Orvala
(said to be from Orvale, the French name for the Clary--Salvia Sclarea). ORD. Labiatae. A monotypic genus, included, by Bentham and Hooker, under Lamium. The species is a hardy herbaceous perennial, of easy culture. It thrives in a common soil, in any sheltered situation. Propagation may be effected either by seeds or by division of the roots in autumn. O. lamioides (Dead Nettle-like). fl. light purplish-red and white; throat of the corolla inflated, the tube almost straight. April. l. cordate, unequally or argutely serrated. Stems slightly coloured. h. 1 1/2ft. South Europe, 1596. (B. M. 172, under name of Lamium Orvala.)