SKA LAVENDER 



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The [)l;uit Is known as Sea Lavender, Laventler Thrift. A tornur 

 name, S/iiZ/tr (now applied lo Thrift), was oiven to Se.i Laxender lor 

 the supposed property it possessed of stopping diarrhuuu. 



Essentia:, Specific Characters: — 



196. Livwninvi viilirare. Mill.- — Flowerlncr .stem a scape, leaves 

 radical, obloncr. petiolate, miicronate, i -ribbed, flowers purple, in a 

 secund panicle in dense patent spikes, with outer bract rounded on 

 back, scendess, flower-stalk anijular, leafless, branched. 



