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Leonuris Cardiaca. I,inn. (motherwort.) A herbaceous 

 plant two or more feet high, square stems, downy, leafy all the 

 way up. I,eaves cut into many toothed lobes. Flower whorls 

 distant, numerous; flowers rosy, half an inch long, with purple 

 veins. Perennial. Summer months. 



Rosmarinus Officinalis. L, i n n. (rosemary.) A fragrant 

 leaved shrub, stem much branched, two or more feet high. 

 I/eaves narrow, quarter inch wide, two inches long; with deep- 

 ly channelled midrib, hoary, especially beneath. Flowers 

 whitish-blue, o r blue-grey, i n terminal clusters. Found 

 abundantly on St. David's island, and sparingly elsewhere, 

 mostly east, on rocky hills. Very aromatic. Perennial. 

 Early Summer. 



Natural Order, Plantagineae. 



Plantago major. Linn. (English Plantain.) A plant with 

 large, ovate, crinkled leaves, six to eight inches long and four 

 to six inches broad. Flower stalks nearly a foot long, terminat- 

 ing in a slender whip-like spike of nearly equal length, encircl- 

 ed with greeni.sh-white flowers, small, (designated by Lefroy 

 ' ' Wayside weeds. ' ' ) 



Plantago Lanceolata. Linn. (Ribwort.) A plant with 

 leaves six to eight inches long, one inch wide, acute and taper- 

 ing into a long channelled stalk, with three to five ribs. The 

 flower-stalk one to one and a half feet high, terminating in a 

 thick ovate spike one inch long, dark brown, with long thin 

 stamens. Common everywhere. Perennial. All the year 

 round. Locally called "ratstail." 



Natural Order, Nyctagineae. 



Boerhavia Erecta. Linn, (hogweed.) An erect plant two 

 to three feet high. Stem smooth, leafy below divided into 

 numerous slender branches devoid of leaves. Leaves of plant 

 some two inches long, opposite, in unequal pairs, oval, pointed, 

 wavy margin, underside whitish. Flower-stalks thread-like. 

 Flowers minute, pale pink. Common weed. Annual. Summer, 



Mirabilis Jalapa. Linn, (four o'clock marvel of Peru.] A 

 smooth plant two to three feet high with large tuberous roots. 



