662 LABIATE, (mint FAMILY.) 



Var. plaiiifolium, Post. Leaves and lobes of same oblong -linear, 

 not reyolute-margined — Marash. 



3, T. Orfeiitale, L. If .3 to .5, hispidulous ; stems erect, green- 

 ish, thyrsoid-paniculate above. Leaves greenish or canescent, 1-2- 

 pinnatipartite into linear lobes with revolute margins. Peduncles 1-3- 

 flowered; calyx-teeth lanceolate, straight-tipped, a little longer than 

 tube; corolla three to four times as long as calyx — Summer — 



Var. iiivale, Boiss. Lower peduncles generally 1 -flowered — 

 Alpine and subalpine Lebanon and Autilebanon. 



4, T. pruinosnin, Boiss. 2X .3 to .5, appressed canescent ; stems 

 thyrsoid or spreading-paniculate above. Leaves 1-2-pinnatipartite into 

 linear lobes with revolute margins. Peduncles 1-3-flowered; calyx-teeth 

 lanceolate, a little longer han tube, slightly hoolied ; corolla about twice 

 as long as calyx — May to July — Dry fields ; Coslesyria, Antilebanon, 

 Damascus and HaurSn to Palmyrene Desert, Aintab, and northward. 

 Probably includes M. Taylori, Boiss. 



5, T. procerum, Boiss et Bl. % .5 to .S, glabrous ; stems 

 quadrangled, ending in a long, pyramidal panicle. Leaves glossy, round, 

 ovate in°outliue, 1-3-pinnatipartite into long, linear, revolute-margined 

 lobes. Peduncles hirtulous, usually 1-flowered; col-^x short-campanulate, 

 teeth tviangular-lanceolate, acute, straight-tipped, hardly as long as tube ; 

 corolla glandular-hirsute without, blue, about four times as long as 

 calyx — Lower mountain zones to subalpine and alpine Lebanon, and 

 interior plains. 



6. IT. parvilSorMMi, Schreb. 1(! .3 to .5, tomentellous, greyish- 

 canescent ; stems quadrangled, branching from middle into a short- 

 broad panicle. Leaves 2-3-ternately or pinnately parted into oblong- 

 linear lobules with revolute margins. Peduncles 1-flowered, forked, 

 lont^er than bract and calyx ; calyx campanulate, teeth lanceolate-subu- 

 late' ^hout as long as tube; corolla tomentellous without, blue, once-and- 

 a-half as long as calyx — May to August — Fields and waste places, 

 interior plains ; Syrian Desert. 



7. T. lamiifolium, Urv. 2f © .5to .8, mllous, grey ; stems simple 

 or sparingly branched. Leaves petioled, ovate to ovate-oblong, .02 to 

 .06 louo", cordate or truncate at base, crenate-dentate. Splices dense, 

 oblong,Then cylindrical, .03 to .1 long; bracts subulate, plumose, long- 

 er than calyx ; flowers horizontal, then deflexed ; calyx bilabiate, ifie 

 uppermost lobe large, ovate, obtuse, apiculate, bent backward, membranous, 

 retictdate ; the intermediate tico small, ovate, obtuse, the lower tuo lanceo- 

 late-siibulate ; corolla white, scarcely longer than calyx; stamens in- 

 cluded May and June — Coast and lower zone of coast ranges. 



8. T. Scordiun, L. 2^ .3 to .6, villous to fleecy, pale green to 

 canescent, stems ascending, leafy. Leaves sessile, oblong-elliptical to 

 ovate-oblong, .015 to .03 long, .008 to .014 broad, crenate to dentate, 

 cordate to rounded at base, the floral longer than flowers. Flowers 

 peduncled, 1-4 in the axils ; calyx-teeth lanceolate, acute, about half as 

 long as tube; corolla purlpish, twice as long as calyx — May to Sep- 

 tember — Moist places ; common from coast to subalpine regions and 

 interior plains. (Includes T. scordioides, Schnb.). 



