LABIATE, (mint FAMILY.) 653 



ral sessile, cuiieate, crenate-lohed at tip, as long as wkoiis. Flowers in a 

 single, terminal, capitate tohvrl, .01 broad; calyx pubescent, .004 long, 

 teeth ovate, mucronate, one-third as long as tube ; corolla twice as long as 

 calyx ; akenes white-vermiculate — Spring — Alpine Lebanon and Anti- 

 lebanon. Perhaps a depauperated form of the preceding. 



* * Corolla-tuhe with a hairy ring icithin. Anthers hirsute. 



t Perennials. 



5. L<. truucatum, Boiss. 11 .3 to .5, green, sparingly appress- 

 ed-setulose; stems diffuse. Leaves tender, long-petioled, ovate-ob- 

 long to triangular-ovate, truncate-subcordate at base, coarsely and ob- 

 tusely crenate-lobed, the floral more or less acuminate, much longer 

 than whorls. Whorls 2-4, distinct, 6-8-flowered ; bracts subulate, hir- 

 sute, very short ; calyx appressed-setulose along nerves, .01 long in 

 flower, .014 in fruit, with lanceolate-subulate or setaceous teeth as long as 

 tube or longer ; corolla pink, with tube nearly twice as long as calyx, 

 and setaceous, lateral lobes — February to May — Coast and Lebanon to 

 Amanus, and northward. 



Var. longedcntatuiu, Post. Calyx-teeth twice as long as tube 



— Marash. 



t t Anmials. Leaves all similar in shape. 



6. Li, moscliatiiui, Mill. .8 to .G, green; stems ascending, 

 glabrous, more or less branched. Leaves sparingly puberulent, petiol- 

 ed, cordate-ovate to ovate-triangular, truncate at base, crenate, the flo- 

 ral much longer than whorls, often with a white spot at base, some- 

 what acuminate. Whorls numerous, many-Jloicered ; bracts lanceolate- 

 subulate, ciliate, shorter than calyx-tube; calyx-tube .006 long in flow- 

 er, .008 in fruit, nearly glabrous, with triangular-subulate teeth about 

 as ?(?7z,7 «s tube, at length stellate; corolla ichite, with included tube, 

 and triangular, lateral lobes — January to May — Fields and moist 

 places. 



Var. micraiithuui, Boiss. Flowers smaller — Common. 



T. L<. piirpurcuni, L. .2, pubescent, branching from base. 

 Leaves green, petiolcd, ovate-cordate, crenate or incised, the floral 

 crowded, longer than whorls. Whorls slightly separated below, or 

 crowded into a head ; bracts subulate, shorter than calyx-tube ; calyx 

 008 long, teeth lanceolate- subulate, longer than tube; corolla^Jw?'^?<?, 

 tube once-and-a-half as long as caly.v, lateral lobes somewhat bideutate 



— April to June — Fields; coast and lower mountains, and interior 

 plains. 



*23. l?IOf.I.UCEL.I.A, L. Molucella. 



Calyx obliijuely campuuulate or bilabiate, limb broad, membranous, 

 reticulate-veined. Corolla tube included, with an oblique, hairy ring 

 vithin, the upper lip erect, the lower trilobed, the middle lobe 

 broader, notched. Stamens ascending under the hood, the anthers 

 attached by lateral pedicels to the tip of tlie lilameut, cells divergent. 

 3tyle bifid. Nutlets acutely triqetrous, truncate — Annual herbs. 



1. m. laevi§, L. .5 to .8, glabrous ; stem simple or brauch- 

 ng below, flower-bearing almost from base. Leaves long-petioled, 

 ounded-subcordate, truncate, orcuneate at base, .02 to .04 in diameter, 

 learly orbicular, obtusely coarse-dentate, the floral as long as calyces or 



