MERIANDRA. 



both lips recurved, or spreading. Stamens 2 ; sometimes 3 or even 4, 

 with their filaments bifid, each division bearing an oval 1 -celled anther. 

 — Leaves similar in smell and taste to those of Salvia officinalis, but 

 much stronger : they are applied to the same uses. 



SALVIA. 



Calyx tubular or campanulate, 2-lipped. Corolla bilabiate, 

 the upper lip usually arched. Stamens 2 ; anthers halved, with 

 a flat dilated connective, which is placed vertically with the 

 anther upon the upper end. 



1008. S. officinalis Linn. sp. pi. 34. Woodv. t. 38. Benth. 

 lab. 209. — Various parts of the south of Europe. (Garden 

 Sage.) 



A low straggling shrub. Branches erect, hoary with down, leafy at 

 the base, those bearing flowers 1 foot or 1| foot long, and tomentose. 

 Leaves entire, stalked, oblong, narrowed at the base or rounded, 

 rugose ; the lowermost white with wool beneath. Floral leaves sessile, 

 ovate, acuminate, membranous and striated at the base. Racemes 

 nearly simple. Whorls many-flowered, distinct. Calyx campanulate, 

 membranous, coloured, striated, downy; upper lip 3-toothed, lower 

 bifid : all the teeth subulate, acuminate. Corolla 2 or 3 times as long 

 as the calyx, with a large projecting tube, ringed in the inside ; the lips 

 erect, the upper straight, the lateral lobes of the lower one reflexed. 

 Connective lengthened backwards with an anther at each end, but the 

 lower anther empty and connate with that next it. Bentkam. — A tea 

 made of the leaves has the reputation of being a stomachic. Their 

 aromatic and bitter qualities render them fit to assist the stomach in 

 digesting rich or greasy meats ; on which account they are so much 

 employed in cookery. 



1009. S. grandiflora Ettl. is said to possess the same proper- 

 ties as the last, and in a more concentrated degree. 



ROSMARINUS. 



Calyx ovate-campanulate, 2-lipped ; the upper lip entire, the 

 lower bifid. Corolla not ringed in the inside, somewhat inflated 

 in the throat, with 2 equal lips, the upper of which is emarginate 

 and erect, the lower trifid, with the middle lobe very large, con- 

 cave, and hanging down. Stamens 2 ; filaments shortly toothed 

 near the base; anthers linear, with 2 divaricating confluent cells. 

 Upper lobe of style very short. 



1010. R. officinalis Linn. sp. pi. 33. Flora Graca t. 14. 

 S. and C. i. t. 24. Bentham labiates 315. — Dry rocky hills in 

 the warmer parts of Europe, and the basin of the Mediterranean ; 

 also in Asia Minor. (Rosemary.) 



A shrub growing 3-4 feet high, densely leafy. Leaves sessile, linear, 



quite entire, revolute at the edge, hoary beneath. Flowers few, in 



short axillary racemes, close together, opposite, subsessile. Bracts or 



floral leaves shorter than the calyx. Calyx purplish. Corolla a dull 



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