WOOD BASIL 



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close, stalked leaves, egg-shaped to heart-shaped, rather coarsely 

 toothed, and acute. 



The flowers are pink, borne in axillary clusters, dense, and branched. 



. Flatters & Gar 



WOOD BASIL (Clinopodium vulgare, L.) 



The calyx is bristly, striate or finely furrowed, and an involucre of fine 

 bristles is formed. The two upper teeth are connected below into an 

 upper lip. The clusters or whorls in which the flowers are borne are 

 equal, and the upper ones are terminal. The flowers are numerous, 

 and formed on slender flower-stalks. 



