634 LABIATE. (MINT FAMILY.) 



teeth, teeth of lower lip triangular-lanceolate, subulate at tip ; corolla 

 glabrous, scarcely once and a half as long as calyx — Spring — Sinai ; 

 wadies about Dead Sea. 



37. S. deserti, Dec. 5 Crhiiheish, SheJiibi, .1 to .15, icoolly- 

 canescent ; branches simple or sparingly branched. Leaves few, ovate 

 to oblong, petioled, obtuse, .01 to .015 long, .003 to .003 broad, the 

 upper sessile, all bullate-crenate, revolute-margined, obtuse. Floral 

 leaves lenticular or elliptical ; whorls 8-4-flowered ; calyx sulsessile, 

 Jiirsute-Jieecy, ovate, .002 long, lips about equal; corolla glabrous, 

 scarcely once and a half as long as calyx — Spring — Sinai. 



38. S. Judaica, Boiss. If .6 to 1, papillose-hairy; stems stiffly 

 paniclcd above. Leaves buUate- wrinkled, petioled, crenate or dentate- 

 lobed; the radical and sometimes the loicer stem-leaves lyrate-iminatijmrtite 

 with ovate, ohtuse leajlets, the lateral 1-2 pairs, sometimes confluent, the 

 terminal much larger, scarcely cordate ; the cauline leaves sessile, cordate- 

 ovate to oblong. Whorls 12-p-flowered, distant ; pedicels shorter than 

 calyx; calyx red, .007 long, scabrous, the upper lip a little the longer, 

 with 3, triangular, mucronate, the lower with 2, subulate teeth ; corolla 

 violet, once and a half as long as calyx, with included tube — May and 

 June — Coast and coast range to 800 m. 



39. S. Ilii§§elii, Bth. 2f .4 to ,5, appressed-canescent, stems 

 erect, slender, simple or stiff-panicled. Leaves rugulose, crenulate, 

 the lower petioled with a cuneate or rounded base, oblong -lanceolate, 

 undivided, or sometimes with a few minute lobules on the petiole, the 

 upper sessile. "Whorls 30-20-flowered, remote ; pedicels rather shorter 

 than calyx; cah'x short-bilabiate, .004 long, all the teeth short-trian- 

 gular, acute ; corolla violet, twice as long as calyx — Spring — Hauran ; 

 Aleppo ; Alntab, and northw^ard. 



12. ROSMAHINfJS, L. RosEMAiiY. JIasa-el-Bdn. 



Calyx campanulate, bilabiate, upper lip concave, minutely S-den- 

 tate, lower lip bifid, throat naked. Corolla-tube short-exserted, nak- 

 ed within, dilated at throat, upper lip erect, narrow, bifid, lower 

 spreading, 3-lobed, the middle lobe largest, concave, pendulous. Fer- 

 tile stamens 2, anterior, ascending under the upper lip, exserted, re- 

 curved, filaments continuous with connective, furnished below middle 

 with a slender, short, reflexed tooth; anthers coherent in a linear cell 

 fixed by its back to the tip of the connective. Style bifid. Nutlets 

 ovate, smooth — Shrubs with blue flowers in axillary racemes. 



R. officinalis, L. 5 Rosemary. Ea-M-el-Bdn. 1 or more, branch- 

 es erect, densely leafy. Leaves persistent, coriaceous, linear, .01 to 

 .025 long, revolute-margined, olive -green at upper surface, canescent 

 at lower? Flowers sessile, opposite, arranged in axillary racemes .02 

 to .03 long; bracts minute, oblong to ovate, caducous; calyx pubes- 

 cent-canescent ; corolla twice and a half as long as calyx — All the 

 year — Hot hillsides above Shuweifat (Lebanon). Probably escaped 

 from cultivation. 



13. ZIZYPHORA, L. Zizyphora. 



Calyx narrow-tubular, 13-nerved, obsoletely bilabiate, upper lip 

 with 3, lower with 2, short, connivent teeth; throat villous. Corolla- 

 tube not ringed, dilated at throat, upper limb erect, entire, lower 



