PI. ex. cor. 
32. LABIATJE. 146. Melittis. 387 
<3. alba. Flowers yellowish white; middle of the lip 
violet, edge white. 
Melissa Fuchsii flore albo, Ger. em. 690, 3. 
Melissophyllum, Rivinus Mon. 21, 1. 
Melittis Melissophyllum, Curtis FI. Lond. 
Melittis grandiflora, Engl. Bot. 636. 
XXIX. 147. SALVIA. Pliny. Sage. 
Calyx bellshape, streaked ; mouth naked, 2-lipped ; upper 
lip 3-toothed ; middle tooth broad, short ; lower lip 2-cut ; 
corolla ringent ; galea arched, concave, nicked ; lower lip 
3-cut ; side lobes slender ; middle lobe rounded ; stamens 2 ; 
filaments with a traverse pedicell in the middle. — Flowers 
in whirls, spiked. 
Salvia officinalis. Shop sage. 
Leaves lanceolate, ovate, crenulate, reticulated; racemes 
in whirls ; calyx longer than the bracteae ; teeth pointed. 
Salvia major, Ger. em. 764, 1. 
Salvia major vulgaris, Park. 49. 
Salvia officinalis, Lin. S. P. 34. 
Great sage. 
Cultivated ; perennial ; May and June. 
Stem villous ; leaves unequal at bottom, whitish-green ; 
calyx slightly woolly; corolla purple. — Aromatic, used in 
cookery, also diuretic; infusion drank as an emmenagogue, 
and useful in palsy, giddiness, trembling, and other nervous 
affections. 
0. rubra. Leaves reddish. 
Red sage. 
y. absinthites. Leaves bitter, like wormwood. 
Salvia absinthites, Ger. em. 764, 7. 
Salvia minor altera, flore rubente, Park. 51. 
Wormwood sage f 
$. auriculala. Leaves eared at the base. 
XXX. 148. SCLAREA. Matthioli. Clary. 
Calyx bellshape ; mouth naked, 2-lipped ; upper lip 
3-toothed ; lower lip 2-cut ; corolla lipped ; galea arched, 
compressed, nicked ; lower lip 8-lobed ; side lobes slender ; 
middle lobe rounded ; stamens 2 ; filaments with a traverse 
pedicell at bottom. — Flowers axillary, in whirls, often 
spiked. 
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