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stand its natural character; which consists in its 

 having a calyx formed of only one leaf, like a tube, 

 with five divisions, and being permanent, or 

 remaining upon the stalk until the seeds are ripe. 

 The blossom, too, is of one petal, the lower part 

 like a tube ; and the border is divided into two 

 parts like lips ; from which last circumstance the 

 flowers belonging to the class are called La'biate, 

 or Lipped, and some of them, from their resem- 

 blance to an open mouth, are said to gape or grin. 

 In most instances the upper lip is like a hood or 

 helmet, and the lower one spreads out, and is 

 divided into three segments. 



The plants in the order Gymnospermia, (with 

 naked seeds,) are almost universally odoriferous, 

 and none of them are poisonous. Lavender, La- 

 van'dula Spica ; several species of Mint, Men'tha; 

 the common Marjoram, Orig / anumvulga / re; Balm, 

 Melis'sa; white Horehound, Marru'bium vulga're; 

 and Vervain, Verbe'na omcina'lis,are among them: 

 and these are all natives of England, except the 

 lavender, which came originally from the south of 

 Europe. 



In the second order, Angiosper'mia, where the 

 seeds are enclosed, some of the species are poison- 

 ous ; and the common Fox-glove, Digitalis pur- 

 pu'rea, which grows plentifully in England, though 

 very useful in medicine, is one of these : indeed 

 every medicine would be poisonous, if taken in suf- 



