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lyrateathaseofhladcj the I'dtai-al scgme?its small, confluent, aud tlie tcr- 

 miual .08 to .1 long, .02 to .03 broad, crenatc, of ten lohed or incised. 

 Floral leaves membranous, often colored, sparingly jmpillose-piilesceiit, 

 orhicular to ovate, cuspidate, shorter than calyx ; cal5^x sparingly papil- 

 lose, .015 long, growing in fruit, bilabiate, with lanceolate, prickly- 

 mucronate teeth; corolla M'hitc, twice to thrice as long as calyx, the 

 upper lip rather straight — April to June— Fields and hills; common 

 even in deserts, and on mountains to 1200 m. 



23. S. SB'siveolciis, Vahl. 5 -^ to 1 or more, branches and 

 petioles sparingly hirsute ; stems numerous, ascending or erect, ending 

 in hispid., racemes or narrow panicles. Leaves appressed-canesccnt, bul- 

 latc-wrinkled, crenate to undulate-lolicd, triangular-ovate to triangular- 

 ohlong, .00 to .07 long, truncate to cordate at hasc, the lower short-petiol- 

 ed, the upper sessile. Floral leaves cordate-ovate, acuminate, shorter 

 than calyx; whorls G-4-iiowered, the lower distant the Upper approxi- 

 mated; calyx campanulate, .007 long, teeth triangular-ovate, raucron- 

 ate ; corolla white, with included tube and arched upper lip as long as 

 calyx — jMarch to June — Coast to middle zone of mountains, on l)oth 

 sides of Jordan, to Coslesyria and Damascus. 



24. ^. Sclarea, L. If Kaff-ed-dihb. .6 to 1 or more; stem stout, 

 hirsute below, ending in a viscid, rather contracted panicle, .3 to .4 

 long. Leaves green, sparingly scahrous, more or less wrinkled, cordate- 

 ovate, .08 to .2 long, crenate to dentate. Floral leaves ovate-cordate, 

 pinh to ichitisJi, longer than calyces, at length deliexed ; whorls distant, 

 C-2-flowered ; calyx papillose-scabrous, .008 long in flower, .012 in 

 fruit, campanulate-bilabiate, teeth ovate, 8p)iny-aristatG ; corolla pink- 

 ish-blue, thrice as long as calyx, tube included — May and June — 

 Shady places in lower and middle zone of coast ranges throughout; 

 Amanus. 



Var. t6iaieiitO!$ii, Post. Stems hispid. Leaves woolly-canescent^ 

 Panicle thyrsoid. 



25. §. ceratopiaylla, L. If .5 to .7, woolly-canescent below 

 and at leaves; stem erect, hroad-panicled from lase ; panicle hispid-vis- 

 cid, branches ascending, heaves covo-ed with reddisJt, marnmillary pro- 

 jections at vppcr surface, densely woolly at lovrer, tlie lowest appressed 

 to the ground, all o6Z(??2r7 i?i o?/^?z72e, .1 to .2 long, divided into ohlong- 

 linear, entire or piinnatijid lohes, axis winged icings more or less serrate. 

 Floral leaves green, ovate, long-acuminate, as long as calyx or shorter; 

 whorls G-4-flowcred, distant; calyx papillose-hispid, .008 long in flow- 

 er, .01 in fruit, lips at length divergent, teeth ovate, spiny-mucronate; 

 corolla white, about twice as long as calyx — April to June — Ilauran, 

 Antilebanon, Ilcms, Aleppo, and eastward. 



26. S, vcrbaseifolia, M. B. If .6 to 1, wooUy-caneseent below, 

 hairy above; stem stout, ending in a raceme or spreading panicle. 

 Lower leaves petioled, bullate-wrinklcd, elliptical to ovate and oUong, 



08 to .2 long, crenate and inciscd-lobed, cuncate-truucatc to cordate at 

 base, the upper few, sessile, oblong, acute to acuminate, coarse-dentate. 

 Floral leaves broader than long, ovate, abruptly short-acuminate, one-third 

 to one-half as long as caly.v ; calyx papillose, campanulate, .007 long in 

 flower, .01 in fruit, green-ribbed, middle tooth of vpp>er Up very small, 

 all the teeth spiny-mucronate; corolla white to cream-colored, thrice to 

 thrice and a half as long as calyx, tube included — June to September — 



