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or three pairs of smaller leaves on the lower purl or' the joints: the 

 upper part, for the length of two feet, has whorls of flowers, at two 

 or three inches distance from each olhcr, without any leaves under 

 them: the calyx is hairy and blunt: the helmet of the corolla arehcd, 

 erect and blue, terminating in a blue point; the two side segments 

 of the under lip are of a violet colour; the middle segment, which is 

 indented at the point, is while, and curiously spotted wilh violet on 

 the inside; the two side lobes turn yellow before the flower drops. 

 It is a native of India, flowering from May to July. 



The eighth has the stems erect, about a foot anil half high: the 

 leaves shaped like those of the common Red Sage, gradually dimi- 

 nishing in size to the top: the stems have whorls of small llowers, and 

 arc terminated by clusters of small leaves, and forming two varieties; 

 one with purple and another wilh red lops. For the sake of this 

 coma they arc preserved in gardens for ornament. They flower ill 

 June and July, and their seeds ripen in the autumn. Jt is a native 

 of the south of Europe. 



The ninth has an abiding root, composed of strong woody fibres: 

 the leaves four inches long, and I hire broad at the base, of a pale, 

 yellowish green colour, upon footstalks three or four inches long: 

 the stems strong, near four feel high, having sm.illcr leaves below, 

 and the upper parl closely scl wilh whorls of large yellow Mowers. 

 The whole plant is very clammy, and has a strong scent, somewhat 

 like common Garden Clary. The llowers are used in Holland 

 to give a flavour to the Rhenish wines. Il is a nalive of Germany, 

 &c. flowering from June to November. 



The tenlh has ihe slem shrubby, eight or ten feet high, sending 

 out slender four-cornered branches of a purplish colour: the leaves 

 thin, pale ^reeii, and hairy on their under side, on Inni; slender 

 footstalks: the llowers in close thick spikes at the end of the 

 branches, having a fine bine colour. It is a native of Mexico, 

 flowering from May to July. 



The eleventh has the stem shrubby, five or si\ feel high, diviuin 

 into many branches covered wilh a llocky down: ihe leaves (In 

 inches and a half long, and an inch and half broad at the base, 



