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of 3 ft., and form a compact hemispherical bush, 

 flowering abundantly every year The flowers are 

 generally purple, but there 

 is a variety with white 

 flowers; and L. latifolia 

 Ehrh., which is not uncom- 

 mon in gardens, and which 

 has lilac flowers, though 

 treated by some as a spe- 

 cies, is probably nothing 

 more than another variety. 

 L Sdlvia officindlis L. 

 (N. Du Ham., 6. t. 25. ; and 

 our fig. 1312.) is a well- 

 known suffruticose plant, 

 which, though seldom seen 

 above 2 ft. in height, yet, 

 in deep sandy soil, will 

 grow to the height of 5 or 



6 feet, and produce a stem as thick as a man's leg. 

 South of Europe, and has been known in British gardens from time imme- 

 morial, and when grown in masses, and abounding in racemes of flowers, it is 

 very ornamental. 



Lavandula Splca. 



iaofl;. 



It is a native of the 



ORDER LVI. FERBENA V CE^. 



QRD. CHAR. Calyx tubular, persistent. Corolla tubular, deciduous, irregular. 

 Stamens 2 or 4 ; when 4, didynamous, rarely equal. Ovarium 2 4-celled. 

 Style 1. Stigma bifid or undivided. Fruit drupaceous or baccate. Al- 

 bumen wanting or very sparing. (G. Don.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, stipulate, deciduous ; digitate. Flowers terminal. 

 Shrubs, deciduous ; natives of the South of Europe. Propagated by 

 seeds, cuttings, or layers, in common soil. 



GENUS L 



FTTEX L. THE CHASTE TREE. Lin. Syst. Didynamia Angiospermia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 790. ; N. Du Ham., 6. p. 115* 



Synonymcs. Gatilier, Fr. ; Kerrechbaum, Ger. ; Vitice, Ital. 



Derivation. From vieo, to bind, as with an osier ; in reference to the flexibility of the shoots. 



Gen. Char., Sfc. Calyx short, 5-toothed. Corolla bilabiate ; upper lip bifid, 

 lower one trifid ; middle segment of the lower lip the largest. Stamens 4, 

 didynamous, ascending. Stigma bifid. Drupe containing a 4-celled nut. 

 Cells 1-seeded. 



Leaves as in the Order. Flowers in terminal racemes, panicled, bluish 

 white. Shrubs, deciduous, natives of the South of Europe. 



& 1. V. .^GNUS CA'STUS L. The officinal, or true, Chaste Tree. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 890. ; Lam. Diet., 2. p. 611. 



Syiwnymes. Jle6gnum Theophr&sti Lob. Icon. 2. 138. ; ^'gnus castus Blackw. ; Piper agrestis 

 ' Gerard ; Arbre au Poivre, Poivre sauvage, Fr. ; Pepe di Monaci, Ital. 

 Engravings. Blackw. Herb., t. 129. ; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 35. ; and our fig. 1313. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves opposite, digitate, 7 5-lobed : leaflets lanceolate, 

 mostly quite entire, hoary beneath. Racemes terminal, panicled. Flowers 

 verticillate. (Wttld.} A low deciduous shrub. Sicily, Naples, the North of 



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