LABIA'IVE. (MI^'T FAMILY.) 



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elliptical-oblong, tapering to a long petiole, tlie others oblong-linear to 

 linear, sessile, acutisb, the iloral ciliate or hirtulous. Whorls 4-2-flow- 

 ered ; flowers sessile ; calyx ^-nerved, teeth lanceolate-subulate, prick- 

 ly-tipped, at length recurved, one-third as long as tube; corolla pur- 

 ple, tube short-exserted — June — Kurd Dagh ; iVintab, and eastward. 



24. S. burgsdorfUoiclcs, Boiss. .1 to .15, puhescent-viscidu- 

 loKS, green, branching from base. Leaves oblong to linear, .02 to .01 

 long, more or less remotely denticulate. Whorls about 4-flowered ; flow- 

 ers nearly sessile ; calyx papillose-hirsute, l{i-nerved^ teeth lanceolate- 

 subulate, spiny-tipped, one-third to one-half as long as tube; corolla 

 purple, tube included — May — AintSb, and northward. Very near 

 the last. 



25. S. iieiarocalyciiia, Boiss. .3 to .5, glahrescent, branch- 

 ing from base, more or less difliuse. Leaves oblong to elliptical, .03 to 

 .01 long, crenate-dentate, the lower long-petioled, the upper short-peti- 

 oled or sessile. Whorls 4-5-flowered, distant; calyx sparingly papil- 

 lose, 10-nerved and reticulately veined, glossy, camixinulate, teeth ovate, 

 spiny -muciwiate, unequal, one-third to one-half as long as tube ; corol- 

 la purple, tube included — Spring — Fields and dry places; coast, low- 

 er mountains of coast range. 



21. ^VIEDEMAIVNIA, F. et M. Wiedemannia. 



Calyx campanulate, bilabiate, the upper lip composed of one tooth 

 broader and shorter than the four of the lower lip, the latter connate 

 high up. Corolla-tube exserted, with a hairy ring within, limb bilabi- 

 ate, the upper lip arched, the throat dilated, the lateral lobes appen- 

 daged or acutish, the middle lobe bifid. Stamens 4, parallel under the 

 upper lip, anthers hispid, with two, divaricate cells. Style equally bi- 

 fid. Nutlets acutely triquetrous, truncate at tip — Annual herbs, with 

 purple flowers. 



1. ^V. multifida, L. Fic4. 307. 

 .2 to .4, appressed-puberu- 

 lent ; stems simple or branch- 

 ing from base. Leaves ob- 

 tusely crenate-dentate, the 

 lower and intermediate peti- 

 oled, ovate to ovate-oblong, 

 .01 to .03 long, the upperses- 

 sile, incised to pinnatifid or 

 -parted, the floral much long- 

 er than the whorls. Whorls 

 hirsute, numerous, many- 

 flowered, the lower distinct 

 the upper approximated ; 

 bracts ovate to oblong-lanceo- 

 late, shorter than calyx ; ca- 

 lyx .008 long; corolla .015 

 to .02 — May and June —North-eastern borders of Syria. 



2. ^V. Oriciitali§, F. et M. .2 to .4, pubescent, viscidu- 

 lous; stems simple or branching from base. Leaves ovate-oblong, the 

 lower petioled, crenate, the upper sessile, obtusely coarse-dentate. 

 Whorls many-flowered, distinct; bracts ovate, acuminate, shorter than 



WJiorl from middle of stem of 

 Wiedemannia multifida. 



