638 LABIATE, (mint FAMILY.) 



simple or stilf-panieled. Leaves green, obloug to obloug-lanceolate, 

 cordate at base, crenate, obtuse, the lower •short-petioled the upper ses- 

 sile. Cymes short-peduncled and -pedicelled, forming an interrupted 

 raceme or spike ; bracts minute, subulate, whitish ; calyx . 004 long, 

 striate, teeth nearly as long as tube, oblong-lanceolate, whitish ; corolla 

 pale violet, about twice as long as calyx, tube slightly exserted — 

 Summer — 



Var. albifiora, Boiss. Flowers white — Middle zone of Leba- 

 non ; Akher Dagh, and northward. 



10. M. iiiarrubioiclc§, Boiss. et Held. If .6 to 1, Delvety- 

 canescent ; stems simple or panicled above. Leaves ovate to oblong- 

 ovate, .02 to .05 long, cordate at base, crenate to dentate, the lower 

 short-petioled, the upper sessile. Cymes dense, short-peduncled and 

 -pedicelled, the lower subtended by floral leaves longer than they or as 

 long ; bracts hirsute, linear-setaceous, much shorter than calyx ; calyx 

 hirsute, .006 long, teeth narrowly lanceolate, scarious-margined^ as long 

 as tube ; corolla white, little longer than calyx, tube included — May — 

 Jebel Qul^b (Hauran). 



-^ * Floicers of t^oo sortf<, the first pistillate, the later staminate. Upper 

 lip) of corolla shorter. 



11. N. cryptawtlia, Boiss. et Haussk. % .3 to .5, papillose- 

 hispid ; stems erect, pyramidal-paniculate above. Lower leaves short- 

 petioled, ovate to oblong, .02 long, coarsely obtuse-toothed, the floral 

 sessile, lanceolate, acute, entire. Cymes dichotomous, dense ; bracts lan- 

 ceolate, aciimmate, formiiig an involucre overtopping the flowers ; corol- 

 la .007 to .008 long, cream-colored, shorter than calyx-teeth — Spring 



— Ma'in: between Hadidah and Hems; Hems, and eastward. 



15. I^AE.I^EMA?^TiA, F. et M. Lallemantia. 



Calyx tubular, with somewhat oblique mouth, the uppermost tooth 

 broader, the lower two narrower. Upper lip of corolla concave, fur- 

 nished with two arched folds within, nearly parallel with the margin, 

 the lower lip spreading, trifid. Stamens 4, near together, under the 

 upper lip, curved forward at tip, the lower shorter. Anthers 3-celled, 

 cells diverging. Style with nearly equal divisions, Nutlets smooth — 



— Annual or biennial herbs. • 



1. I^. Iftoyleaiaa, Wall. .1 to .2, crisp-puberulent or pubes- 

 cent, canescent ; stem simple or branching from base. Root-leaves long- 

 petioled, truncate or somewhat cuneate at base, ovate, blade .01 to .03 

 long, crenate; floral leaves subsessile, cuneate-oblong, few-toothed, 

 longer than flowers. Whorls 4-6-flowered, forming an interrupted or 

 continuous leafy spike ; bracts petiolulate, cuneate-flabellate, with 2-3, 

 aristate teeth on each side ; calyx .008 long, with short, nearly muti- 

 cous, at length involute teeth ; corolla blue, tube included, limb mi- 

 nute — April — Between Qaryetein and Palmyra. 



2. L.. Iberica, M. B. .2 to .4, glabrescent; stem simjole or 

 sparingly branched. Lower leaves short-pietioled, ovate to oblong, .03 

 to -04 long, crenate to dentate ; floral leaves sessile, oblong to linear- 

 oblong and linear-lanceolate, denticulate, twice as long as floicers. 

 Whorls 4-6-flowered, loosely spiked ; bracts petiolulate, cuneate-flabel- 

 late, with 3-4, long-aristate teeth on each side; calyx .015 long, teeth 



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