Satureja rumelica, Velen.

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4. S. rumelica Velen. , FI. Bulg. 466 (1891).

Puberulent perennial with stout woody stock and flowering stems 10-20 cm. Leaves c. 1 5x 5 mm, spathulate, obtuse, sometimes mucronate, scabrid-puberulent. Verticillasters 6- to 10-flowered, crowded into a short raceme; bracts equalling or exceeding the verticillasters. Calyx 5-6 mm, puberulent, the lower 2 teeth setaceous, about as long as tube, the upper 3 teeth c. | as long as the lower; fruiting calyx gibbous at base. Corolla c. 8 mm. • S.C. Bulgaria. Bu. (5-11). S. montana group. Perennials with stout woody stock. Leaves linear to obovate, usually acute. Verticillasters up to 14-flowered. Calyx 3-7(-9) mm, the teeth shorter than to longer than tube, acute. Corolla white to pale pink or bright purple.

A variable group, in which specific limits are not very clear. It is possible that 6-10 should be treated as subspecies of 5.

1 Stem and leaves with numerous hairs at least 0-2 mm; flowering stems usually less than 10 cm

2 Calyx-teeth J as long as tube; leaves sparsely glandular 8. athoa 2 Calyx-teeth at least f as long as tube; leaves densely glandular

3 Lower leaves obtuse; corolla 6-7 mm 6. parnassica 3Lower leaves acute or acuminate; corolla 8-12 mm 7. pilosa

1 Stem and leaves with no or very few hairs exceeding 0-2 mm; flowering stems usually more than 10 cm

4 Lower bracts 10-20 mm, exceeding the verticillasters; verticillasters usually crowded 5. montana 4 Lower bracts 3-10 mm, shorter than or about equalling the verticillasters; verticillasters usually distant

5Calyx-teeth glabrous; bracteoles | as long as to as long as calyx 11. coerulea 5Calyx-teeth sparsely to densely puberulent; bracteoles not more than c. J as long as calyx 6 Calyx distinctly punctate-glandular; leaves spathulate to obovate, usually obtuse 10. obovata

6 Calyx with a few minute glands; leaves narrowly elliptical to spathulate, acute 9. cuneifolia