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ovate, nearly entire ; flowers in dense spikes, violet-purple, the 

 upper lip bending over the lower. — Pastures, banks, etc, Fl. 

 July, August. 



(232) Calamintlia. Calami nt, 



* Calyx-tuhe gibhous at the base beneath. 



C. Acinos : annual ; stems branched, 6-8 inches high, 

 slightly downy ; leaves small, narrow-ovate, slightly toothed ; 

 flowers pale purple or white, in axillary whorls on short, erect 

 pedicels. — Basil Thyme. — Fields. Fl. July, August. 



** Calyx-tube equal at the base. 



C. officinalis : stems hairy, ascending or erect, with strag- 

 gling branches, 1 foot high ; leaves broadly ovate, toothed ; 

 flowers pinkish-lilac, in small loose cymes, forming terminal, 

 one-sided, leafy panicles; calyx tubular, ribbed, half as long 

 as the corolla, the teeth with long cilia. — Hedges, roadsides, 

 and waste places. Fl. July to September. Mr. Bentham 

 makes the two following plants varieties of this : — 



C. Nepeta : leaves ovate, nearly entire ; flower-cymes con- 

 tracted into loose whorls, the corolla half as long again as the 

 calyx, which is shortly ciliate. — Dry open, sunny banks. 



C. sylvatica : stem taller ; leaves larger, broadly ovate, 

 sharply toothed ; cymes loose, the flowers showy, the corolla 

 fully twice as long as the calyx. — Woods in the Isle of Wight. 



C. Clinopodium : stems erect or ascending, branched, softly 

 hairy, 1-2 feet high ; leaves ovate, slightly toothed, soft, 

 hairy ; flowers purple, in dense cymes, forming compact 

 whorls or heads in the axils of the upper leaves, or at the 

 ends of the branches, surrounded by subulate, hairy bracts. 

 — Wild Basil. — Hedges and woods. Fl. July, August. 



