346 Labiatae 



1. S. calycina Wallacei Gray. Shrubby at base, 6-i» dm. 

 high, copiously villous, the branches leafy ; leaves ovate or oblong, 

 obtuse at apex, truncate or hastate-subconlate at base, petioled, 

 crenate, obtusely serrate or entire, rugose-veiny, 2.5-5 em. long; 

 the uppermost and bracts sessile ; calyx-lobes attenuate-lanceolate 

 from a rather narrow base, over 1 cm. long; corolla purplish, 

 about 2.5 cm. long. 



Occasional in all our mountains, mostly in the upper portions of the 

 chaparral belt, on shaded slopes. May-June. 



8. MICROMERIA Benth. 



Erect branching or trailing perennia] aromatic herbs, 

 with small pedicelled flowers solitary in tin' axils of the 

 leaves. Calyx oblong or tubular, about equally 5-toothed 

 and 12-15-nerved. Corolla distinctly bilabiate, naked 

 within, upper lip erect, entire or emarginate ; the lower 

 spreading, 3-parted. Stamens -1 ; filaments arcuate- 

 ascending ; the upper pair longer ; anthers 2-celled. 



1. M. Chamissonis (Benth.) Greene. (Verba Buena.) Stems 

 slender, trailing or creeping, 3 dm. long or more, herbage slightly 

 pubescent; leaves round-ovate, crenate, glandular-punctate, 2.5 

 cm. long or less; petioles 4-fi mm. long; flowers about 8 mm. 

 long; calyx minutely hispidulous; corolla pubescent without. 

 (AT. Douglasii Benth.) 



Santa Monica Mountains in shady places, not common. May-June. 



9. MONARDELLA Benth. 



Annual or perennial aromatic herbs, with flowers in 

 terminal heads which are subtended by broad often 

 more or less colored involucral bracts. Calyx tubular, 

 narrow, 5-toothed, 15-nerved. Corolla glabrous within, 

 the upper lip erect, 2-cleft, the lower 3-parted, all the 

 lobes linear or narrowly oblong. Stamens 1, distinct, 

 Btrongly or moderately unequal, exserted, straight ; an- 

 thers often divergent or divaricate. 



1. M. lanceolata Gray. Annual, green and glabrous or the 

 stems puberulent, brachiately branched, 3-6 dm. high ; leaves 



