160 AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 
those Labiates, all of them aromatic herbs, 
which are cultivated in the kitchen garden :— 
Sage, Salvia officinalis ; Spear Mint, Peppermint, 
Bergamot, Penny Royal; Marjoram, Oviganum, 
several varieties of Thyme, Zhymus,; Balm, 
Melissa officinalis ; Savory, Satureja montana ; 
two species of Basil, Ocymum ; White Hore- 
hound, Marrubtum vulgare ; Rosemary, Rosma- 
vinus officinalis; and Lavender, Lavandula 
Spica. | 
We have 3 native species of Salvia, Sage ; 
the most common is S. Verbenaca, English 
Clary ; the flowers of S. pratensis are of a fine 
blue colour. Of the genus Calamintha, the most 
frequent of our 5 species are C. aczuos, Basil, 
a small Thyme-like plant with blue-purple 
flowers, which have a white spot on the lip; and 
C. Clinopodium, Wild Basil, very common, its 
setaceous, hair-like, bracts giving it a_ hairy 
appearance; the corollas are pink. JVepeta 
Cataria, Cat Mint, is a handsome plant, but 
rare, producing tall spikes of white flowers 
minutely dotted with crimson, all the plant more 
or less pubescent. 
Very common in most hedge-banks is the 
coarse plant Ballota fetida, Horehound, flowers 
