LABIATA. XXIX. Sauva. 
eircinàta, Cav. icon. 4. p. 9. t. 318. 
Stem beset with long 
hairs, often glandularly hispid. 
Leaves 1} inch long. Corollas 
blue; middle lobe of lower lip broad, emarginate. Upper lobe 
of style twice as long as the lower one. 
Very-bitter Sage. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1803. Pl. 3 to 6 
feet. 
142 S. cuspma‘ra (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 23. t. 40. f. b.) 
suffruticose ; branches pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, blunt- 
ish, crenated, cordate at the base, wrinkled, pale and pubescent 
beneath; floral leaves ovate, acuminated, deciduous; racemes 
elongated, almost simple; whorls usually 6-flowered, distant ; 
calyx tubularly campanulate, villous, having the upper lip tri- 
cuspidate, and the teeth of the lower lip ovate, cuspidate ; co- 
rolla about 3 times as long as the calyx: tube exserted a little, 
ventricose; style glabrous, or shortly pubescent. h.S. Na- 
tive of Peru, on hills about Purrochuca and Cheuchin. Leaves 
an inch long, somewhat doubly crenated. Flowers almost like 
those of S. scorodónia and S. amarissima. Corollas blue. 
Cuspidate-calyxed Sage. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
143 S. CARDIOPHY'LLA (Benth. lab. p. 721.) herbaceous or 
suffruticose ; branches pubescent; leaves petiolate, ovate, cre- 
nated, deeply cordate at the base, wrinkled, clothed with soft 
villi on both surfaces: floral ones deciduous; racemes elon- 
gated, simple; whorls about 6-flowered, distant ; calyx tubularly 
campanulate, finely pubescent, having the upper lip entire, and 
the teeth of the lower lip ovate, acutish; corolla twice as long 
as the calyx: tube almost inclosed, ventricose ; style glabrous. 
h.? G. Native of South America, without the tropic, in 
Banda Oriental. Habit of S. cuspidàta, from which it differs in 
the soft villous leaves, and larger, somewhat coloured calyxes, 
mutic teeth, and entire upper lip. 
Heart-leaved Sage. P]. 2 feet.? 
144 S. Girres (Benth. lab. p. 264.) stem shrubby; 
branches clothed with hoary tomentum; leaves petiolate, ovate 
or ovate-lanceolate, bluntish, crenately toothed, truncately cor- 
date at the base, wrinkled, nearly glabrous above, and clothed 
with hoary tomentum beneath ; floral leaves ovate, acute, deci- 
duous; racemes simple ; whorls remote, 2-6-flowered; flowers 
nearly sessile; calyx campanulate, clothed with hoary pubes- 
cence, having the upper lip entire, and the teeth of the lower lip 
ovate, obtuse, mucronate, recurved ; corolla about twice as long 
as the calyx, downy outside; style pubescent. 1. G. Native 
of Chili; plentiful on the Andes near Mendoza, at Uspaleta; : 
and on Mount Cerro de las Achiras. Branches tomentose, and 
furnished with red scattered glands. Leaves 1 to 1$ inch long. 
Calyxes usually coloured. — Corollas blue, like those of S. urti- 
cæfòlia, but smaller. 
Gilliess Sage. Shrub humble. 
145 S. RAcEMÓsA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 25.) plant 
shrubby, hairy, erect, branched; leaves cordate, acute, sublan- 
ceolate, serrated ; racemes terminal numerous, compound ; 
floral leaves ovate, acuminated, concave, deciduous. h. S. 
Native of Peru, among rubbish, and in waste places of Huanuco. 
Leaves on long petioles, usually spotted with livid purple. 
Flowers verticillate, on short pedicels. Corolla pale blue. 
Racemose-flowered Sage. Shrub. 
146 S. cA'RaxEA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 300. t. 151.) 
stem shrubby, erect, branched, glabrous ; leaves roundish-ovate, 
cordate, crenately serrated, hairy; floral leaves oblong, acumi- 
nated, shorter than the calyxes, deciduous; spikes terminal; 
whorls many-flowered : lower ones remote; calyx tubular, stri- 
ated, hairy: upper lip ovate, acuminated, and the teeth of the 
lower lip acuminated; tube of corolla exceeding the calyx a 
little, rather ventricose : upper lip pubescent : middle segment of 
the lower lip emarginately 2-lobed. k. S. Native of New 
Granada, on the Andes of Quindiu. Leaves on long petioles, 2 
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to 23 inches long. Corolla pale red. Genitals a little exserted. 
Stigma glabrous. 
l'lesh-coloured Sage. Shrub. 
147 S. procu’rrens (Benth. lab. p. 266.) stems creeping, and 
rooting at the base; floriferous branches ascending, glabrous, 
or villous; leaves petiolate, roundish, or broad-ovate, cordate 
at the base, crenated, glabrous, or villous : floral leaves broad- 
ovate, acutish, deciduous; racemes simple, on long peduncles; 
whorls 6-10-flowered, remote ; flowers on short pedicels ; calyx 
campanulate, hispid, having the upper lip entire, or shortly 
tridentate, and the teeth of the lower lip acute; corolla gla- 
brous, about twice as long as the calyx: tube ventricose, equal- 
ling the calyx ; style almost glabrous. 4%.G. Native of South 
America, in humid pastures and woods ; in the province of Rio 
Grande do Sul, and the more southern parts of Brazil, St. Hil. 
and Sello; in moist woods at Porana, T'weedie; in ditches near 
Buenos Ayres, Gillies. Stem glabrous, or hispid from hairs, 
which are often glandular, clammy, pubescent while young. 
Leaves similar to those of Ground Ivy. Corolla blue. 
Running Sage. Pl. creeping. 
148 S; rnorísQuA (Benth. lab. p. 267.) stems creeping at the 
base? ; branches ascending, elongated, villous ; leaves petiolate, - 
ovate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base, villous on both sur- 
faces; floral leaves deciduous; racemes simple ; whorls about 
6-flowered, remote; calyxes equal in length to the pedicels, 
tubular, striated, clothed with rufous villi, having the upper lip 
entire, and the teeth of the lower lip ovate, acute; corolla twice 
as long as the calyx: tube ventricose, equalling the calyx: 
lobes of lower lip roundish, emarginate; style glabrous. Y.G. 
Native of the south of Brazil, Sello. Allied to S. procárrens ; 
but differs in the stem being firmer ; in the leaves being more 
villous, on short petioles, and particularly in the flowers being 
larger; in the calyxes being on long pedicels, and tubular, not 
campanulate, clothed with rufous villi, not hispid. 
Allied Sage. Pl. creeping. ? 
Leaves sessile, or nearly so, rounded 
Species all natives of Brazil. 
* * * * SESSILIFÜLUE. 
or truncate at the base. 
149 S. ovarròrra (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 267.) 
stems creeping at the base; branches ascending, glabrous or 
villous ; leaves on short petioles, oval, obtuse, crenated, rounded 
at the base, glabrous, rather coriaceous ; floral leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, shorter than the calyxes, deciduous; racemes simple; 
whorls 6-10-flowered, remote; calyx tubular, striated, pubes- 
cent, having the upper lip entire, and the teeth of the lower lip 
ovate, acute; corolla twice as long as the calyx: tube ventri- 
cose, equalling the calyx : middle lobe of lower lip very broad, 
emarginate; style shortly bearded. 2/.? G. Native of Brazil, 
common in pastures in the missions of the Uruguay ; and to the 
south of that, as well as in the province of Minas Geraes. S. 
répens, Benth. in herb. berol. Stems rather woody. Branches 
naked under the racemes. Leaves an inch and more long. 
Racemes on long peduncles. 
Var. f, villósa (Benth. lab. p. 267.) leaves deeply serrate- 
crenated, broadest at the base. 2. G. Native near Salto 
Grande, on the banks of the Uruguay, in the province of Rio 
Grande do Sul. 
Oval-leaved Sage. PI. 1 to 14 foot. 
150 S. racnnéstacuys (Benth. lab. p. 267.) stem rooting at 
the base; branches ascending, simple, villous or spreadingly 
pilose ; leaves nearly sessile, oval-oblong, obtuse, regularly cre- 
nulated, rounded or subcordate at the base, wrinkled, clothed 
with rufous tomentum above ; floral leaves cordate-ovate, blunt- 
ish, rather shorter than the calyxes, almost permanent ; racemes 
dense; whorls remotisb, usually 10-flowered ; calyx campanu- 
