LAVENDER 



577 



LAVANDULA. Lavender Flowers. The carefully dried flowers of 

 Lavandula vera D.C. (L. officinalis chaix), Fam. Labiatae, a small 

 shrub, native of southern Europe and cultivated in Europe as far 

 north as Norway and also in the United States. The leaves and 

 flowers of lavender were used by the ancients to perfume their 



FIG. 241. A, Coriaria. I, entire leaves; e, surface view of the lower epidermis 

 showing two of the stomata with two neighboring cells which are situated 

 parallel to the pore of the stoma; t, several of the trachea. The epidermal 

 cells showing a striated cuticle similar to the neighboring cells. B, Marjoram 

 leaves, I, entire leaves; e, surface view of the lower epidermis showing three 

 stomata, the neighboring cells (n) being at right angles to the pores of the 

 stomata; h, uniseriate non-glandular hairs; g, typical 8-celled glandular hairs. 



baths. The flowers are still extensively used for the perfuming of 

 linen. The commercial supplies of lavender flowers come from 

 southern Europe and are exported to the Barbary states, Turkey and 

 America. The lavender plant is also essentially cultivated for its 

 volatile oil. 



