LAEIAT/E,' (MIKT FAMILY.) 627 



1-2 pairs, olhng -lanceolate, rather obtuse, nearly en- 

 tire, the terminal tapering at base ; the uppermost leaves small, divided 

 into few, linear leaflets. AVhorls distant, G-4-flowered; floral leaves 

 ovate, acuminate, all but lowermost shorter than calyx; pedicels short; 

 calyx .01 long, teeth lanceolate, ending in a yellow, sjnnencent point ; co- 

 rolla yelloio, twice to thrice as long as calyx — Summer — Aintub, and 

 northwaid. 



6. S, :^iisairieii§is, Post. (Bull. Herb. Boiss. I. 400). 2f 1 or 

 more, indurated at base ; stems erect, appressed-puberulent, leafy- 

 paniculate almost from base. Leaves trifoliate, leaflets ovate-oblong, 

 rugulose, crenulate, stellate-tomentellous, greenish at upper greyish- 

 canescent at lower surface, the lateral sessile, ovate-oblong, rather ob- 

 tuse, .01 to .015 long, .005 to .013 broad, the terminal leaflet .03 to .07 

 long, .02 to .04 broad. Bracts minute, ovate, acuminate, deciduous; 

 flowers short-pedunclcd; calyx reddish-green, tubular-campanulate, 

 .013 to .015 long, ribbed, glandular, sparingly papillose-pubescent at 

 ribs, teeth triangular, the lower somewhat longer than the upper, about 

 half as long as tube ; corolla blue, about twice as long as calyx — Au- 

 gust — Woods east of el-Juweikhat (Nusairy Mountains). 



7, S. §pireaelblia, Boiss. et Ploh. 5 '^ to .G, branches erect, 

 glabrous, herbaceous, nearly simple, leafy. Petioles hirsute ; leaves of 

 2-3 pairs of elliptical to lanceolate, acutely dentate, papillary-hirsute leaf- 

 lets, the terminal larger, elliptical-oblong; the uppermost leaves witli 

 linear leaflets. Whorls 6-4-flowered, distant; bracts ovate, acuminate, 

 shorter than calyx; calyx sliort-pedicelled, apprcssed-pubescent, .008 

 long, upper lip with 3, short teeth, lower longer, with 2, acute or mu- 

 cronate teeth ; corolla pale blue, twice to twice and a half as long as ca,- 

 lyx — April — Aleppo, and north-eastward. 



§. §; poicsitillsBfolia, Boiss. et Held. 5 -4 to .5, branchos 

 simple or sparingly branched, slender. Leaves small, petioled, ternate 

 into subsessile, obloug-cuneate leaflets, .01 to .015 long, denticulate 

 near tip, the intermediate somewhat longer. Whorls 4-2-flowered, dis- 

 tant; floral leaves lanceolate, minute, the lower 2-d-parted ; pedicels 

 shorter than calyx; calyx .01 long, glandular-hairy, lilaliate to one 

 third of its length, the upper lip 3-denticulatc, tlie intermediate tooth 

 minute, tlie lateral mucronate, the lower lip split into lanceolate, long- 

 acuminate teeth; corolla yellov/ turning blue, or bicolored, twice and a 

 half as long as calyx — 



Var. micropliylln, Boiss. Leaflets smaller — Duden near Elmalu 

 in northern Syria. 



9. S. PeyroMi, Boiss. % 1 or more, stems erect, branching 

 above, branches opposite, glabrous except glandular-hispid inflores- 

 cence. Leaves all radical or at hase of stem, long-petioled, wifch two 

 pairs of oblong-lanceolate, crenate, usually small leaflets, the terminal 

 larger, .05 long. Whorls 5-3-flowered, distant, forming a long raceme ; 

 flowers short-pcduncled ; calyx bilabiate to one third of its length, 

 teeth triangular at base, suhdate-aristate, prickly ; corolla golden-yel- 

 low, thrice as long as calyx — June —Among rocks at Feitrun. 



10. S. piimata, L. 71 .3 to .5, glandular-hirsute, viscid, pale- 

 green, stems ascending, simple or panicled, leafy. Leaves petioled, 2/1- 

 terruptcdly pinnate, with 3-4: 2mrs or G-8 alternate, petiolulate, ovate to 

 oUong, incised-crenate leaflets .02 to .03 long, intermixed icith smaller ones^ 



