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ROSEMARY , botanically Rosmarinus, a Labiate plant, the
only representative of the genus and a native of the Mediterranean region. It is a See also:low See also:shrub with linear leaves, dark See also:green above, See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white beneath, and with margins rolled back on to the under See also:face. The See also:flowers are in small axillary clusters. Each has a two-lipped calyx, from which projects a bluish two-lipped corolla enclosing two stamens, the other two, which are generally See also:present in the See also:family, being deficient. The See also:fruit consists of four smooth nutlets. Botanically the genus is near to See also:Salvia, but it differs in the shorter connective to the anther. Rosemary was highly esteemed by the ancients for its aromatic fragrance and medicinal uses. In See also:modern times it is valued mainly as a per-fume, for which purpose the oil is obtained by See also:distillation. It doubtless has slight stimulant properties, such as are See also:common to all volatile See also:oils, which may See also:account for the See also:general belief in the efficacy of the plant in promoting the growth of the See also:hair. Rosemary plays no unimportant See also:part in literature and folk-See also:lore, being esteemed as an See also:emblem of remembrance. " There's rosemary, that's for remembrance," says Ophelia. Its use in connexion with funeral ceremonies is not See also:extinct in See also:country places to this See also:day, and it was formerly much valued at wed-ding festivities. The name " See also:ros See also:marinus " or " ros See also:maris," literally " See also:sea-See also:dew," was probably given in allusion to its native
See also:habitat in the neighbourhood of the sea.
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