Flora Medica

MERIANDRA.both lips recurved, or spreading. Stamens 2 ;sometimes 3 or even 4,with their filaments bifid, each division bearing an oval 1 -celled anther.Leaves similar in smell and taste to those of Salvia officinalis, butmuch stronger:they are applied to the same uses.SALVIA.Calyx tubular or campanulate, 2-lipped. Corolla bilabiate,the upper lip usually arched. Stamens 2 ;anthers halved, witha flat dilated connective, which is placed vertically with theanther upon the upper end.1008. S. officinalis Linn. sp. pi 34. Woodv. t. 38. Benth.lab. 209. Various parts of the south of Europe. (GardenSage.)A low straggling shrub. Branches erect, hoary with down, leafy atthe base, those bearing flowers 1 foot or 1 foot "long, and tomentose.Leaves entire, stalked, oblong, narrowed at the base or rounded,rugose ;the lowermost white with wool beneath. Floral leaves sessile,ovate, acuminate, membranous and striated at the base. Racemesnearly simple. Whorls many-flowered, distinct. Calyx campanulate,membranous, coloured, striated, downy; upper lip 3-toothed, lowerbifid : all the teeth subulate, acuminate. Corolla 2 or 3 times as longas the calyx, with a large projecting tube, ringed in the inside ;the lipserect, the upper straight, the lateral lobes of the lower one reflexed.Connective lengthened backwards with an anther at each end, but thelower anther empty and connate with that next it. Bentham. A teamade of the leaves has the reputation of being a stomachic. Theiraromatic and bitter qualities render them fit to assist the stomach indigesting rich or greasy meats ;on which account they are so muchemployed in cookery.1009. S. grandiflora Ettl. is said to possess the same propertiesas the last, and in a more concentrated degree.ROSMARINUS.Calyx ovate-campanulate, 2-lipped the upper ; lip entire, thelower bifid. Corolla not ringed in the inside, somewhat inflatedin the throat, with 2 equal the lips, upper of which is emarginateand erect, the lower trifid, with the middle lobe very large, concave,and hanging down. Stamens 2 ;filaments shortly toothednear the base ;anthers linear, with 2 divaricating confluent cells.Upper lobe of style very short.1010. R. officinalis Linn. sp. pi. 33. Flora Grceca t. 14.S. and C. i. t. 24. Bentham labiate 315. Dry rocky hills inthe warmer parts of Europe, and the basin of the Mediterranean ;also in Asia Minor. (Rosemary.)A shrub growing 3-4 feet high, densely leafy. Leaves sessile, linear,quite entire, revolute at the edge, hoary beneath. Flowers few, inshort axillary racemes, close together, opposite,subsessile. Bracts orfloral leaves shorter than the calyx. Calyx purplish, Corolla a dull489