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tar-lanceolate — AVayside between Suweidali and 'Atil (llauran). 



3. S. Cretica, S. et Sm. 11 .0 to .8, appressed-woolly, canes- 

 cent or pale green; stems erect, generally simple. Leaves slightly wrin- 

 kled, crenulate, obtuse, the lower oblong, petioled, .05 to .1 long, ta- 

 pering at dase, the floral sessile, oblong-triangular to lancoolate-oblong, 

 longer than whorl. Whorls dense, many-flowered, separate; bracts 

 oblong, half as long as calyx, spiny-mucronate; calyx densely woolly, 

 somewhat oblique, tube .006 long, teeth triangular-lanceolate, spiny- 

 tipped; corolla pink, v^ith mcluded tube, and rctuse upper lip — Sum- 

 mer—Hills and stony places; Palestine to 1000 m., east and west of 

 Jordan, to Lebanon, Amanus, Aintab, Akher Dagh, and northward. 



Var. Ciaraiia, Boiss. "Whorls condensed, at least at tip of bran- 

 ches, into oUo)ig spU'es, interrupted at base — Amanus; Akher Dagh. 



4. §. ^ermanica, L. If .6 to 1, densely or sparingly wooUy- 

 villous; stems simple or sparingly branched. Leaves rugulosc, crenate, 

 i\iQ,\ovfeY ^Qiio\Q(S., ovate-cordate to oblong-cordate, .1 to .03 long, the 

 floral lanceolate, longer than flowers. Whorls many-flowered, the low- 

 er distant the upper approximated ; calyx villous, .000 long in flower, 

 .008 in fruit, somewhat oblique, with triangular-ovate, spiny-tipped 

 teeth ; corolla purple, with nearly included tube, and entire, hirsute, 

 upper lip — June to September — Dry fields and woods ; Alexandretta 

 to Antioch, and northward. 



Var. spicaia, Post. Stems .3 to .4, simple, white-woolly. Leaves 

 green above, canescent below, cordate-ovate. Whorls condensed into 

 terminal spikes, .03 to .04 long — Amanus near Antioch. 



Var. £a§sia, Post. Appressed-hairy, canescent. Calyx-lobes 

 fleecy, teeth longer and more spiny than in type— Wooded region of 

 Mt. Cassius {S. Cassia, Boiss.). 



5. S. piMetoriiiii, Boiss. et Bal. 2f .5 to 1 or more; stem tall, 

 appressed-tomentellous, simple or sparingly branched above. Leaves 

 membranous, scarcely wrinkled, ovate to ovate-oblong, cordate, short- 

 petioled, greenish and pubescent at upper surface, white-woolly at 

 lower; floral leaves oblong, acuminate. Whorls distant or approxi- 

 mated above ; bracts linear- subulate, shorter than calyx ; calyx somewhat 

 oblique, greenish, glandular-hair]/, teeth nearly equal, lanceolate, spinu- 

 '.ose; corolla flesh-colored, the upper lip entire, long-hirsute- -.July to 

 September — Amanus, and northward. Too near to next. 



6. S. spcctabilis,, Choisy, 21 .5 to 1 ; stem tomentellous-canes- 

 3ent, simple or branched. Leaves petioled, crenulate, the scallops often 

 nucronate, ovate-cordate, acute, .00 to .15 long, not wrinkled, green 

 ;o canescent at upper surface, pannous at lower; floral leaves donticu- 

 ate or entire, oblong-lanceolate, acute. Whorls distant or the upper 

 confluent; bracts elliptical-rhomboid, cuspidate, shorter than calyx; 

 ;alyx 7iot oblique, densely woolly, teeth lanceolate, spiny-tipped; corolla 

 )urple or flesh-colored, or variegated with cream-color, upper lip entire, 

 lirsute — Late summer and autumn — Amanus to Mar ash, and uorth- 

 vard. The above two species probably varieties of S. Germanica. 



7. S. Elirciibcrgii, Boiss. If .5 to 1, stems hirsute, nearly 

 imple. Leaves soft, grey -woolly on both sides, strongly wrinkled, crenu- 

 ate, the lower petioled, oxate-cordatc, .03 to .04 long, the floral oblong. 



