626 LABIATyE. (mint FAMILY.) 



tt I Calyx tubular, upper lip truncate, remotely 2-dentate. Annuals. 

 34 S. viridis, 35 Horminum. 



X\XX Calyx ovate to tulular-campa?i^ilate, upper lip 3-toothed. 

 36 S. aEgyptiaca, 37 deserti. 

 * * A?iterior part of connective suhdate, destitute of a cell or callosity. 

 88 S. Judaica, 39 Russelii. 



I. §. Aiiclieri, Btli. ^ .6 to .8, woody at base, stems procum- 

 bent, rooting at base, ereot, pubescent to glabrous, ending in a naked 

 panicle. Leaves oblong, .04 to .08 long, minutely crenulate, finely 

 wrinkled, glabrescent or minutely puberulent at upper surface, canes- 

 cent at lower, rounded at base, petioled. Brandies of panicle elongated, 

 ascending ; Avhorls 4-3-fiowered ; bracts scale-like, deciduous; flowers 

 subsessile ; calyx glandular-hirtulous, teeth lanceolate, nearly equal, 

 one-fourth as long as tube ; corolla violet, thrice as long as calyx — 

 August and September — 



Var. eaiie§ceiJS, Boiss. et Held. Leaves more or less canescent 

 at upper as v.-ell as lower surface. Calyx .006 long, teeth triangular, 

 broader than long — Woods; Kai-pok-Dagh (Amanus), and northward. 



2. S. grawdi flora, Ettling. 5 .6 to lor more; stems ascend- 

 ing, puberulent. Leaves petioled, rounded or cordate at base, ovate to 

 oblong, .04 to .1 long, minutely crenulate, rugulose, pubescent or gla- 

 brescent at upper surface, canescent at lower, the upper acuminate. 

 Flowers racemed or panicled, whorls 10-2-flowered, distant; bracts 

 small, somewhat membranous ; calyx viscid-hairy, reddish, somewhat 

 2-lipped, .015 long, teeth triangular-lanceolate ; corolla blue, twice to 

 thrice as long as calj^x — June to August — Coast to subalpine Lebanon ; 

 "Gassius Amraius, and northward. 



Var. ciiiieata, Post. Leaves cuneate at base, obovate-oblong, 

 .03 to .03 long, the lower obtuse, the middle acutish, the uppermost ob- 

 long-linear, acute. Raceme short, dense — Around Mt. Cassius; An- 

 tioch. 



3. S. £.ibasiolic5a, Boiss. et Gaill. 5 -^ ^o .5, crisp-Y,^oll5', 

 somewhat viscid; flowering branches erect, simple or sparingly branch- 

 ed. Leaves petioled, rounded or truncate at base, oblong, obtuse, .03 

 ao .03 long. Whorls 4-8-flowered, somewhat distant ; pedicels shorter 

 ^than calyx; calyx .007 to .01 long, teeth triangular, acute, one fourth 

 as long as tube ; corolla scarcely tioice as long as calyx — May — Lower 

 zone of Lebanon. Probably a variety of the following. 



4. §. triloba, L. 5 .5 to 1.5, woolly-canescent. Leaves oblong 

 to lanceolate, obtuse, .02 to .05 long, truncate or rounded or cordate 

 at base, generally tcitli one or two small, ovate-elliptical leaflets at lase; 

 the upper leaves more or less triangular-auricled at lase. Inflorescence 

 an interrupted spike or short-branched panicle, viscid ; whorls 6-4-flow- 

 ered; bracts minute, scale-like; calyx .006 long, slightly bilabiate, teeth 

 triangular, one fourth as long as tube; corolla violet, tioice to tJirice as 

 Z<?;i5r as calyx — April to July —Dry 111 aces; coast, and coast range of 

 mountains to 800 m. 



5. S. suffruticosa, Month, et Auch. 5 .5 or more, branches 

 herbaceous, glabrous, erect, slender, whitish, leafy. Petioles stiff, white, 



