633 LABIATE. (MINT FAMILY.) 



Var, caua, Boiss. Fleeaj leloio — ^ubaipinQ Lebanon; Autileba- 

 non plateau; Syrian Desert; Amanus to Akherdagli, and northward. 



27. S. bracljycalyx, Boiss. If .8 to 1.5; stem sparingly pu- 

 bescent, leafy Mow, naked above middle, ending in a panicle often 

 .5 long and .4 broad. Lower leaves membranous, more or less papil- 

 lose-pubescent, ovate, .OG to .35 long, truncate or cordate at base, erod- 

 ed-dentate or sinuate-lobcd ; stem-leaves sessile, triangular-ovate, trun- 

 cate at base. Floral leaves triangular-ovate, abruptly short-acuminate, 

 the lower longer than calyx, the upper broader than long, shorter than 

 calyx; whorls 6-4-flowered, distant; calyx viscid-pubescent, campanu- 

 late, .009 long in flower, very slightly enlarged in fruit, almost trun- 

 cate, teeth very short and broad, spiay-mucrouulate ; Q,oYo\\ixlluisli,four 

 times as long as calyx, with falcate upper and broad loAver lips, and long- 

 exserted stamens and style — May to July — Rocks and shady places; 

 Jerusalem to Moab, Autilebanon, Aleppo, and eastward and northward. 



2§. S. Peratica, Paine. (Third statement, Palestine Explora- 

 tion Soc. 118). 11 .G to 1, hispidulous, panicled above. Stem-leaves 

 only one pair, obovate, .2 to .3 long, .1 broad, repand -sinuate, unequal- 

 ly bidentate. Floral leaves deltoid or reniform, cuspidate ; whorls re- 

 mote ; calyx hairy, teeth one third to one fourth as long as tube, near- 

 ly equal, subulate; covolitx jJinl-jnirple, .025 long — April — Eastern 

 heights of Jebel Hosha' (Moab). Probably a variety of the last. 



29. §. Mierosolymltaisa, Boiss. If .4 to 1; stem retrorsely 

 scabrous at angles, otherwise glabrous, ending in a papillose-viscid pani- 

 cle .3 to .4 long. Radical leaves membranous, green, sparingly papil- 

 lose, petioled, ovate to ovate-oblong, .1 to .25 long, obtuse, dentate 

 and incised -lobed; stem-leaves 1-2-pairs, sessile. Floral leaves minute, 

 triangular-ovate, acuminate ; whorls 6-2-flowered, distant; calyx red, 

 papillose-glandular, .008 to .01 long in flower, .015 in fruit; corolla 

 MacUsh-red, thrice as long as calyx — April to June — Fields and rocks ; 

 Palestine on both sides of Jordan to Lebanon. 



30. S. vii'gata, Ait. If .4 to .6, papillose-pubescent, pale green; 

 stem scarcely viscid, ending in a long panicle with wandlike branches. 

 Leaves rugulose, ovate-oblong, cordate at base, obtusely crenate and 

 lobed, the lower petioled, .1 to .15 long, the upper few, short-petiol- 

 ed and sessile, smaller, acute. Floral leaves minute, ovate-triangular, 

 acuminate, generally dejlexed and coloi^ed ; whorls 6-4-flowered, distant; 

 oalyx .005 long, green, sparingly hirsute; corolla blue or wliite, twice to 

 twice and a half as long as calyx — Summer — Moab ; Gilead ; Leba- 

 non ; Amanus to Aintab, Marash, and northward and eastward. 



31. S. viscosa, Jacq. If .6 to 1, viscid-pubescent especially 

 above, ending in a raceme or loose panicle, .3 to .4 long. Leaves more 

 or less papillose-pubescent, especially at under surface, membranous, 

 ovate-oblong, cordate at base, sinuate-repand, the lower long-petioled, 

 .1 to .4 long, the middle and upper short-petioled or sessile. Floral 

 leaves small, ovate, acuminate ; whorls .6-4-flowered, distant; calyx 

 nearly sessile, .006 long in flower, .01 in fruit, papillose-glandular; co- 

 rolla iphik or red, twice and a half as long as calyx — June and July — 

 Lower to subalpine Lebanon. 



32. ^. Vcrbeiiaca, L. If .3 to .5, pubescent, villous above ; 

 stems ascending, simple or sparingly branched. Leaves ovate to oblong ^ 



