LABIA'iVE. (MINT FAMILY.) 



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Head of 



Zizyphora clinopodoides, 



var. canesccnp. 



spreading, trifid. Perfect stamens 2, anterior, ascending beneath the 

 upper lip; anthers connate by margins, 1-celled, either appendaged by 

 a small, empty, stipitate cell, or not appendaged. Sterile lilaments 

 short, with 2, empty anther-cells or 0. Style bilobed. Nutlets smooth 

 — Perennial or annual herbs. 



* Perennials, icith aspect of Th^jnius Serpyllum. 



1. Z. clinopodoides, M. B. 5 2^:.! to .4, 

 shrubby at Ijase, mucli branched. Leaves gla- 

 brous to velvety or hairy, ovate to oblong and 

 lanceolate, .005 to .01 long; floral similar in shape, 

 somewhat smaller. Whorls crowded in a termi- 

 nal, ovate-oblong to globular head; calyx minute- 

 ly velvety or villous, .005 long; corolla white, 

 once and a half as long as calyx, tube slightly ex- 

 serted; anthers not appendaged — June to Au- 

 gust — 



Var. caiiesceiis, Boiss. .1 to .2, shrubby, 

 branches intricate. Leaves elliptical to ovate-oblong or lenticular — 

 Subalpine and alpine Lebanon and Antilebauon; Akher Dagh. 



Yar. rigi<1a, Boiss. .3 to .4, branches slender, ascending. Leaves 

 oblong to linear-oblong — Alpine Antilebanon. 



'■'' '■'^ Animals with asjyect of Acinos. Fig. 298. 



2. Z. capitata, L. © .02 to .2, 



appressed-canescent, stemless or branch- 

 ing from base ; branches erect, corymbose. 

 Leaves lenticular to lanceolate and linear, 

 acute, the floral rliomMc-ovate, more or 

 less ah'upthj acuminate, arcuate-nerved, 

 forming an involucre longer than the 

 heads. Heads globular ; calyx cylindri- 

 cal, .008 long, .001 in diameter, sparing- 

 ly hispid ; corolla pink, one-fourth long- 

 er than calyx, tube slightly exserted ; an- Head of zizypiiora capitata 

 thers not appendaged — A2)ril to June — Coast; Palestine and Gilead 

 to middle and upper Lebanon and Antilebanon ; Aintub ; Marash. 



3. Z. ISispanica, L. Low, puberulent, branching from base, 

 branches erect or ascending. Leaves short-petioled, ovate, acute, 

 arcuate-nerved ; floral similar in shape, longer than calyx. "Whorls few 



flowered, forming long ,■ rather dense, leafy spiTics ; \)Q(\\Q{As Hiiort, thick; 

 calyx cylindrical, pubescent or hirtulous; corolla once and a half as 

 long as calyx, tube very slender, short-exsertcd; anthers not appen- 

 daged— Spring -- Waste fields between Aleppo and Edlip. 



4. Z. aciitirolia, Montbr. et Atlch. .1 to .15, piiberulent, 

 branching from base. Leaves lenticular to oUong-lanceolate, short- 

 petioled ; floral ovate to oblong, acuminate. Whorls rather distant or 

 contiguous, forming long, rather loose or dense, oblong spikes; calyx 

 subsessile, puberulent; corolla with slender, slightly exserted tube; 

 anthers not appendaged — Spring — Hills near Alej^po ; Aiutab to 

 Nisib. 



5. Z. teiiiiior, L. .05 to .2, cauescent, branching from neck. 



