LABIATAE. 
occidentalis ; but differs in the lobes of the calyx being subu- 
lately-acuminated ; in the lobes of the style being acute and 
subulate, not roundish and flattened. 
Obscure Sage. Pli to 1 foot. ? 
88 S. riparia (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 300.) 
stem herbaceous, erect, branched, pubescent ; leaves ovate-ob- 
long, acute, cordate, serrated, pilosely pubescent on both sur- 
faces; whorls many-flowered, rather remote ; calyx subcampa- 
nulate, striated, beset with glandular hairs, having the upper lip 
tricuspidate, and the lower one bifid, the segments acuminately 
subulate; corolla a little longer than the calyx. %4.? S. Na- 
tive of Peru, between Guancabamba and Paramo de Guamani, 
Humb. et Bonpl. ; on the banks of the river Chulucana. Herb 
canescent, sweet-scented. Leaves on short petioles, an inch 
long. Racemes 3-4 inches long.  Bracteas roundish-ovate, 
acute, hardly longer than the pedicels, which are pilose. Corollas 
bluish. 
River-side Sage. Pl. ? 
89 S. rENE'LLA (Swartz, fl. ind. 1. p. 45. t. 2.) stems herba- 
ceous, small, procumbent; branches ascending, pubescent, leaves 
petiolate, broad-ovate, roundish, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the 
base, clothed with adpressed pubescence above, but glabrous 
beneath ; floral leaves lanceolate, minute, permanent; racemes 
short; whorls about 6-flowered; flowers minute; calyx tubu- 
lar, clothed with glandular villi, having the upper lip entire, and 
the teeth of the lower lip very short and bluntish ; corolla ex- 
ceeding the calyx a very little: upper lip short, truncate; lobes 
of style subulate. 2/.? S. Native of Jamaica. Habit of 
Verónica agréstis. Corollas blue. 
Slender Sage. Pl. procumbent. 
90 S. mIcRA’NTHA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 235.) stems herbaceous, 
erect, glabrous or pubescent; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, 
obtuse, irregularly crenated, a little curled, truncate at the base 
or cordate, nearly glabrous; floral leaves lanceolate, shorter 
than the pedicels; racemes simple; whorls 6-10-flowered ; 
flowers minute; calyx tubular, clothed with glandular villi, 
having the upper lip quite entire, and the teeth of the lower lip 
obtuse ; corolla a half longer than the calyx: upper lip short, 
truncate; lobes of style subulate. ©. S. Native of Mexico, 
and near the Havana, in Cuba. S. bullata, Ort. dec. 9. p. 109. 
Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 4. p. 41. t. 481. S. serótina, Vahl, enum. 
l. p. 232. but not of Lin. S. foliis cordato-ovatis, &c. Ard. 
spec. l. p. 10. t. 2. Leaves small. Corollas blue. 
Small-flowered Sage. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1823. Pl. à 
foot. 
91 S. serétina (Lin. mant. p. 25.) stems herbaceous, pubes- 
cent or villous; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, trun- 
cate at the base, somewhat cordate, wrinkled, villous above, and 
clothed with soft woolly pubescence beneath; floral leaves lan- 
ceolate, shorter than the pedicels; racemes simple; whorls 
about 6-flowered; flowers minute; calyx tubular, clothed with 
glandular villi, having the upper lip almost entire, and the teeth 
of lower lip acutish ; corolla exceeding the calyx a little: upper 
lip short, truncate; lobes of style subulate. 2[.? S. Native 
of the Bahama Islands, Trinidad, Santa Cruz, Jamaica, &c. 
Jacq. icon. rar. 1. p. 1. t. 3. S. Dominica, Vahl, enum. 1. p. 
238. Swartz, obs. p. 18. t. 1. f. 1. but not of Lin. Allied to 
S. micrantha, but smaller. Racemes loose, more branched and 
more villous. Leaves villous. Corollas smaller, dirty white or 
bluish. 
Late Sage. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1803. Pl. 13 foot. 
92 S. nu‘mitis (Benth. lab. p. 246.) stem herbaceous, erect, 
branched, beset with spreading hairs; leaves petiolate, broad- 
ovate, acutish, crenated, rounded at the base or cordate, green 
on both sides, and finely pubescent; upper floral leaves mem- 
branous, lanceolate, deciduous ; racemes simple; whorls 2-4- 
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flowered, loose, remote ; lower flowers in the axils of the cau- 
line leaves; calyx tubularly campanulate, villous, with the 
upper lip entire, and the teeth of the lower one acute, increased 
very much in the fructiferous state. 2[.? S. Native of Mexico, 
Karwinski. Habit and leaves of S. serótina ; but differs in the 
whorls being usually 2-flowered, and in the lower whorls being 
axillary, but particularly in the increased fructiferous calyx. 
Humble Sage. Pl. 1 foot.? 
93 S. 1nconspr'cua (Benth. lab. p. 247.) stems procumbent ? 
villous ; leaves on short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, cre- 
nated, cordate at the base, wrinkled, clothed with rufous tomen- 
tum beneath ; floral leaves deciduous; racemes a little branch- 
ed; whorls 4-6-flowered, loose; flowers small; calyx tubular, 
striated, clothed with rather glandular villi, with the upper lip 
entire, and the teeth of the lower lip obtuse. %.? S. Native 
of Mexico, Henke. This species differs from S. micrántha, in 
the leaves being wrinkled and tomentose beneath. Stems elon- 
gated, branched. Leaves 1 to 13 inch Jong: superior ones ses- 
sile. Calyx of S. serótina, but stiffer, and the teeth more 
obtuse. 
Inconspicuous Sage. | Pl. procumbent. ? 
94 S. TILIÆròLIA (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 7.) stem herbaceous, 
erect, almost glabrous or finely pubescent ; leaves broad-ovate, 
crenated, truncate or nearly cordate at the base, softly wrinkled 
and pubescent from a few hairs on both surfaces: floral leaves 
membranous, lanceolate, deciduous ; racemes simple; whorls 
loose, approximate, 6-10-flowered ; calyx tubular, with ciliated 
nerves, having the upper lip entire, and the teeth of the lower 
lip ovate-lanceolate, acute ; corolla hardly exceeding the calyx, 
with short erectish lips: lobes of style nearly equal, subulate. 
AL. S. Native of Caraccas, and the Andes of New Spain, near 
the town of Pazcuara; Mexico, at Jalapa, &c. Jacq. hort. 
scheenbr. 3. p. 2. t. 254. S. fimbriàta, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 
gen. amer. 2. p. 299. t. 149.2? Leaves with the petioles 1 to 12 
inch long. Corollas blue, variegated with white. 
Lime-tree-leaved Sage. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1793. Pl. 3 
to 4 feet. 
95 S. rALExrFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 303. t. 157.) stem 
suffruticose, erect, and is, as well as the branches, pilose ; 
leaves cordate-sagittate, rounded at top, crenated, hairy on both 
surfaces, canescent beneath; spikes panicled ; whorls 2-flower- 
ed, crowded ; calyx clothed with glandular hairs, campanulate, 
striated, having the upper lip bluntish, and the teeth of the 
lower lip acuminated; tube of corolla exceeding the calyx a 
little: upper lip pubescent: middle segment of the lower lip 
emarginately 2-lobed; genitals exserted. k. S. Native of 
New Granada, between Popayan and Palace. Leaves petiolate, 
2 inches long. Pedicels clothed with glandular pili. Flowers 
size of those of T'hamus serpyllum. Corollas blue. 
Chaff-leaved Sage. Shrub. 
96 S. rLexuòsa (Presl, mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 248.) stem 
diffuse, twisted, glabrous; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, ser- 
rately crenated, roundly cuneated at the base, glabrous; floral 
leaves membranous, lanceolate, deciduous; racemes simple ; 
whorls 6-10-flowered ; flowers minute; calyx tubular, glabrous 
or ciliated on the nerves, with an entire upper lip, and the teeth 
of the lower lip acutish; corolla hardly exceeding the calyx. 
Y. S. Native of Mexico, Henke. Allied to S. tilizfolia, 
but differs in the diffuse, twisted, glabrous stem. Leaves gla- 
brous or minutely ciliated on the nerves and margins, not trun- 
cate nor cordate at the base. Racemes 2-6 inches long. 
Tnisted-stemmed Sage. PI. diffuse. 
97 S. LANcEOLA'TA (Willd. enum. 1. p. 37.) stem herbaceous, 
ascending, branched, glabrous; leavés petiolate, lanceolate-linear, 
bluntish or acuminated, narrowed at the base, pubescent, hoary 
while young ; floral leaves lanceolate-subulate, shorter than the 
