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SALVIA. 



[CHAP. 



are, however, several other points in which 5. 

 officinalis differs greatly from the species last de- 

 scribed. 



The general form of the flower indeed is very 

 similar. We find again that, as generally in the 



FIG. 



FIG. 114. 



FIG. xi2.Salvia officinalis. Section of a young flower. 

 FIG. 113. Ditto, visited by a Bee. 

 FIG. 114. Ditto, older flower. 



Labiates, the corolla has the lower lip adapted as an 

 alighting board for insects, while the arched upper 

 ^ip covers and protects the stamens and pistils. 



In Salvia officinalis, however, the back ot tne 



