LABIAT/E. XVII. LaAvANDULA. 
lobes all nearly equal, spreading. Stamens 4, didynamous : 
lower ones the longest, inclosed, declinate ; filaments glabrous, 
free, toothless; anthers ovate-reniform, confluent, 1-celled. 
Style shortly bifid at apex : lobes flattened, rather connate, with 
stigmatiferous margins. Disk concave, furnished with 4 fleshy 
scales on the margin in front of the achenia.  Achenia glabrous, 
smooth, adnate behind to the scales of the disk.—Under shrubs, 
shrubs, or perennial, herbaceous plants. Stems leafy at the 
base, and usually naked under the spikes. Floral leaves brac- 
tea-formed, with 1-5 flowers on both sides, opposite, rarely 
alternate. Flowers approximate into terminal, simple spikes, 
which are sometimes branched at the base.  Bracteas small, 
setaceous, or wanting. 
Secr. I. Sra‘cuas (the Latin name of French Lavender; 
because it grows wild in the Stoechade Islands.) Benth. lab. p. 
147. Floral leaves 3-5-flowered, disposed in an imbricated, 
dense spike: the upper floral leaves sterile, and comose. Upper 
tooth of calyx dilately appendiculate. Small trees, with quite 
entire, or pinnately toothed leaves. 
1 L. Sra‘cuas (Lin. spec. p. 800.) leaves oblong-linear, quite 
entire, with revolute edges, clothed with hoary tomentum on 
both surfaces; spikes dense, comose; whorls 6-10-flowered ; 
calyxes ovate, hoary, shorter than the tube of the corolla. h. 
H. Native of the South of Europe and North of Africa, in 
many places; also of Teneriffe. Sibth. et Smith, fl. grzec. 6. t. 
549. Stoe'chas officinàrum, Mill. dict. no. 1. Stoe‘chas pur- 
pürea, Tourn. inst. 201. t. 95.—Blackw. icon. t. 241. Stoe'chas 
vulgaris, Park. theatr. 67. Leaves about $ an inch long. Co- 
rolla dark purple; tube a little exserted. Spike tetragonal, 
with a tuft of purple leaves at top. The whole plant has a 
strong aromatic, agreeable flavour. 
Var. B, macrostachya (Ging. hist. lav. p. 130.) spikes thicker, 
octagonal with a tuft of coloured leaves at top; leaves 
broader. g.F. Native of Corsica, Sicily, Naples, and Tene- 
riffe, Floral leaves 4 in a whorl. 
French Lavender. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1568. 
3 feet. 
2 L. rrpuNcuLA' TA (Cav. prel. p. 70.) leaves lanceolate, 
quite entire, with revolute edges, clothed with hoary tomentum 
on both surfaces; spikes dense, comose ; whorls 6-10-flower- 
ed; calyxes elongated, pubescent, equalling the tube of the 
corolla. h.F. Native of Spain, Portugal, among heath on 
the banks of the Tagus, but rare; but more common between 
Lamego and Viseu; also of Madeira, Masson. L. Stoe‘chas, 
Ê, Lin. spec. p. 800. Stce‘chas pedunculàta, Mill. dict. no. 2. 
—Ger. emac. p. 568. f. 4. Spikes thicker, more loose, and 
on longer peduncles than Z. Ste‘chas, &c., and the odour 
weaker. 
Long-peduncled Lavender. 
to 3 feet. 
3 L. virus (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 288.) leaves oblong-linear, 
quite entire, with revolute edges, green on both surfaces, vil- 
lous; spikes rather loose, and somewhat comose at top; whorls 
6-10-flowered; calyx tubular, rather villous, equalling the tube 
of the corolla. h. F. Native of Portugal, and Madeira. Lher. 
sert. angl. 19. t. 21. Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 1. p. 91. t. 4. 
Stoe’chas viridis, Ray. hist. 1. p. 514. Lavandula Massónii, 
Cels, ex Ging. hist. lav. p. 137. This species differs from Z. 
Ste? chas, in the leaves being villous, and in the spike and coma 
being green; the spikes are looser, and the upper tooth of 
calyx is furnished with a longer appendage. 
Green Lavender. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1777. 
3 feet. 
4 L. penra‘ta (Lin. spec. p. 800.) leaves oblong, linear, or lan- 
ceolate, bluntly and pinnately toothed, pubescent, hoary beneath, 
Shrub 2 to 
Shrub 2 
Fl. May, July. Clt. ? 
Shrub 2 to 
709 
with revolute edges; spikes loose, rather tufted at apex ; calyx 
oblong, pubescent, about equal in length to the tube of the 
corolla, h. F. Native of the South of Europe, and Africa, 
in the region of the Mediterranean; Spain, Balearic Islands, 
Naples, Sicily, Zante; Island of Madeira. Curt. bot. mag. t. 
400. Stoe'chas dentata, Mill. dict. no. 3.—Barrel. icon. 797. 
Bauh. hist. 3. p. 279. f. 2. Branches ascending, tetragonal, 
tomentosely pubescent. Leaves l to 13 inch long. Spike 
interrupted at the base. Whorls 6-10-flowered. ^ Corollas 
like those of L. Stæ chas. Spike terminated by a few purplish 
leaves. 
N.B. L. heterophylla, Poir. suppl. 2. p. 308. includes 2 
garden varieties, the one probably a hybrid between L. dentàta 
and L. véra; the other between L. dentàta and L. spica. 
Toothed-leaved Lavender. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
1597. 
Secr. II. Spica (from spica, an ear of corn; from the simi- 
larity of a spike of lavender to an ear of wheat.) Benth. lab. 
p. 148. Floral leaves 3-5-flowered, approximate into a loose 
Spike: superior ones shorter than the calyxes, fertile. Upper 
tooth of calyx dilately appendiculate.— Shrubs. Branches naked 
at top. Leaves quite entire. 
5 L. ve'ra (D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 398.) leaves oblong-linear, or 
lanceolate, quite entire, hoary in the young state, with revolute 
edges ; spikes interrupted; whorls 6-10-flowered ; floral 
leaves rhombeo-ovate, acuminated, membranous, all fertile : up- 
per ones shorter than the calyxes; bracteas almost wanting. h. 
H. Native of the South of Europe, and North of Africa, in 
the region of the Mediterranean, on sterile hills and declivities. 
L. spica, var. a, Lin. spec. p. 800.  L. spica, Lin. spec. 800. 
Schkuhr, handb. 2. t. 157. Lois. fl. gall. 2. p. 346. — Woodv. 
med. bot. p. 150. t. 55. Sabb. hort. rom. 3. t. 72.—Berg. 2. p. 
233. L. spìca, a, angustifolia, Mill. dict. no. 2. Garid. aix. t. 
60. L. officinalis, Clairv. in Vill. dauph. 2. p. 363. L. vul- 
gàris, a, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 403. L, angustifolia, Moench. meth. 
389. Shrub much branched; branches tetragonal, rather to- 
mentose, leafy at bottom, and naked at top. Calyxes bluish. 
Corollas blue, seldom white. Lavender is a plant which has 
long been celebrated for its virtues in nervous disorders. Ac- 
cording to Dr. Cullen it is, * whether used externally or inter- 
nally, a powerful stimulant to the nervous system, and amongst 
others of this order, named cephalics, the lavender has the best 
title to it, and it appears to me probable that it will seldom go 
farther than exciting the energy of the brain to a fuller impulse 
of the nervous power into the nerves of the animal function, 
and seldom into the vital." The officinal preparations of La- 
vender are the essential oil, a simple spirit, and a compound 
tincture. The essential oil has been used for stimulating para- 
lytic limbs, and for several external purposes, but it is only now 
used as a perfume.  lmitation scent-bottles are made of the 
fragrant spikes of Lavender. They are also put in paper bags, 
and placed among linen to perfume it. Lavender water, a 
well-known perfume, is distilled from the flowers, for which 
purpose the plant is cultivated extensively in different places, 
but more especially at Mitcham in Surrey, and Maidenhead in 
Berkshire. 
Lavender is propagated by slips and cuttings, like rosemary ; 
it likes a dry soil, and may be planted either in distinet plants 
two feet asunder, or to form a sort of hedge-row, in one or 
more lines, especially where large supplies of flowers are re- 
quired for distilling. The plants will advance in a close, 
branchy growth, and when established will produce plenty of 
flowers in July and August. Gather them while in perfection, 
cutting the spikes off close to the stem; then give the plants 
occasional trimmings, taking off the gross and rampant shoots of 
