LABIATAE. (MINT FAMILY.) ^59 



greenish, Appressed-woolly, oblong to oblong-linear, the lo^er .1 or 

 more long, .015 to .03 broad, obtuse, the upper more or less acute or 

 acuminate, the floral longer than whorls. Whorls 4-5, many-flowered 

 ai large as a hen's egg, the loafer distant, the upper approximated • bracts 

 and calyces golden-Jleecy^ the former three in number, curred upward 

 a little shorter than calyx; calyx .014 long, tubular-campanulate, teeth 

 slightly unequal, the longest nearly half as long as tube ; corolla drying 

 cream-color, perhaps pink when fresh, twice as long as calyx — August 

 and September — Kerhan, at foot of Akher Dagh; Beryt Dagh. 



14. P. rigida, Labill. 11 .5 to 1; stem simi^le, long-hispid. 

 Leaves wrinkled, woolly, pale green, oblong to oblong-lanceolate 

 .3 to .08 long, .1 to .01 broad, the lower long-petioled, cordate at 

 base, the floral nearly sessile, tapering at base, much longer than 

 whorls. Whorls 3-5, often as large as a duck's egg, many-flowered 

 remote; bracts lonQ-hispid, subulate, as long as calyx; calyx hispid, .015 

 to .03 long in flower, angled-grooyed, teeth ovate-truncate at 'base, 

 then subulate, half as long as tube ; corolla twice as long as calyx — 

 June and July — Subalpine and alpine Lebanon and AnSlebanon to 

 Aintab, Akher Dagh, and northward. 



15. P. Merba-Yenti, L. 2f .5 to 1; stems panicled, stellate- 

 puberulent or pruinose. Leaves olive green at upper, tomentellous-canescent 

 at lower surface, oblong-lanceolate, crenate or nearly entire, petioled 

 .15 to .03 long, the lower cordate, the upper tapering at base, the 

 floral oblong-lenticular, twice as long as whorls or longer. Whorls 3-5 

 on each branch of the panicle, smaller than a walnut, remote; flowers 

 subsessile ; bracts subulate, somewhat longer than calyx, hispidulous ; 

 calyx hardly .01 long in flower, hirsute or woolly, teeth subulate, rigid,' 

 somewhat unequal, the longer about half as long as tube ; corolla twice 

 as long as calyx — Summer — Waste places; interior plains. 



2§. EREMOSTACMYS, Bunge. Eremostachys. 



Calyx tubular-campanulate or funnel-shaped, the limb sometimes 

 expanded, membranous, teeth 5, broad, spiny. Corolla-tube included, 

 hood flattened, lower lip trifid. Stamens ascending under the hood, 

 the upper filaments appendaged at base ; anthers in pairs, with diver- 

 gent, confluent cells. Nutlets hairy at apex — Perennial herbs, differ- 

 ing from Phlomis by aspect rather than botanical characters. 



* Calyx cylindrical or campanulate, limb straight, not expanded. 



1. E. laeiniata, L. 2|! .6 to 1 or more, stem thick, ending in a 

 dense, fleecy spike, .3 or more long, .06 to .08 broad, interrupted at 

 base. Leaves green, hairy or somewhat fleecy, the radical ovate . 3 to 

 .4 long, .15 to .25 broad, petioled, bipinnatisect, segments oblong-lanceo- 

 late to linear, incised and dentate ; cauline leaves smaller, the upper 

 sessile; floral leaves ovate-oblong, incised, the upper shorter than 

 flowers. Whorls numerous, many flowered ; outer bracts linear-lanceo- 

 late ; calyx fleecy, truncate, teeth broad, short, ending in very short, 

 straight prickly points ; corolla yellowish white or purplish — March to 

 May — Common to subalpine regions, and interior plains. 



Var. tcnuifolia, Post. Root-leaves .15 to .2 long, .06 to. 08 

 broad; lobules .005 to .01 long, crenate-dentate or incised — Plain of 

 Gaza. 



