642 LABIATE, (mint FAMILY.) 



exserted ; longer JilamenU ending in a siibulate mucro — Summer — Dry 

 fields; common throughout. 



2, B. g^rancliflora, Moench. % .3 to .3, glabrescent or hir- 

 sute; stems ascending. Leaves petioled, ovate-oblong, .03 to .08 long, 

 entire or rarely dentate to pinnatifid. Bracts membranous, orbicular, 

 ciliate, apiculate; teeth of upper lip of calyx broad and short-triangu- 

 lar, mucronate, those of lower lip lanceolate ; corolla violet, ticice as 

 long as calyx, filaments miUicous, furnished with a small knob at apex 

 — SlimmeV — Between Kuweissat and Sofar (Lebanon). Too near the 

 last. 



iS. S1D£RITI§, L. SiDERiTis. 



Calyx tubular-campanulate, sometimes somewhat 2-lipped, with 

 five, usually spiny-tipped teeth. Corolla with included tube, and bila- 

 biate limb, the upper lip erect, nearly flat, entire or retuse-bifid, the 

 lower spreading, (5-cleft. Stamens didynamous, enclosed in tube, the 

 upper very short, with divaricately 3-celled anthers, the lower longer, 

 with often deformed anthers. Style included in tube, bifid, the upper 

 lobe short, truncate, the lower dilated at base, surrounding the upper. 

 Nutlets with rounded, obtuse tij> — Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs. 



-''■ Annuals. Floral leaves similar to the rest or nearly so, Init smaller. 



1. S. Romaiia, L. .1 to .35, soft-hairy, green; stems as- 

 cending or diffuse. Leaves ellijytical, olovate-dblong , and ovate to ol- 

 long, .03 to .01 long, crenate-dent^te, the lower petioled. Whorls 6-4- 

 flowered, distant; calyx-tube gibbous at base, .005 long, with spiny- 

 aristate, lanceolate, acute teeth, the uppermost much Iroader ; corolla 

 white, with short-exserted- limb — Spring — Fields ; common along 

 coast, and lower regions of coast range. 



2. S. inoiitaiia, L. .1 to .25, soft-hairy, green, erect or as- 

 cending, branching from neck. Leaves ohlong-oblanceolate, .035 to .01 

 long, remotely denticulate near apex. Whorls numerous, approximat- 

 ed ; floral leaves oblong, spiny-mucronate, longer than calyx. Calyx- 

 tube .005 long, teeth oblong, obtuse, reticulate, spiny-mucronate or 

 aristate, the upper three connate higher up ; corolla yellow, turning 

 l/rownish, with short-exserted limb — Summer — Fields; Lebanon and 

 Antilebanon to subalpine regions ; Aintab, and northward. 



Var. xanttiostegia, Post. (Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. Vol. XXIV. 

 p. 439). Stems and whorls villous. Calyx yellow, veined, teeth aris- 

 tate. Terminal bracts sterile, yellow, forming a tassel .015 to .02 long 



3. S. Balasisse, Boiss. .15 to .25, hirsute, viscid, palegreeil; 

 stems simple or branching from base. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, su>- 

 crenate, rather obtuse, the floral narrower, as long as calyces. Whqrls 

 6-4-flowered, more or less approximated; calyx .01 long, limb reticu- 

 late, somewhat hilcibiate, teeth nearly equal, spiny-tipped, the upper iiree 

 connate higher than the lower tico ; corolla ichite or purple, limb shorter 

 than calyx —June — Qob-Elias(CcBlesyria). 



* * Perennial herhs or shruls ; lohorls sessile with involucre oj entire 

 floral leaves, 



4. S. Taurica, M. B. % .3 or more, many-stemmed, appress- 

 ed- woolly, canescent. Leaves oblanceolate, the lower crenulate, obtuse, 



