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labiAt^ 



axils or in loose panicles; calyx tubular, 2-lipped, 13-nerved; 

 corolla 2-lipped, with straight tube ; upper-lip nearly flat, lower 

 spreading, 3-cleft ; stamens 4, converging at their tips ; nutlets 

 smooth. (Name from the Greek, meaning a foot-stool.) 



I. C. vulgdre (Wild Basil).— A straggling, softly hairy plant, 

 I — 2 feet high, with ovate, slightly toothed, stalked leaves ; and 



CLIN0p6dium vulgAr6 {IVild Basil). 



clinop6dium calamintha 

 {Comtnon Calamint). 



rose-red flowers in crowded, many-flowered, mostly axillary whorls, 

 with numerous, long, bristly bracts forming a kind of involucre 

 resembling a green foot-stool. Dry hushy plants ; common. The 

 plant is fragrantly aromatic. — Fl. July — September. Perennial. 



2. C. Acinos (Basil Thyme). — A small, bushy, downy, herba- 

 ceous plant, 6 — 8 in. high, with ascending, branched stems ; hairy, 

 ovate, serrate, acute leaves on short stalks ; and violet flowers in 



