622 



mules opposite, sliort- 

 pedimcleci, distant; ca- 

 lyx-teeth triangiilar-o- 

 vatc, acute, callous- 

 tipped, one fourth as 

 long as tube : corolla 

 white, twice to twice 

 and a half as long as 

 c<alyx, toracntellous ; 

 lower lip somev/hat 

 longer; longer stamens 

 loug-exserted — Sum- 

 mer — Rocks: Palmy- 

 rene Desert; Aiut^b/ 



Near M. mollis, 

 Bth, , but differs by sim- 

 2}Ie, stiff, straiglit hran- 

 ■:Jws. slwrt'pedundes, etc. 



LABIATES, (mint FAMILY.) 



Fig. 289. 



Fig. 290. 



Fig. §89. Flowering branch anel 

 lower leaf of Micromeria Sliepardi. 



Fig. 290. Cymes from middle 



of stem of Micromeria serpyllifolia, 



with a leaf from lower down. 



9. M. serpyllifolia, M. B. % .5 to 1, very finely puberulent, 

 gr&yish-wldte ; stems stoutish. simple or long-imniculate cibove. Leaves 

 petioled, cuncate at dase, ovate-oUong, .01 to .035 long, entire or some- 

 what repand, the upper acutish. Cymes peduncled, mcuii/ iimes dicJio- 

 tomously hrancJied ; calyx-teeth triangular, one sixth as long as tube, as 

 long as villi of throat ; corolla thrice as long as calyx — July to Septem- 

 ber—Rocks; coast, and mountains to 1000 m. ; Northern plains. 



§. TI1¥MBRA, L. ThymbrA. 



Calyx oblong, lo-nerved, flattened at back, somewhat two-edged, 

 bilabiate, the upper lip tridentate, the lower bipartite. Corolla-tube 

 exserted, naked within, the upper lip erect, retuse, flattish, the lower 

 trifid. Stamens under the upper lip, didynamous, the anthers with two, 

 parallel cells — A low shrub, with the aspect of Thyme. 



Fig. 291. 



T. §pScata, L. 5 -2 to .5, branches pu- 

 berulent in 2 rows, ascending, simple or sparing- 

 ly branched. Leaves linear-lanceolate, .01 to 

 ,02 long, dotted, flat or folded lengtliTvise, gla- 

 brous or ciliate. Spikes oblong, dense, .015 to 

 .07 long, .015 broad, sometimes interrupted at 

 base ; floral leaves and bracts more or less red- 

 dish, ciliate, concealing the calyces; corolla pur- 

 ple, twice as long as calyx-tube — May and June 

 — Dry places; coast, and coast range to 1000 

 m., to Aintab, IMarash, and northward. 



». CAI^AIflBXTHA, McENCn. CALAMi:N-Tn. 



Calyx tubular, 1 3-nerved, more or less bila- 

 biate, the upper lip tridentate, the lower with 

 two, awl-shaped teeth. Corolla-tube straight, 

 the upper lip flat or slightly concave, the lower 

 trifid. Stamens ascending in pairs, more or less |^ 



connivent, anthers with parallel or divergent^fepikeofThymbraspicata. 



