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THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



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are seldom any seeds produced in England. It grows na- 

 turally in the Archipelago, and also in Spain. This and the 

 next species may each be propagated by slips in the spring. 

 They require a dry soil and warm situation, with the same 

 precautions against frost as the rest. 



5. Phlomis Lychnitis ; Sage-leaved Phlomis. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate, tomentose; floral leaves ovate ; involucres biistle- 

 shaped, woolly. This has the habit of the first species, but 

 the leaves are narrower ; the corolla is scarcely bigger than 

 the calix'; involucres linear, crinite, with long hairs; root 

 perennial. It flowers from June to August. Native of the 

 south of prance, Italy, and Spain. For its propagation and 

 culture, see the preceding species. 



" 6. Phlomis Laciniata ; Jagged-leaved Phlomts. Leaves al- 

 ternately pinnate ; leaflets jagged ; calices woolly. Root per- 

 ennial ; stalk a foot and a half high, decays in the autumn, 

 but the lower leaves continue all the year; flowers in whorls; 

 calix downy; corolla of a dusky purple colour. Native of 

 the Levant. It flowers in June, but does not ripen seeds 

 here ; and is propagated by offsets from the root, which it 

 sends out very sparingly. Very sharp winters sometimes 

 kill it, and the next species, in open borders. 



7. Phlomis Samia. Leaves ovate, tomentose underneath; 

 involucres awl-shaped, strict, three-parted. Stem upright, 

 hirsute, four-cornered, herbaceous ; root perennial. Native 

 of the Isle of Samos, and found also in Barbary. See the 

 preceding species. 



8. Phlomis Herba Venti ; Rough-leaved Phlomis. Invo- 

 lucres bristle-shaped, hispid ; leaves ovate-oblong, rugged. 

 Stem herbaceous ; root perennial ; when large, it sends up a 

 great number of square stalks, covered with a hairy down, 

 and having sessile leaves on them ; corolla bright purple. It 

 flowers from July to September. Native of the south of 

 France, Italy, Persia, and Tartary. It may be increased by 

 parting the roots in autumn, when the stalks begin to decay, 

 that the plants may get root before the frost comes on ; but it 

 should not be parted oftener than every third or fourth year, 

 if it be expected to have many flowers. It is hardy, and may 

 be planted in exposed places, but never in moist ground. 



9. Phlomis Tuberosa ; Tuberous Phlomis. Involucres his- 

 pid, awl-shaped ; leaves cordate, rugged. Stem herbaceous ; 

 root tuberous ; stalks purple, four-cornered, five or six feet 

 high ; flowers of a pale purple colour, and hairy ; they appear 

 in June and July, and the seeds ripen in September; soon 

 after which the stalks decay, but the roots will abide many 

 years. Native of Siberia. Sow the seeds upon an eastern 

 border in the spring, and keep the plant clean from weeds, 

 and in the autumn transplant them where they are to remain : 

 in the following summer it will produce flowers and seeds. 

 It is very hardy, and will thrive in almost any soil or situation. 



10. Phlomis Zeylanica ; White Phlomis. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, subserrate ; heads terminating; calices eight-toothed. 

 Stem of the same height as in the nineteenth species, up- 

 right, herbaceous, four-cornered, blunt; corolla white, upper 

 lip hirsute, very short, vaulted close, entire. It is biennial, 

 flowering from June to October. Native of the East Indies. 

 This and the eight following species being natives of hot 

 countries, must be kept in the bark-stove. Several of them 

 are annuals, and can only be propagated by seeds procured 

 from the country where they grow. 



11. Phlomis Caribsea; West Indian Phlomis. Leaves ovate, 

 lanceolate, villose; whorls roundish, very close ; involucres 

 bristle-shaped, hirsute. Stem herbaceous ; root branching. 

 It is an annual plant, two feet high, upright, and without 

 any scent. It flowers from July to September. Native of 

 the West Indies. See the preceding species. 



12. Phlomis Urticifolia ; Nettle-leaved Phlomis. Leaves 

 ovate, serrate, canescent; involucres awl-shaped; calices 

 obliquely truncate, membranaceous, nine-toothed. Stem 

 herbaceous, upright, branched, villose when magnified, ca- 

 nesoent ; whorls many-flowered ; flowers small.- Found in 

 the East Indies, and Arabia. See the tenth species. 



13. Phlomis Indica; East Indian Phlomis. Involucres 

 linear ; calices one-lipped, oblique ; leaves ovate, hairy ; 

 whorls toward the top, two or three, thick, surrounded with 

 erect, linear, keeled, villose involucres. Native of the East 

 Indies. See the tenth species. 



14. Phlomis Moluccoides. Leaves ovate; involucres 

 bristle-shaped ; the lower lip of the calix rounded, large, 

 membranaceous. This is a shrub with villose branches; 

 whorls remote, fourteen-flowered. Native of Arabia. See 

 the tenth species. 



15. Phlomis Glabrata. Leaves ovate, serrate : lower lip 

 of the calix produced, three-toothed; branches reversely 

 hairy. Stem herbaceous, uprigh't, acutely angular ; corolla 

 under the upper segment of the calix, and twice as long; 

 filamenta the same length as the corolla. Native of Arabia. 

 See the tenth species. 



16. Phlomis Alba. Leaves ovate, serrate, villose; calices 

 five-toothed, oblique. Stem herbaceous, smooth, bluntly an- 

 gular ; branches hairy at top ; corolla twice as long as the 

 calix. Native of Arabia. See the tenth species. 



17. Phlomis Biflora. Leaves ovate, serrate ; calices soli- 

 tary, opposite, ten-toothed. Stem herbaceous, branched, 

 slender, weak, slightly villose; peduncles very short, soli- 

 tary, opposite, one-flowered. Native of the East Indies. 

 See the tenth species. 



18. Phlomis Nepetifolia; Catmint-leaved Phlomis. Leaves 

 cordate, acute, serrate, subtomentose ; calices six or eight 

 toothed, upper and lower tooth larger. Stem herbaceous ; 

 whorls few, towards the top, globular, many-flowered, an- 

 nual. It flowers here in September and October. Native 

 of the East Indies. See the tenth species. 



19. Phlomis Leonurus; Narrow-leaved Phlomis, or Lion's 

 Tail. Leaves lanceolate, serrate ; calices ten-cornered, ten- 

 toothed, pointless. Stem shrubby. This is a very handsome 

 plant when in flower ; the corolla is of a tawny or golden 

 colour, and shining like silk. It rises with a shrubby stalk 

 seven or eight feet high, sending out several branches, which 

 are four-cornered ; the branches have each two or three ses- 

 sile whorls of flowers towards the end. There is a variety 

 of it with variegated leaves. It flowers from October to De- 

 cember. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. This, and the 

 following speies, are increased by cuttings planted in July: 

 after the plants have been so long exposed to the open air as 

 to harden the shoots, they will take root very freely. Plant 

 them in a loamy border with an eastern aspect ; and if they 

 are covered closely with a bell or hand glass to exclude the 

 air, and are shaded from the sun, it will forward their putting 

 out roots ; but when they begin to shoot, raise the glasses to 

 prevent their drawing up weak, and by degrees expose them 

 to the open air. As soon as they have taken good root, take 

 them up, and plant each in a separate pot filled with soft 

 loamy earth, and placed in the shade till the plants have 

 taken new root ; then remove them to a sheltered situation, 

 where they may remain till October, when they must be re- 

 moved into the green-house, and afterwards treated as the 

 Myrtle, and other green-house plants, taking care to water 

 this species plentifully. 



20. Phlomis Leonitis ; Dwarf Shrubby Phlomis. Leaves 

 ovate, blunt, subtomentose, crenate ; calices seven-toothed, 

 awned ; stem shrubby; branches four-cornered, in pairs; co- 



