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LABIATAE. 



ROSMAKINUS. Rosemary. 

 (Family Labiatae). 



Small savory half-shrubs: de- 

 ciduous. Twigs moderate, ob- 

 scurely 4-sided: pith minute. 

 Buds small, solitary, round and 

 sessile or quickly becoming ob- 

 long and somewhat stalked or de- 

 veloping into leafy shoots. Leaf- 

 scars opposite, deeply U-shaped, 

 somewhat raised: bundle-traces 3, 

 often not discernible: stipule- 

 scars lacking. 



Rosemary is one of a number 

 of labiates that may or may not 

 be considered as woody, according 

 to one's predilection. Like sage, 

 hyssop and thyme it is of more 

 interest as a component of the 

 kitchen garden than as a deco- 

 rative plant. The fact that most 

 such plants are herbaceous lias 

 given the word herbs an old-fash- 

 ioned popular usage as their collective name. 

 Stellate tomentulose: inner bark lace-like. R. officinalis. 



Winter-character references to other suffruticose Labia- 

 tae: Hyssopus officinalis. Schneider, f. 224. Phlomis fruti- 

 cosa. Schneider, f. 224. Salvia officinalis. Schneider, f. 224. 

 Thymus vulgaris. Schneider, f. 224. 



