(From to excite,) from its supposed qualities in provoking venery. Clary; gallitri-chum; sclarea; orvala; garden clary; the salvia hor-minum Lin. Sp. Pl. 34; is a whitish, green, slightly hairy, plant, with square stalks, on the tops of which are long spikes of bluish flowers; perennial; a native of warmer climates; cultivated with us in gardens; and flowering in July and August.

The leaves are bitterish, have an aromatic, but to many a disagreeable, smell; and are recommended as antispasmodic . Their active part resides in resinous matter, which is wholly taken up by spirit of wine; and, on inspissating the tincture, remains in the extract. Water takes up a part of their virtue by infusion; and in distillation carries it wholly over. The seeds possess the same qualities as the leaves. The flavour of the clary, in a small proportion, communicates to sweet wines that of frontiniac

Horminum sylvestre. Wild clary; sclarea His-jianica and oculus Christi. Salvia sylvestris Lin. Sp. Pl. 34. This species resembles the former in appearance, but in quality is much inferior. See Raii His-toriahorn. See Cornu.