LABIATiE. (MIKT FAMILY.) Gl5 



* * WJiorU remote. Throat of calyx closed hij a liairy ring ; llmh 

 nearly 2-li'pped. 



3. M. Pnlcgiwni, L. 2f Peimyroyal. .2 to .5, villous, liairy, 

 or glabrescent ; stems prostrate, rooting at base. Leaves ovate ov ob- 

 long, .005 to .03 long, short-petioled, obscurely denticulate. Wliorls 

 globular, .01 in diameter, constituting a long, interrupted, leafy 

 spike; corolla pink — June to September — Wet places; middle zono 

 of Lebanon; coast; Coelesyria; Cassius; Amanus. 



3. t,YCOPU§, TouRN. TV'ater-Horehound. 



Calyx campanulate, equal, 4-5-tootlied, with naked throat. Co- 

 rolla campanulate, nearly equal, 4-cleft, scarcely longer than calyx. 

 Stamens straight, divergent, the fertile two exserted, each with 2, 

 parallel anther-cells, the sterile two included, filiform, or 0. Nutlets 

 with callous margins, 3-augled, truncate at apex, tapering at base. — 

 Perennial herbs, wnth globular, axillary wdiorls of white fiov>'ers. 



L<. Eiiropaeus, L. 2f Gipsywort. .G to 1, glabrous or puberu- 

 lent; stem stiff, 4-anglcd and grooved, simjile or opposite-branched. 

 Leaves ollong-rliorribic, .04 to .06 long, sinuate-dentate, tapering to a 



short petiole. Sterile filaments minute or — June to September 



Coast; lower Lebanon; Ghor-es-Safieh ; Cojlesyria and Damascus to 

 Hamath and northward. 



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Leaf and whorl of flowers from middle of stem of Lycopus Eurojicfins. 



4. ORIGANUM, L. Wild Marjoram. Ortga^-u.\l 



Calyx campanulate or turbinate, bilabiate, split down in'front, or 

 nearly equally 5-toothed. Corolla-tube included or exserted," the up- 

 per limb straight, retuse or bifid. Stamens 4; anthers with 2, distinct, 

 divergent cells. Nutlets ovate or oblong — Shrubs or perennial herbs, 

 with flowers subtended by more or less imbricated bracts, collected in 

 more or less dense spikes or heads. 



* Bracts .008 to .014 long, .006 to .008 hroad, 2nn7c or 2m7'ple, 

 longer than Mlcibiate calyx. 



1. O. Amaiiimi, Post. (Plant. Postian. Fasc. VIL p. 12.) ^t 

 .15 to .2, crisp-papillose-hairy beloT\^ stems ascending, reddish, simple 

 or sparingly branched above, leafy. Leaves sessile, prominently nerv- 

 ed, cordate-ovate, .01 to .015 long, short- acuminate, punctate, margin 

 papillose-scabrous. Spikes .015 to .02 long, few-flowered, ovate, ses- 

 sile; bracts more or less reddish-purple, ovate-oblong, acuminate, about 

 twice as long as calyx; calyx glabrous, punctate, upper lip «c?/?e7y 



