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lions more than thirty years, and have not feen one 
flower. 
Thefe plants are all of them hardy, and may be pro- 
pagated by feeds or offsets, the latter being the more 
expeditious way is generally pradtifed. The roots may 
be tranfplanted after the leaves are decayed, but, if 
they are removed after they have put out new fibres, 
they rarely fucceed, at leaft they will not flower the 
following fpring ; they may be treated in every refpebt 
like the ordinary kinds of Hyacinths. 
If they are propagated by feeds, they fhould be fown 
in autumn foon after they are ripe, either in fhallow 
boxes or pans in the fame manner as has been before 
diredted for Hyacinths, to which the reader is deflred 
to turn, to avoid repetition. 
S CL AREA. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 179. tab. 82. Sal- 
via. Lin. Gen. Plant. 36. [This plant is fo called of 
trjiAfjso?, hard, becaufe it has a hard and dry ftalk.] 
Clary ; in French, Toute-bonne. 
The Characters are, 
! The empalement of the flower is tubulous , of one leaf , 
which widens at the top , and has five acute points at the 
brim ■, it is of the lip kind , with one petal having a 
crooked tube , which enlarges at the chaps , where it is di- 
vided into two lips ; the upper lip is eredl and arched , the 
under lip is cut into three fegments , the middle one being 
largeft and hollowed like a flpoon ; it has but two ftami- 
_ na which appear , and are Jituated under the upper lip , 
terminated by oblong ere£l fummits , and a four-pointed 
germen , fupporting a' forked fiyle longer than the upper 
lip , crowned by a bifid ftigma. Yhe germen afterward 
become four roundifo feeds which ripen in the empalement. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedtion of 
Linnaeus’s fecond clafs, which includes thofe plants 
whofe flowers have two ftamina and one ftyle. 
And he has joinea this genus, and alfo the Hormi- 
num to the Salvia, the characters of each agreeing fo 
well as to admit of their being joined ; but in a book 
of gardening it would not be fo well underftood, 
which has occafloned my feparating them again. 
The Species are, 
1. Sclarea ( Vulgaris ) foliis rugofis cordatis oblongis 
villofis ferratis, bradteis floribus calyce longioribus 
concavis acuminatis. Clary with rough , oblong , heart- 
Jhaped , flawed leaves , and the hr able a among the flowers 
concave , pointed , and longer than the empalement. Scla- 
rea. Tab. Icon. 373. Common Clary. 
2. Sclarea (. CEthiopis ) folis oblongis erofis lanatis, ver- 
' ticillis lanatis. Clary with oblong , hairy , eaten, woolly 
leaves , and the whorls of the flowers covered with down. 
Sclarea vulgaris lanuginofo ampliffimo folio. Tourn. 
Inft. R. H. 179. Common woolly Clary with the largeft 
leaf. 
3. Sclarea ( Lufitanica ) foliis oblongo-ovatis dentato- 
ferratis tomentofis, verticillis lanatis fefiilibus. Clary 
' with oblong oval leaves which are woolly and indented 
like a flaw , and woolly whorls of flowers fitting clofle to 
the ftalk. Sclarea Lufitanica glutinofa, ampliffimo 
folio. Tourn. Inft. 179. Clammy Portugal Clary with 
a very large leaf . 
-4, Sclarea ( Pratenfis ) foliis cordato-oblongis crenatis 
fummis amplexicaulibus, verticillis fubnudis, corol- 
larum galeis glutinofis. Clary with oblong , heart-Jhaped , 
crenated leaves , thofe on the top embracing the ftalk , al- 
moft naked whorls , and the helmet of the flozver glutinous. 
Sclarea pratenfis, foliis ferratis, flore cseruieo. Tourn. 
Inft. 180. Meadow Clary with flawed leaves and a blue 
flower. 
r., Sclarea {Syriac a) foliis lanceolatis obfolete crenatis 
fubtus tomentofis, verticillis minoribus fubnudis. 
Clary with fpear-floaped leaves which are flightly crenated , 
and woolly on their under fide , and very fmall whorls of 
flowers which are almoft naked. Sclarea Syriaca, flore 
cseruieo. Tourn. Inft. 180. Syrian Clary with a blue 
flozver. 
6 . Sclarea ( Nemerofa ) foliis cordato-oblongis crenatis 
crlabris, floribus verticillato-fpicatis. Clary with oblong, 
heart-Jhaped. , crenated , flmooth leaves , and fpiked whorl- 
ed flowers, Sclarea folio falvias minor, five glabra. 
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1 ourn, Inft. 180. Smaller Clary with a fmoootb Sarg 
7. Sclarea ( Sylveftris ) foliis cordato-laftCeolatis acutis, 
bradteis coloratis, flore brevioribus. Clary with heart- 
fo aped acute-pointed leaves , and coloured brabf&e -which 
are floor ter than the flower. Sclarea tolio falviae major, 
vel maculata. Tourn. Inft. 180.. Clary zvith a greater , 
or flpotted Sage leaf. 
8. Sclarea ( Ceratophylla ) foliis rugofis pinnatifidis la- 
natis, verticillis fummis fterilibus. Clary with rough , 
zving-pointed, woolly leaves , whofe upper whorls are 
barren. Sclarea rugofo verrucofo & laciniato folio. 
Tourn. Inft. R. H. 180. Clary with rough , warted , 
cut leaves. 
9. Sclarea ( Indie a ) foliis cordatis acute crenatis, fum- 
mis fefiilibus, verticillis fubnudis remotiffimis. Clary 
with heart-Jhaped leaves which are Jharply crenated, thofe 
on the top fitting clofe to the flalks, and naked whorls 
placed far afunder. Sclarea Indlca, floribus vari'ega- 
tis. Tourn. Inft. 1 79. Indian Clary with variegated 
flowers. 
10. Sclarea {Orient atis) foliis lanceolatis acuminatis, 
ferratis, fummis fefiilibus, floribus verticillato-fpica- 
tis. Clary with fpear-floaped, acute-point ed , fazved leaves , 
the upper one fitting clofe to the flalks , and fpiked whorl- 
ed flowers. Sclarea Orientalis, folio betonicte acutif- 
fimo, coma purpurafeente. Tourn. Cor. 10. Eaftern 
Clary with an acute Betony leaf . , and a purplifh top. 
11. Sclarea ( Glutinofa ) foliis cordato-fagittatis ferratis 
acutis... Ciary with heart-Jhaped crenated leaves which- are 
acutely Jawed. Horminum luteum glutinofum. C. B.P. 
238. Yellow glutinous Clary. 
12. Sclarea ( [Tuber of a ) foliis cordato-ovatis rugofis to- 
mentofis, calycibus hilpidis. rad ice tuberofa. Clary 
with oval, heart-Jhaped, rough-, 'woolly leaves , prickly 
empalement s , and a tuberous root. Sclarea afphodeli 
radice. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 179. Clary with an Afpho- 
del root. 
13. Sclarea {foment of a) foliis haftato-triangularibus 
obfolete crenatis, caule tomentofo paniculato. Clary 
with triangular halbert-pointed leaves which are flightly 
crenated , and a zvoolly paniculated ftalk. Sclarea tolio 
triangulari, caule tomentofo. Tourn. Inft. 180. Clary 
with a triangular leaf and a woolly ftalk. 
14. Sclarea {Mexicana) foliis obtufis erofis, ftaminibus 
corolla duplo longioribus. Prod. Leyd. 309. Clary 
with obtufe bitten leaves , and ftamina twice the length of 
the petal of the flower. Sclarea Mexicana altiffima, fa- 
cie heliotropii. Hort. Elth. 339. Talleft Mexican Clary , 
with the appearance of Yurnfol. 
1 5. Sclarea ( Argentea ) foliis dentato-angulatis lanatis, 
verticillis fummis fterilibus, bradteis concavis. Scla- 
rea with angular , indented , woolly leaves , concave brac- 
tea, and the upper whorls of flowers barren. flEthiopis 
tota argentea Cretica lanuginofa. Hort. Carrol. Mthi - 
opis with Jilvery woolly leaves. 
The firft fort grows naturally in Syria, but has been 
long cultivated in the European gardens, both for the 
kitchen and fliops ; it is a biennial plant, which pe- 
riffies after it has borne feeds. The lower leaves of 
this are large, rough, and wrinkled ; they are oblong 
and heart-fhaped ; in good ground they are feven or 
eight inches long, and four broad at their bafe, end- 
ing in blunt points, and are fawed on their edges. 
The ftalks are large, four-cornered, and clammy 5 
they rife about two feet high, and are garnifhed at 
bottom with leaves of the fame fhape, but fmaller ; 
they fend out fmall fide branches which are oppofite, 
as are alfo the leaves •, the flowers are difpofed in 
large loofe fpikes at the top of the ftalks •, they are 
placed in whorls round them, and are of a pale blue 
colour, having two fhort, hollow, acute-pointed 
leaves under each, which are thin, and of a whitifli 
colour. The empalement of the flower is divided in- 
to two parts or lips, the upper ending in three, and 
the under in two fpiculs. The upper lip of the 
flower ftands erect ; it is long, and arched at the top, 
under which is the ftyle which is nearly of the fame 
length, and the two ftamina, which are {barter, fit 
clofe 
