MONOPETALEA—HYPOCOROLLES. 299° 
of Origanum majorana is very acrid ; Hyssopus officinalis 
Satureia montana also are acrid. The following 
are the plants of this family mentioned by the pharmaco- 
; they are not.much used. 
Officinal Plants. 
Mentha viridis. 
piperita. 
Pulegium (Penny-royal) 
Origanum vulgare (Common Marjoram.) 
Majorana. 
Salvia officinalis (Garden Sage.) 
Hyssopus officinalis (Common Hyssop.) 
Lavandula Spica (L. vera.) 
Marrubium vulgare (White Horehound.) 
Melissa officinalis (Common Balm.) 
Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary. ) 
There are no poisonous plants among the Labiate. 
- ORDER LX. 
BORAGINE#. 
Asperifolia, Linn. 
-Cuaracters.—Herbs (rarely shrubs) with round stems 
and alternate leaves, which are covered with stiff hairs, 
arising from a hard and persistent base. Flowers often in 
unilateral spikes or racemes, sometimes axillary and solitary: 
calyx: monosepalous, of 5 (seldom 4) divisions more or less 
ee Persistent ; corolla mostly regular, 5 teeeele ate 
