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stem 6-18 Inches long, slender and prostrate,— the flowering branches erect or ascend- 

 ing, 4-8 or 10 inches high, retrorsely pubescent. Leaves three-fourths of an inch to an 

 inch and a half long, and rather wider than long ; petioles 1 - 3 inches long. Cymules all dis- 

 tant ; hradeoles minute, subulate and ciliate. Corolla blue or purphsh-blue (rarely white), 

 pilose— the upper lip bifid. Antliers approximated in pairs, — the cells diverging and 

 presenting the figure of a cross. 



Fence-rows and moist shaded places : introduced. Native of Europe and Northern 

 Asia. i^L May -June. J'r. July. 



Ohs. Katuralized about many settlements, and being a mere weed, is 

 often inconveniently abmidant. " The herb was employed in England to 

 clarify and give a flavor to ale (whence one of its common names), until 

 the reign of Henry YIII., at which period hops were substituted. The 

 iafasion of the herb is a popular medicine, — ^like that of the preceding 

 species. 



8. HYSSOTUS, L. Hyssop. 



[Latinized from Ezol, — an ancient Hebrew name.] 



Calyx tubular, 15-nerved, equally 5-toothed ; throat naked. Corolla bi- 

 labiate, — the upper lip erect, flat, emarginate — the lower lip spreading, 

 3-lobed, middle lobe larger, bifid. Stamens 4, exserted, diverging, the 

 lower pair longer ; anthers 2-celled, — the cells linear, divaricate. 

 1. H. officina'lis, L. Leaves linear-lanceolate, rather acute, entire, 

 Bsssile ; cymules secund, racemose, — the upper ones approximate. 

 Officinal Hyssopus. Hyssop. Garden Hyssop. 

 Fr. Hysope. Germ. Der Isop. Span. Hisopo. 



Root perennial. Stem 18 inches to 2 or 3 feet high, subterete, shrubby at base and much 

 branched. Leaves three-fourths of an inch to an inch and a half long. Cymules rather 

 crowded in a one-sided terminal raceme or spike, with a few distant ones below. Corolla 

 bright blue, or sometimes purplish. 



Gardens : cultivated. Native of Southern Europe and Asia. Fl. July -Aug. Fr. Sept. 



Ohs. Cultivated as a medicinal herb. The infusion has long been a 

 popular febrifuge. The Dittany (Cunila Maria'na, -L.)— which belongs 

 to this tribe — is also a well-known article in the popular Materia Med- 

 ica ; but as it grows wild, and is usually confined to dry hilly woodlands, 

 it is scarcely entitled to a place among agricultural plants. 



9. SATURE'JA, L. Summer Savory. 



[The ancient Latin name.] 



Calyx tubular-campanulate, 10-nerved, deeply and nearly equally 5- 

 toothed, or obscurely bilabiate ; throat naked, or nearly so. Corolla 

 bilabiate, — the upper lip erect, flat — the lower one spreading, 3-lobed, 

 lobes nearly ecjual. Stamens 5, diverging. Herbs with small entire 

 leaves, often fasciculate in the axils, and somewhat spiked, purplish 

 flowers. 



1. S. hoeten'sis, L. Stem erect, much branched, pubescent ; leaves 

 oblong-linear, acute ; cymules axillary, pedunculate, few-flowered, some- 

 what secund, remote or the upper ones somewhat spiked. 



