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calyxes ; racemes simple; whorls generally 2-flowered, all re- 
mote; calyx tubular, striated, glabrous, having the upper lip 
entire, and the teeth of the lower lip lanceolate, acute ; corolla 
exceeding the calyx a little: upper lip straight. ©.H. Na- 
tive of Mexico, Mocino et Sesse ; in the valley of Guanaxuato, 
Humb. et Bonpl.; at the river Missouri, Clarke and Lewis. 
Jacq. fil. eclog. 1. p. 13. t. 13. S. lancezefolia, Poir. suppl. 5. 
p. 49. S. refléxa, Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 34. S. aspidophylla, 
Roem. et Schultes, syst. mant. 1. p. 206. S. trichostemmoides, 
Pursb, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 19. Stem glabrous, or clothed with 
hoary pubescence at top. Leaves 14 to 2 inches long, obscurely 
and bluntly serrated. Whorls 2-4-flowered. Corollas blue. 
Lanceolate-leaved Sage. Fl, June, Sept. Clt. 1813. PESI 
foot. 
98 S. LEPTOPHY'LLA (Benth. lab. p. 249.) stem herbaceous, 
ascending, branched, glabrous ; leaves nearly sessile, narrow- 
linear, acute, quite entire, glabrous : floral leaves deciduous ; 
racemes simple; whorls remote, generally 2-flowered; calyx 
tubular, striated, glabrous, with the upper lip entire, and the 
teeth of the lower lip acute ; corolla about twice as long as the 
calyx : tube inclosed; style bifariously bearded. ©.? H. 
Native of Mexico. Nearly allied to S. lanceolàta ; but differs 
in the leaves being narrower, quite glabrous, and in the flowers 
being larger; and from S. angustifolia, in the stem being gla- 
brous, and in the flowers being much smaller. 
Slender-leaved Sage. Pl. 1 foot. 
== § 2. BnacuvA'NTHA (from (paxvc, brachys, short ; and av8oc, 
anthos, a flower; in allusion to the shortness of the flowers.) 
Benth. lab. p. 249. Floral leaves bractea-formed, deciduous. 
Calyx glabrous, villous, or clothed with hoary tomentum. Corolla 
4 lines long, or longer : tube inclosed, or hardly a half again as 
long as the calyx: lower lip generally longer than the upper 
one, flat, mith rounded lobes: the middle lobe very large. 
Flowers blue, rarely white or pale red, never scarlet nor yellow. 
* Ancustirétiaz. Leaves linear or lanceolate, very narrow 
at the base, or cuneated, usually petiolate. 
99 S. ANcusTIFÜLIA (Cav. icon. 4. p. 9. t. 817.) stems her- 
baceous, erect, glabrous, or beset with spreading hairs; leaves 
nearly sessile, oblong-linear, narrowed at both ends, quite entire 
or serrated, glabrous ; floral leaves bractea-formed, linear-lan- 
ceolate, deciduous ; racemes elongated, simple; whorls all dis- 
tant, 2-6-flowered; calyx tubular, striated, hispid, with the 
upper lip entire, and the teeth of the lower lip ovate, acute ; 
corolla twice as long as the calyx: tube equalling the calyx : 
middle lobe of lower lip emarginately bifid; style bifariously 
bearded. 2. S. Native of Mexico, in bushy places near 
Totonileo el Grande and Tlalpuxabua. Lindl. bot. reg. t. 
1554. S.réptans, Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 3. p. 38. t. 819. S. 
virgàta, Ort. dec. 3. Stems numerous, twiggy, a little branch- 
ed, leafy at the base, bluntly tetragonal. Leaves 14 inch long. 
Calyx usually bluish. Corolla azure blue. Upper lobe of 
style very long, subulate. 
Narrow-leaved Sage. 
14 foot, 
100 S. rA'Lrrpa (Benth. lab. p. 250.) stem herbaceous, pro- 
cumbent, glabrous ; branches ascending, canescent ; leaves pe- 
tiolate, ovate-lanceolate or linear, acuminated, narrowed at the 
base, clothed with hoary tomentum while young, but at length 
glabrous ; floral leaves ovate at the base, but with a long (gen 
acumen at apex, deciduous; racemes simple, elongated; whorls 
remote, about 6-flowered ; calyx nearly sessile, tubular stri- 
ated, clothed with hoary tomentum, with the upper lip entire, 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1806. Pl. 1 to 
LABIATA. XXIX. Sarvia. 
and the teeth of the lower lip ovate, acute ; corolla about twice 
as long as the calyx, downy outside; tube ventricose, equallin 
the calyx; style pubescent beneath. %.? S. Native of the 
south of Brazil, Sello ; at Buenos Ayres, Parker. S. canés- 
cens, Benth. mss. but not of Meyer. Habit of S. lanceolata; 
but the stems are more procumbent and elongated; the branches 
canescent; the leaves more acute. Flowers size of those of 
Stàchys ánnua. 
Pale Sage. Pl. procumbent. 
101 S. azu‘rea (Lam. diar. hist. nat. 1. p. 409.) stem herba- 
ceous, erect, glabrous; leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate or 
linear, bluntish, narrowed a long way at the base, subserrated, 
green on both surfaces, and glabrous; floral leaves lanceolate- 
linear, deciduous ; racemes simple, elongated ; whorls distant, 
generally 6-flowered ; calyxes nearly sessile, tubular, striated, 
nearly glabrous, with the upper lip entire, and the teeth of the 
lower lip broad, acutish ; corolla more than twice as long as the 
calyx, pubescent outside : tube ventricose, a half again as long 
as the calyx; style bifariously bearded. Y%.?H. Native of 
the southern states of North America, as of Carolina, Upper 
Georgia, Eastern Florida, Jacksonville, Alabama, Arkansas, 
&c. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1728. S. Mexicana, Walt. fl. car. p. 
65. but not of Lin. S. elàta, Poir. dict. 6. p. 625. S. angus- 
tifdlia, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 13. but not of Cav. $, 
acuminata, Vent. hort. cels. 50. t. 50. S. acuminata, Pers. 
ench. 1. p. 24. S. longifólia, Nutt. in amer. phil. trans. n. s. 
5. p. 185. Herb tall, green or bluish. Leaves 2-3 inches 
long, stiffish, entire or few-toothed. Whorls subsecund. Calyx 
pubescent, green or bluish. Corolla blue, downy outside. 
rod Sage. Fl. Aug. Cit. 1806. Pl. 4 to 
6 feet. 
102 S. Prrcug nr (Torrey, mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 251.) stem 
herbaceous, erect, tomentose, pubescent; leaves petiolate, ob- 
long-lanceolate, or linear, acute, somewhat serrated, narrowed a 
long way at the base, clothed with soft tomentum on both sur- 
faces; floral leaves lanceolate-linear, deciduous ; racemes sim- 
ple, elongated; whorls distant, 6-15-flowered ; calyxes nearly 
sessile, tubular, striated, villous, with the upper lip entire, and 
the teeth of the lower lip broad, obtuse; corolla more than 
twice as long as the calyx, pubescent outside; tube ventricose, 
a half again as long as the calyx; style bearded. 2. H. Native 
of North America, at the Red River, Pitcher. Habit of S. 
azürea, but the whole plant is pubescent and canescent, the 
flowers more numerous, and the calyx larger, and the teeth 
blunter. 
Pitcher's Sage. P]. 3 to 4 feet. ? 
103 S. uz'vis (Benth. lab. p. 251.) stem herbaceous, erect, 
glabrous; leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, narrowed a long 
way at the base, remotely serrated, glabrous; floral leaves mem- 
branous, broad roundish, ciliated, obtuse, deciduous ; racemes 
simple, on long peduncles; whorls 6-10-flowered: lower ones 
remote: upper ones approximate; calyxes pedicellate, campa- 
nulate, ciliated, with the upper lip almost entire, and the teet 
of the lower lip lanceolate, cuspidate ; corolla thrice as long as 
the calyx : tube exserted, ventricose : upper lip glabrous. 4.1 
G. Native of Mexico. Stem nearly terete, striated, with yel- 
low and green lines. Corollas pale blue. Genitals inclosed. 
aes to S. wliginósa. Style furnished with a long bear 
at top. 
Smooth Sage.  P].? 
104 S. vrrGmósA (Benth. lab. p. 251.) stem herbaceous, 
erect, glabrous, or villous; leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, ‘ 
acute, serrated, narrowed at the base, glabrous, or pubescent; 
floral leaves membranous, broad-ovate, acuminated, deciduous; 
racemes dense, on long peduncles, a little branched ; whorls 
many-flowered ; calyx campanulate, with the upper lip almost 
