tea-vine, Stems from a short crown, hispid- 
ulous; leaves 1.5-2.5 cm. long, broadly ovate, obtuse or rounded at the 
apex, cordate or truncate at the base, coarsely crenate-dentate, both 
surfaces glabrous, the petioles 3-4 mm, long; flowers on hispidulous 
peduncles 12-15 mm, long, subtended br a pair of small subulate bractlets; 
calyces 4,5 mm, long, strictly tubular, hispidulous, lightly 2-lipped, the 
teeth acute, 1 mm, long or less; corolla white, 7-l0mm, long, the upper 
lip often tinged with lavender, 2.5 mm, long, the lobes of lower lip ob- 
long, 1.5 mm, long; stamens incluced under the upper lip; nutlets smooth, 
(Micromeria chamissonis Greene; lM. Douglasii Benth.). 
Frequent in dry woods at lower elevations, 
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