g43 LABIATE, (mint FAMILY.) 



exserted ; longer filaments ending in a sid)ulate miicro — Summer — Dry 

 fields ; common throughout. 



2, H. graiidifiora, MoBuch. 21 .2 to .3, glabrescent or hir- 

 sute; stems ascending. Leaves petioled, ovate-oblong, .02 to .08 long, 

 entire or rarely dentate to pinnatifid. Bracts membranous, orbicular, 

 ciiiate, apiculate; teeth of upper lip of calyx broad and short-triangu- 

 lar, mucronate, those of lower lip lanceolate ; corolla violet, tioice as 

 lonq as calyx, filaments muticous, furnished with a small knob at apex 



Summer — Between Kuweissat and Sofar (Lebanon). Too near the 



last. 



i§. §II>EISITa§, L. SlDERITIS. 



Calyx tubular-campanulate, sometimes somewhat 2-lipped, with 

 five usually spiny-tipped teeth. Corolla with included, tube, and bila- 

 biate limb, the upper lip erect, nearly flat, entire or retuse-bifid, the 

 lower spreading, 3-cleft. Stamens didynamous, enclosed in tube, the 

 upper very short, with divaricately 2-celled anthers, the lower longer, 

 with often deformed anthers. Style included in tube, bifid, the upper 

 lobe short, truncate, the lower dilated at base, surrounding the upper. 

 Nutlets with rounded, obtuse tip — Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs. 



* Annuals. Floral leaves similar to the rest or nearly so, hut smaller. 



1. §. I^omasia, L. .1 to .35, soft-hau-y, green; stems as- 

 cending or diffuse. Leaves elliptical, olotate-oUong and ovate to ol- 

 long, .0^ to .01 long, crenate-dentate, the lower petioled. Whorls 6-4- 

 fiowered, distant; calyx-tube gibbous at base, .005 long, with spiny- 

 aristate, lanceolate, acute teeth, tlie uijpermost much Iroader ; corolla 

 white, with short-exserted limb — Spring — Fields ; common along 

 coast, and lower regions of coast range. 



2. §. moiitaiia, L. .1 to .25, soft-hairy, green, erect or as- 

 cending, branching from neck. Leaves oMong-oblanceolate, .035 to .01 

 long, remotely denticulate near apex. Whorls numerous, approximat- 

 ed ;*floral leaves oblong, spiuy-mucronate, longer than calyx. Calyx- 

 tube .005 long, teeth oblong, obtuse, reticulate, spiny-mucronate or 

 aristate, the upper three connate higher up ; corolla yelloiD, -turning 

 Iroicnish, with short-exserted limb — Summer — Fields ; Lebanon and 

 Antilebanon to subalpine regions ; Aintab, and northward. 



Var. xaiitli®§tegia, Post. (Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. Vol. XXIV. 

 p. 439). Stems and whorls villous. Calyx yellow, veined, teeth aris- 

 tate. Terminal bracts sterile, yellow, forming a tassel .015 to .02 long. 



3. ^. Balasisss, Boiss. .15 to .25, hirsute, viscid,, pale green; 

 stems simple or branching from base. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, sub- 

 crenate, rather obtuse, the floral narrower, as long as calyces. Whorls 

 6-4-flowered, more or less approximated; calyx .01 long, limb reticu- 

 late, somewhat UlaUate, teeth nearly equal, spiny-tipped, the upper three 

 connate higher than the lower ttco ; corolla white or purple, limb shorter 

 than calyx —June— Qob-Elias(Coelesyria). 



* * Perennial herds or shnd)S ; icJiorls sessile loith involucre of entire 

 fioral leaves. 



4. S. Taiirica, M. B. % .3 or more, many-stemmed, appress- 

 ed- woolly, canescent. Leaves oblanceolate, the lower crenulate, obtuse. 



