LAUIAT.E. (mint FAMILY.) {)29 



calyx sessile, hispid-viscid, .01 to .015 long, the upper lip longer, ob- 

 long, undivided or slightly 3-toothed, tlie lower with ovate, acute 

 teeth; corolla purplish, twice as long as calyx — jMay to July — Waste 

 fields; Damascus to Aleppo, Aiutab, and nortliward. 



15. §. Raslieyaiia, Boiss. 21 .;], villous, viscid, pale green, 

 branches simple, ascending. Leaves petioled, 2)i/inate with three, ru- 

 gose, crenulatc, oblong, obtuse leaflets, the terminal .02 long, the 

 lateral smaller. Floral leaves ovate, small ; whorls 6-4-flowered, rather 

 remote, raceme long; calyx sparingly glandular-hairy, short-bilabiate, 

 upper lip somewhat the longer, with '6, broad, short teeth, the lower 

 lip 3-dentate, all the teeth mucronulate; fruiting calyx only .015 to .02 

 long, not expanded, iQi\Q,\i\-Jiie- nQT\Q(\.\ corolla bluish, once and a half 

 as long as calyx — Spring — Near Rasheya. 



16. S. acetaI>uIo§a, Vahl. 1^ .3 to .5; stems numerous, as- 

 cending, simple, viscid-puberulent and hispid. Leaves petioled, wrin- 

 kled, ashy, some simple, ovate to oblong, .02 to .03 long, from a 

 rounded or cordate base, obtuse, others with a pair of small leaflets 

 distant from the terminal. Floral leaves sessile, oblong to ovate-acu- 

 minate, the lower longer than the whorls; whorls 8-4-flowered, distant; 

 calyx hispid, campanulate before flowering, short-bilabiate, the upper 

 lip somewhat longer, short-tridentate or nearly entire, the lower biden- 

 tate, with triangular, acutish teeth; fruiting calyx .02 long and broad, 

 membranous, reticulate, greenish, yellowish, or pink; corolla once and 

 a half as long as flowering calyx, purple — April to June — Aintab, 

 and northward. 



Var. §im|>iiciiolia, Boiss. All the leaves simple — Fields ; com- 

 mon in subalpine mountains and interior plains; Gilead. 



I'y. S..Pinaa'«n, Boiss. % .3 to .5, branches tomentellous below, 

 erect, stiff, glabrescent above. Leaves long-petioled, wrinkled, canes- 

 cent with appressed, stellate wool, denser on lower surface, ovate to 

 oblong, blade .015 to .07 long, crenulate, cordate, or rounded at base, 

 sometimes with 2, lateral, minute leaflets. Floral leaves ovate, more 

 jr less acuminate ; calyx glabrescent, upper lip obsoletely repand-o- 

 toothed, lower with two, round-ovate lobes, in fruit .02 long, .015 

 broad, obsoletely reticulate; corolla blue, .02 long, once and a half to 

 twice as long as flowering calyx — April to September — Moab to Hau- 

 rau, Damascus, Antilebanou, Syrian Desert, and Antioch. 



18. S. glutiiiosa, L. .5 to .G, stem erect, racemed or panicled 

 above, glutinous especially at inflorescence. Leaves petioled, ovate- 

 oblong, .05 to .2 long, 'cordate-hastate at base, coarse-toothed, pubes- 

 cent. Floral leaves ovate, acuminate, about as long as pedicels or 

 shorter; whorls G-2-flowered, distinct; ]">ediccls a little shorter than ca- 

 lyx; calyx .012 long, prominently nerved, upper lo])e truncate, entire 

 or 3-denticulate, lower bifld into ovate-triangular, mucronulate lobes ; 

 corolla yellow, often lined and dotted ^rith ^nirplc, thrice as long as calyx 

 — June to September — Woods and shady places; Amanus, Kurd- 

 ~ igh, and northward. 



Var. ari§tata, Post. Lower calyx-teeth tapcriug-aristate— Kurd- 

 Dagh. 



19. "S. Syriaca, L. 2f .3 to .8, stems glabrescent or puberu- 

 lent, sometimes branching from base, ending in a .2 to .3 broad and 



