4 3 FLOWERS OF THE HILLS AND DRY PLACES 



which is small, with an ernarginate tube, and a broad lower lip, trifid, 

 or divided into three nearly to the base. The upper, concave, is turned 

 down. The calyx is bell-shaped with recurved edges. The nutlets (4) 

 are black and round. 



Clary is usually about 2 ft. high. It flowers in May and June. 



CLARY (Salvia Verbenaca, L.) 



The plant is perennial, propagated by division, and quite worth a place 

 in gardens. 



To protect the honey from the rain and flies the tube of the corolla 

 is lined with hairs. The upper lip is erect, flattened; the lower, 

 trifid, divided into three nearly to the base, serves as an alighting 

 place, the lateral lobes spreading. There are 2 stamens with short 



