824 Labiatae. 
A. Anterior part of the connective ending in an empty 
cell or bulbous callosity. 
I. Corolla-tube hairy ringed within. Upper lip 
nearly straight. Anterior anther-cell empty. 1. S. bracteata. 
IJ. Corolla-tube naked within. Anterior part of 
the connective ending in a bulbous tip. 
a) Calyx campanulate, upper lip convex, 3- 
toothed. Upper whorles often abortive. 
1. Corolla-tube gradually dilating into a 
throat, naked within. 
a) Floral leaves pale-green .... . 2. S. spinosa. 
B) Floral leaves coloured ...... 3. S. palaestina. 
. Corolla-tube ending abruptly in a pou- 
ched throat, with a penicillate scale 
Wiking 42s) oe Stes Pee ee on fs . . . 4. &. brachyealyx, 
b) Calyx obovate, upper lip concave, 2-groo- 
ved, with 3, shorth, connivent teeth 
bo 
L, Cope tla: Blg0\ ic. mt ot sae niia tei gs SPIED Bites 5. S. Verbenaca. 
2 Corollasreg gist au. -uletusil i saute es 6. S. lanigera. 
c) Calyx ovate to tubular-campanulate, upper 
Isp B-toothed: 2 = wesc, ee oe ieee 7. S. aegyptiaca. 
B. Anterior part of the connective tubulate, destitute 
OL@ Cell or eallosity: . 4282. 4%) arise - Sake amone si lomiedss 
1154. (1.) Salvia bracteata Russ. Alepp. I (1794), p. 242. — 
Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p.603. — A perennial herb, 50—60 cm high 
or sometimes somewhat more, glandular-hirsute, viscid, many-stemmed 
from a shrubby rootstock; stems ascending, paniculate-branched. 
Leaves petioled, leaflets crenate, the lateral ones usually one sometimes 
two pairs, those of lowest leaves small, round to ovate, of inter- 
mediate 2—4 cm long, ovate to oblong, the terminal one larger, 
the upper stem-leaves subtending the branches, oblong in outline, 
undivided or more or less irregularly lobed or incised-dentate. 
Floral leaves sessile, persistent, boat-shaped, membranous and pinkish 
or purplish at the base, herbaceous at the tip, acuminate, somewhat 
recurved, including the whorls and longer than the calyx; whorls 
8—6-flowered, remote; calyx sessile, hispid-viscid, 1—1,5 em long, 
the upper lip longer, oblong, undivided or slightly 3-toothed, the 
lower one with ovate, acute teeth; corolla purplish, twice as long 
as the calyx. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. Mariut (Muschler). 
Also known from Arabia Petraea and Syria. 
