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LADIAT.-E 



from the Latin salveo, I am well, from the healing properties of 



Sage.) 



I. 5. Verbendca (Clary, Wild Sage). — ^An aromatic, herbaceous 



plant, I — 2 feet high, with few oblong, blunt, cordate, crenate, 



much-wrinkled leaves, wavy at the 

 edge; and rendered conspicuous 

 by its long spikes of purple-blue 

 flowers, j^ the calyx of which is 

 much larger than the corolla, 

 while at the base of each flower 

 are 2 ovate cordate bracts. — Dry 

 pastures, esj)ecially near the sea, 

 or on a chalky soil ; frequent. 

 The fruit was formerly used \n 

 eye-lotions. — Fi. May — Septem- 

 ber. Perennial. 



2. S. prateusis (IXfeadow Clary), 

 distinguished by its large blue 

 corolla Svith a viscid lip, is a rare 

 species, occurring in dry fields in 

 Kent, O.xfordshire, and Cornwall. 

 — Fl. June — August. Perennial. 



8. Nkpet.\ (Catmint). — Herbs 

 with a tubular, 5-toothed, 15- 

 ribbed calyx; the tube of the 

 corolla longer than the cah'x, 

 slender below, dilated at the 

 throat; upper lip flat, notched; 

 lower 3-lobed, with a large middle 

 lobe ; 2 front stamens the shortest. 

 (Name 'of doubtlul origin.) 



1. N,. Catdria (Catmint). — Sleoi 

 erect, branched, 2 — 3 feet high, 

 white with mealy down ; leaves 

 ovate, cordate, serrate, whitish 

 beneath ; flowers small, white, 

 dotted with crimson, m dense 

 whorls, which towards the sum- 

 mit of the stem are so close as almost to form a spike. — Hedges 

 and waste ground ; not uncommon. The whole plant has a 

 strong aromatic odour, resemliling Pennyroyal, and peculiarly 

 pleasing to cats, whence it derives its name. — Fl. |uly — September. 

 Perennial. 



NfiPETA CAtXrIA {Cal HUHt). 



