636 LABIATE. (MINT FAMILY.) 



Leaves nerved, scabrous, ciliate, lenticular to lanceolate ; Jioral of same 

 sha2)e, longer than flowers. Whorls often arj'ctnged along the whole length 

 of the tranch, forming more or less dense, oblong or cylindrical spikes; 

 calyx subsessile, .009 long, .001 in diameter, hispid; corolla one third 

 longer than calyx, tube slightly exserted; anther Tvith or without 

 a club-shaped appendage — April to June — Fields and hill sides; Damas- 

 cus; middle and subalpine Autilebanon to Syrian Desert, Aint^b, 

 Amanus, and northward. 



6. S. Taurica, M. B. © .02, canescent, branching from neck. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, narrowed at base ; floral similar, nerved, 

 scabrous, ciliated, longer than calyces. Whorls axillary, loosely or 

 densely spiked along nearly the whole branch; calyx subsessile, 

 cylindrical, hispid ; corolla ticice as long as calyx, tube somewhat exserted, 

 expanded into a broad limb; anthers appendaged imth an oblong , sterile, 

 stipitaie cell, or not appendaged; sterile staminoids sometimes ap- 

 parent — Spring — Between Aintab and Urfa. 



14. MEPETA, L. Catnip. 



Calyx tubular, straight or incurved, with straight or oblique mouth, 

 and in the latter case the upper teeth longer, less deeply cleft. Corolla 

 tube destitute of ring, included or exserted, expanding at throat, the 

 upper lip flat, straight, bifid, lower lip trilobed, middle lobe round, 

 concave. Stamens 4, parallel, under the upper lip, curved forward, the 

 lower shorter; anthers with 2, divergent cells. Nutlets smoth, 

 wrinkled, or tubercled — (ours) Perennial herbs. 



* All the Jioicers 'perfect. Lips of corolla slightly unequal. 

 t Whorls dense, remote. Bracts ovate to oblong. Nutlets tubercled. 



1. X. leuco§tegia, Boiss. et Held. % .3 to .5, appressed- 

 canescent, with numerous, ascending, slender, simple or branching 

 stems. Leaves petioled, cordate at base, ovate-oblong, .02 to .05 long, 

 obtusely crenate. Whorls numerous, small, many-lowered, distant; 

 bracts white or pinlc-margined, oblong-lanceolate, mucronate, scarcely 

 longer than tomentellous calyx; calyx-teeth lanceolate, as long as 

 tube; corolla pubescent, white, with somewhat exserted tube — 

 Summer — above Zebedani; Suf Dagh; Aintab. Probably only a broad - 

 bracted variety of the following species. 



1 1 Whorls dense or loose, near or remote. Bracts lanceolate to linear- 

 subulate. Nutlets tubercled or muricate. 



2. N. Orieiitali§, Mill. 11 .3 to .5, canescent; stems erect, 

 simple or sparingly branched. Leaves petioled, oblong-ovate to del- 

 toid, .015 to .035 long, cordate to tnmcate at base, crenate, slightly 

 wrinkled. Whorls distant below, aptproximated above ; bracts nume- 

 rous, oblong-lanceolate, spiny-tipped, about as long as calyx; calyx 

 .006 long in flower, .009 in fruit, teeth lanceolate-subulate, spiny tip- 

 ped, nearly as long as tube ; corolla cream-colored, hardly twice as long 

 as calyx, tube not exserted — May to August — Rocks; Lebanon; Cas- 

 sius; Aintab, and north-eastward. 



3. IV. septemcrciiata, Ehr. 2f .3 to .5, glandular-viscid and 

 papillose-hairy; stems slender, simple, or 1-3-branched. Leaves pale 

 green, ovate, .01 to ,025 long, truncate or cordate at base, incised-cre- 



