LABIATE, (mint FAMILY.) 



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spreading, trilid. Perfect stamens 2, anterior, ascending beneatii the 

 upper lijD ; anthers connate by margins, 1-celled, either appendaged by 

 a small, empty, stipitate cell, or not appendaged. Sterile filaments 

 short, with 2, empty anther-cells or 0, Style bilobed. Nutlets smooth 

 — Perennial or annual herbs. 



Perennials, zdUJi aspect of Thymus Serpylliim. 



Fig. 207. 



Head of 



Zizyphora clinopodoides, 



var. canescens. 



1. Z. clmopocloide§, M. B. 5 Ij! .1 to .4, 



shrubby at base, much branched. Leaves gla- 

 brous to velvety or hairy, ovate to oblong and 

 lanceolate, .005 to .01 long; floral similar in shape, 

 somewhat smaller. Whorls crowded in a termi- 

 nal, ovate-oblong to globular head; calyx minute- 

 ly velvety or villous, .005 long ; corolla white, 

 once and a half as long as calyx, tube slightly ex- 

 serted; anthers not appendaged — June to Au- 

 gust — 



Var. eaitesceii§, Boiss. .1 to .2, shrubby, 

 branches intricate. Leaves elliptical to ovate-oblong or lenticular — 

 Subalpine and alpine Lebanon and Antilebanon; Akher Dagh. 



Var. rigida, Boiss. .3 to .4, branches slender, ascending. Leaves 

 oblong to linear-oblong — Alpine Antilebanon, 

 'jf * Annuals loith aspect of Acinos. 



2. E. capUata, L. © .02 to .2, 



appressed-canescent, stemless or branch- 

 ing from base ; branches erect, corymbose. 

 Leaves lenticular to lanceolate and linear, 

 acute, the floral rTiombic-ovate, more or 

 less abruptly acuminate, arcuate-nerted, 

 forming an involucre longer than the 

 heads. Heads globular ; calyx cylindri- 

 cal, .008 long, .001 in diameter, sparing- 

 ly hispid ; corolla pink, one-fourth long- 

 er than calyx, tube slightly exserted ; an- Head of zizyphora capitata 

 thers not appendaged — April to June — Coast ; Palestine and Gilead 

 to middle and upper Lebanon and Antilebanon ; Aintab ; Marash. 



3. Wi. £Ii§paiiica, L. Low, puberulent, branching from base, 

 branches erect or ascending. Leaves short-petioled, ovate, acute, 

 arcuate-nerved ; floral similar in shape, longer than calyx. Yf horls few 

 flowered, forming long, rather dense, leafy spikes ; pedicels short, thick ; 

 calyx cylindrical, pubescent or hirtulous ; corolla once and a half as 

 long as calyx, tube very slender, short-exserted ; anthers not appen- 

 daged — Spring — Waste fields between Aleppo and Edlip. 



4. S. acutifolia, Montbr. et Auch. .1 to .15, pulerulent, 

 branching from base. Leaves lenticular to ollong -lanceolate, short- 

 petioled ; floral ovate to oblong, acuminate. Whorls rather distant or 

 contiguous, forming long, rather loose or dense, oblong spikes; calyx 

 subsessile, puberulent; corolla with slender, slightly exserted tube; 

 anthers not appendaged — Spring — Hills near Aleppo ; Aintab to 

 Nisib.- 



- 5. Z. tenuior, L. .05 to .2, canescent, branching from neck. 



