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lip witli 2 lanceolate teeth: 

 upper lip of corolla erect, the 

 lower spreading, the middle 

 lobe concave and very broad ; 

 stamens 2. the connective 

 lengthened, continuous with the 

 filament and bearing a l-cc]Iod 

 junction between 

 connective being 

 a short tooth. 



spontaneous hero 

 even in scrnl)land. — 

 --Mediterranean re- 



anther, the 

 filament and 

 indicated bv 



Cultivated : 

 and there 

 July - Sept 



gion. 



-■). S.VLVIA, L. 



Calyx 2-lipped ; corolla 2- 

 lipped, the upper lip arched and 

 helmet -shaped, the lower 3- 

 lobed, with the middle lobe 

 largest : stamens 2. short, fila- 

 ments .surmounted by a length- 

 ened connective of which the 



Rosmarinus officinalis- 



longer brancli l)oars a 1-celled 

 abortive anther or scale. 



Herb: flowers small, blue 



Uiidorshrub : flowers large. 



anther and the shorter an 



S. 

 S. 



V (rhoinra 

 (I urea 2 



1 



Salvia Verbenaca 



flowers large, of 

 2, sometimes 6 



bronze-red ... 



1. Salvia Verbenaca, 



L. Tri/(/ S(i(jr. Scented peren- 

 nial herb, with erect, villous 

 stems, simple or branched ; leaves 

 o\al-oblong, wrinkled, with cren- 

 ate lobes, the upper ones sesKsile ; 

 flowers small, blue, in distant, 

 6-flowered whorls, forming a long 

 raceme ; bracts circular, acumin- 

 ate ; upper lip of calyx with 3 

 minute teeth, the 2 lateral teeth 

 conn i vent, lower lip with 2 

 lanceolate teeth: corolla from 

 half as long again to twice the 

 length of calyx. 



Roadsides and pa.sture. — All the 

 .year. — Euiope. 



2. S. aurea, L. Golden 

 Sahna. Undershrub, much 

 branched, denselv white-tomen- 

 toso; leaves shortly stalked 

 almost circidar, thick, entire; 



a reddish-brown i-esembling bronze, usuall.y 

 in each whorl, forming a dense raceme; 



