34 DIANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Salvia. 



Leaves opposite, strongly serrated or pinnatifid. FL ax- 

 illary, whorled, small, pale. Comes nearest to Mentha. 



1 . L. europccus. Common Gipsy-wort. Water Hore- 



hound. 

 Leaves deeply serrated. 

 L. europseus. Linn. Sp. PL 30. Willd. v. 1 . 120. Vahl Enum. v. 1 . 



210. FL Br. 29. Engl. Bot. v. 16. t. 1 105. Curt. Lond.fasc.3. 



t.2. Hook. Scot. 9. Poit.etTurp. Par. 31. $.32. FL Dan. 1. 1081. 

 L. palustris glaber. Rail Syn. 23 G. 

 Pseudo-marrubium palustre. Riv. Monop. Irr. t. 22. 

 Marrubium aquaticum. Ger. Em. 700./. Lob. Ic. v. 1. 524./. 

 On the banks of clear ditches, pools and rivers, on a sandy or 



gravelly soil, frequent. 

 Perennial. July, August. 

 Root creeping. Stem 2 feet high. Leaves numerous, on short 



stalks, oblong, acute, coarsely serrated, often deeply pinnatifid. 



FL white, with purple dots. 



14. SALVIA. Sage, or Clary. 



Linn. Gen. 17. Juss. 1 11. FL Br. 30. Tourn. t. 83. Lam. t. 20. 

 Ga?rtn. t. 66. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 13. 



Cat. tubular, ribbed, unequally 2-lipped, permanent. Cor: 

 tube dilated upwards, compressed; upper lip concave; 

 lower broad, 3-lobed, the middle lobe largest, cloven. 

 Stam. with 2 divaricated branches, one only bearing a 

 perfect, oblong, single-celled anther. Germ. 4-cleft. 

 Style curved with the stamens, usually longer. Stigma 

 forked. Seeds 4, oval, in the bottom of the dry con- 

 verging calyx. 



Aromatic or bitter. Stem square. Leaves various, notched 

 or serrated, wrinkled ; in ours undivided, stalked. FL in 

 whorled spikes ; mostly purplish. 



1. S. pratensis. Meadow Clary. 



Leaves oblong, crenate ; heart-shaped at the base : upper- 

 most clasping the stem. Bracteas very small. Summit 

 of the corolla glutinous. 



S. pratensis. Linn. Sp. PL 35. Willd. v. 1. 135. Vahl Enum. v. 1. 

 262. Fl. Br. 30. Engl. Bot. v. 3. 1. 153. Bull. Fr.t. 357. 



Sclarea pratensis, foliisserratis,florecaeruleo. Dill.in Rail Syn. 237. 



Horminum pratense. Riv. Monop. Irr. t. 36*. 



H. sylvestre. Fuchs. Hist. 569./. 



H. sylvestre Fuchsii. Ger. Em. 769./. 



