620 LABIATE. (MINT FAMILY.) 



Clusters 1-3-5-flowered, axillary, remote, the lower Fig. 287, 

 short-pediincled, the upper sessile; calyx-teeth linear- 

 lanceolate — June to September — Aintab to Marash, 

 and northward. 



* * Loic sJirxibs. Calyx-teeth equal. 



2. S. ciiiieifolia, Ten. 5 -^to .5, glabrous or 

 hispidulous, especially above ; branches ascending, stifi, 

 ending in a slender, long, interrupted spike. Lowest 

 leaves obovate to oUong-s2Mt'hidate, tapering at base, up- 

 per linear-spathulate, .005 to .01 long, all acute, more 

 or less plicate, recurved. Clusters several-flowered, 

 short-peduncled or sessile ; calyx-teeth triangular-lance- ,j,j of branch of 

 olate — August and September — Subalpine Lebanon ; Samroiahortensis. 

 Beersheba, and southward. 



* * * jIqic sJiriibs. Calyx subtended hj long bracts, teeth e<iual. 



3. S. Tliynibra, L. 5 -3 to .5, scabrid-canescent, with many 

 tortuous-branched stems, the younger erect. Leaves ollong-obodate, 

 cuneate, folded lengthwise, acuminate, long-tapering at base, sessile. 

 Upper axils with short branches. Whorls many-flowered, sessile, glob- 

 ular, forming an interrupted spike or thyrsus; bracts oSZon^, acuminate, 

 as long as calyx; calyx-teeth lanceolate-subulate — April to June — 

 Coast and mountains to subalpine regions. 



7. MICROMEIilA, Bth. Micromeria. 



Calyx tubular or obconical-campauulate, lo-nerved, nearly equally 

 6-toothed. Corolla-tube exserted or included, naked within, the upper 

 lip erect, nearly flat, the lower trilobed. Stamens didynamous, ascend- 

 ing, curved at apex, with 3-celled anthers — (Ours) perennial herbs or 

 shrubs, with whorls in long, interrupted spikes. 



* Anther-cells imjilanted on the extremities of a long connective, 



t Nutlets acute or mucranat€. 



1. M. nervosa, Desf. 21 .3 to .4, short-pubescent or giabres- 

 cent below, villous above, branching from prostrate base ; stems simple 

 or sparingly branched, ascending. Leaves sessile, with revolute mar- 

 gins, somewhat cordate at base, ovate, acutish, .005 to .008 long. Cymes 

 AispicZ, many-flowered, short-peduncled, the lower distant ; calyx-teeth 

 bristle-like; corolla pink — April to June — Rocks; coast, and moun- 

 tains of coast and interior to 1000 m. 



2. M. Juliana, L. If .3. to .6, pubcicent or villous ; rootstock 

 woody, branches numerous, erect, stiff, simple. Leaves sessile, revo- 

 lute-margined, ovate-oblong to linear, .005 to .008 long. Cymes pubes- 

 cent, 7iearly sessile, very dense, half globular, the lower distant; calyx- 

 teeth awl-sliaped, connivent, throat naked ; corolla pink, with included 

 tube — May to July — Rocks; coast, and mountains to 1000 m. 



Var. inyrtifolia, Boiss. All the leaves ovate or oblong, the low- 

 er somewhat petioled — Phoenician coast to Marash. 



3. M. cristata, Griseb. 1i .02 to .07, puberulent, canescent; 

 rootstock w^oody, stems tufted, filiform, naked at base, or densely 



