LABIATE, (mint FAMILY.) 



Fig. 289. 



Fig. 290. 



Fig. 289. Flowering branch and 

 lower leaf of Micromeria Shepardi. 



Fig. 290. Cymes from middle 



of stem of Micromeria serpyllifolia, 



with a leaf from lower down. 



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mules opposite, short- 

 peduncled, distant; ca- 

 lyx-teeth triangular-o- 

 vate, acute, callous- 

 tipped, one fourth as 

 long as tube ; ■ corolla 

 white, twice to twice 

 and a half as long as 

 calyx, tomentellous ; 

 lower lip somewhat 

 longer ; longer stamens 

 long-exserted — Sum- 

 mer — Rocks; Palmy- 

 rene Desert; Aint^b. 



Near M. mollis, 

 Bth. , but differs by siin- 

 ple, stiff, straight hran- 

 ches, slwrt 2oeduncles, etc. 



O. M. §eri>yllifo!ia, M. B. If .5 to 1, very finely puberulent, 

 greyish-iohite ; stems stoutish, simi:i\e ov long-jmniculate (cbove. Leaves 

 petioled, cuneate at base, ovate-oblong, .01 to .035 long, entire or some- 

 what repand, the upper acutish. Cymes peduncled, many times dicho- 

 tomotisly brancfied ; calyx-teeth triangular, one sixth as long as tube, as 

 long as lulU of throat ; corolla thrice as long as calyx — July to Septem- 

 ber — Rocks; coast, and mountains to 1000 m. ; Northern plains. 



§. THYMSHA, L. Thymbra. 



Calyx oblong, 13-nerved, flattened at back, somewhat two-edged, 

 bilabiate, the upper lip tridentate, the lower bipartite. Corolla-tube 

 exserted, naked within, the upper lip erect, retuse, flattish, the lower 

 trifid. Stamens under the upper lip, didynamous, the anthers with two, 

 parallel cells — A low shrub, with the aspect of Thyme. ^ 



T. spicatsi, L. 5 .2 to .5, branches pu- 

 berulent in 2 rows, ascending, simple or sparing- 

 ly branched. Leaves linear-lanceolate, .01 to 

 .02 long, dotted, flat or folded lengthwise, gla- 

 brous or ciliate. Spikes oblong, dense, .015 to 

 .07 long, .015 broad, sometimes interrupted at 

 base ; floral leaves and bracts more or less red- 

 dish, ciliate, concealing the calyces; corolla pur- 

 ple, twice as long as calyx-tube — May and June 

 — Dry places; coast, and coast range to 1000 

 m., to Aintab, Marash, and northward. 



9. CAL.AM1KTHA, Mcench. Calaminth. 



Calyx tubular, 13-nerved, more or less bila- 

 biate, the upper lip tridentate, the lower with 

 two, awl-shaped teeth. Corolla-tube straight, 

 the upper lip flat or slightly concave, the lower 

 trifid. Stamens ascending in pairs, more or less 

 connivent, anthers with parallel or divergent spikc of Thymbra spicata. 



