MINT FAMILY. . 838 
Obs. A very showy plant, often found in fertile soil along streams, 
and very common in gardens. 
2. Mi. ponets ‘te, I. Leaves lanceolate, narrowed at base; bracts lan- 
ceolate, obtuse at base, yellowish and purple; calyx pubescent, with 
short rigid teeth corolla nearly smooth, yellowish, the upper lip spot- 
ted not exc eeding the upper lip of the corolla. 
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_, Root perennial or biennial? Stem 2-3 feet high, obtusely 4angled, bows pmb 
aaa mere nt ee ved with a sho: oh aia aise * 
~ Sandy fields New York’ and South August — Septe 
Obs. This very odorous and pungent plant t abounds - cf van oil, 
and ser stimolant ‘Qualities which give it a plac he do- 
mestic remedies, it being used in cholics, &c. The oil which the pant 
affords be } distillation is one of the most powerful of its class 
with caution, as it in some persons blisters the skin. In some parts of 
the South the . is re called “ Origanum,” which has been 
corrupted into “ Rignum 
6. SAL’VIA, L. Saas, 
; Salvare, to save ; on account of ppc medicinal ring 
1. s. orFicina’Lis, L. Stem shrubby at _ leafy, hos oary-tomentose ; 
leaves lance-oblong, ¢ crenulate, rugose ; upper lip of the —— 
as the lower one, somewhat vaulted. (See figs. 152 and 153.) 
OrrictnaL ae Sage. Garden Sage. 
Fr. La Sauge. Germ. Die Salbei. Span. Salvia. 
Root Stems 1-2 feet high bunches, branching from the base. 
Leaves 1-2 of 3 inches long, rather obtise, sometimes lobed ear the base, clothed with — 
avshort pubescence, greyish green upper or floral leaves sessi was : 
petioles about an inch long. Cymules 5—10-flowered, in interrupted te terminal comes. 
-mostly violet-purple. Desens 
Gardens : cultivated. paanciteg vsiaaeri Europe. Fl. May —June. sie a 
of “Cur moriatur homo cui Salvia crescit in horto? 
We oe. Contra vim mortis non est medicamen in hortis. 
2 Salvia salvatrix, Nature SE tet HOR MR ae 
Salvia cum a ee 
