LABIATE, (mint FAMILY.) (J33 



.03 to .1 long, crenate, wrinkled, glabrescent, round or cordate at base 

 undivided^ loded, or joinnatifid, the lowest petioled, .1 to .2 long, the 

 upper sessile. Floral leaves minute, round-cordate, acuminate, at 

 length reflexed ; whorls 6-4-flowered, remote; calyx .005 to .006 long 

 in flower, .008 and nodding in fruit, often colored, the upper lip half -or- 

 bicular; corolla Wi^e, .01 to .013 long, upper lip somewhat incurved 

 — November to June — Common everywhere. 



Var. serotiiia, Boiss. Stems leafy, taller. 



Var. vernaliSj Boiss. Leaves mostly radical, narrow, deeply pin- 

 uatifid. 



Var aiigustifolia, Post. Leaves linear-oblong, more or less 

 pinuatifid or -sect — Ccelesyria ; Valley of lower Jordan. 



33. S. e©iatrover§a, Ten. If Nu^eimeh. Shajaret-el-Jemdl 

 Bardjim. Maryamiyeli. ''Areim. .2 to .35, appressed-canescent, and 

 more or less hispid with longer hairs ; stems numerous, simple or 

 branching from near base. Leaves oblong in outline, pinnatisect into 

 linear^ hullate-iDrinMed, obtuse, crenulate lobes, set at right angles to axis, 

 loith revolute margins. Floral leaves ovate-orbicular, acute ; whorls 8- 

 6-flowered, rather remote, or approximated ; calyx /?65e?/, .005 long in 

 flower, .008 in fruit; corolla reddish, twice to thrice as long as calyx, 

 upper lip somewhat falcate — March to May — Sandy places ; Sinai to 

 Hauran, Damascus, Qaryetein, and eastward. 



34. §, ¥iridi.§, L. © .2 to .4, villous, pale green ; stem simple 

 or sparingly branched from neck or above. Leaves petioled, rounded 

 or subcordate at base, oblong to ovate, .03 to .07 long, crenulate, the 

 upper sessile. Floral leaves ovate-rhombic, about as long as calyx, 

 with a subulate bract on each side at base, green, the terminal smaller ; 

 whorls 6-4-flowered, more or less distant ; calyx tubular, rough-papil- 

 lose-hairy, striate, .007 long in flower, .01 in fruit ; corolla pale vio- 

 let, hardly twice as long as calyx — Spring — Dry fields and vineyards ; 

 common along coast and to middle mountain regions. 



35. §. Morisiliium, L. .3 to .5, villous, pale green ; stems 

 simple or sparingly branched from neck or above. Leaves petioled, 

 cordate, rounded, or cuneate at base, oblong to ovate, .03 to .07 long, 

 crenulate, the upper sessile. Floral leaves ovate-rhombic, about as 

 long as calyx, furnished on either side with a subulate bract, the it\- 

 tile gveeu, the termi)ial sterile, memhranous, dilated, violet, tassel-like; 

 whorls 6-4-flowered, distant; calyx rough-papillose-hairy, striate, .007 

 long in flower, .01 and reflexed in fruit ; corolla reddish-violet, about 

 twice as long as calyx — Spring — Fields and hillsides ; common to 

 middle mountain zone. Probably a variety of the last. 



Var. aiigii§tlfo9ia, Boiss. Leaves oblong-linear to linear-spathu- 

 late — Sands near Tripoli, 



36. §. ^gyptiaca, L. 5 ^«'«^- Shajaret-el-Ghazdl. .1 to .3, 

 canescent-pulerulent, intricately branched, branches stiff, almost spines- 

 cent. Leaves few, oblong-linear to linear, tapering to a short petiole, 

 .01 to .03 long, .003 to .003 broad, the upper sessile, all buUate-crenate, 

 revolute-margined, obtuse. Floral leaves minute, persistent, ovate, 

 acute; whorls 3-4-flowered; csiijxpedicelled, nodding, .003 long, oblong, 

 pubescent to hirsute, the upper lip shorter with a concave, 3-grooved 

 back, and a somewhat incurved tip furnished with 3, minute, connivent 



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