56 DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [cL. II. 



the tube dilated upwards, compressed ; upper lip concave ; lower 

 lip broad, three-lobed, the middle lobe largest, notched. Stamens 

 with two spreading branches, one of which bears a one-celled 

 anther. Germen four-cleft. Style thread-shaped, curved ; 

 stigma cleft. Seeds four, roundish, in the bottom of the calyx. 

 Name from salvo, to heal. 12. 



1. S. praten'sis. Meadow Sage, or Clary. Leaves oblong, heart- 

 shaped at the base, crenate, the upper ones embracing the stem ; 



whorls nearly leafless ; upper segment of the corolla clammy. A 



beautiful plant, about three feet high, with large purple flowers : 

 leaves wrinkled : whorls of six flowers, scarcely longer than the 

 floral leaves. Perennial : flowers in July : grows in dry pastures 

 and by hedges : rare ; and probably introduced. Near Cobham, in 

 Kent; common in Surrey and Sussex ; Wick-cliffs, Gloucestershire; 

 between Middleton, Stoney and Audley, Oxfordshire. Eng t Bot. 

 vol. iii. pi. 153. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 34. 43. 



2. S. Verbendca. Wild Sage, or Clary. Leaves egg-shaped, serrate, 



sinuate ; corolla narrower than the calyx. From one to two feet 



high : stem decumbent at the base : lower leaves egg-shaped, 

 stalked : upper narrower, more acute, sessile : flowers small, purple ; 

 upper lip concave, compressed ; lower three-lobed : floral leaves as 

 long as the calyx. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows in 

 dry pastures and on banks, in gravelly soil : not uncommon in Eng- 

 land and Ireland; coast of Fife, &c.; King's Park, Edinburgh. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 153. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 34. 44. 



8. CIRCLE'A. ENCHANTER'S NIGHT-SHADE. 



Calyx of one leaf, superior ; tubular at the base ; the limb with 

 two egg-shaped deflected segments. Petals two, inversely heart- 

 shaped, equal. Filaments hair-like, as long as the calyx ; anthers 

 roundish. Germen roundish. Style thread-like ; stigma dilated, 

 notched. Capsule inversely egg-shaped, covered with hairs, 

 two-celled, each cell one-seeded. Seeds oblong. Named from 

 the enchantress Circe. 13. 



**'*' 1. C. alpina. Mountain Enchanter's Night-shade. Stem ascending, 



*/ * / smoothish, leaves heart-shaped, toothed, shining Root spread- 



.. '^ing : whole plant nearly smooth : stem prostrate at the base, red : 

 v leaves pale-green, delicate : flowers rose-coloured, in short, ter- 

 minal, and axillar branches : smaller than the next species. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in July and August : grows in shady places, in 

 woods, and among stones, in the lower parts of mountainous dis- 

 tricts. Lancashire, Westmoreland and Cumberland; Lochbroom, 

 shores of Lochness and Loch Tay, and many of the Highland Glens. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xv. pi. 1057. Eng. FL vol. i. p. 16. 45. 



2. C. lutetidna. Common Enchanter's Night-shade. Stem erect, 



hairy ; leaves egg-shaped, denticulate. Root spreading, difficult 



to be extirpated : stem little branched, generally with a solitary, 

 terminal bunch of flowers : leaves dark green, opaque, hairy : 

 flowers small, white or tinged with red : the two species pass into 

 each other, and are probably specifically identical. Perennial : 

 woods, copses, hedges and shady lanes : flowers in June and July. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xv. pi. 1056. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 15. 46. 



