QQQ LABIATE. (MINT FAMILY.) 



l-S-toothed onhoth sides or erdire. Whorls 2-4-flowered, tmich shorter than 

 floral leaves, forming a dense raceme; calyx fleecy, teeth lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, shorter than tube ; corolla purplish-pink or yellow, thrice as long 

 as calyx — Spring — Dry fields; coast of southern Palestine; High- 

 lands of Moab (Paine). 



3. A. Cilia, Poir. 2f .1 to .35, hispid to glabrescent; root-stock 

 woody, branches prostrate or ascending. Leaves crowded, those of root 

 oblong-spathulate to liuear-spathulate, .05 to .1 long, tapering into a 

 long petiole, repand-sinuate ; stem-leaves. 01 to .025 long, trifid or -part- 

 ed into oblong to linear, entire or dentate lobes, the floral shorter than 

 ffowers. Whorls 3-flowered, forming long, leafy, dense racemes ; calyx- 

 teeth lanceolate, acute, shorter than tube; corolla yellow, sometimes 

 streaked with purple, or purple, twice-and-a-half as long as calyx — 

 Spring — Waste places and fields; common from coast to middle moun- 

 tain zones and interior. 



Var. siiffriiticen§, Boiss. 5 ^^^^'^ canescent and shrubby; 

 branches shorter ; calyx-teeth shorter ; lobes of leaves shorter — Jeru- 

 salem; Damascus: Aleppo; alpine regions of Lebanon and Hermon. 



Var. tridactylites, Boiss. Branches tender; leaves mem- 

 branous, cuneate-oblong, trifid into ovate-oblong, short lobes — Com- 

 mon. 



4. A. vestita, Boiss. 5 -^^ ^^ -^^j fleecy-canescent ; root-stock 

 woody ; stems flowering from base, forming an ollong sjnJce, at length 

 .1 or more long. Root-leaves petioled, rhombic-ovate, obtusely 3-4- 

 crenate ; cauline sessile, cuneate to obovate, cleft often to middle into 

 3, oblong to ovate, obtuse lobes. Calyx fleecy, lobes lanceolate, rather 

 longer than tube; corolla white or yellow, twice-and-a-half as long as- 

 calyx — Summer — Fissures of rocks, south of Qaryetein. 



5. A. laevigata, Russ. .1 to .3, glabrous, green, branching 

 from base ; branches simple or corymbose above. Root-leaves linear- 

 spathulate, tapering to a long petiole, entire or few-toothed;^ stem- 

 leaves trifid or 3-parted into linear, entire lobes ; the floj'al leaves as 

 long asfloioers. Whorls 2-flowered, forming dense, leafy racemes; calyx- 

 lobes lanceolate, sometimes hairy, about as long as tube; corolla yellow, 

 purple-streaked below, five times as long as calyx — May and June — 

 Fields and rocky places; Amanus to Aleppo, Aintab, and northward. 



* * * Whorls 'Z flowered. Upper lip of corolla 2-parted. 



6. A. Poitii, Briq. (Bulletin. Herb. Boiss. II. .710). U 1 or 

 more ; stems erect, glabrous or sparingly papillose at angles, more or 

 less diffusely branched. Leaves short-petioled, oblong-lanceolate, .1 or 

 more long, green, rounded to cuneate at base, coarse-serrate to entire, 

 more or less acuminate, ciliated at margin, sparingly jDapillose at under 

 surface. Flowers axillary, solitary ; pedicels short, glabrescent, curved 

 over the petioles after floicering ; calyx campanulate-urceolate, tube 5- 

 nerved, teeth ciliated, linear-subulate, thrice as long as tube ; corolla 

 marcescent, twice as long as calyx, upper lip oblong, notched at tip, 

 lateral lobes of lower lip round-ovate, middle lobe obovate, much long- 

 er; nutlets ^s\i\\ fleshy pericarp — Early summer — Amanus; 1200 to 

 1600 metres. 



