oblong-oval, and not at all cordate ; at other times againu 

 they are auriculated. We have observed only two varieties, 

 which differ in nothing but in size, and not in the relative 

 width of the leaves. The older authors, by their latifolia and 

 angustifolia, denoted two distinct species, our present one 

 and Phlomis Lychnitis. Miller made three species of the 

 fruticosa, but they appear to us to run so much into one 

 another, that they cannot properly be considered even as 

 distinct varieties ; except the larger and smaller, which seem 

 to be permanent. 



The Phlomis fruticosa is a native of Spain, Portugal, 

 and Sicily. It is tolerably hardy, and will grow in almost 

 any soil or situation, though it lives longest in a dry soil ; its 

 hoary leaves are not deciduous, and make a pleasing variety 

 in the winter. But severe frost will cut them down to the 



f round, and sometimes destroy them altogether, Propagated 

 y cuttings. Flowers in June and July. Cultivated by 

 Gerard in 1596, 



