XL VII. 



SALVIA PRATENSIS. 

 Meadow Clary or Meadow Sage. 



Class 11. DiANDRiA. — Order I. Monogynia. 



Nat. Ord. Labiate. 



Gen. Char. Calyx two-lipped, tubular. Corolla labiate, 

 the tube dilated upwards, and compressed. Filaments 

 with two spreading branches, one only bearing a per- 

 fect anther. 



Spec. Char. Lower leaves cordate-oblong, crenate, 

 stalked ; those of the stem sessile, amplexicaul. 

 Bractea; nearly as long as the calyx. Corolla thrice as 

 long as the calyx, viscid at the summit. 



Latin . . . 



French 

 Ttalian . . 

 Spanish 

 German 

 Dutch . ■ 



SYNON YMES. 



Gallitrichum silvestre vulgo. Bauh. J. iii, b. 



Orminum sylvestre. Fnchs. 547- c. 217. 



Ilorminum sylvestre Fuchsii. Ger. Em. 7')9. 

 I Sclarea pratensis, foliis serratis, flore cceruleo. 

 I Si/n. 237- 

 (^Salvia pratensis. Lin. Sp. PL 35. 



Saiige des Pres, 



Salvia di prato. 



Salvia silvestre. 



Weisensalbei ; Scharlei. 



Veld-Salie, 



311. 



Dill ap. Rail 



Description. — The root is perennial. The stem is quadran- 

 gular, branched, leafy, tinged with purple towards the summit, 

 and varying from eight inches to two feet in height. The lower 

 leaves are cordate-oblong, irregularly crenate, wrinkled, veiny, 

 and stand on moderately long footstalks ; the upper are sessile, 

 or nearly so, acuminate, embracing the stem. The flowers ter- 



