THE SA.GE FAMILY. 



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LXXII.— THE SAGE FAMILY. Labidtw or Lamidce(e. 



The Labiatoc constitute one of the largest and most useful, one of 

 the best-marked and most interesting families that Botany is acquainted 

 with. In no family are the species more like one another, and thence 

 more easily identified as members of it ; nor in any is there a greater 

 similarity of products, the latter including almost all those aromatic 



Fig. 1-lC. 

 Ground -ivy. 



and oily secretions which render mint, sage, thyme, lavender, basil, 

 rosemary, patchouli, bergamot, and a himdred others, so agreeable 

 either as condiments to our food, or as perfumes for our clothing and 

 the atmosphere. Not a single deleterious species occurs in it, while 

 many kinds, by reason of their tonic and stimulating properties, are of 

 high esteem in medicine. Such are horehound, peppermint, balm, 



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