636 LABIATE, (mint family.) 



Ill Calyx tubular, upper lip truncate^ remotely 2-dentate. Annuals. 



34 S. viridis, 35 Horminum. 



nil Calyx ovate to tulular-campaniilate,- upp)er lip d-toothed. 



36 S. .Egyptiacaj 37 deserti. 



* * Anterior part of connective subulate, destitute of a cell or callosity. 



38 S. Judaica, 39 Russelii. 



I. S. Auclieri, Bth, ^ -^ ^^ .8, woody at base, stems procum- 

 bent, rooting at base, erect, pubescent to glabrous, ending in a naked 

 panicle. Leaves oblong, .04 to .08 long, minutely crenulate, finely 

 wrinkled, glabrescent or minutely puberulent at upper surface, canes- 

 cent at lower, rounded at base, petioled. Branches of panicle elongated, 

 ascending ; whorls 4-2-flowered ; bracts scale-lil'e, deciduous; flowers 

 subsessile ; calyx glandulav-hirtulous, teeth lanceolate, nearly equal, 

 one-fourth as long as tube; corolla violet, tlirice as long as calyx — 

 August and September — 



Var. caiie§ceii§, Boiss. et Held. Leaves more or less canescent 

 at upper as well as lower surface. Calyx .006 long, teeth triangular, 

 broader than long — Woods; Kai-pok-Dagh (Amanus), and northward. 



2. §. gr rail d I flora, Ettling. 5 .6 to lor more; stems ascend- 

 ing, puberulent. Leaves petioled, rounded or cordate at base, ovate to 

 oblong, .04 to .1 long, minutely crenulate, rugulose, pubescent or gla- 

 brescent at upper surface, canescent at lower, the upper acuminate. 

 Flowers racemed or panicled, whorls 10-2-flowered, distant; bracts 

 small, somewhat membranous; calyx viscid-hairy, reddish, somewhat 

 2-lipped, .015 long, teeth triangular-lanceolate ; corolla blue, twice to 

 thrice as long as calyx — June to August — Coast to subalpiue Lebanon ; 

 Cassius Aniivnus, and northward. 



Var. cuiieata, Post. Leaves cuneate at base, obovate-oblong, 

 .02 to .03 long, the lower obtuse, the middle acutish, the uppermost ob- 

 long-linear, acute. Raceme short, dense — Around Mt. Cassius; An- 

 tioch. 



3. S. MSjasiotica, Boiss. et Gaill. 5 .3 to .5, crisp-woolly, 

 somewhat viscid ; flowering branches erect, simple or sparingly branch- 

 ed. Leaves petioled, rounded or truncate at base, oblong, obtuse, .02 

 to .03 long. Whorls 4-8-flowered, somewhat distant; pedicels shorter 

 than calyx; calyx .007 to .01 long, teeth triangular, acute, one fourth 

 as long as tube; covolla scarcely ticice as long as calyx — May — Lower 

 zone of Lebanon. Probably a variety of the following. 



4. S. triloba, L. 5 .5 to 1.5, wooUy-canescent. Leaves oblong 

 to lanceolate, obtuse, .02 to .05 long, truncate or rounded or cordate 

 at hsise, generally icith 0}ie or tico S7nall, ovate-elliptical leaflets at base; 

 the upper leaves more or less triangular -auricled at base. Inflorescence 

 an interrupted spike or short-branched panicle, viscid ; whorls 6-4-flow- 

 ered; bracts minute, scale-like; calyx .006 long, slightly bilabiate, teeth 

 triangular, one fourth as long as tube ; corolla violet, tioice to tlirice as 

 long as calyx — April to July — Dry places; coast, and coast range of 

 mountains to 800 m. 



5. S. 8uffrutico§a, Month, et Auch. 5 .5 or more, _ branches 

 herbaceous, glabrous, erect, slender, whitisli, leafy.- Petioles stifl", white, 



