616 



LABIAT^E. (mint FAMIJ-Y.) 



Fig. 282. 



FtG. 283. 



tridentate to middle, 

 lower of equal lengtli, 

 i2-toothed : corolla pu- 

 bescent, tube thrice as 

 long as calyx, not gib- 

 bous — August and 

 September — Gaiour 

 Dagh (Amanus) 1500 



Head ot urigaiiuui Amanum 



Spike of Origanuiu 

 Libanoticum. 



2, O. L-ibaiioticum, Boiss. 2^ .3 to .C, hairy at base, glabrous 

 above: rootstock shrubby, many-stemmed; stems ascending, leafy, 

 panieled above. Leaves pale green, .015 long, ovate, obtuse, short- 

 petioled, floral smaller, sessile. Spikes on long, slender, naked pedun- 

 cles, some^vhat nodding, round-ovate, at length ovate, .03 long, .015 

 broad ; bracts deep pinh, ovate, acute; upper lip of calyx split to mid- 

 dle into o, ovate, obtuse teetJi, hicer shorter, 2-toothed ; corolla pink, 

 ■T7ith tube more than twice as long as calyx — Summer — Middle and 

 subalpine Lebanon. 



^- -^ Bracts .003 to .005 long. Cahj.z nearly equally o-toothed. 



t Corolla-tule imrple, twice to thrice as long ascaly.i 



Fig. 284. 



Teimiaal branches of 



panicle ot 

 Origanum liTvigatum. 



3. O. Ifevigatuiii, Boiss. l^ .5 to .7, 



::glabrous, procumbent at base, stems ascend- 

 ing, slender, paniculate above. Leaves .000 

 to .02 long, ohlong-ellipticah obtuse or acutish, 

 entire or obscurely repand. Spikes short- 

 peduncled, .005 to .01 long, .005 broad, few- 

 lowered, loose; bracts green or red, lenticu- 

 lar, .005 long, .002 broad, as long as calyx: 

 calyx not dotted — Summer — Amanus, and 

 northward. 



Var. laxuEii, Post. Spikes loose, bracts 

 narrow, green, spreading, longer than calyx — 

 Aintab. Perhaps a mere monstrosity. 



4. O. Elireiatocrgis, Boiss. % .5 to. 8, sparingly hairy below, 

 glabrous, pale green above ; stems simple, wandlikc. Leaves glandu- 

 lar-dotted, ovate, obtuse, .01 to .015 long, the lower short-petioled, the 

 upper sessile. Spikes nearly sessile, somewhat remote, axillary, loose, 

 forming a long thyrsus; bracts oZ)om^6 to oblong -spatliulate, glandular- 

 dotted; calyx glabrous or hirsute, glandular-dotted — Summer — Mid- 

 dle to subalpine Lebanon. 



5. O. Daji, Post. (Bull. Herb. Boiss. I. 405.) 11 A to .8, cov- 

 ■ered everrjiohere with sessile glands, glutinous, sparingly hairy, shrubby 

 below ; stems numerous, simple or sparingly branched ; branches brittle. 

 Leaves cordate-ovate, spreading, at length deflexed, .005 to .01 long and 

 broad, prominently nerved. Spikes short-peduncled, ,02 to .03 long, 



