. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. nches. Leaves linear-oblong, the longer .02long, opposite, the shorter .01 long, clustered in the axils of the long-er, all obtuse, revolute-margined. Spikes oblong, dense, .02 to .03long, .01 broad; bracts purple, veined, densely imbricated, obtriangu-lar with rounded angles and a short point. Fro. 277. the upper much larger, oboYate-sj)athulate,sterile, deep violet,, forming a showy tuft attip of spike; corolla deep violet — Marchto October — Rocks, especially sandsto
. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. nches. Leaves linear-oblong, the longer .02long, opposite, the shorter .01 long, clustered in the axils of the long-er, all obtuse, revolute-margined. Spikes oblong, dense, .02 to .03long, .01 broad; bracts purple, veined, densely imbricated, obtriangu-lar with rounded angles and a short point. Fro. 277. the upper much larger, oboYate-sj)athulate,sterile, deep violet,, forming a showy tuft attip of spike; corolla deep violet — Marchto October — Rocks, especially sandstone;common to 1200 m. * * Leaves l-H-jylnnatisect. Upper calyx-tootli not appendaged. 2. L. pubcseciis, Dec. 71 .4 to .6 ormore, pubescent, viscidulous; stems erect,opposite-branched. Leaves Mpimiatisect intoshoit, oblong-linear, acute lolmles. Si:)ikes sol-itary or i^anicled, linear, deme.^ .02 to .05long; bracts puberulent, oblong, acuminate, a little shorter than calyx; corolla-tube twice i;pike of Lavandula as long as calyx — Spring — Around south pnbescens. end of Dead Sea, and southward to Sinai and 014 (MINT FAMILY.) 3. li. coroiiopifolia, Poir. 21 Dictae. luitash. Zeiteli. .5 to1, pubcrulent to glabrescent, man^-stemmed; stems long, stiff, oppo-site-branched, nearly naked above. Leaves piunatisect into linear^ en-tire lobcH. Spikes solitary or pauicled, stiff, .05 to .15 long, loose;bracts mucli shorter than calyx, short-lanceolate ; corolla-tube longerthan calyx to twice as long — Spring and early summer — About DeadSea, and southward and westward in Deserts. Fig. 378.
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