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Diandria '. 
Ver. Aabletia, Rose-vervain ; with 4> stamens, loose 
solitary spikes, and trifid notched leaves ; native of 
North America; is biennial ; flowers in June and July; 
and the brilliancy of its scarlet flowers renders it a 
charming ornament of the greenhouse. 
Ver. Triphylla , Three-leaved Vervain; tetrandrous, 
flowers paniculated, leaves tern ate, stem shrubby; na- 
tive of South America, and common in the greenhouse, 
where it is easily recognised by the three leaves in a 
whorl, and the agreeable fragrance which every part of 
the bruised plant emits. Bat. Mag . II. 367. 
Rosmarinus. Gen. char . — Cor. unequal, upper lip 
two-parted, filaments long, curved, simple, with a 
tooth. 
Ros. Officinalis , Common Rosemary ; leaves sessile. 
Native of South of Europe, but common in gardens, 
where its large flowers afford an easy investigation. 
Salvia, Gen. char. — Cor. unequal, filaments two, 
short, transversely attached to a small footstalk. 
Sal. Verhenaca , Wild English Clary ; leaves serrat- 
ed, sinuated, and somewhat smooth ; the corolla nar- 
rower than the calyx ; in dry stony places in Britain ; 
perennial ; flowers from June to October. 
Sal. Horminum, Purple-topped Clary ; with blunt 
crenated leaves, and with bracteas at the top of the 
stem, coloured and larger ; native of Greece, but is 
well known as an annual in the flower-garden by its blue 
and purple tops, which are sometimes taken for flowers. 
