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Horminum (old Greek name for sage). Labiate. One herbaceous perennial, H. pyrenaicum, Linn., adapted to borders and rock-gardens: sts. simple and nearly leafless: lvs. mostly radical, ovate, toothed or crenate, the floral lvs. reduced to bracts: fls. medium size, purple-violet, nodding, in secund verticils or whorls; calyx eampanulate, 2-lipped, about 13-nerved; corolla-tube exserted, the limb somewhat 2-lipped, the upper lip truncate-emarginate, the lower or anterior 3-parted; stamens 4, didynamous; style 2-lobed: nutlets ovoid. The plant grows 8-12 in. high; Pyrenees to the Tyrol; it makes a tuft of foliage; blooms in midsummer; hardy in England. Vars. album and grandiflorum purpureum are offered. Other plants sometimes referred to Horminum are properly salvias. L. H. B.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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