614 



LABIATE, (mint FAMILY.) 



3. li. coroiiopifolia, Poir. 2t Dictae. Katash. Zeiteli. .5 to 

 1, puberulent to glabrescent, many-stemmed; stems long, stiff, oppo- 

 site-branched, nearly naked above. Leaves pinuatisect into linear^ en- 

 tire lobes. Spikes solitary or panicled, stiff, .05 to A^ long, looie ; 

 bracts much shorter than calyx, short-lanceolate ; corolla-tiibe longer 

 than calyx to twice as long — Spring and early summer — About Dead 

 Sea, and southward and westward in Deserts. 



Fig. 378. 



Spibe of Lavandula coroiiopifolia. 



2. MENTHA, L. Mint. Na^nd'. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, with in- 

 cluded tube, gradually expanding into a nearly equally, 4-cleft limb, 

 the upper lobe a trifle longer. Stamens 4, equal, with glabrous fila- 

 ments, and parallel auther-cells dehiscent by parallel slits — Perennial 

 herbs, with whorled flowers, condensed into terminal heads or spikes, 

 <jr remote. 



Throat of calyx naked, teeth nearly equal. 

 2^ .5 to 1 or more, erect, paniculate above. 

 Leaves .02 to .05 long, nearly sessile, ovate to oblong or lanceolate, 

 more or less dentate, sometimes crisp-wavy, canescent or glabrescent. 

 Whorls many flowered, forming conical or cylindrical spikes, .03 to 

 .08 long, dense or interrupted below ; bracts linear-setaceous ; co- 



* Whoi'ls capitate or spiked. 

 1. in. sylve§tri§, L. 



rolla lilac — Summer — Ditches 

 and banks ; common even to al- 

 pine regions. 



Var. $tcno§tacliya, Boiss. 

 Spikes slender, more interrupted 

 at base. Leaves more woolly, oft- 

 en wavy-margined. 



Var. petiolata, Boiss. 

 Leaves petioled, white. 



Var. glabrata, Boiss. 

 ^reen, minutely puberulent. 

 Spikes thickish — Hamath. 



Var. lavandulacea, Boiss. 

 Canescent ; spikes as in var. sten- 

 ostachya ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 flat, often entire. 



Fia. 379. 



Fig. 280. 



Fig. 979. Spike of 

 Mentha sylvestris. 



Fig. 280. Head of 

 Mentha aquatica. 



2. M. aquatica, L. 2( 1 or more ; stem retrorsely hirsute. 

 Leaves petioled, ovate, .05 to .03 long, serrate, rounded or subcordate 

 at base, glabrescent or pubescent. Whorls 2-3, terminal, remote, or 

 crowded into a spherical head ; bracts lanceolate; corolla pink — Au- 

 gust to November — In water ; Esdraelon; coast; lower zone ofLeba- 

 -non; Marash and northward. 



