MINT FAMILY. ps 
Stem 6-18 inches long, slender the flowering branches crect or oe 
ing, 4- ie ot Sena, Leh, retri home ts ent, Leaves three-fourths a < i rae 
oes and a half lo eee and rather wider than hong petioles 1-3 inches long. Cymules a 
racteoles Tn Oe se and ciliate. Corolla blue or purplish- blue (rarely whi) 
piles e—the upper ri bifid. nthers approximated in pairs,—the cells diverging and 
prgponting th the figure of a cro: 
S and moist sated Magia introduced. Native of Europe and Northern 
ey Suns. Fr. Jal 
Obs. Naturalized bist many settlements, and being a mere weed, is 
often docanvedtatth abundant. The herb was employed in England to 
clarify and give a flavor to ale (whence one of its common panes): until 
the reign of Henry ., at which period hops were su The 
a of the herb is a popular medicine,—like that of the preceding 
specie 
8. HYSSO’PUS, L. Hyssop. 
[Latinized from Ezob,—an ancient Hebrew name.] : 
Calyx tubular, patria equally 5-toothed ; throat naked. Corolla bi- 
labiate,—the upper lip erect, flat, emarginate—the I Pe Hs seer ote 
3-lobed, middle lobe large r, bifid. Stam s 4, e 
lower pair longer ; anthers 2celled, —the ce cells Bnei: avn 
1. H. orrictna’iis, L. Leaves linear-lanceolate, rather ad entire, 
sessile ; cymules secund, racemose,—the u pproximate. 
‘Orrictnat Hyssorvus. Hyssop. Garden Hysso 
Fr. Hysope. Germ. Der Isop. Span. Hisodpo. :. 
Root perennial. Stem 18 inches to 2 or 3 feet high, subtendtey shrubby at base and much 
— posi fourths of an inch fo 5 em & a half long. Cymules rather 
ve dada ones below. Corolla 
bright bina, a ‘wipes purplish. 
Gardens : cultivated. Native of ‘Southern Europe and Asia. FT. July-Aug. Fr. Sept. 
ultivated as a medicinal herb. The infusion has lo: 
Maria’ : 
popular febrifuge. The Dittany ( L.)—which belongs 
a well-known article in the po; Ma Med- 
ica ; but as it grows wild, and is usually confined to dry hilly woodlands, 
it is prc entitled to a place among agricultural plants. 
9. SATURE’JA, L. Sumer Savory. 
me ancient Latin name. 
Bitabiats .—the chp erect, — lower one 
lobes n nearly equal. Stamens 5 ‘ 
ines often fasciculate in the ‘axils, and somewhat 
ers 
ie: canes Stem erect, much Seibel ee sae 
oblong-linear, acute ; cymules axillary. axillary, pedunculate, few lowered, some- 
what seeund, remote or ———— spiked. — 
