XCVIII. LABlAT.i). 475 



Deccan : Juiiuar, Woodrow. Gujarat : Rajkut, Cooke !, Woodrow ! Sind : Dalcell, 

 GO !, Stocks, 442 ! ; Karachi, Woodrow ; hills at the Hub near Karachi, Bhola Paran ! ; 

 Jemadar ka Laiida near Karachi, Stocks'. — Distkib. India (Panjab plains, W. Penin- 

 sula) ; Afghanistan, Baluchistan. 



Salvia coccinea, Juss. ex Murr. in Cominentat. Getting, v, 1 (1779) 

 p. 86, t. 1. A slender herb 1-3 ft. high with many quadrangular 

 ascending stems, ovate or cordate acute crenate leaves, and scarlet 

 pedicellate flowers in distant whorls, a native of Central and South 

 America, is often grown in gardens. Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 67 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 362; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 859. 

 Salvia jpseudococcinea. Grab. Cat. p. 151 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 67. 



Salvia involucrata, Cav. Icon. v. 2 (1793) p. 3, t. 105. An undershrub 

 3-4 ft. high or more with ovate acuminate creuate-serrate leaves 2-3 in. 

 long, rosy flowers with a long swollen corolla-tube and subequal lobes, a 

 native of Mexico, is often grown in gardens. Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 362 & Gard. in lud. ed. 5, p. 424. 



Salvia farinacea, Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. (1833) p. 274. Native of 

 Mexico ; stems numerous, in a cluster ; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; calyx 

 densely white-tomeutose ; corolla violet-blue. A useful bedding plant 

 in Deccan gardens, flowering abundantly from September to May. 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 362 & Gard. in lud. 

 ed. 5, p. 423. 



Salvia officinalis, Limi. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 23. The true Sage, a native 

 of the South of Europe, is occasionally grown in the gardens of Europeans 

 in the Presidency, but in the Indian climate it is a very delicate plant 

 and its cultivation requires care. The dried leaves are often imported 

 into India from Europe. Grab. Cat. p. 151 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 6, part 2, p. 451. 



The following not belonging to any of the foregoing genera are more 

 or less cultivated : — 



Meriandra hengalensis, Benth. in Bot. Beg. (1829) sub t. 1282 and in 

 Wall. PI. As. Ear. v. 1 (1830) p. 29. A large straggling shrub, a 

 native of Abyssinia, cultivated throughout India and known as the 

 Bengal Sage. The leaves have a strong caujphoraceous odor and are 

 employed in native medicine and for preventing the attacks of insects 

 on cloth. El. B. I. v. 4, p. 653; Grab. Cat. p. 151 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Suppl. p. 66; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 362; 

 Prain, Beng. PI. p. 858 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 235.— 

 A-^EEN. KdfarkajxU. 



Origanum Majorana, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 590. The Marjoram. 

 An aromatic herb 1-2 ft. high with ovate-oblong petiolate leaves and 

 purplish or white flowers. A native of S. Europe, N. Africa, and Asia 

 Minor, extensively cultivated in India. Fl. B. 1. v. 4, p. 648 ; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 493. — Yern. Murva. 



Thymus SerpylJum, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 5C0. The well-known 

 Thyme, a plant with a woody rootstock, small leaves and rose-purple 



