PL ex. cor, 32. LABIAT>(E. 146. Melittis. 387 



j3. alha. Flowers yellowish white; middle of the lip 

 violet, edge white. 



Melissa Fuchsii flore albo, Ger. em. 690, 3. 

 MeHssophyllum, Rivinus Mon, 21, 1. 

 Melittis Mclissophyllum, Curtis Fl. Land. 

 MeliUis grandiflora, Engl. Bot, 636. 



XXIX. U7. SALVIA. Pliny. Sage. 



Calyx bellshape, streaked ; mouth naked, 2-lipped ; upper 

 lip 3-toothed ; middle tooth broad, short ; lower lip 2-cut ; 

 corolla ringent ; galea arched, concave, nicked ; lower lip 

 3-cut ; side lobes slender ; middle lobe rounded ; stamens 2 ; 

 JUaments with a traverse pedicell in the middle. — Flowers 

 in whirls, spiked. 



Salvia officinalis. Shop sage. 



Leaves lanceolate, ovate, crenulate, reticulated; racemes 

 in whirls ; calyx longer than the bractese ; teeth pointed. 



Salvia major, Ger. em. 764, 1. 

 Salvia major vulgaris. Park. 49. 

 Salvia officinalis, Lin. S, P. 34. 

 Great sage. 



Cultivated ; perennial ; May and June. 



Stem villous ; leaves unequal at bottom, whitish-green ; 

 calyx slightly woolly; corolla purple. — Aromatic, used in 

 cookery, also diuretic ; infusion drank as an emmenagogue, 

 and useful in palsy, giddiness, trembling, and other nervous 

 affections. 



13. rubra. Leaves reddish. 



Red sage, 



y. ahsinthites. Leaves bitter, like wormwood. 



Salvia absinthiles, Ger. em. 764, 7. 



Salvia minor altera, flore rubente, Park. 51. 



Wormwood sage. 



^. auriculala. Leaves eared at the base. 



XXX. 148. SCLAREA. Matthioli. Clary. 



Calyx bellshape; mouth naked, 2-iipped; upper lip 

 3-toothed ; lower lip 2-cut ; corolla lipped ; galea arched, 

 compressed, nicked ; lower lip 3-lobed ; side lobes slender ; 

 middle lobe rounded ; stamens 2 ; Jilaments with a traverse 

 pedicell at bottom. — Flowers axillary, in whirls, often 

 spiked. 



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