334 LABIATAE. 
ROSMARINUS. Rosemary. 
(Family Labiatae). 
Small savory half-shrubs: de- 
ciduous. Twigs moderate, ob- 
securely 4-sided: pith minute. 
Buds small, solitary, round and 
sessile or quickly becoming ob- 
long and somewhat stalked or de- 
veloping into leafy shoots. Leaf- 
scars opposite, deeply U-shaped, 
somewhat raised: bundle-traces 3, 
often not discernible:  stipule- 
sears lacking. 
Rosemary is one of a number 
of labiates that may or may not 
be considered as woody, according 
to one’s predilection. Like sage, 
hyssop and thyme it is of more 
interest as a component of the 
kitchen garden than as a deco- 
rative plant. The fact that most 
such plants are herbaceous has 
given the word herbs an old-fash- 
ioned popular usage as their collective name. 
Stellate tomentulose: inner bark lace-like. R. officinalis. 
Winter-character references to other suffruticose Labia- 
tae:—Hyssopus officinalis. Schneider, f. 224. Phlomis fruti- 
cosa. Schneider, f. 224. Salvia officinalis. Schneider, f. 224. 
Thymus vulgaris. Schneider, f. 224. 
