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Show The Hiflory of P L A N T S. with fibres. It's tafie is hot, and fomewhat aromatic. The ~alk is_ fq?ar_e, and o~ a third of an inch in diameter; it grows to three or four feet htgh; 1t lS lightly ha1ry and jointed, and it fends out branches in pairs, crofs-wife one t~ another. The leaves afe placed in pairs oppofite to one another. They are of a g_rey1~1 colour, very rugofe and hoary ; they ftand on long pedicles, and are feven or e1ght mches long, and four or five over in the broadefi: part. They are largefi at the bafe, fomewhat cordated, and dentated about the edges. The leaves toward the upper part of the fi:alks are fmaller, but of the fame iJJape. The flowers grow on the tops of. the main fialks and branch:s in very long fpikes. They are very large, of a pale blUJlh-grey colour, and fiand m circl t;s round the fialks-. The who!e plant has a very fhong and difagreeable fmell, and a bitter tafic. It is a native of Syria, but it thrives very well in the open air in our gardens. C. Bauhine _calls it, Hominum fclarea diCtum. J. Bauhine, Gallitrichum iativum; others, Hormmum vulgare. 3· Salvia foliis jimplicibus dentato-pinnatis, rugojis, verrzccojis. . The jimple, dentato-pinnated-/eaved Sage. The root of this fpecies is oblong, and of a whitiili colour: the fialk is fquare, not folid, but containing a fpungy pith. It is hoary on the furface, and whitii11. The leaves ftand in pairs : they are oblong, and very deeply laciniated, fo as to give fome refemblance of a flag's horn. They are very rugofe, and rife up in feveral places into a kind of protuberances. They are covered with a white, hoary matter, and are of a fhong fmell. The flowers grow in long feries, on the tops of the main Halk and branches; they are of a middle fize, between thofe of common Sage, and the common clary, and are of a pale yellowiili colour. This fpecies is a native of Perfia, but it thrives. very well with us in the open air, and is in many of the botanical gardens. This is one of the fcl arere of Tournefort; he calls it, Sclarea rugofo verrucofoque folio laciniato. Morifon calls it, Horminum ceratophyllum, rugofum, flore fulphureo; and_Plukenet, Horminum folio rugofo cornll cervi exprimente. 4· Salvia foliis oblongis, ovatis, obtujis, cequaliter crenatis, corol!ce galea femi-orbiculata. The oval, oblong-leaved Sage, with a femi-orbicular galea of the flower. The root of this fpecies is oblong and !lender : the fialks fquare, green, and a little hairy; the leaves of an oval, oblong figure, and crenated round the edges: the lower ones have long pedicles, the upper ones are feilile; the floral leaves are of a cordated ~gure. The flowers frand about, three on a fide, in the alre of the leaves. The galea is rounded, and not emarginated; the lower lip is entire and emarginated, and the lateral ~e~ticles ~re promin~nt. T?e pifiil is crooked, and fcarce appears. Thts 1s a native of Syna, but It bears the cold of our climate very well. Tournefort calls it, Horminum coma viridi. The other principal fpecies of this large genus are of the Sage-kind : I. The broadleave_ d, ferrated Sage. 2. The arborefcent Sage, with divided leaves. 3· The great Creuc Sage. 4· The large, broad, and roundiili-leaved Sage. 5· The fm aller ~uriculated Sage. . 6. The narrow-leaved, ferrated Sage. 7· The b1 oad-leaved, wormw? od Sage, wlth red flowers. 8. ~he broad-leaved, hairy, and vifcous Ociental Sage, V:Ith purple flowers. 9· The African, Ouubby Sage, with fcoroiionia leaves, and vwlet-coloured flowers. I o. The i1uubby African Sage, with 10undiili blue- green leaves, and large yell?w flower~. I I. Tl1e undated-leaved pomiferous Sage. 1 2. Tht: lavender-leaved ~pamili ?age. 13. The w?ite-flowered, wormwoood Sage. Of the Hormmum kmd are, 1. The Wild Clary. 2. The meadow Clary, with a very final! flower. 3· The betony-_leaved, blue-flowered, fpring Clary. 4. The hairy, ~vated-leaved Clary .. 5· The vervam-leav~d Clary. 6. The oak-leaved Clary. 7· The httle-branched Egy~tian Clary. 8. The little betony-leaved procumbent Clary. Of the Sdarea k_md are, 1. The great lanuginous Clary, called lEthiopic by the old authors. 2. _The Jaggedtleaved, very hoary Sclarea. 3· The afphodel-rooted Clary. 4· !he glutmous Pyrenrean Clary, with finuated leaves. 5· The ftinking, hairy, white-flowered Clary. 6. The g1 eat blue-flowered Clary. 7· The ferrated-l eaved , meadow Clary. ~L The ovated-1t!avtd, great Cbtry. 9· The triangular, dentated-leaved • The Hiflory of P L A N T S. leaved Clary. 10. The hairy-ftalk,ed, triangular-leaved Clary. i y, The helianthe"mum- leaved African Clary. I 2. The dwarf laciniated Clary, with large flowers. The .virtues of the plants of this gen~s are very. confider.able. The common Sage is a fudonfic and detergent. The Clary IS famous m hyfrenc and hypochond~iac complaints, and is alfo eil:eemed a cordial, and a provocative to venery. R 0 S M A R I N U S. T HE calyx of the Rofmarinus is a tubulated perianthium formed of one leaf, compreffed at the top, and bilabiate ; the upper lip entire, and the lower bifid. The corolla confifts of a fingle petal: the tube is longer than the cup; the limb is ringent. The upper. lip is erect, i11ort, divided into two fegments, and has it's edges turned back:· the lower lip is reflex, and divided into three fegments, of which the middle one is much the largefi, and is hollow, and narrow at the bafe. The lateral fegments are narrow and acute. The fiami~a are two fubulated filaments, turhed tQv: ar_d .the upp~r lip, and lon~er than it. The .antherre are fimple : the germen of the ptfillis quadnfid; the fiyle m figure and fituat10n refembles the fiamina; the fiigma is fimple and acute. Every flower is fucceeded by four oval feecls', which are lodged in the cup. This genus is very nearly allied to the falvia. There is but one fpecies of it, Ro.ftnarinus. Roje1nary. This is a low, ~utcon~derably robuft, ilirub: the root is long, variouily divaricated, woody, and furmilied wlth a number of fibres. The ftem is hard and firm, and covered with a brown bark, which is full of cracks and wrinkles. The younger fhoots are round•, green or whitifh, and tender.: _the leaves are oblong and narrow, of a very dark green on the upper fide, and whltiili underneath. They ftand thick on the ftalks, and are firm, rigid, and df a very pleafan~ · fmell : the flowers are of a greyii11 white. Rofemary is a native of Spain. and Greece : it thrives tolerably we~~ in our gardens in the open air. It is. a very con_fiderable plant iQ medicine. It enters many of the compiDfitions, as a cephalic and nervme ; and the Hungary water of the perfumers is made of it. The upper parts of the branches, when loaded with flowers, are difiilled in fpir.it Df wine for this purpofe. M 0 NARD A. THE calyx of the ~?nar~a is a tubul~ted, cylindric, firiatc9 perianthium, confiiting of a fingle leaf, divided mto five iliort and equal fegments at the rim. The corolla confifis of a fingle petal: the tube is cylindric, and longer than the cup ; the limb is ringent. ~h.e upl?er lip is ftrait, narrow, and undivided : t}-le lower lip is broad, re .. flex, ~nd divided mto . three fegments: the middle fegment is oblong, narrow, and emargmated ; the lateral ones are ilior'ter and obtufe. The ftamina are two fetaceous fil~ ments, of the length of the upper lip of the corolla, in which they are inclofed and furrounded. The antherre are compreifed, truncated above, and convex below, and erecr. Th~ germen ?f the piftil is quadrifid ; the ftyle is capillary, ~nd involved in the upper lip along With the fia~ina; the ftigma is bifid and aqH.e; after every flower there ~row fo~r feeds of a roundlfh figure; thefe are lodged nakeq in the cup. This genus mcludes the Origanum fpurium of Rivinus. I. Monarda capitulis terminalibus caule obtzife a11gulato. The obtzfely angular-jlalked Monarda, with termi1zatory heads. The root of this fpecies is compofed of a great number of fibres : the fralks are ufually obtufely quadrangular; they rife to a foot and half in height, and are hairy and branched. The leaves ·are oblong and narrow, and of a pale green colour. they ~uch refemble thofe of. the common Lyfimachia filiquofa of authors. The; grow Irregularly, but very thtck and clofe upon the ftalk : at the top of the main flalk and of the branches there ftand clufiers of fmaller ones ten Dr twelve in a clu£ !er, difpofed orbicularly ; thefe furround a clufrer of the fl~wers, which are formed J~to a t:ounded but flat head, compofed of a multitude of long tll bular flowers, like ltttle pipes, of a purple or red colour. From this tuft of leaves, and head of the flower, there not unfrequently rifes another, fupported on a .fhort ftalk; in this cafe the |