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LAUIAT^E. (MIKT FAMILY.) 



Fig. 282. 



Fig. 283. 



tridentate to miJule, 

 lower -of equal lengthy 

 IJ-toothed; corolla pn- 

 besceut, tube thrice as 

 long as calyx, not gib- 

 bous — xVugust and 

 September — Gaiour 

 Dasfh (Amanus) 1500 



Head ofUngajiuui .\iiianiini 



Spike of Origanum 

 Libanoticuni. 



2. O. L.ibuiioticum, Boiss. 2^ .3 to .6, hairy at base, glabrous 

 above; rootstock shrubby, many- stemmed; stems ascending, leafy, 

 panieled above. Leaves pale green, .015 long, ovate, obtuse, short- 

 petioled, floral smaller, sessile. Spikes on long, slender, naked pedun- 

 cles, somewhat nodding, round-ovate^ at length omte, .02 long, .015 

 ii'oad ; bracts deej^ fhik^ ovate, acute ; upper lip of calyx split to mid- 

 dle into o, omte, oUuse teeth, lower shorter, 2-toothed ; corolla pink, 

 with tube iiyyre than twice as long as calyx — Summer — Middle and 

 subalpine Lebanon. 



•^ * Bracts .003 to .005 long. Calyx- nearly equally ^-toothed. 

 \ OoroUa-tule imrple, tioice to thrice as long as calyx. 



Fig. 284. 



Terminal branches of 



panicle ot 

 Origanum hevisiatum. 



:5, O. laevigatuiii, Boiss. 2^ .5 to .7, 

 glabrous, procumbent at base, stems ascend- 

 fug, slender, paniculate above. Leaves .OOG 

 to .02 long, oblong-elliptical obtuseor acutish, 

 entire or obscurely repand. Spikes short- 

 pcduncled, .005 to .01 long, .005 broad, fcw- 

 liowered, loose: bracts green or red, lenticu- 

 lar, .005 long, .002 broad, as long as calyx; 

 calyx not doited — Summer — Amanus, and 

 northward. 



Var. laxiiin, Post. Spikes loose, bracts 

 narrow, green, spreading, longer than calyx — 

 Aintab. Perhaps a mere monstrosity. 



4. O. ElircBibcrgii, Boiss. If .5 to. 8, sparingly hairy below, 

 glabrous, pale green above; stems simple, wandlike. Leaves glandu- 

 lar-dotted, ovate, obtuse, .01 to .015 long, the lower short-petioled, the 

 upper sessile. Spikes nearly sessile, somewhat remote, axillary, loose, 

 forming a long thyrsus; hvacts olovate to oblong -spathulate, glandular- 

 dotted; calyx glabrous or hirsute, glandular -dotted — Summer — Mid- 

 dle to subalpine Lebanon. 



5. O. ©ayi, Post. (Bull. Herb. Boiss. I. 405.) % A to .8, cov- 

 ered everyvihere icith sessile glands, glutinous, sparingly hairy, shrubby 

 below ; stems numerous, simple or sparingly branched ; branches brittle. 

 Leaves cordate-ovate, spreading, at length deflexed, .005 to .01 long and 

 broad, prominently nerved. Spikes short-peduncled, .02 to .03 long, 



