Calammtha betuhfolia, 

 - Summer — Bitias iu Amamis, 



LABIAT Ji. (MI:NT FAMILY.) 623 



cells — • Annual or perennial herbs, sometimes with a shrubby base. 

 * Whorls forming comioound cymes. Corolla-tuhe not ringed loithin. 



1. €. graiidiflora, L. 11 .4 to .8, sparingly hairy; rootstock 

 creeping; stems ascending, simple. Leaves petioled, ovate to oblong, 

 .03 to .05 long, coarse-tootJied, the lowest somewhat cordate, the others 

 rounded or cuneate at base. Cymes 3-7-1-flowered, peduncled; bracU 

 linear-lanceolate ; calyx .01 long, upper teeth ovate, acuminate, loicer sub- 

 ulate; corolla phik, .02 to .03 long —June — Amanus. 



2. C. ll>etulafo!ia, 



Boiss. et Bal. If .3 to .4, 



stems ascending, simple, or 



sparingly branched below, 



puberulent above. Leaves 



petioled, ovate, .015 to .03 



long, acutely denticulate, the 



lowest rounded or truncate 



at base, the upper cuneate. 



Cymes 3-7-1 -flowered, short- 



peduncled ; hracts oUong- 



rliomlic; calyx .008 to .01 



long, loitli equal, triangular, 



acute teeth; corolla pink, .02to. 031on_ 



and north v/ard. 



3. C. officinalis, Moench. If .5 to .8, hairy; rootstock creep- 

 ing; stems erect, simple or sparingly branched. Leaves petioled, 

 ovate, .01 to .03 long, cuneate at base, dentate-serrate to crenate. 

 Cymes peduncled, loose, the lower as long as leaves, the upper longer; 

 bracts minute, subulate; pedicels as long as calyces or longer; upper 

 calyx-teeth lanceolate, recurved, the lower longer, straight, linear-sub- 

 ulate; corolla pink, .01 to .015 long, twice to thrice as long as calyx — 

 July — Amanus. 



4. C. Mepeta, L. If .3 to .6, canescent; stems simple or branch- 

 ed from ascending base, panicled above. Leaves petioled, ovate-rhom- 

 lic, .005 to .02 long, obtuse, crenate. Cymes axillary, one-sided, rath- 

 er dense, longer than floral leaves, forming a loose raceme or thyrsoid 

 panicle; bracts minute, sid)ulate ; calyx .005 long, with unequal teeth,, 

 the upper lanceolate, the lower subulate; corolla white, .007 to .01 

 long — Late summer and autumn — Hedges, Alexandretta ; Amanus, 

 and northward. 



5. C. iiicaiaa, S. ec Sm. If .2 to .5, densely caneseent ; stems 

 decumlent, branching. Leaves petioled, round,^ .003 to .01 in diameter^ 

 entire or obsoletely crenate, nerved. Cymes sessile, 6-2-1 -flowered, race- 

 mose-spiked; pedicels as long as calyx or shorter; calyx .003 to .004 

 long, with villous throat, short-3-denticulate upper lip, and longer low- 

 er lip with 2, lanceolate-subulate teeth; corolla cream-colored, twice as 

 long as calyx — August to October — Fields; coast, and coast range to 

 1200 m. ,- Jaulan; Plamath to Aleppo, and northward. 



6. C. Clinopoclium, Bth. 2f Wild Basil. .4 to .8, pubescent 

 or villous ; stems ercct^ stout, simple or branching. Leaves short-petiol- 



