Lycopus.] LABIAT/E. 209 



July. %. — The genus Verbena is placed by Sir James Edward Smith, 

 in the first order of the class Did ynamia, but as Doctor Hooker re- 

 marks, it does not naturally rank there, being considerably different in 

 the structure of its germen and fruit. This herb has scarcely any aro- 

 matic or other sensible quality. The root worn about the neck with 

 a string, is an old superstitious remedy, or charm for the King's Evil. 



Ord. 59. LABIATiE. Jtiss. Labiate Family. 



Calyx tubular or regular, and quinquefkl, or 5 — 10-toothed 

 or 2-lipped, the lips entire or divided. Corolla monopetalous, 

 liypogynous, tubular, irregular. Upper lip undivided or bifid ; 

 in aestivation overlapping the inferior trifid one. Stamens 4, 

 didynamous, two of them sometimes sterile; filaments inserted, 

 alternately with the lobes of the lower lip: anthers 2-lobed, 

 the lobes often divaricated, sometimes 1-celled. Ovaries 4, 

 1-seeded, connected at the base by means of the style, situated 

 upon a glandular disk : ovules erect: style 1, originating from 

 the receptacle : stigma bifid, usually acute. Fruit of four 

 achenia or small nuts enclosed in the persistent calyx, one or 

 more not unfrequently abortive: albumen little or none. Em- 

 bryo erect : cotyledons plane. — Herbaceous plants or undtr- 

 shrubs. Stem 4-cor?iered, with opposite ramifications. Leaves 

 opposite, divided or undivided, without stipules, replete with recep- 

 tacles of aromatic oil. Flowers in opposite, nearly sessile cymes, 

 resembling tvhorls ; sometimes as if capitate. 



An extensive Natural Family, abounding in essential oils, as 

 the Lavender, Thyme, Mint, &c. They are tonic and sto- 

 machic, and many are employed in medicine, and others as 

 savoury herbs. 



1. Salvia. Linn. Sage. 



Calyx 2-lipped, tubular. Corolla labiate, the tube dilated up- 

 wards and compressed. Filaments with two divaricating 

 branches, one only bearing a perfect, single cell of an anther. 

 — Named from salvo, to save or heal, in allusion to its balmy 

 or healing qualities. Diandria. Monogynia. 



1. S. verbenaca, Linn. Wild English Clary or Sage. Leaves 

 serrated, sinuated, smoothish ; corolla much more contracted than 

 the calyx. Br. Fl. 1. p. 10. E. Fl. v. i. p. 35. E. Bot. t. 154. 



Dry pastures and banks in a sandy or gravelly soil. Very common 

 near Dublin, and many other places. Fl. June, July. %. — One to two 

 feet high. Flowers small, violet-blue. 



2. Lycopus. Linn. Gipsy-wort. 



Calyx tubular, 5-cleft. Corolla tubular, 4-lobed, nearly equal; 



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