Calamintha.] LABIATE. 321 



3. C, A'cinos, Clairv. ; annual or biennial, branched, leaves petioled 

 ovate acuminate. Thy'mus A'cinos, L. Basil Thyme. 

 Banks and fields, on dry soil, from Elgin and Inverness southd. ; rare, in- 

 digenous? in Scotland ; N.E. Ireland, very rare ; Channel Islands ; fl. July- 

 Aug. — More or less pubescent. Stem 3-6 in., ascending, slender, leafy. 

 Leaves f-f in., narrowed into the petiole, variable in breadth, entire or 

 slightly serrate. Bracts leafy ; bracteoles shorter than the pedicels. Calyx 

 bent on the pedicel ; tube much enlarged below in fruit ; throat closed with 

 hairs ; 3 upper teeth recurved. Corolla h in., blue-purple, spotted white and 

 darker purple.— Distrib. Europe, N". Africa. 



5*. MELIS'SA, Tournef. Balm. 



Herbs, sometimes shrubby. Whorls few-fid., axillary, secund ; bracts 

 few, subfoliaceous ; flowers white or yellowish. Calyx coriaceous, curved, 

 subcampanulate, ribs 13, 5 very strong, 2-lipped ; upper lip flattish, 

 3-toothed, lower 2-fid. Corolla-tube ascending, more or less recurved ; 

 throat dilated, naked ; upper lip concave, notched ; lower 3-fid, lobes 

 flat. Stamens 4, converging under the upper lip ; anther-cells at length 

 spreading. Style-lobes subequal, subulate. Nutlets smooth. — Distrib. 

 Europe, W. Asia, Himalaya ; species 4. — Etym. fj.e\ia-<ra, from bees 

 affecting the plant. — Genus hardly differing from Calamintha. 



M. officinalis, L. ; leaves ovate crenate-toothed, flowers white. 

 Naturalized in the S. of England ; fl. July-Aug.— More or less hairy. Boot- 

 stock short. Stems 1-2 ft., many, erect. Leaves 1-3 in., petioled, wrinkled 

 above. Whorls shortly stalked ; bracteoles small, oblong. Calyx-teeth, 

 upper deltoid recurved with setaceous points ; lower longer, slender, straight. 

 Corolla | in., white or spotted with rose. — Distrib. Mid. and S. Europe, 

 "W. Asia ; a garden escape in N. America. 



6. SALVIA, L. Sage. 



Herbs or shrubs. Whorls usually racemed or spiked ; bracts leafy 

 or small. Calyx tububr or campanulate, 2-lipped, upper lip entire or 

 3-toothed, lower 2-fid ; throat naked. Corolla-tube naked or with a ring 

 of hairs or smooth processes inside ; upper lip erect, entire or notched ; 

 lower 3-lobed, mid-lobe entire or notched, lateral spreading. Stamens 2, 

 filaments short jointed on the long slender arched connective which bears 

 at one end a perfect anther-cell, at the other a rudimentary one. Disk 

 forming a large gland anteriorly. Style ascending, 2-fid, lobes subulate 

 or dilated. Nutlets 3-quetrous, usually shining. — Distrib. All temp, 

 and trop. regions ; species about 450. — Etym. salvo, from the healing 

 properties of Sage. 



1. S. Verbena'ca, L. ; stem leafy, corolla \ in. glabrous inside. 

 Clary. 

 Dry pastures and waste places, E. Scotland from Ross southd. ; all England ; 



Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. June-Sept. — Subglabrous below, glandular- 



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