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stem paniculately branched, 1 to 2 feet liijjh. Stem leaves few, distimt, 

 sliortly stalked, tiie upper ones sessile and generally cordate, or, more 

 rai-eiy, rounded at the hase. Spikes at tirst dense, afterwards becoming 

 rather lax. IJracts very bmad, <^enerally tinged with dull blue. Calyx 

 abi)ut J^ inch long, concave (outwards) above towai'ds the apex, from 

 the presence of two large shallow foveas with prominent ribs. Corolla 

 about iJ inch long, dull purplish blue, the limb very small. Nucules 

 roundish ovoid, compressed, plano-con\ex, dark brown, very finely 

 shagreened. Plant dark green, subglabrous, excei)t the veins and 

 margins of the leaves, which are hairy ; the upper part of the stem more 

 densely hairy, with simple hairs intermixed with gland-tipped ones, 

 some of which idso occur on the cal)x. 



Wild English Clary. 



French, Sauge verveine. German, Muskaleller SalbeL 



Dr. Prior says that " the English name of this plant Clary originates in sclarea ; a 

 word formed from chirtis, clear. This word Clary affords a curious instance of medical 

 research. It was solved by the apothecaries into clear eye, translated — " Oculus Christi 

 — Codes eie and See bright." The seeds, if soaked in water for a few minutes, foi-m 

 a thick mucilage, which has been supposed to be efficacious in removing particles of 

 dust, Ac, from the eyes. Gcrarde says, " it purgeth them exceedingly from waterish 

 humorous rednes.se, inflammation, and divers other maladies, or all that hajipen unto 

 the eies, and takes away the paine and smarting thereof, especially beiiisr put into the 

 eies one seed at a time and no more." He tells us that " it grows wild in divers 

 barren places, especially in the fields of Holborne neare unto Graye's Inn, in the high- 

 way by the end of a bricke wall." In some parts of the country clary flowers are made 

 into a wine, which is liked by the people of the district. 



SPECIES II.— S ALVIA CLANDESTINA. Lhm. (?) 



Plate JILVII. 



FelcJi. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVIII. Tab. I^ICCLV. Fig. 3. 



Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ, exsicc. Nos. 1200 and 1945. 



S. Verbenaca, var. multifida. Vis. lieich. fil. 1. c. p. 30. 



S. horminoides, Pourr. Gmi. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. II. p. 673. 



S. pallidiflora, St. Amans ; Bor. Fl. du Centre de Fr. ed. iii. Vol. II. p. 522. 



S. multifida, Sihth. & Sm. Prod. Fl. Grtec. Vol. I. p. 16. 



S. pnecox, S^n■i, Fl. Pis. Vol. I. p. 22. 



Herbaceous. Radical leaves longly stalked, ovate-oblong or o^•al- 

 oblong, siibobtuse, deejjly crenately lobed or pinnatifid, with the lobes 

 crenate-dentate ; lowest pair of stem leaves shortly stalked ; upper ones 

 sessile, oblong-ovate or triangular-ovate, acute, doubly crenate serrate 

 or inciso-serrate ; all rugose, suliglabrous, generally hairy on the veins 

 beneath. Bracts semicircular-ovate, cuspidate, cordate, at length 

 redexed, coloured towards the apex ; all, except the lower ones, shorter 

 than the calyx. Verticillasters subspicate, the lower whorls rather 



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