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230 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
O. sastn’1cum, L. Leaves ovate-oblong, subdentate, smooth, with 
tiliate petioles pe reflexed i after flowering. 
Royat Ocimum. Sweet Basil. 
Fr. Basilic. Germ. Gemeines Basilienkraut. Span. Albahaca. 
Root annual. Stem 6-12 inches ii often much branched, smoothish at base, a 
cent howe wah short reflexed hairs Leaves ces an inch to an inch long ; 
third to two-thirds of an inch long. " Bracts e, acuminate, petiolate, ciliate. 
flated-campanulate. nila whitish or Diu peony 
Gardens : cultivated. Native of India. Fl. July. Fr. September. 
Obs. This fragrant little plant is one of the numerous kitchen-garden 
herbs, usually cultivated for culinary purposes 
2. LAVAN’DULA, LE. Lavenper. 
[Latin, ore to wash,—the distilled water ge: used for that purpose.] 
Stamens 4, inchaded ; filaments smooth, i mse Akenes oa 
and even pope te to 4 fles eshy scales phlun! Siac tt ia Peren- 
nial herbs, 0 suffruticose plants —the stems stig ns near the base, but often 
naked a pe the spike. Flowers in terminal spikes 
1. L. ve’ra, DC. Leaves honey, lance-linear, ain revolute on the 
margin ; spikes interrup 
LAvVANDULA. RES Garden Lavender. 
Fr. La Lavande. Germ. Der Lavandel. Span. Espliégo. 
Plant clothed with a short hoary tomentum. Stem suffruticose, branching from the 
; branches erect, 12-28 inches — Leaves 1 - 2 inches long, crowded pq pe 
of the branches,—often w with fascicles of young leaves in the axi Flowers in 
imbricated spike a 
erminal + 
about an inch in length, with 1-2 distant cymules below. anita blue, 
pubescent, arab d twice as long as e calyx 
sare ae of aoagien Europe and shores of the Mediterranean. 
FI. July. Fr iret 
Obs. The compound tincture of the flowers of this nd (or, as the 
conan stoache prope ompound”— anes edly po Laser 
re 
esteemed fo: gra 
used to fill eet poy is lay in drawérs with linen, and fn oil distilled 
from them is much used in the manufacture of perfumery. 
3. MEN’THA, LE. Mint. 
[From Minthe, a nymph ; fabled to have been changed into this plant.] 
os wit campanulate or tubular, 5-toothed, or nearly so. Corolla 
a short included tube ; the border equally cleft -—the up-_ 
= r lube broader and usually erect, 
ens 
; filaments peheuang naked ; anthers with 2 1 cells. Pe 
