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plaints. Rosemary is remarkable for its undoubted power of 

 encouraging the growth ot the hair, and curing baldness, and is 

 the active ingredient in most good pomatums ; an infusion of it 

 prevents the hair from uncurling in damp weather ; and it is one 

 of the plants used in the preparation of Hungary water and eau de 

 Cologne. The admired flavour of Narbonne honey is ascribed to 

 the bees feeding on the flowers of this plant, as that of the honey 

 of Hymettus is indebted for its flavour to Wild Thyme. Several 

 species of Sage (Salvia) are also cultivated for the beauty of their 

 flowers. The Japanese plant, Stachys Luherifcra, is grown for the 

 sake of its tubers, which are known as Chinese Artichokes, and 

 are a most delicate vegetable. 



Stamens 2 



1. Lycopus (Gipsy-wort). — Calyx 5-toothed ; corolla 4-cleft, 

 nearly regular. (Name in Greek signifying a Wolf's-foot, from a 

 fancied resemblance in the leaves.) 



2. Salvia (Sage). — Calyx 2-lipped ; corolla gaping ; filaments 

 forked. (Name in the Latin, salveo, to be well, from the healing 

 properties of the genus.) 



Stamens 4 

 Corolla nearly regular, its tube scarcely longer than the calyx. 



3. Mentha (Mint). — Calyx equal, 5-toothed ; corolla 4-cleft, 

 with a very short tube. (Name, the Latin name of the plant.) 



Corolla 2-lipped, lips nearly equal in length 



4. Thymus (Thyme). — Calyx 2-lipped, 10- to 13-ribbed, the throat 

 hairy : corolla with the upper lip notched, the lower 3-cleft ; flowers 

 in heads or whorls. (Name, the Latin name of the plant.) 



5. Origanum (Marjoram). — Calyx 5-toothed, 10- to 13-ribbed, 

 the throat hairy ; flowers in spikes, which are imbricated with 

 bracts. (Name from the Greek, oros, a mountain, and ganos, joy, 

 from the favourite station of the family.) 



Corolla with the upper lip very short, or wanting 



6. AjUGA (Bugle). — Calyx 5-cleft ; corolla with a long tube, the 

 upper lip very short, lower 3-cleft. (Name said to be corrupted 

 from the Latin, abiga, an allied plant.) 



7. Teucrium (Germander). — Calyx 5-cleft ; corolla with the 

 upper lip deeply 2-cleft, lower 3-cleft. (Name from Teucer, who 

 is said to have been the first to use it in medicine.) 



