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ones neai-lv sessile. ^. -B. 2120.— Corn-fields. P. VIL— IX, 

 Com Mini. , . , - E. S.T. 



* ** Throat of the calyx clothed with hairs. Pulesidm Opitz. 

 10. M. Puleffium ('L.) ; 1. stalked ovate slightly crenate all 

 s^tnilar, -whorls all, distant globose many-flowered, cal. tubular 

 hispid closed \>(dtii, hairs in the throat.^&^e, 23. — S^;, prostrate. 

 L. often feom-yed, uppermost axils empty. The shjaileat of our 

 species and remarkably different in habit.— Wet places. 1?. VIII. 

 IX. Penny-royal. ' I. 



2. Llrc'oPTTs Linn. Gipsy-wort. 



1. L. europce'us (L.) ; 1. stalked oya!te-oblong sinuate-dentfi|:e 



or piunatifid, sterile stam, wanting, nuts .about equalling the 



tube of the calyx. — L. glabrous or pubescent, 'opposite. Fl. small, 



in dense whoris. — Banks of streams and ditches. P. VII. VIII. 



E. S. I. 



Tribe II. Monardem. 



3. Sal'yia Linn. Sage. 



1. S. Verhoutca (L.) ; 1. oblong, blunt cordate below sinuate 

 and crenate or dentate stalked, upper I. short broad corfiate sessile 

 clasping, bracts cordate aouihinate, tube of the cor. equalliny the 

 caZt/o.-.-^ Varies with the 1. incise-dentate. Remarkable for its 

 enlarged Very broad sessile upper leaves. St. 1 — 2 ft. high. 

 Cor. purple, small ; upper lip concave, latei'ally compressed, 

 straight except at the tip. Upper cal.-lip broad ; teeth srdall, 

 converging. — Dry gravelly banks. P. V. VI. English Clary. 



E. S. I. 



2. S. clandestina (L.) ; 1. oblong cordate below sinuate-den- 

 tate or incise-dentate stalked, upjjer I. oblong acute sessile scarcely 

 cordate or clasping, bracis "cordate acunihiate, feie Qf the cor. 

 exceeding the calyx. — St. a foot high. Cor. purple, .small;'; upper 

 lip very broad, tegth very small. — Probably distinct from the 

 preceding, but very difficult to characterize. — Dit gravelly 

 banks, rare^ Lizard Point, Cornwall. Jersey. P. VII. ll 



3. S. praten'sis (L.) ; 1. oblong-.ovate .cordate, below crenate- 

 dqntate stalked, upper 1. small sessile lanceolate .acute, bracts 

 cordate acuminate, cor. thrice as long as tlje c.alyx. — St. 1 — 2 

 ft. high. Kno"wn'by its large iiowers. — Cobham, 'Kent. Mid- 

 dle ton Stoney, Oxfordshire. P. VII. ' E. 



Tribe HI. Satureiinete. 



4. Origanum Linn. -Marjoram. 

 1. 0} vulgdre (L.) ; 1. stalked broadly oVate blunt, bracts ovate 

 exceeding the cal., heads of fl. roundish panicled crowded. — <S?. 



