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LABIATvE. LXXXV. SIDEIUTIS. 



11 S. PERFOLIATA (Lin. spec. p. 802.) suffruticose, hardly 

 woolly at the base ; stem pilose, green ; leaves half stem-clasp- 

 ing, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, greenish on both surfaces, and 

 furnished with soft villi, rather veiny : floral leaves very broadly 

 cordate, acuminated, reticulately veined, green on both surfaces, 

 twice as long as the leaves ; calyx green, pilose, with lanceolate- 

 subulate very acute scarcely spinose teeth. \i . F. Native of 

 the South of Europe ; as of Spain, Sicily, and the Levant. 

 Leaves 1-J- to 2 inches long, quite entire or few-toothed, often 

 connate at the base ; floral leaves very much dilated, boat-shaped 

 at the base. Corolla yellow, hardly exceeding the calycine teeth. 



Pe>foliate~\eaved Ironwort. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1731. 

 Shrub 1 to 1-J- foot. 



12 S. DI'STANS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 66.) suffmticose, hoary; 

 leaves lanceolate, quite entire, acute ; whorls distant ; floral 

 leaves cordate, acuminated, mucronate, reticulated, nerved. Jj . 

 F. Native of the Levant. Very nearly allied to S. Taurica, 

 from which it differs in the acute, less tomentose, quite entire, 

 leaves, very remote whorls, and glabrous, mucronate bracteas, &c. 

 Tube of corolla longer than the calyx ; middle lobe of lower lip 

 obtuse, not emarginate as in S. Taurica. 



Z)i*/anJ-whorled Ironwort. Shrub -5- to 1 foot. 



13 S. KUGO'SA (Poir. suppl, 2. p. 383.) suffruticose; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, wrinkled, a little toothed, clothed with 

 hoary tomentum ; whorls distant ; floral leaves entire, and are, 

 as well as the calyxes acuminated and tomentosely pilose at apex ; 

 branches strict. ^ F- Native of Syria, Labillardiere. S. 

 rytidea, Spreng. syst. 5. p. 644. Stems slender. Leaves dis- 

 tant, about an inch long. Calyxes longer than the floral leaves ; 

 teeth spinose. Corollas yellow. ? 



Wrinkled Ironwort. Shrub ^ to 1 foot. 



14 S. JGYPTI % ACA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 117.) leaves ovate, ser- 

 rated, hoary, the veins beneath rather prominent ; stem terete, 

 clothed with white tomentum ; whorls clasped by the floral 

 leaves. ^ . ? F. Native of Egypt. Stem tall. 



Egyptian Ironwort. Shrub tall. 



SECT. III. EUSIDERI'TIS (from ev, eu, well, and Sideritis ; so 

 named from this section being supposed to contain the true or 

 legitimate species of the genus.) Benth. lab. p. 577. Small 

 shrubs, villous or rather woolly from soft hairs or pili ; rarely 

 nearly glabrous. Floral leaves bractea-formed, sessile, very 

 broadly cordate, clasping the flowers, reticulately veined, with 

 spiny-toothed margins. Teeth of calyx equal, spiny. Corolla 

 exceeding the calycine teeth a little. The species of this section 

 are closely allied to each other. 



1 5 S. GRANDIFLO^RA (Salzm. pi. tang. exs. ex Benth. lab. p. 

 577.) sufFruticose ; stem loosely woolly ; leaves oblong, obtuse, 

 crenated, narrowed a long way at the base, clothed with soft 

 villi : floral leaves very broad, exceeding the flowers, clothed 

 with soft villi, bluntly acuminated at top, somewhat spinosely 

 denticulated on the margins at the base. fy . F. Native on 

 hills about Tangiers. Leaves green on both surfaces. Corollas 

 pale yellow, size of those of Stachys recta ; tube annulate in- 

 side. 



Great-jlomered Ironwort. Shrub 1 to 1 foot. 



16 S. OVA'TA (Cav. icon. 1. p. 36. t. 48.) suffruticose, ? green, 

 glabrous or subvillous ; leaves oblong-ovate, obtuse, subserrated : 

 floral leaves very broad, exceeding the flowers, glabrous or with 

 villous margins, few-veined, with spiny-toothed margins ; whorls 

 approximate, spicate. Pj . F. Native of Spain. Leaves 1 to 

 1 inch long. Whorls 6-flowered. Corolla cream-coloured ; 

 middle segment of the lower lip crenated. 



Oca/e-leaved Ironwort. Shrub. 



17 S. SPINO'SA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 169.) suffruticose, clothed 

 with soft villi, greenish ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, mucronate, 



with serrated subspinose margins : floral leaves broad, acumi- 

 nated, exceeding the flowers, with spiny-toothed edges, all 

 clothed with silky villi ; whorls approximate, spicate. lj F* 

 Native of Spain and Barbary. S. serrata, Lag. nov. gen. et 

 spec. p. 18. Stems branched at the base. Corollas pale yellow. 

 Spinose Ironwort. Fl. June, Sept. Clt.? Shrub 1 to lj 

 foot. 



18 S. ILICIFO'LIA (Willd. enum. p. 606.) suffruticose, nearly 

 glabrous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, with spinosely serrated edges, 

 a little cut : floral leaves broad, acuminated, exceeding the 

 flowers, with spiny-toothed margins, all nearly glabrous ; whorls 

 all remote. fj . F. Native of the Levant and Spain. Leaves 

 1-2 inches long. Corollas small. Whorls many-flowered, dense. 

 Lower leaves petiolate ; upper ones sessile. 



Holly-leaved Ironwort. Fl. June, Sept. Clt.? Shrub 1 to 

 1| foot. 



19 S. SCORDIOI'DES (Lin. spec. p. 803.) suffruticose ; branches 

 decumbent, ascending or erectish, usually loosely villous, rarely 

 glabrous ; leaves ovate, oblong or oblong-linear, narrowed at 

 the base, deeply toothed, mutic or rarely almost entire, pilosely 

 woolly or glabrous : floral leaves very broad, equalling the ca- 

 lyxes or hardly longer, with spiny-toothed margins ; whorls 

 rather villous, rarely glabrous, interruptedly or densely spicate. 

 fj . H. Native of Europe, in the region of the Mediterranean ; 



as of Spain, South of France, Piedmont, South of Switzerland. 

 Barr. icon. 343. Lob. icon. 528. Very variable in stature 

 and form of leaves. Corollas pale yellow. 



Var. a, grandiflora (Benth. lab. p. 578.) branches erectish, 

 stiff; leaves oblong, green, villous, deeply toothed ; whorls large, 

 subinterruptedly spicate. f? . H. Native among rocks in the 

 Eastern Pyrenees, near Bagnols, and of Spain. S. subspinosa, 

 Cav. icon. rar. 3. p. 5. t. 209. S. spinosa, Benth. cat. pi. pyr. 

 p. 121. but not of Lin. 



Var. ft, communis (Benth. lab. p. 578.) branches erectish or 



ascending ; leaves obovate-oblong, deeply toothed, villous, ca- 



nescent while young ; whorls very spinose, interruptedly spicate. 



I? . H. Native of the South of France and Spain in dry, arid 



places. 



Var. y, elongata (Benth. lab. p. 578.) branches elongated, as- 

 cending or erect ; leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, deeply 

 toothed, nearly glabrous, green ; whorls interruptedly rarely 

 densely spicate. ^ F- Common in gardens ; and probably a 

 native of Spain. S. hyssopifolia, of many authors. S. fbe'tida, 

 Poir. diet. suppl.*2. p. 382. S. hirta, Roth, catal. 1. p. 67. S. 

 hirsuta, Brot. fl. lus. 1. p. 161. S. fruticulosa, Pourr. act. tol. 

 3. p. 328. 



Var. S, alpma (Benth. lab. p. 578.) branches short, decum- 

 bent ; leaves oblong-ovate, few-toothed, clothed with hoary villi 

 or at length glabrous ; whorls densely or subinterruptedly spi- 

 cate. \i . H. Native of the higher Pyrenees and Piedmont. 

 S. alpina, Vill. fl. dauph. 2. p. 373. S. Pyrenaica, Poir. suppl. 

 2. p. 383. S. crenata, Lapeyr. hist. abr. pi. pyr. p. 331. 



Var. c, glabrata (Benth. lab. p. 578.) branches ascending ; 

 leaves oblong-ovate, few-toothed or quite entire, nearly glabrous; 

 whorls densely or subinterruptedly spicate. t? . H. Native 

 along with var. S. S. hyssopifolia, of many authors. 



Var. , angustifdlia,(Bent]\. lab. p. 578.) leaves oblong-linear, 

 nearly glabrous. ^ H. Native of the Eastern Pyrenees. S. 

 hyssopifolia, Lin. spec. 803. Schkuhr, handb. 2. t. 158. Bar- 

 rel, icon. t. 171. 



Var. rj, incana, (Benth. cat. pyr. 121. lab. p. 579.) leaves 

 oblong-linear, clothed with hoary villi. J? . H. Native of the 

 Eastern Pyrenees. S. Pyrenaica, Endress. pi. exs. un. itin. 

 Wurtemb. 



Scordhim-llke Ironwort. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1597. Shrub 

 | to 1 foot. 



