620 LABIATE, (mint FAMILY.) 



Clusters 1-3-5-flowered, axillary, remote, the lower Fig. 287. 

 short-peduncled, the upper sessile; calyx-teeth linear- 

 lanceolate — June to September — Aint§,b to Marash, 

 and northward. 



* * Low shruhs. Calyx-teeth equal. 



2. S. cuiieifolia, Ten. 5 -^ to .5, glabrous or 

 hispidulous, especially above ; branches ascending, stiff, 

 ending in a slender, long, interrupted spike. Lowest 

 leaves oiovate to oblong -spathulate, tapering at base, up- 

 per linear-spathulate, .005 to .01 long, all acute, more 

 or less plicate, recurved. Clusters several-flowered, 

 short-peduncled or sessile; calyx -teeth triangular-lance- ,j,j of branch of 

 olate — August and September — Subalpine Lebanon; satureiahortensis. 

 Beersheba, and southward. 



* * * Low sTiriibs. Calyx snMended hy long hracts, teeth equal. 



3. S. Thymbra, L. 5 .8 to .5, scabrid-canescent, with many 

 tortuous-branched stems, the younger erect. Leaves oUong-ohovate, 

 cuneate, folded lengthwise, acuminate, long-tapering at base, sessile. 

 Upper axils with short branches. Whorls many-flowered, sessile, glol- 

 ular, forming an interrupted spike or thyrsus ; bracts oblong^ acuminate, 

 as long as calyx; calyx-teeth lanceolate-subulate — April to June — 

 Coast and mountains to subalpine regions. 



7. MICKOMEKIA, Bth. Micromeria. 



Calyx tubular or obconical-campanulate, 13-nerved, nearly equally 

 5-toothed. Corolla-tube exserted or included, naked within, the upper 

 lip erect, nearly flat, the lower trilobed. Stamens didynamous, ascend- 

 ing, curved at apex, with 2-celled anthers — (Ours) perennial herbs or 

 shrubs, with whorls in long, interrupted spikes.. 



* Anther-cells implanted on the ext/t^emities of a long connective, 



t Nutlets acute or mucronate. 



1. M, nervosa, Desf. % .2 to .4, short-pubescent or glabres- 

 cent below, villous above, branching from prostrate base ; stems "simple 

 or sparingly branched, ascending. Leaves sessile, with revolute mar- 

 gins, somewhat cordate atlase, ovate, acutish, .005 to .008 long. Cymes 

 hispid, many -fLoy^ered, short-peduncled, the lower distant ; calyx-teeth 

 Iristle-liTce ; corolla pink — April to June — Rocks; coast, and moun- 

 tains of coast and interior to 1000 m. 



2. M. Juliana, L. % .3 to .6, jDubescent or villous ; rootstock 

 woody, branches numerous, erect, stiff, simple. Leaves sessile, revo- 

 lute-margined, ovate-oUong to linear, .005 to .008 long. Cymes piibes- 

 eent, nearly sessile. 'cery dense, half globular, the lower distant; cdXyx- 

 t^Qih. awl-shaped, connivent, throat naked; corolla pink, with included 

 tube — May to July — Hocks; coast, and mountains to 1000 m. 



Var. myrtifolia, Boiss. All the leaves ovate or oblong, the low- 

 er somewhat petioled — Phcenician coast to Marash. 



3. Mi. cristata, Griseb. % .02 to .07, puberulent, canescent; 

 rootstock woody, stems tufted, filiform, naked at base, or densely 



