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ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS. 



COMMON ROSEMARY. 



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STNO NT MA. Rofmarinus. " Pharm. Lond, ^ Edinh, Rofma- 



rinum coronarium. ' Gerard, Emac, p 



o. Bauh, Pin. f). 



fol 



92. Rofmarinus hor 



. Rofmarinus corona 

 rius frudicofus. J. Batih, Hijl. v. iL p. 25. Rail Jli/I. p. ^i^ 



e. FarL TheaLp. yi 



tenf^ aneruflior 



Libanotis coronaria five rofmarinum 



Cla/s Diandria 



Ord. ' Mon 



yn 



Lin. Gen. PL 



PJf. Gen. Ch. Cor. insequalis : lablo fuperiore bipartito. Filamenta 



longa, curva, fimplicia cum dente. 



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THE root is ftrong, . woody, and fibrous: the ftalk Is fhrubby, 

 covered with a rough grey bark, divided into many branches, and 



rifes frequently to the height 



of fix or eight feet : the leaves 



are 



feffile, or without footftalks, numerous, long, narrow, entire, obtufely * 

 pointed, on the upper fide of a dark green, on the under of a greyifli 

 or filvery colour, and placed in whorls upon the branches : the 

 flowers are large, of a pale blue colour, and arife from the axillse of 

 the leaves : the calyx is divided into twdiips, of thefe the uppermoll 

 is entire, but the undermoft is cloven into two pointed fegments : 

 the corolla is monopetalous, confifting of a cylindrical tube, longer 

 than the calyx, and divided at the brim into two lips ; the upper lip 

 is ered: and bifid, the under lip is feparated into three fegments ; of 

 thefe the middle fegmeht is larger than both the others : the two 

 filaments are long, curved, tapering, towards the bafe furnifhed with 

 a fmall tooth, and fupplied with fimple antherse : the germen is fepa- 

 rated into four parts, which fupj5ort a flender fiiyle, terminated by a 

 cleft pointed fi:igma : the feeds are four, of an oblong fhape, and 

 lodged in the bottom of the calyx. Rofemary "* is a native of the 

 South of Europe and the Levant. It is cominonly cultivated in our 

 gardens, where it ufually flowers in April and May. 



^ » Ros dici putatur quia rofcidae fit naturse, vel quia roris inftar afpergatur, vel quia 

 ejus uTus in afpergillis, quod nobis verijimillus v'ldetur : marinus autem vel quia in marinis 



locis feliciter proveniat, vel quia faporis marini, hoc eft, amari. Vofs. Etymolog. Vide 



Ray, 1. c. 



No. 18, 



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