LABIATiE. (MIKT FAMILY.) 



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elliptical-oblong, tapering to a long petiole, the others oblong-linear to 

 linear, sessile, acutish, the floral ciliate or hirtulous. Whorls 4-2-flow- 

 ered ; flowers sessile ; calyx 5-nerved, teeth lanceolate-subulate, prick- 

 ly-tipped, at length recurved, one-third as long as tube; corolla pur- 

 ple, tube short- exserted — June— Kurd Dagh; Aintab, and eastward. 



• 24. S. tourgsclorffloides, Boiss. .1 to .15, j^^i^^scent-viscidu- 

 lous, green, branching from base. Leaves oblong to linear, .02 to .01 

 long, more or less remotely denticulate. Whorls about 4-flowered ; flow- 

 ers nearly sessile ; calyx papillose-hirsute, l()-nerved, teeth lanceolate- 

 subulate, spiny-tipped, one-third to one-half as long as tube ; corolla 

 purple, tube included — May — Aintab, and northward. Very near 

 the last. 



25. S. iieurocalyciiia, Boiss. © .3 to .5, glabrescent, branch- 

 ing from base, more or less diffuse. Leaves oblong to elliptical, .03 to 

 .01 long, crenate-dentate, the lower long-petioled, the upper short-peti- 

 oled or sessile. Whorls 4-o-flowered, distant ; calyx sparingly papil- 

 lose, 10-7ierved and reticulateli/ veined, glossy, campanulate, teeth ovate, 

 spiny-mucronate, unequal, one-third to one-half as long as tube ; corol- 

 la purple, tube included — Spring — Fields and dry places; coast, low- 

 er mountains of coast range. 



21. WIEDEMAIVIVIA, F. et M. Wiedemannia. 



Calyx campanulate, bilabiate, the upper lip composed of one tooth 

 broader and shorter than the four of the lower lip, the latter connate 

 high up. Corolla-tube exserted, with a hairy ring within, limb bilabi- 

 ate, the upper lip arched, the throat dilated, the lateral lobes appen- 

 daged or acutish, the middle lobe bifid. Stamens 4, parallel under the 

 upper lip, anthers hispid, with two, divaricate cells. Style equally bi- 

 fid. Nutlets acutely triquetrous, truncate at tip — Annual herbs, with, 

 purple flowers. 



1. AV. multifida, L. Fm. 307. 

 © .2 to .4, appressed-puberu- 

 lent ; stems simple or branch- 

 ing from base. Leaves ob- 

 tusely crenate-dentate, the 

 lower and intermediate peti- 

 oled, ovate to ovate-oblong, 

 .01 to .03 long, the upper ses- 

 sile, incised to piunatifid or 

 -parted, the floral much long- 

 er than the whorls. Whorls 

 hirsute, numerous, many- 

 flowered, the lower distinct 

 the upper approximated ; 

 bracts ovate to oblong-lanceo- 

 late, shorter than calyx ; ca- 

 lyx .008 long; corolla .015 

 to .02— May and June —North-eastern borders of Syria. 



2. ^V. Orientalis, F. et M. © .2 to .4, pubescent, viscidu- 

 lous ; stems simple or branching from base. Leaves ovate-oblong, the 

 lower petioled, crenate, the upper sessile, obtusely coarse-dentate. 

 Whorls many-flowered, distinct; bracts ovate, acuminate, shorter thao 



Whorl from middle of stem of 

 Wiedemannia multifida. 



