500 



LABIATE. 



2-lipped, the lower lip bulged at the base. Described 

 by some botanists under the name of Acinos vulgdris. 

 FL July, August. Perennial. 



2. 0. offidndlis (Common Calamint). Leaves stalked, 

 egg-shaped, slightly serrated ; flowers stalked, in forked 

 axillary cymes. Way-sides and hedges, not uncommon. 

 An erect, bushy plant, with downy stems and foliage, 

 and numerous, light purple flowers, which have small 

 pointed bracts in the forks of their stalks. The whole 

 plant has a sweet aromatic flavour and makes a pleasant 

 tea. Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



CALAMfNTHA CLINOP(5DIUM (Wild Basil). 



3. C. Clinopodium (Wild Basil). Calyx scarcely 

 bulged at the base ; leaves egg-shaped, stalked ; flowers 

 in crowded compound whorls. Bushy places, frequent. 

 A straggling hairy plant, 1 2 feet high, with egg-shaped 



