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towards the top barren. It i? a native of the 

 island of Candia, and biennial, flowering in June. 

 . The sixth has a perennial broivn roo'. the 

 thickness of the iiiiddlt linger, striking deep in- 

 to the earth, and furnish'd with nunicrfus fi- 

 bres: the stems nearly upright, tno feet high, set 

 with horizontal somewhat viscid hairs, purplish, 

 especially at the joints: the root-leaves on long 

 petioles, varying in form, oblong, rounded at 

 the end, sometimes a liitle pointed, not unfrc- 

 qucnlly heart-shaped at the base, but more coiu- 

 Dionly the leaf runs down on each side the foot- 

 stalk, and to a greater length on one side than 

 on the other, ver\' slightlv hirsute, on the mar- 

 gin irreoiilarly waved and serrate or toothed, 

 paler beneath, veiny and marked with small 

 glandular concave dots: stem-leaves somewhat 

 remote, the lowermost on short footstalks, the 

 uppermost sessile : the flowers in whorls, almost 

 naked, containing about six flowers. It is a 

 native of all the fom- continents, flowering 

 during the whole summer from June, and even 

 in October. 



The seventh has the lower leaves heart-shaped, 

 acutely crenate, of a thick consistence, seven or 

 eight inches long, and four broad at the base, 

 where ihey are eared ; the stem four feet high, 

 having two or three pairs of smaller leaves on 

 the lower part at the joints : the upper part, for 

 the length of two feet, has whorls of flowers, at 

 two or three inches distance from each other, 

 without any leaves under them : the calyx is 

 hairy and blunt : the helmet of the corolla 

 arched, erect and blue, terminating in a blue 

 point; the two side segments of the under lip 

 are of a violet colour ; the middle segment, 

 which is indented at the point, is white, and cu- 

 riously spotted with violet on the inside ; the 

 two side lobes turn yellow before the flower 

 drops. It is a native of India, flowering from 

 Mav to July. 



The eighth has the stems erect, about a foot 

 and half high: the leaves shaped like those of 

 the common Red Sage, gradually diminishing 

 in size to the top: the stems have whorls of 

 small flowers, and are terminated by clusters of 

 small leaves, and forming two varieties; one 

 with purple and another with red tops. For 

 the sake of this coma they are preserved in 

 gardens for ornament. They flower in June and 

 July, and their seeds rijien in the autunni. It is 

 a native of the South of Europe. 



The ninth has an abiding root, composed of 

 stiong w oody fibres : the leaves four inches 

 long, and three broad at the base, of a pale yel- 

 lowish green colour, upon footstalks three or four 

 inches long: the stemsstrong, nearfourfeel high, 

 bavins: smaller leaves below, and tltc upjicr part 



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closely set with whorls of large yellow flowers^ 

 The whole plant is very clammy, and has a 

 strong scent, somewhat like common Garden 

 Clary. I^he riowers are used in U'Mland (o eive 

 a flavour to the Rhenisii wines. It is a native of 

 Germany, 8ic. flo\ ermg from June to November. 



The tenth has the stem shruiiby, eight or ten 

 feet high, sending out slender four-cornered 

 branches of a purplish colour: the leaves thin, 

 pale green, and hairy on their under side, on 

 long slender footstalks : the flowers in close 

 thick spikes at the end of the branches, havinf 

 a fine Ijlue colour. It is a native of Mexico, 

 flowering from May to July. 



The eleventh has the stem shrubby, five or 

 six feet high, dividing into many branches co- 

 vered with a flocky down : the leaves three 

 inches and a half long, and an inch and half 

 broad at the base, where arc two acute auiiular 

 ears : petioles hmc and woollv : the top of the 

 stalk branches out into many footstalks, forminc 

 a sort of panicle : the flowers are of a light blue 

 colour, and are ranged in whorled spikes, having 

 two small leaves under each whorl. It is a na- 

 tive of the Canary Islands, flowering from June 

 to September. 



The twelfth rises with a shrubby stalk four or 

 five feet high, dividing into branches : the leaves 

 are ovate, of a gray colour : the flowers come 

 out in whorls tou ards the end of the branches ; 

 they are of a fine blue colour, larger than those 

 of the connnon Sage, appear in succession most 

 of the summer months, and those which come 

 early are often followed by seeds ripening in au- 

 tumn. It is a native of the Cape. 



The thirteenth also rises with a shrubby stalk 

 seven or eight feet high, covered with a light- 

 coloured bark, sending out branches the whole 

 length which grow almost horizontally: the 

 leaves are of a gray colour : the flowers, in thick 

 short spikes at the end of the branches, arc very 

 large, and of a dark gold colour. It is a na- 

 tive of the Cape, flowering from May to No- 

 vember. 



The fourteenth has the stem shrubby, four or 

 five feet high, dividing into several branches : 

 the flowers of a pale blue colour : the branches 

 have often punctures made in them by insects, 

 producing protuberances as big as apples, in the 

 same maimer as galls upon the Oak, and the 

 rough balls upon the Briar. It is remarked by 

 Martyn, that the common Sage has the same 

 excrescences in the island of Candia orCrete, and 

 that they carry them to market there under the 

 name of Sage Apples. It was found at Candia. 



The fifteenth has the stem suflVuticosc, tlie 

 height of a man, upright, brachiate, somewhat 

 knottv, loosely chapped, ash- coloured ; the 



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