S A L V I A verbenaca.
Wild Engli/h Clary.
D I A N n R I A Monogynia.
G en. C har. Cor. irregu la r. Filaments attached laterally
to a little fo o t fta lk .
Spec. C har. L e a v e s ferrated, fmo o th ifti. C o ro lla m u ch
more co n tr a fted than the ca ly x .
Sy n . S a lv ia verbenaca. Linn. Sp. PI. 3 5 . HudJ. FI.
An. 10 . With. Bot. Arr, 22 . Relh. Cant. l o .
H o rm in um fy lv e ftre L avan dula e flo re . Rail Syn.
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( j OMMON on chalky and gravelly foils, as about Charlton.
The whole plant is of a deeper green than Salvia pratenfis, and
the flowers of a darker blueifh purple; they are alfo much
fmaller, and by far lefs confpicuous.
The root is perennial, ftrong and woody. Radical leaves on
footftalks, (inuated and crenate ; thofe on the Item feflile, fharp-
ly and grofsly ferrated. Braftese entire, heart-fhaped, acute,
larger in proportion to the flowers than in S. pratenfis. The
flowers appear in June, and may be found even till October.
Our figure exprefles their ftructure.
T he herb and flowers prove very aromatic upon being rubbed,
The feeds are black and fmooth, producing a great quantity
of foft taftelefs mucilage when moiftened, whence they become
ferviceable for removing extraneous matter from the eyes. If
put under the eyelid for a few moments, the tears diflblve their
mucilage, which envelops any fand or dull that may be in the
way, and brings it out fafely, Gerarde has noticed this.