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LABIATE. XXIX. SALVIA. 



longer than the peduncles. Panicle divaricately branched, 

 rarely almost simple. 



36 S. I'NDICA (Lin. spec. p. 37.) stem erect, rather hairy ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate or oblong, acute, a little toothed, broadly 

 cordate at the base, glabrous ; floral leaves ovate-cordate, re- 

 flexed ; racemes simple ; whorls 6-flowered, remote ; calyxes 

 sessile, campanulate, inflated after florescence ; corolla 3 times 

 as long as the calyx. I/. H. Native of India, Lin., but pro- 

 bably of the mountains of Persia or Arabia. Jacq. hort. vind. 1. 

 p. 33. t. 78. Curt. bot. mag. t. 395. Sclarea I'ndica, Mill. 

 diet. no. 9. Mor. hist. 3. sect. 11. t. 13. f. 16. Stem angular, 

 glabrous, or beset with clammy hairs. Lower leaves 3-5 inches 

 long : floral ones shorter than the calyxes. Corollas varie- 

 gated : lower lip yellow and blue ; the upper lip purple, size of 

 those of S. argentea. Calyx clothed with clammy pubescence. 



Indian Clary. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1731. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



37 S. COMMUTA'TA (Benth. lab. p. 222.) stem erect, hispidly 

 pilose ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, erosely crenated, cordate 

 at the base, thick, tubercularly wrinkled, hispid and green on 

 both surfaces ; floral leaves hardly longer than the peduncles ; 

 raceme dense, spike-formed ; calyx campanulate, hispid ; corolla 

 about twice as long as the calyx. I/ . ? H. Native of Syria or 

 Italy. S. Dominica, Lin. spec. p. 35. but not of Swartz. and 

 other authors. S. Syriaca, Gouan. herb, but not of Lin. Cau- 

 line leaves very numerous, and smaller than in other species of 

 the present section, hardly 1J inch long. 



Changed Clary. PI. ? 



88 S. SYRI*ACA (Lin. spec. p. 36.) stem nearly glabrous, pani- 

 cled at top, and clothed with tomentose pubescence ; leaves pe- 

 tiolate, ovate, obtuse, erosely crenated or deeply toothed, cor- 

 date at the base, green on both surfaces, much wrinkled, pubes- 

 cent ; floral leaves broad-ovate, concave, permanent, one half 

 shorter than the calyxes ; raceme panicled ; whorls distant, 

 2-6-flowered ; calyx campanulate, tomentose ; corolla one half 

 longer than the calyx, with an inclosed tube. If.. H. Native 

 of the Levant, Persia, and Palestine ; Syria, near Aleppo. 

 Sclarea Syriaca, Mill. diet. no. 5. Horminum Syriacum, 

 Bauh. pin. p. 238. Allied to S. odorata ; but differs in the 

 leaves being green on both surfaces, and the form of the leaves 

 is that of S. pratensis. Corollas white. 



Syrian Clary. Fl. July. Clt. 1759. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



39 S. ODOKA'TA (Willd. enum. p. 43.) stem suffruticose, 

 clothed with white wool at the base, but panicled and glabrous 

 at top ; leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, irregu- 

 larly crenate-toothed, cordate at the base, wrinkled, clothed with 

 white tomentum on both surfaces : upper ones sessile ; floral 

 leaves shorter than the pedicels, permanent ; racemes panicled, 

 loose ; whorls remote, 2-flowered ; calyx campanulate, striated, 

 pubescently hairy ; corolla about 3 times as long as the calyx. 



Pj . F. Native near Bagdad. Jacq. fil. eel. fasc. 2. p. 26. t. 16. 

 S. albiila, Jacq. obs. 10. no. 73. S. argentea, Hortul. but not 

 of Lin. Branches tetragonal. Leaves 3 inches long, and 1 to 

 1J broad. Flowers on short pedicels, about the size of those 

 of S. sclarea. Corollas white : lower lip yellowish in the 

 middle. 



Smeet-scented Clary. Fl. July. Clt. 1804. Shrub 2 to 3 

 feet. 



40 S. CANDIDI'SSIMA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 278.) stem erect, 

 clothed with white tomentum ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, 

 sinuately toothed, cordate at the base, thick, wrinkled, densely 

 clothed with white tomentum on both surfaces ; floral leaves 

 broad, acuminated, concave, permanent, rather shorter than the 

 calyxes ; racemes branched ; whorls 6-10-flowered : upper 

 whorls abortive ; calyx campanulate, villous ; tube of corolla 

 equal in length to the calyx. I/. S. Native of Armenia, and 

 the Island of Cyprus. S. crassifolia, Sibth. et Smith, fl. grace. 



1. p. 19. t. 26. Corollas white, with a yellow lip, size of those 

 of S. sclarea. Leaves smaller than those of S. argentea. Root 

 creeping. ? 



Very-white Clary. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 to 2 

 feet. ? 



41 S. SCLA'REA (Lin. spec. p. 38.) stem erect, villous ; leaves 

 petiolate, ample, ovate, erosely crenated, cordate at the base, 

 wrinkled, hoary : upper ones stem-clasping : floral leaves very 

 broad, acuminated, concave, membranous, coloured, exceeding 

 the flowers, permanent ; racemes panicled ; whorls distant, 

 about 10-flowered; calyx campanulate, striated, pubescently 

 hispid : teeth somewhat spinosely acuminated ; corolla twice as 

 long as the calyx : tube inclosed. $ . H. Native of the south 

 of Europe, in the region of the Mediterranean ; as of the south 

 of France, north of Italy, Naples, Sicily, Dalmatia, Grecian 

 Islands, Tauria, Caucasus, &c. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. 1. p. 

 18. t. 25. St. Hil. pi. fr. t. 2. 47. Mirb. ann. mus. 15. t. 15. 

 f. 2. S. Simsiana, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. mant. 1. p. 210. 

 Lindl. bot. reg. 1003. S. bracteata, Sims, bot. mag. t. 2320. 

 Sclarea vulgaris, Mill. diet. no. 1. Ludw. ect. t. 171. Plenck/ 

 icon. 21. Blackw. t. 122. Lob. icon. 556. Mor. hist. 3. 

 sect. 11. t. 16. f. 1. Stem clammy. Leaves 8-9 inches long, 

 and 4-5 broad : floral leaves membranous, white at the base, 

 and red at top, comose. Corolla white, tinged with purple. In 

 the cultivated specimens the leaves are more glabrous than in 

 the wild specimens. 



This plant is called Orvale by the French; Scharlach- kraut 

 by the Germans; Schlarea by the Italians; and Clary by the 

 English. The leaves are sometimes used in soups, though 

 many dislike its scent. Its flowers are used for a fermented 

 wine ; and the whole plant is, like sage, esteemed medicinal. 

 Clary is reared from seed, and sometimes from cuttings and 

 slips. A small bed will supply most families ; and if raised 

 from seed, a quarter of an ounce will suffice for a seed-bed to 

 be transplanted from 2 feet by 2. Sow in the last fortnight of 

 March or the course of April, in any bed or border thinly, and 

 rake in the seed. In summer, when the plants are advanced 2 

 or 3 inches, transplant a portion of the strongest from 12 to 18 

 inches apart, to allow competent room for the leaves to spread, 

 when they will be fit for use the same year, and in continuation 

 through winter until the following spring and summer. In the 

 spring allot some old plants to run up into stalks, these will 

 yield ripe seed in autumn. 



Common Clary. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1562. PI. 3 to 4 

 feet. 



42 S. SPINOSA (Lin. mant. p. 511.) stem beset with glandular 

 villi ; leaves petiolate, ample, ovate, deeply crenated, rounded 

 at the base, wrinkled, pubescent : superior ones sessile, cor- 

 dately stem-clasping : floral ones very broad, acuminated, con- 

 cave, permanent, exceeding the calyxes ; racemes panicled ; 

 whorls distant, 6-10-flovvered ; calyx tubular, cylindrical, stri- 

 ated : teeth all erect and spiny ; corolla hardly one half longer 

 than the calyx : tube inclosed. $ . H. Native of Egypt, 

 Persia; and of Syria, near Aleppo. Jacq. icon. rar. 1. p. 2. t. 7. 

 S. .(Egyptiaca, Lin. mant. p. 26. S. Abyssmica, Lin. fil. suppl. 

 p. 88. ex Steud. Marum jEgyptiacum, Vesling, fl. segypt. p. 

 75. t. 76. Horminum suaveolens, Mcench. meth. Mor. hist. 

 3. sect. 11. t. 16. f. 2. Plant hispid from spreading glandular 

 hairs in all parts, rarely glabrous. Lower leaves 4-5 inches 

 long. Floral leaves green or white at the base, ciliated. Calyx 

 glabrous, or ciliated with long glandular hairs. Corollas white, 

 glabrous outside. 



S P iny-ca\yxed Clary. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1789. PI. 1 to 

 2 feet. 



43 S. PAL^ESTI'NA (Benth. lab. p. 718.) stem clothed with 

 glandular hairs ; leaves petiolate, oblong, somewhat pinnate or 



