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cells — Annual or perennial herbs, sometimes with a shrubby base. 

 * Whorls forming compound cymes. Corolla-tule not ringed within. 



1. C. graiidiflora, L. U .4 to .8, sparingly hairy; rootstock 

 creeping; stems ascending, simple. Leaves petioled, ovate to oblong, 

 .03 to .05 long, coarse-toothed, the lowest somewhat cordate, the others 

 rounded or cuneate at base. Cymes 3-7-1-llowcred, peduncled; bracti 

 linear-lanceolate ; calyx .01 long, upjjcr teeth ovate, acuminate, loxcer sul- 

 iilate; corolla pink, .02 to .03 long —June — Amauus. 



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Boiss. et Bal. % .3 to .4, 

 stems ascending, simple, or 

 sparingly branched below, 

 puberulent above. Leaves 

 petioled, ovate, .015 to .03 

 long, acutely denticulate, the 

 lowest rounded or truncate 

 at base, the upper cuneate. 



Cymes 3-7-1 -flowered, short- 

 peduncled ; hracts oblong- 

 rhomUc; calyx .008 to .01 

 long, with equal, triangular 



Calaniintlia beUilifolia, 



acute teeth; corolla pink, .02 to. 03 long — Summer — Bitias in Amauus, 

 and northward. 



3. C. officinalis, Manch. If .5 to .8, hairy; rootstock creep- 

 ing; stems erect, simple or sparingly branched. Leaves petioled, 

 ovate, .01 to .03 long, cuneate at base, dentate-serrate to crenate. 

 Cymes peduncled, loose, the lower as long as leaves, the upper longer ; 

 bracts minute, subulate ; pedicels as long as calyces or longer ; upper 

 calyx-teeth' lanceolate, recurved, the lower longer, straight, linear-sub- 

 ulate; corolla pink, .01 to .015 long, twice to thrice as long as calyx — 

 July — Amanus. 



4. C. Nepeta, L. 2f .3 to .G, canescent; stems simple or branch- 

 ed from ascending base, panicled above. Leaves petioled, ovate-rhom- 

 Uc, .005 to .02 long, obtuse, crenate. Cymes axillary, one-sided, rath- 

 er dense, longer than floral leaves, forming a loose raceme or thyrsoid 

 panicle; bracts minute, suhulate ; calyx .005 long, with unequal teeth, 

 the upper lanceolate, the lower subulate; corolla white, .007 to .01 

 long — Late summer and autumn — Hedges, Alexandretta ; Amanus, 

 and northward. 



5. C. iiicana, S._ cfc Sm. 2^ .2 to .5, densely caneseent ; stems 

 decumbent, branching. Leaves petioled, round, .003 to .01 in diameter, 

 entii'e or olsoUtely crenate, nerved. Cymes sessile, G-2-1 -flowered, race- 

 mose-spiked; pedicels as long as calyx or shorter; calyx .003 to .004 

 long, with villous throat, short-3-denticulatc upper lip, and longer low- 

 er lip with 2, lanceolate-subulate teeth; corolla cream-colored, twice as 

 long as calyx — August to October — Fields ; coast, and coast range to 

 1200 m. ; Jaulan; Ilamath to Aleppo, and northward. 



6. C. Clinopodium, Bth. 2f Wild Basil. .4 to .8, pubescent 

 or villous; stems erect, stout, simple or branching. Leaves short-petiol- 



