480 



LABIATE. 



s: 



SALVIA VEBBENACA (Clary, or Wild Sage). 



2. SALVIA (Sage). 



1. S. Verbendca (Clary, or Wild Sage). Leaves ob- 

 long, blunt, heart-shaped at the base, wavy at the edge, 

 and crenate ; corolla scarcely longer than the calyx. 

 Dry pastures, especially near the sea, or on a chalky 

 soil. An aromatic herbaceous plant, 1 2 feet high, 

 rendered conspicuous by its long spikes of purple-blue 

 flowers, the calyx of which is much larger than the 

 corolla. The leaves are few, and much wrinkled, and 

 at the base of each flower are 2 heart-shaped, fringed, 

 ^cute bracts. Fl. June August. Perennial, 



