LABIATiE. (mint B'AMILY.) 031 



. lyrate at base of Made, the lateral segments small, conjlmnt, and the ter- 

 minal .08 to .1 long, .02 to .03 broad, crenate, of ten lobecl or incised. 

 Floral leaves membranous, often colored, sparingly papillose-picbescent 

 orbicular to ovate, cuspidate, shorter than calyx ; calyx sparingly papil- 

 lose, .015 long, growing in fruit, bilabiate, with lanceolate, prickly- 

 mucronate teeth; corolla white, twice to thrice as long as calyx, the 

 upper lip rather straight — April to June — Fields and hills ; common 

 even in deserts, and on mountains to 1300 m. 



23. S. graveoleiis, Vahl, ^ A to 1 or more, branches and 

 petioles sparingly hirsute ; stems numerous, ascending or erect, ending 

 in liispicl racemes or narrow panicles. Leaves appressed-canescent, bul- 

 late-wrinkled, crenate to undulate-lobed, triangular -ovate to triangular- 

 oblong, .03 to .07 long, truncate to cordate at base, the lower short-petiol- 

 ed, the upper sessile. Floral leaves cordate-ovate, acuminate, shorter 

 than calyx;' whorls 6-4-flowered, the lower distant the Upper approxi- 

 mated; calyx campanulate, .007 long, teeth triangular-ovate, mucron- 

 ate ; corolla white, with included tube and arched upper lip as long as 

 calyx — March to June — Coast to middle zone of mountains, on both 

 sides of Jordan, to Ccelesyria and Damascus. 



24. S, §cJaFea, L. If Kajf-ed-dibb. ,0 to 1 or more; stem stout, 

 hirsute below, ending in a viscid, rather contracted panicle, .3 to .4 

 long. Leaves green, spari7igly scabrous, more or less wrinkled, cordate- 

 ovate, .08 to .2 long, crenate to dentate. Floral leaves ovate-cordate, 

 pinh to wliitish, longer than calyces, at length deflexed; whorls distant, 

 6-2-flowered ; calyx papillose-scabrous, .008 long in flower, .012 in 

 fruit, campanulate-bilabiate, t^cih OY^itQ, spiny -aristate ; corolla pink- 

 ish-blue, thrice as long as calyx, tube included — May and June — 

 Shady places in lower and middle zone of coast ranges throughout; 

 Amanus. 



Var. toisieiiS©§«, Post. Stems hispid. Leaves wooUy-canescent* 

 Panicle thyrsoid. 



25. S. ceratopliylia, L. If .5 to .7, woolly-canesccut below 

 and at leaves ; stem erect, broad-panicled from base ; panicle hispid-vis- 

 cid, branches ascending. Jjtii-VQ?, covered loith reddish, mammillary pro- 

 jections at upper surface, densely v/oolly at lov^er, the lowest appressed 

 to fhQ gvoMxid, ^\\ oblong in outline, .1 to .2 long, divided, into oblong- 

 linear, entire or pinnatifid lobes, axis loinged icings more or less serrate. 

 Floral leaves green, ovate, long-acuminate, as long as calyx or shorter ; 

 whorls 6-4-flowered, distant; calyx papillose-hispid, .008 long in flow- 

 er, .01 in fruit, lips at length divergent, teeth ovate, spiny-mucronate ; 

 corolla white, about twice as long as calyx — April to June — Hauran, 

 Antilebanon, Hems, Aleppo, and eastward, 



26. S. vertoa§cifoIia, M. B. 2f .6tol, woolly-canescent below, 

 hairy above ; stem stout, ending in a raceme or spreading panicle. 

 Lower leaves petioled, bullate-wrinkled, ellip)tical to ovate and oblong, 

 .08 to .2 long, crenate and incked-lobed, cuneate-truncate to cordate at 

 base, the upper few, sessile, oblong, acute to acuminate, coarse-dentate. 

 Floral leaves broader than long, ovate, cd)ruptly short-acuminate, one-third 

 to one-half as long as calyx; calyx papillose, campanulate, .007 long in 

 flower, .01 in fruit, green-ribbed, oniddle tooth of upjyer lip very small, 

 all the teeth spiny-mucronate ; corolla white to cream-colored, thrice to 

 thrice and a half as long as calyx, tube included — June to September — 



