658 LUBlJlTJI. (MINT FAMILY.) 



^9. P. platyiteg^ia, Post. (Plant. Poatian. Fasc. VL, p. 15). 

 5 .5 to 1, flocculent- woolly, stem glabrescent. Le&Tes crenate, wrin- 

 kled, oblong to ovate-oblong, .03 to .1 long, 

 those of stem petioled, cuneate to rounded, sub- Fig. 309. 



truncate, or cordate at base, obtuse ; floral leaves 

 sessile, once to thrice as long as whorls. Whorls 

 3 or more, as large as a walnut or larger ; bracts 

 oblong-ovate, to obovate-cuneate, j^;i?27ia^<??2/ nerved, 

 at length glabrescent, the inner cuspidate, as long 

 as calyces; calyx .012 to .015 long in flower, 

 golden-stellate-hairy, at length glabrescent in 

 grooves, truncate, the 5 more prominent ribs ex- 

 current in spines .002 long, the sinuses muticoUS ; inner bract and calyx of 

 corolla yellow, once and two-thirds as long as ^^^omis piatystegia. 

 calyx; nutlets glabrous, glossy — April and May — Valleys around 

 Dead Sea. 



10. P. parvifolia, Post. (Plant. Postlan. Fasc. , p. ). 5-5 

 to .0; new branches rusty-pannous. Leaves clustered at joints, very 

 much wrinkled, short-petioled, truncate or sub-cordate at base, oblong- 

 elliptical, .015 to .025 long, .006 to .008 broad, thick, pannous with 

 stellate wool, greenish at upper surface, rusty -canescent at loicer, crenu- 

 late, obtuse. Whorls 1-3, remote; flowers sessile, with 3-parted bracts, 

 the divisions linear, stifi", pungent, appressed, as long as calyces ; calyx 

 .01 to .012 long in fruit, rusty-pannous, augled-grooved, truncate, ribs 

 excurrent in spines .002 long; corolla*** — Summer — Bitias; A- 

 manus. 



11. P. clarysopliylla, Boiss. 2f 1 or more, appressed-woolly, 

 golden. Leaves reticulated, crenulate, petioled, cordate to ovate, 

 .015 to .045 long. Whorl terminal, or 2, remote, the floral leaves as 

 long as flowers or longer ; flowers somewhat pedicelled, 3-bracted, 

 bracts somewhat shorter than calyx; calyx golden-pannous, .01 long in 

 flower, angled-grooved, truncate, teeth broad, short, the primary ribs 

 ending in a minute, pricMy onucro; corolla yellow, twice as long as 

 calyx; nutlets glabrous — May to July — Subalpine Lebanon, Hermon, 

 and Antijebanon. 



Yar. o^lotii^ifolia, Boiss. Leaves oblong, somewhat cuneate at 

 base ; whorls smaller, fewer-flowered — x^manus. 



12. P, vi§C€>§a, Poir. ^ .8 to 1.5, rather sparingly woolly, 

 viscid above. Leaves .06 to .15 long, more or less crenate or serrate, 

 ovate to oblong-lanceolate, canescent at lower surface, green or more 

 or less canescent at upper, the lower petioled, cordate at base, the floral 

 acuminate, twice to three times as long as Jlowers. Whorls 2-4, many- 

 flowered, .03 to .2 iSi,^2iT:t;^oyjeT& somewhat pedicelled, bracts usually 3, 

 about as long as calyx; calyx hispid, viscid, iQ,ei\\ unequal, ovate acu- 

 minate, subulate at tip, the longer pair about .004 long; galea bifid — 

 May to August — Dry places; coast and mountains to 1000 m. 



Var. aug:u§tifolia, Boiss. Leaves lanceolate, .015 to .02 broad 

 at base. Whorls fewer. Calyx-teeth smaller — Lebanon; Beirut; Nusairy 

 Mountains. 



13. P. Shepardi, Post. (Plant. Postian. Fasc. , p. ). 2f .6 



to .8; stem simple, appressed-tomentellous, white. Leaves wrinkled. 



