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stem paiiiculately braiiclietl, 1 to 2 feet hioli. Stem leaves few, distant, 

 shortly stalked, the upper ones sessile and generally cordate, or, more 

 rarely, rovmded at the base. Spikes at first dense, afterwards becoming 

 rather lax. Bracts very broad, generally tinged with dull blue. Calyx 

 about ^ inch long, concave (outwards) above towards the apex, from 

 the presence of two large shallow foveaj with prominent ribs. Coi'olla 

 about I inch long, dull purplish blue, the limb very small. Nucules 

 roundish ovoid, compressed, plano-convex, dark brown, very finely 

 shagreened. Plant dark green, subglabrous, except the veins and 

 margins of the leaves, which are hairy ; the upper part of the stem more 

 densely hairy, with simple hairs intermixed with gland- tipped ones, 

 some of which also occur on the calyx. 



Wild English Clary. 



French, Sauga vcrveine. German, Musliaicllc.r Sulhc/i. 



Dr. Prior says that " the English name of this plant Clary originates in sclarea ; a 

 word formed from dai-iif:, clear. This word Clary affords a curious instance of medical 

 research. It was solved by the apothecaries into clear ej-e, translated — " Oculus ChrLsti 

 ■ — Godes eie and See bright." The seeds, if soaked in water for a few minutes, form 

 a tliick mucilage, which has been supposed to be efficacious in removing particles of 

 dust, &c., from the eyes. Gerarde says, " it purgetli them exceedingly from waterish 

 humorous rednesse, inflammation, and divers other maladies, or all that happen unto 

 the eies, and takes awaj' the paine and smarting thereof, especially being put into the 

 eies one seed at a time and no more." He tells us that " it grows wild in divers 

 barren })laces, esiJecially in the fields of Holborne neare imto Graye's Inn, in the high- 

 way by the end of a brickc wall." In some parts of the country clary flowei's are made 

 into a wine, which is liked by the people of the district. 



SPECIES XL— S ALVIA CLANDESTINA. Lh,,. (?) 



Plate MLVII. 



Eoich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Holv. Vol. XVIII. Tab. MCCLV. Fig. 3. 



Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ, exsicc. Nos. 120C and 1945. 



S. Verbenaca, var. multifida, Vis.Felch.fi. 1. c. p. 30.- 



S. horminoides, Fourr. Chen. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. II. p. (>73. 



S. pallidiflora, St. Amans ; For. Fl. du Centre de Fr. ed. iii. Vol. 11. p. 522. 



S. multifida, Sihth. & Sm. Prod. Fl. Gr»c. Vol. I. p. 16. 



S. precox, Savi, Fl. Pis. Vol. I. p. 22. 



Herbaceous. Radical leaves longly stalked, ovate-oblong or oval- 

 oblong, subobtuse, deeply crenately lobed or pinnatifid, with the lobes 

 crenate-dentate ; lowest jjair of stem leaves shortly stalked ; upper ones 

 sessile, oblong-ovate or triangular-ovate, acute, doubly crenate-serrate 

 or inciso-serrate ; all rugose, subglabrous, generally hairy on the vems 

 beneath. Bracts semicircular-ovate, cuspidate, cordate, at length 

 reflexcd, coloured towards the apex ; all, except the lower ones, shorter 

 than the calyx. Verticillasters subspicate, the lower whorls rather 



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