. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 23. MINT 7. Salvia Sclarea L. Clary. Clear-eye. See-bright. Fig. 3635. Salvia Sclarea L. Sp. PI. 27. 1753. Biennial or annual, glandular-pubescent; stem stout, erect, 2°-3i° high. Leaves broadly ovate, rugose, acute or obtuse at the apex, cordate at the base, irregularly denticulate, the lower long-peti- oled, 6'-8' long, the upper small, short-p
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 23. MINT 7. Salvia Sclarea L. Clary. Clear-eye. See-bright. Fig. 3635. Salvia Sclarea L. Sp. PI. 27. 1753. Biennial or annual, glandular-pubescent; stem stout, erect, 2°-3i° high. Leaves broadly ovate, rugose, acute or obtuse at the apex, cordate at the base, irregularly denticulate, the lower long-peti- oled, 6'-8' long, the upper small, short-petioled or sessile; clusters several-flowered, numerous in terminal spikes; bracts broad, ovate, acuminate, commonly longer than the calyx, pink or white; calyx campanulate, deflexed-spreading in fruit, 4"-5" long, its lips about equal, the teeth all subu- late-acicular; corolla blue and white, about 1' long; upper lip arched, laterally compressed, longer than the lower one. In fields, Pennsylvania to South Carolina, escaped from gardens. Naturalized from Europe. The mucilage of the seeds used to clear specks from the eye. June-Aug. 24. MONARDA L. Sp. PI. 22. 1753. Perennial or annual erect aromatic herbs, with dentate or serrate leaves, and rather large white red purple yellowish or mottled flowers, in dense capitate clusters, mostly bracteate and bracteolate, terminal and sometimes also axillary, the bracts sometimes brightly colored. Calyx tubular, narrow, 15-nerved, nearly or quite equally S-toothed, mostly villous in the throat. Corolla glabrous within, usually puberulent or glandular without, the tube slightly dilated above, the limb 2-lipped; upper lip erect or arched, emarginate or entire; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, the middle lobe larger or longer than the others. Anther-bearing stamens 2, ascending, usually exserted, the posterior pair (staminodia) rudimentary or wanting; anthers linear, versatile, 2-celled, the sacs divaricate, more or less confluent a
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