650 LABIATE, (mint FAMILY.) 



3-5 whorls, and oblong, puberulent leaves, the floral longer than flow- 

 ers. Whorls G-10-flowered, distinct or confluent above; bracts minute, 

 setaceous; calyx puberulent, .008 long, with lanceolate-subulate teeth 

 shorter than tube; corolla yellow, with included tube — Summer — 

 Cassius and Amanus to Antioch and Aleppo. 



Var. toracliyocloiita, Boiss. Calyx-teeth half as long as tube — 

 Antioch to Aiutab. 



19. S. riipestris, Month, et Auch. 2f .2 to .3, woody at base; 

 sterile branches .03 to .1 long. Leaves of sterile branches crowded, 

 iDetioled, rugulose, crenate, ovate-cordate to oblong-cordate, .03 to .03 

 lono-. Flowering branches erect, .3 to .8 long, slender, simple or very 

 sparingly branched, with 1-3, distant pairs of oblong, short-petioled 

 leaves, and 2-5 whorls separate below or croicded into an ollong head ; 

 floral leaves ovate, about as long as calyces; whorls C-lO-flowered ; 

 bracts linear-setaceous ; calyx .008 long, tubular-campanulate, teeth 

 lanceolate-subulate, cdmost as long as tid)e ; corolla yellow, with includ- 

 ed or somewhat exserted tube — May to July — x^lexandretta : Amanus 

 to Aintab, and northward. 



20. S. putoesceiis, Ten, % .3 to .6, pale green, pubescent, 

 flowering branches ascending, mostly simple. Leaves crenulate, ob- 

 tuse, the lower rounded or truncate at base, oblong, petioled, blade .03 

 to .04 long, floral sessile, elliptical, acutish, about as long as calyces. 

 Whorls 6-flowered or less, the lower distant; calyx tubular-campanu- 

 late, .008 to .01 long, villous, teeth spiny, more than half as long as 

 tube; corolla cream-colored, hairy, tube somewhat exserted — April to 

 June — Marash, and northward. 



21. S. aiimia, L. .3 to .4, rather glabrous below, indjescent 

 abo'ce; stem simple or branching from neck. Leaves petioled, crenate, 

 truncate or cuneate at base, ovate-oblong, .01 to .03 long, the upper 

 nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate ; the floral lanceolate to linear-lanceo- 

 late, acute or obtusish, entire, longer than calyx. Whorls 6-flowered, 

 distinct, the upper approximated ; calyx .008 long, hirsute-glandular, 

 with lanceolate, tapering, somewhat spiny, upcurved teeth; corolla 

 cream-colored, with slightly exserted tube — Spring — Coast. 



Var. animopliila, Boiss. Branches short, often prostrate ; ca- 

 lyx-teeth shorter, more hairy. 



Var. Cilicica, Boiss. Lower leaves rounded at base — Common. 



22. §. Arabica, Horn. © .5 to .8, pcqnllose-Mrsute, viscidulous; 

 stems erect, thick, usually branching. Leaves crenate, the lower peti- 

 oled, elliptical-oblong, .03 to .06 long, cordate at base, the upper ses- 

 sile oblong to oblong-lanceolate, serrate, rounded or clasping at base, 

 the'longest .04 long, the floral longer than whorls. Whorls 6-4-flower- 

 ed, distlint, racemed; calyx .013 long, with parallel nerves, enlarging 

 in fruit and tube becoming globular, teeth triangular-oblong, spiny-tip- 

 ped, more than half as long as tube ; corolla violet, pubescent, with in- 

 cluded tube and large limb — April and May — Coast, and lower zone 

 of coast ranges; interior table-lands. 



23. S. §atureioi<les, Month, et Auch. .1 to .15, pruinose <?»• 

 papillose-puberulent, branching from base ; stem and branches reddish. 

 Leaves green, entire or obsoletely 1-^-dentate, .03 to .01 long, the lower 



