650 LABIATE, (mint FAMILY.) 



3-5 whorls, and oblong, puberulent leaves, the floral longer than flow- 

 ers. Whorls 6-10-flowered, distinct or confluent above; bracts minute, 

 setaceous; calyx puberulent, .008 long, with lanceolate-subulate teeth 

 shorter than tube; corolla yellow, with included tube — Summer — 

 Cassius and Amauus to Antioch and Aleppo. 



Var. l>racliyo«lo]ita, Boiss. Calyx-teeth half as long as tube — 

 Antioch to Ainttib. 



19. S. rin>estri§, Month, et Auch. If .2 to .3, woody at base; 

 sterile branches .03 to .1 long. Leaves of sterile branches crowded, 

 petioled, rugulose, crenate, ovate-cordate to oblong-cordate, .02 to .03 

 long. Flowering branches erect, .2 to .3 long, slender, simple or very 

 sparingly branched, with 1-2, distant pairs of oblong, short-petioled 

 leaves, and 3-5 whorls separate below or crowded into an oblong head; 

 floral leaves ovate, about as long as calyces ; •\vhorls 6-10-flowered ; 

 bracts linear-setaceous ; calyx .008 long, tubular- campanulate, teeth 

 lanceolate-subulate, almost as long as tiibe ; corolla yellow, with includ- 

 ed or somewhat exserted tube — May to July — Alexaudretta ; Amanus 

 to Aintab, and northward. 



20. S. pwbesceiis, Ten. H .3 to .G, pale green, pubescent, 

 flowering branches ascending, mostly simple. Leaves crenulate, ob- 

 tuse, the lower rounded or truncate at base, oblong, petioled, blade .02 

 to .04 long, floral sessile, elliptical, acutish, about as long as calyces. 

 Whorls 6-flowered or less, the lower distant ; calyx tubular-campanu- 

 late, .008 to .01 long, villous, teeth spiny, more than half as long as 

 tube ; corolla cream-colored, hairy, tube somewhat exserted — April to 

 June — Marash, and northward. 



21. S. aiiiiua, L. .2 to .4, rather glabrous beloio, p?/&e6'C6??i 

 above; stem simple or branching from neck. Leaves petioled, crenate, 

 truncate or cuneate at base, ovate-oblong, ,01 to .03 long, the upper 

 nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate ; the floral lanceolate to linear-lanceo- 

 late, acute or obtusish, entire, longer than calyx. Whorls 6-flowered, 

 distinct, the upper ai3proximated; calyx .008 long, hirsute-glandular, 

 with lanceolate, tapering, somewhat spiny, upcurved teeth ; corolla 

 cream-colored, with slightly exserted tube — Spring — Coast. 



Var. amniopliila, Boiss. Branches short, often prostrate ; , ca- 

 lyx-teeth shorter, more hairy. 



Var. Cilicica, Boiss. Lower leaves rounded at base — Common. 



22. S. Arabica, Horn. © .5 to .8, pa'pillose-hirsute, viscidulous; 

 stems erect, thick, usually branching. Leaves crenate, the lower peti- 

 oled, elliptical-oblong, .02 to .06 long, cordate at base, the upper ses- 

 sile, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, serrate, rounded or clasping at base, 

 the longest .04 long, the floral longer than whorls. Whorls 6-4-flower- 

 ed, distant, racemed; calyx .012 long, with parallel nerves, enlarging 

 in fruit and tube becoming globular, teeth triangular-oblong, spiny-tip- 

 ped, more than half as long as tube ; corolla molet, pubescent, with in- 

 cluded tube and large limb — April and May — Coast, and lower zone 

 of coast ranges ; interior table-lands. 



23. S. satureioicle§, Month, et Auch. © .1 to .15, pruinose or 

 papillose-;puberulent, branching from base ; stem and branches reddish. 

 Leaves green, entire or obsoletely 1-2-dentate, .02 to .01 long, the lower 



