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Iveonuris Cardiaca. L/inn. (motherwort.) A herbaceous 

 plant two or more feet high, square stems, downy, leafy all the 

 way up. Leaves cut into many toothed lobes. Flower whorls 

 distant, numerous; flowers rosy, half an inch long, with purple 

 veins. Perennial. Summer months. 



Rosmarinus Officinalis. Linn, (rosemary.) A fragrant 

 leaved shrub, stem much branched, two or more feet high. 

 Leaves narrow, quarter inch wide, two inches long; with deep- 

 ly channelled midrib, hoary, especially beneath. Flowers 

 whitish-blue, o r blue-grey, i n terminal clusters. Found 

 abundantly on St. David's island, and sparingly elsewhere, 

 mostly east, on rocky hills. Very aromatic. Perennial. 

 Early Summer. 



Natural Order, Plantagineae. 



Plantago major. Linn. (English Plantain.) A plant with 

 large, ovate, crinkled leaves, six to eight inches long and four 

 to six inches broad. Flower stalks nearly a foot long, terminat- 

 ing in a slender whip-like spike of nearly equal length, encircl- 

 ed with greenish-white flowers, small, (designated by Lefroy 

 "Wayside weeds. ' ' ) 



Plantago Lanceolata. Linn. (Ribw^ort.) A plant w4th 

 leaves six to eight inches long, one inch wide, acute and taper- 

 ing into a long channelled stalk, with three to five ribs. The 

 flower-stalk one to one and a half feet high, terminating in a 

 thick ovate spike one inch long, dark brown, with long thin 

 stamens. Common everywhere. Perennial. All the year 

 round. Locally called "ratstail." 



Natural Order, Nyctagineae. 



Boerhavia Erecta. Linn, (hogweed. ) An erect plant two 

 to three feet high. Stem smooth, leafy below^ divided into 

 numerous slender branches devoid of leaves. Leaves of plant 

 some two inches long, opposite, in unequal pairs, oval, pointed, 

 wavy margin, underside whitish. Flower-stalks thread-like. 

 Flowers minute, pale pink. Common weed. Annual. Summer. 



Mirabilis Jalapa. Linn, (four o'clock marvel of Peru.] A 

 smooth plant two to three feet high with large tuberous roots. 



