664 LABIATE, (mint FAMILY.) 



13. T. €liamaec1ry§, L. Wall-Germander. U .2 to .3, gree?i, 

 hirtulous to hirsute or canescent; root-stock stoloniferous, branches 

 numerous, rooting at base, ascending, ending in a short, oblong, leafy 

 raceme. Leaves oblong, .015 to .03 long, tapering to a bordered 

 petiole, incised-dentate or Idbed ; the floral smaller, toothed, longer than 

 calyx. Whorls 3-G-flowered; pedicels shorter than calyx ; calyx reddish, 

 pubescent, somewhat gibbous at base, .005 long, teeth lanceolate-sub- 

 ulate, rather shorter than tube ; corolla purple, twice-and-a-half as long 

 as calyx — June to September — Rocks; lower to subalpine mountains 

 of northern Syria, and northward. 



Var. cannni, Boiss. Leaves v\'ooily-canescent on both sides. 



14. T. flavum, L. 2f .2 to .4, shrubby at base, much branched; 

 branches erect or ascending, crisp-hairy, grey, ending in a loose raceme 

 .05 to .2 long; whorls distant at base. Leaves woolly, canescent at 

 lower surface, obovate, cuneate-tapering at base into a short petiole, 

 .01 long, crenate above middle, the floral oblong, smaller, entire or db- 

 soletely crenate near tip, as long as calyces or shorter. Whorls 2-6-flower- 

 ed; pedicels shorter than calyx; calyx grey or reddish, tomentelleus, 

 somewhat gibbous at base, .008 long, teeth triangular-lanceolate, rather 

 shorter than tube; corolla yellow, twice as long as calyx — Summer — 



Var. purpureum, Bth. Indument woolly. Corolla purple. Lower 

 ajid middle zone of coast ranges, and northward (T. divaricatum, Sieb.) 



15. T. ^ocmianuiii, Boiss. 5 -l^ ^^ -^i stems numerous, in- 

 tricate from a woody base, t'ery brittle, tomentellous-canescent, ending 

 in a glandular-hispidulous raceme, .03 to .06 long. Leaves sessile, ob- 

 long to oblong-linear, .006 to. 013 long, .003 to .004 broad, revolute-mar- 

 gined, regularly crenate-lobed to base, the floral rhombic-ovate to oblong, 

 shorter than calyx. Whorls 2-fowered ; pedicels a little shorter than 

 calyx; calyx viscid, .007 long, teeth triangular-lanceolate, about half 

 as long as tube, nearly equal ; corolla purple, twice as long as calyx — 

 July — Fissures of rocks near Ma'liilah and at Ras-el-'Ain (YebrvLd.) 



. 16. T. couiortoi4le§, Boiss. et Blanche 5 -l^f to ,2; stems 

 woolly-canescent, procumbent or ascending, ending in a loose raceme. 

 Lower leaves .006 long, all woolly-canescent on both sides, cuneate-ob- 

 long, with somewhat revolute margin, and 2-3, ascending, obtuse teeth on 

 each edge, the floral entire, about as long as flowers. Whorls 2-flowered, 

 remote; pedicels a little shorter than calyx; calyx appressed-tomen- 

 tellous, teeth lanceolate, nearly equal, about half as long as tube; co- 

 rolla purple, twice as long as calyx — May — Base of el- Jebel-el-Abiad 

 (Parmyrene Desert). 



17. T. Icucocladum, Boiss. 5 J^f-'^^'-deh .2, appressed-woolly- 

 canescent; the old branches woody, tortuous, the new white, .04 to 

 .07 long, forked, at length subspinescent. Leaves cuneate-obovate, the 

 largest .009 long .006 broad at tip, obtusely and sparingly crenate, the 

 floral elliptical, entire. Heo-ds scarcely larger than a pea, nearly spherical, 

 few-flowered, short-peduncled ; bracts elliptical, obtuse; calyx .0025 

 long, teeth ovate, obtuse; corolla white, once-and-a-half as long as 

 calyx — Rocks; Wadi Hebran (Sinai). 



IS. T. Polium, L. 21 Bu''eiterdn .2 to .4, tomentellous-canes- 

 cent, or white-fleecy, shrubby at base ; branches ascending or erect. 



