. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. 498 bOTANT. ma officinalis, Garden Sage, are small South Eutopean shrubs, now to be found in all gardens. Catnip, Balm, Horseinint, and many others are used lunre or less as family medicines, for which purpose they are well suited, being harm- less and feebly operative. Several tropical species of SaZma are grown as ornaments, as are also Colevs and PeriUa, from Southeastern Asia. Order Verbenacese.—The Vervain Family. Herbs, shrubs, or trees, usually not aromatic, with mostly four-angled stems. The species number about 700, and are chiefly tropi
. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. 498 bOTANT. ma officinalis, Garden Sage, are small South Eutopean shrubs, now to be found in all gardens. Catnip, Balm, Horseinint, and many others are used lunre or less as family medicines, for which purpose they are well suited, being harm- less and feebly operative. Several tropical species of SaZma are grown as ornaments, as are also Colevs and PeriUa, from Southeastern Asia. Order Verbenacese.—The Vervain Family. Herbs, shrubs, or trees, usually not aromatic, with mostly four-angled stems. The species number about 700, and are chiefly tropical. They generally possess a bitter and astringent principle. With us the order is esteemed principally for its ornamental value. FlGB. 416-18.—iLLnSTRATIONS OP Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bessey, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1845-1915. New York : H. Holt
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