LAiJiAT.i:. (MJ:>;r family.) 025- 



lengtli nodding ; upper lip of calyx very short, reticulate, with very 

 short, mucronate teeth, lower longer, with lanceolate-aristate teeth; 

 corolla .015 long, twice as long as calyx — June to September — Shady 

 places ; along coast, and mountains to 900 m. ; Jcbel-ed-Duruz (Hauran) ; 

 Amanus, and northward. 



II. SAI.YIA, L. Sage. Qo^ym. 



Calyx campanulate, ovoid, or tubular, more or less distinctly bila- 

 biate, the upper lip 3-toothed, rarely entire, the lower deeply 2-cleft. 

 Corolla-tube included or exserted, its inner face naked, or furnisKed 

 with a hairy ring or a penicillate scale, the upper lip concave, straight 

 or falcate, the lower spreading, trifid, with the middle lobe broader 

 than the others. Perfect stamens 2, with short filaments and a long- 

 connective astride their tip, the posterior limb of the connective as- 

 cending, bearing a fertile cell, the anterior straight or deflexed, bear- 

 ing a barren or fertile cell, or naked. Posterior staminoids minute or 

 — Shrubs or herbs; inflorescence whorled. 



'^ Anterior part of connective ending in an empty cell or Imlbou^ callosity. 



t Corolla-tube hairy -ringed loithin. Upper lip nearly straight. 

 Anterior anther-cell empty. 



\ Calyx {except S. idnnata) enlarging dut little in fruit. Teeth acute. 



§ Leaves simple. 



1 S. Aucheri, 2 grandiflora, 3 Libanotica. 



§ § Leaves jnnnately loded or piarted. 



4 S. triloba, 5 suffruticosa, 6 Nusairiensis, 7 spireoefolia, 8 po- 

 tentillcefolia, 9 Peyroui, 10 pinnata, 11 recognita, 12 rubifolia, 13 

 purpurascens, 14 bracteata. 



I \ Fruiting calyx enlarged, veined, often colored. 



15 S. Rasheyana, IG acetabulosa, 17 Pinardi. 



1 1 Corolla-tule hairy-ringed withiii. Uppter lip> falcate. Anterior 

 anther-cell empty. 



18 S. glutinosa. 



1 1 t Corolla-tube naked within, or loith a penicillate scale. Anterior 

 p)art of connective ending in cf tulbous, callous tip. 



I Calyx campanulate, upper lip) convex, ^-toothed. TJp'per whorls often 



abortive. 



§ Corolla-tube gradually dilating into a throat, naked within. 



19 S. Syriaca, 20 Montbretii, 21 spinosa, 22 Palaestiua. 



§ § Corolla-tube ending dhrwptly in a pouched throat, with a penicillate 

 scale within. 



23 S. graveolens, 24 Sclarea, 25 ceratophylla, 26 verbascifolia, 

 27 brachycalyx, 28 Peratica. 



I X Calyx obovate, upper lip concave, '^-grooved, with 3, short, connivent 



teeth. 



29 S. Hierosolymitana, 30 virgata, 31 viscosa, 32 Vcrbenaca, 

 33 controversa. 



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