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pinnatifid, wrinkled, villous : lobes erosely toothed, very blunt ; 

 floral leaves bractea-formed, very broad, acuminated, concave, 

 permanent, shorter than the calyxes ; racemes panicled ; whorls 

 distant, about 6-flowered ; calyx tubular, striated: teeth all 

 erect and spiny ; corolla about twice as long as the calyx. $ . 

 H. Native of Palestine, in corn-fields, Bove. S. Sinaica, De- 

 lile, mss. Habit, inflorescence, and flowers, like that of S. spi- 

 nbsa ; but differs from that species in the form of the leaves. 

 Palestine Clary. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



44 S. TINGITA'NA (Ettling, salv. p. 30.) stem herbaceous, 

 beset with glandular hairs ; leaves petiolate, ample, ovate, deeply 

 crenated, somewhat cordate at the base, much wrinkled, villous : 

 superior ones stem-clasping ; floral leaves very broad, acumi- 

 nated, concave, permanent, rather shorter than the calyxes ; ra- 

 cemes panicled; whorls distant, G-10-flowered ; calyx cam pa - 

 nulate, plicately i-triated, hispidly ciliated : teeth all somewhat 

 spiny : the middle tooth of the lower lip obsolete ; corolla twice 

 as long as the calyx. $ . H. Native of the north of Africa, 

 about Tunis ; and of Spain, near Cadiz. S. coarctata, Vahl, 

 enum. 1. p. 277. S. fbe'tida, Lam. ill. I. p. 69. Horminum 

 Tingitanum, Riv. mon. irr. 1. t. 62. Allied to S. spinosa; but 

 differs in the broader leaves, cordate at the base, and more 

 wrinkled, &c. The whole plant is beset with long spreading, 

 and short glandular hairs. Corolla dirty white : lower Up yel- 

 lowish, crenulated : upper lip tinged with blue. 



Tangier Clary. FL July. Clt. 1796. PL 1 to 3 feet. 



45 S. pRi'tox (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 274.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 rather repand, smooth, rather pilose ; bracteas cordate, veiny, 

 acuminated, length of calyx. 1 . ? H. Native of the north of 

 Africa. Nearly allied to S. Tingitana. Stem erect, pilose. 

 Lower leaves 3 inches long, petiolate : superior ones sessile, 

 ovate, acute. Teeth of calyx cuspidate, but not spiny. Corolla 

 size of that of S. Sclarea : upper lip villous : lower lip con- 

 cave. 



Early Clary. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



46 S. jEruiopis (Lin. spec. p. 39.) stem erect, clothed with 

 white wool ; lower leaves petiolate, narrowed at the base : cau- 

 line leaves cordate, stem-clasping, all deeply toothed, and much 

 wrinkled, densely clothed with white wool on both surfaces : 

 floral leaves very broad, acuminated, permanent, concave, equal- 

 ling the calyxes, woolly ; racemes panicled; whorls 6-10-flow- 

 ered, distinct ; calyx campanulate, woolly : teeth all subulately 

 spinose, spreading ; corolla twice as long as the calyx, with an 

 inclosed tube. $ . H. Native of Europe, Africa, and Asia, 

 in the region of the Mediterranean, in arid fields and dry sterile 

 places ; south of France, Piedmont, Naples, Sicily, Austria, 

 Hungary, Podolia, Greece and Syria, Tauria and Caucasus. 

 Herb panicled at top. Corollas white : upper lip pubescent, 

 often reddish. This plant in a wild state is from g to 1 foot in 

 height, but in the cultivated state it grows from 3-5 feet in 

 height. Jacq. fl. austr. 3. p. 7. t. 211. Sclarea lanata, Moench. 

 meth. p. 374-. Sclarea J-hhiopis, Mill. diet. no. 2. .Ethiopis, 

 Besl. eyst. x.'. ord. 8. fol. 3. f. 1. 



far. ,3, laciniata; leaves jagged. Barrel, icon. p. 24. t. 188. 



far. y, papillbsa ; leaves woolly beneath, and papillosely 

 wrinkled above. Sabb. hort. rom. p. 5. t. 3. 



Ethiopian Clary. FL May, June. Clt. 1570. PL 1 to 4 

 feet. 



47 S. COMPRE'SSA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 275.) stem erect, vil- 

 lous ; lower leaves petiolate, rounded at the base : superior ones 

 cordately stem-clasping, all ovate, and erosely toothed, wrinkled, 

 rather woolly on both surfaces ; floral leaves very broad, obtuse, 

 permanent, concave, coloured, ciliated, equalling the calyxes ; 

 racemes panicled; whorls 6-10-flowered : the upper whorls 

 abortive; calyx campanulate, membranous coloured, pubescent: 

 teeth of lower lip of calyx obtuse ; corolla one half longer than 



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the calyx. . ? H. Native of the Levant. Vent. eels. t. 59. 

 Very nearly allied to the preceding ; but differs principally in 

 the floral leaves and blunt mutic calycine teeth, and in the upper 

 whorls being abortive. Bracteas and floral leaves purplish at 

 top. Corollas white. 



Compressed Clary. FL May, June. Clt. 1822. PL 2 feet. ? 



48 S. ARGE'NTEA (Lin. spec. 38.) stem erect, villous ; radical 

 leaves petiolate, and the lower cauline leaves sessile, ample, 

 ovate, cuneated at the base, sinuately lobed, erose, woolly, wrin- 

 kled : floral leaves very broad, acuminated, concave, permanent, 

 pilose, equalling the calyxes; racemes panicled; whorls 6-10- 

 flowered, remote : the upper ones abortive ; calyx campanulate, 

 striated, villous ; calycine teeth all rather spiny ; corolla about 

 3 times as long as the calyx, with an inclosed tube. $ . H. 

 Native of Europe and Africa, in the region of the Mediterra- 

 nean, in corn-fields ; as of Barbary, Portugal, Algarves, Sicily, 

 Naples, Greece, &c. Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 1. p. 4. t. 6. Sibth. 

 et Smith, fl. graec. 1. p. 20. t. 27. S. pyramidalis, Petagna, 

 inst. bot. 2. p. 54. S. candidissima, Guss. prod. fl. sic. 1. p. 

 16. and of other Sicilian authors. Hoffm. et Link. fl. port. 1. 

 p. 151. t. 20. but not of Vahl. S. Atlantica, Pers. euch. 1. p. 

 29. S. patula, Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 25. S. jEthiopis, Brot. fl. 

 lus. 1. p. 18. but not of Lin. Sclarea argentea, Mill. diet. no. 

 15. Mirb. ann. mus. 15. t. 15. f. 4. Allied to S. spinosa and 

 S. Tingitana. Radical and lower cauline leaves 6-8 inches 

 long, and 4-6 broad, clothed with loose white wool on both sur- 

 faces. Panicle ample. Corollas showy, bluish-white : lower 

 lip yellowish. 



Silvery Clary. FL May, July. Clt. 1 759. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



49 S. VERBASCIFOLIA (Bieb. fl. cauc. 3. p. 24.) stem erect, 

 clothed with clammy villi ; lower leaves petiolate, ample, ovate, 

 cordate at the base, sinuately lobed, erose, thick, much wrin- 

 kled, hardly woolly above, but clothed with white tomentose 

 wool beneath ; floral leaves very broad, acuminated, concave, 

 permanent, villous, about equalling the calyxes ; racemes sub- 

 panicled ; whorls 2-6-flowered, approximate, distinct : the upper 

 ones abortive ; calyx campanulate, striated, clothed with clammy 

 villi ; calycine teeth all acute, but scarcely spiny ; corolla twice 

 as long as the calyx. T. H. Native of Caucasus and Iberia, 

 on sterile parts of mountains ; Persia, in the province of Azar- 

 baudgan. S. candidissimum, Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 21. but not of 

 Vahl. Very nearly allied to S. argentea, but differs in the 

 more humble stature, in the leaves being cordate at the base, 

 not narrowed, &c. Corollas white. 



MulUen-leaced Clary. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1823. PL 1 to 2 

 feet.? 



50 S. BROUSSONE'TH (Benth. lab. p. 227.) stem erect, clothed 

 with rather clammy villi ; leaves petiolate, ample, ovate, obtuse, 

 sinuately crenated, cordate at the base, thick, much wrinkled, 

 green, and nearly glabrous above, clothed with white tomentum 

 beneath, and the veins with clammy pubescence ; floral leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, concave, green, hispid, perma- 

 nent, rather longer than the calyxes ; racemes panicled ; whorls 

 usually 6-flowered, distinct ; calyx campanulate, hispid : teeth 

 of upper lip ovate, acute ; corolla scarcely twice the length of 

 the calyx. Jl . ? H. Native of TenerirFe, or the north of 

 Africa, Broussonet. This is a very distinct species from S. ter- 

 bascifblia ; the leaves are larger, and destitute of wool on the 

 upper surface ; the panicle is more dense and more branched, 

 and very villous ; the floral leaves narrower, and the flowers 

 smaller. 



Broussonet's Clary. PL ? 



51 S. MOORCROFTIA'NA (Wall, ex Benth. in Wall. pi. rar. 

 asiat. 1. p. 67. Benth. lab. p. 228.) stem erect, woolly at the 

 base, but clothed with clammy villi at top ; lower leaves on long 

 petioles, ample, ovate, eroselv crenated, narrowed at the 



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