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labiAt/e 



axils or in loose panicles; calyx tubular, 2-lipped, 13-nerved; 

 corolla 2-lipped, with straight tube ; upper-lip nearly flat, lower 

 spreading, 3-cleft ; stamens 4, converging at their tips ; niitlels 

 smooth. (Name from the Greek, meaning a foot-stool.) 



1. C. viilgcire (Wild Basil).— A stragghng, softly hairy plant, 

 i_2 feet high, with ovate, sHghtly toothed, stalked leaves ; and 



CLINOPODIUll vulcAr^ {U'iui Basil). 



CLINOPODIUM CALAMINTHA 



{Common CalanuKt). 



rose-red flowers in crowded, many-flowered, mostly axillary wliorls, 

 with numerous, long, bristly bracts forming a kind of involucre 

 resembling a green foot-stool. Dry bushv plants ; common. The 

 plant is fragrantly aromatic. — FL July — iScptcnilicr. Perennial. 



2. C. Acinos (Basil Thyme). — A small, bush\', downv, herba- 

 ceous plant, 6 — S in. liii;!!, with ascending, bram lied stems : hairy, 

 ovate, serrate, acute leaves on short stalks ; and violet lloioers in 



