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Var. teucriifolia, Boiss. Glabrescent. Leaves smaller. Calyx- 

 teeth shorter, triangular. 



13. S. l>omby cilia, Boiss. % .3 to .5, densely white-fleecy; 

 stems numerous, ascending, flexuous, simple or branching below. 

 Leaves .01 to .015 long, ovate to oblong, obtuse, crenate-dentate, the 

 lower petioled, the upper small, quite distant, entire, acutish, the flo- 

 ral shorter than calyx. Whorls 1-3, remote, many-flowered; bracts ob- 

 long, acuminate, shorter than calyx ; calyx white-fleecy, teeth lanceo- 

 late-subulate, straight, as long as tube ; corolla white, with small, hir- 

 tulous limb — Summer — Syria (Festal.). Too near the last. 



14. S, diversifolia, Boiss. If .5, shrubby at base; annual 

 stems herbaceous, slender, glabrous, simple or sparingly branched above. 

 Leaves of sterile branches long-petioled, sparmgly appressed-setulose, 

 green, blade elliptical to oblong, .03 to .025 long, entire or obsoletely 

 crenulate ; leaves of fertile stems glabrous or sparingly setulose, sessile, 

 linear to lanceolate-linear, obtuse or acute. Whorls 2-flowered, remote, 

 the terminal often 3-4-flowered; floral leaves minute; bracts linear- 

 setaceous, as long as calyx; calyx .003 to .005 long, viscidulous, teeth 

 lanceolate, prickly, somewhat shorter than tube ; corolla pale pink, 

 hairy without — Summer — Cassius, and Amanus. 



15. S. iiivea, Labill. If .3 to .4, appressed-pannous, white; 

 branches thick, erect, simple or sparingly branched. Leaves subses- 

 sile to sessile, entire, prominently nerved, elliptical to oblong, .02 to 

 .06 long, the lower tapering at base, obtuse, the upper rounded at 

 base, acutish, the floral lanceolate, acutish, longer than whorls. Whorls 

 numerous, 6-4-flowered, rather near, racemed ; bracts minute or ; ca- 

 lyx tubular-campanulate, .012 long, teeth triangular-lanceolate, one- 

 third to one-fourth as long as tube ; corolla white, pubescent, with in- 

 cluded tube — April to July — Hillsides— Sinai (?) ; middle and sub- 

 alpine Lebanon, Antilebanon, Damascus and Coelesyria, 



16. §. affliiis, Fresen. 2f Gertum. .2 to .G, grey-v/ooUy, much 

 branched; branches slender, flexuous. Leaves subpetioled, narrowed at 

 lase, oblong to oblong-linear, .01 to .035 long, obtuse, reticulate, muti- 

 cous. Whorls 2-flowered, rather near, racemed; calyx .008 long, short- 

 pedicelled, tubular-campanulate, teeth triangular, acute, muticous, one- 

 third as long as tube ; corolla pubescent, flesh-colored, with included 

 tube — March to May — Sinai. Probably a variety of the following. 



17. S. Palaeitiiia, L. If .2 to .6, grey-w^oolly, much branched ; 

 branches stiff. Leaves sessile, clasping, oblong to lanceolate, .01 to .04 

 long, obtuse to acutish, reticulate, the upper at least mucronate ; floral 

 leaves ovate to rhombic, longer than calyces. Whorls 6-4, rarely 2- 

 flowered, the lower distant, the upper crowded into spikelike racemes ; 

 bracts minute, setaceous; calyx tubular-campanulate, .006 to .008 long, 

 teeth triangular-ovate, mucronate, one-third as long as tube ; corolla 

 hirtulous, pink, with somewhat exserted tube — May to September — 

 Coast ; lower and middle to subalpine mountains and plains. 



1§. S. pumila, Russ. 2f .1 to .15, lase shrubby, ieset with 

 stumps of petioles ; sterile branches .03 to .05 long. Leaves of sterile 

 branches crowded, long-petioled, appressed-tomentellous, canescent 

 and strongly reticulate beneath, ovate-cordate, .02 to .05 long, crenu- 

 l ate. Flowering branches slender, . 1 long, longer than sterile, with 



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