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11. L. Camara, L. (Swains.) 



Wild Sage, yellow changing to red. Indigenous and West In- 

 dian. 



12. Citharexylum cinereum, L. 



Fiddle-wood, Savanna Wattle. West Indies. 



13. Duranta Plumieri, Jacq. (Swains.) 



Pigeon-berry, Blue-flower. Indigenous and West Indies. 



14. Petitia Domingensis, Jacq. 



Yellow Fiddle-wood, Spur Tree. Greater Antilles. 



15. Avicennia nitida, Jacq. 



" Courida" or Black Mangrove. Bark astringent. 



16. Clerodendron Balfourii. 



Mobile Cologne-plant, " white blossoms like tiny double roses, 

 with many garnet sepals and tracts." Dickinson & Dowd, Loc. cit., p. 

 149. 



Most of the plants of this order are aromatic and bitter, but none 

 have important medicinal properties. The wild sage is used here 

 in infusion as a febrifuge and purgative. Stachyta,7yha is said to be 

 purgative and anthelmintic. In Liberia, it is used to produce abor- 

 tion. Blue-flower tea is a well-known remedy here for fevers ; the 

 leaves are sometimes used to adulterate Chinese tea. 



Order LXXVI. LABIATAE. 



1. Ocimum micranthum, Willd. 

 Basil. West Indian. 



2. Coleus, sp. T 



Several species cultivated in gardens for ornament. 



3. Hyptis suaveolens, Poit. 

 Spikenard. West Indies. 



4. Salvia occidentalis, Sw. 

 Wild Sage. West Indies. 



5. S. coccinea, L. 



Crimson Salvia. West Indies. 



6. S. serotina, L. (Swains.) 



Several species of Salvia, e. g. S. splendens, are cultivated in gar- 

 dens for the flower. 



7. Nepeta coerulea, L. 



Blue catnip. Introduced from the old world. (?) 



