64:8 LABIATiE. (mint FAMILY.) 



longer than flowers. All tlie whorls distant ; bracts subulate, shorter 

 than calyx; calyx densely woolly, somewhat oblique, .006 long in 

 flower, .012 in fruit, with ovate, subulate-spiny teeth; corolla hirsute, 

 pink, with retuse upper lip — June to September — Alpine and subal- 

 pine Lebanon. 



§. S. vilicina, Boiss. 71 1, appressed-tomentellous, canescent; 

 stems erect, branching into a pyramidal panicle. Leaves crenulate, 

 somewhat wi-inkled, the lower oblong, .04 to .05 long, obtuse, short- 

 petioled, truncate-subcordate at base, the floral sessile, small. Whorls 

 small, numerous, woolly, the lower generally distinct the uppermost con- 

 fluent; bracts oblong, somewiiat shorter than calyx ; calyx .004 long, 

 teeth triangular- ovate, acute, muticous or spiny-mucronulate, half as 

 long as tube; corolla pink, limb hirsute, upper lip entire — Summer — 

 Coast, and to subalpine zone of coast ranges. 



9. S. longespicata, Boiss. et Ky. If .6 to 1, soft-tomentel- 

 lous-canescent ; stems erect, flexuous, much branched. Leaves denti- 

 culate, oblong, the lower petioled, cordate at base. Whorls, except a 

 few lower, crowded into a long spihe ; bracts subulate ; calyx scarcely 

 .004 long, teeth lanceolate at base, tapering into a long, spiny mucrOy 

 scarcely shorter them tnbe ; corolla pink, with hirsute limb, the upper 

 lip retuse — Late summer — Coelesyria; Amanus; Akher Dagh, and 

 northward. 



10. S, liyclrophila, Boiss. Ma^us larri. Eaff-ed-Dibb. If .6 

 to 1.5, hispid with soft, spreading hairs,' green, branched. Leaves thin, 

 membranous, petioled, coarsely crenate, cordate-ovate, the lower often 

 .01 long; floral leaves somewhat rhomUc, longer than whorls. Whorls 

 4-6-flowered, distinct, racemed ; calyx green, viscid, campanulate, teeth 

 triangular-lanceolate, spinulose, somewhat shorter than tube ; corolla 

 whitish-pink, lower lip broad — Spring — Coast to middle zone of 

 Lebanon. 



11. S. Iberica, M. B. If .3 to .5, green, hirsute; stems simple 

 or branched. Leaves oblong to oblong-linear, tapering at base, the 

 lower short-petioled, obtusely dentate toward- tip, the floral broad at 

 base, oblong-lanceolate, acutish, muticous. Whorls 6-10-flowered, dis- 

 tinct ; bracts nearly ; calyx campanulate, teeth lanceolate, tapering 

 into a long, weak, spiny tip, half as long as tube or longer; corolla 

 purple, hirsute, with exserted tube; stamens scarcely exserted — Sum- 

 mer — Cassius, Amanus, and northward. 



Var. pailidiflora, Boiss. Calyx hirsute or glabrescent ; corolla 

 flesh-colored or cream-colored to whitish. 



12. S. <llstan§, Bth. If .3tol; white-woolly; stems slender, 

 flexuous, ascending at base. Leaves .01 to .03 long, oblong-ovate, cor- 

 date or rounded at base, obtusely crenate-dentate, the lower petioled, 

 obtuse, the upper sessile, acute, the floral oblong-lanceolate, scarcely as 

 long as flowers. Whorls many-flowered, distant, or 2-3, crowded into 

 an oblong head; bracts lanceolate, shorter than calyx; calyx .005 long, 

 glandular-pubescent, teeth lanceolate, tapering to a spiny point, at 

 length spreading, about as long as tube; corolla yellowish-white, 

 glandular-hirtulous, tube slightly exserted, limb small — Summer — 

 Coast to middle Lebanon. 



Var. oxyodonta, Boiss. Leaves greenish, more acutely dentate. 



