LABIAT.l^;. (mint FAMILY.) 027' 



hirtulous, leaflets 1-2 pairs, ollong -lanceolate, rather obtuse, nearly en- 

 tire, the terminal tapering at base ; the uppermost leaves small, divided 

 into few, linear leaflets. Whorls distant, 6-4-flowered; floral leaves 

 ovate, acuminate, all but lowermost shorter than calyx ; pedicels short ; 

 calyx .01 long, teeth lanceolate, ending in a yellow, spinesceiit point ; co- 

 rolla yelloio, twice to thrice as long as calyx — Summer — Aintab, aiid 

 northward. 



6. S. Mii§airieiisi§, Post. (Bull. Herb. Boiss. I. 40G). li 1 or 

 more, indurated at base ; stems erect, appressed-pubcrulent, leafy- 

 paniculate almost from base. Leaves trifoliate, leaflets ovate-oblong, 

 rugulose, crenulate, stellate-tomeutellous, greenish at upper greyish- 

 canescent at lower surface,, the lateral sessile, ovate-oblong, rather ob- 

 tuse, .01 to .0J5 long, .005 to .013 broad, the terminal leaflet .03 to .07 

 long, .02 to .04 broad. Bracts minute, ovate, acuminate, deciduous; 

 flowers short-peduncled ; calyx reddish-green, tubular-campanulate, 

 .013 to .015 long, ribbed, glandular, sparingly papillose-pubescent at 

 ribs, teeth triangular, the lower somewhat longer than the upper, about 

 half as long as tube; corolla blue, about twice as long as calyx — Au- 

 gust — Woods east of el-Juweikhat (Nusairy Mountains). 



•3^, S. spiresefolia, Boiss. et Hoh. 5 -^ to .6, branches erect,^ 

 glabrous, herbaceous, nearly simple, leafy. Petioles hirsute; leaves of 

 2-3 jDairs of elliptical to lanceolate, acutely dentate, papillary-hirsute leaf- 

 lets, the teriiiinal larger, elliptical-oblong ; the uppermost leaves with 

 linear leaflets. WhorJs 6-4-flowered, distant; bracts ovate, acuminate, 

 shorter than calyx; calyx short-pedicelled, jippressed-pubescent, .008 

 long, upper lip with 3, short teeth, lower longer, with 2, acute or tnu- 

 cronate teeth ; corolla pale blue, twice to twice and a half as long as ca- 

 lyx — Aj^ril — Aleppo, and north-eastward. 



§. S. potciitilleefoSia, Boiss. et Held. ^ .4 to .5, branches 

 simple or sparingly branched, slender. Leaves small, petioled, ternate 

 into subsessile, oblong-cuneate leaflets, .01 to .015 long, denticulate 

 near tip, the intermediate somewhat longer. Whorls 4-2-flowered, dis- 

 tant; floral leaves lanceolate, minute, the loicer 2-3-2)arted ; pedicels 

 shorter than calyx; calyx .01 long, glandular-hairy, lilaliate to one 

 third of its length, the upper lip 3-denticulate, the intermediate tooth 

 minute, the lateral mucronate, the lower lip split into lanceolate, long- 

 acuminate teeth; corolla yellow turning blue, or bicolored, twice and a 

 half as long as calyx — 



Var. Miicroplaylla, Boiss. Leaflets smaller — Duden near Elmalu 

 in northern Syria. 



9. §. Peyroni, Boiss. If 1 or more, stems erect, branching 

 above, branches opposite, glabrous except glandular-hispid inflores- 

 cence. . Leaves all radical or at dase of stem, long-petioled, with two 

 pairs of oblong-lanceolate, crenate, usually small leaflets, the terminal 

 larger, .05 long. Whorls 5-3-flowered, distant, forming a long raceme; 

 flowers short-peduncled ; calyx bilabiate to one third of its length, 

 teeth triangular at base, subulate-aristate, prickly ; corolla golden-yel- 

 low, thrice as long as calyx — June — Among rocks at FeitrCm. 



10. S, piimata, L. If .3 to .5, glandular-hirsute, viscid, i3ale- 

 green, stems ascending, simple or 23anicled, leafy. Leaves jDetioled, in- 

 terruptedly pinnate, with 3-4 ^j'rtxVs or 6-8 alternate, petiohilate, ovate to 



oblong, incised-crenate leaflets .02 to .03 long, intermixed with smaller ones. 



