LABIATA. XXIX. Sarvia. 195 
265 S. sSTENOPHY LLA (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 1881.) plant her- 
baceous, erect, nearly glabrous ; leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceo- 
late or linear, runcinately-sub-pinnatifid, wrinkled : floral leaves 
minute, ovate-lanceolate, acute; racemes a little branched ; 
whorls about 6-flowered, remote ; calyx ovate, glabrous: teeth 
of lower lip lanceolate, acutish, all mutic ; corolla twice as long 
as the calyx: tube nearly equal, hardly exserted: lips short, 
nearly equal; connective bearing an empty cell behind. )/.? G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Allied to S. runcindta, but 
. is nearly glabrous, the stem taller and less branched, &c. 
Narrow-leaved Sage. | Pl.? 
266 S. repens (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 2830.) herbaceous, 
quite glabrous; stems creeping at the base, leafy; floriferous 
branches ascending, nearly naked; leaves nearly all radical, 
petiolate, elongated, runcinately pinnatifid, hardly wrinkled: 
floral leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, shorter than the calyxes; 
racemes nearly simple; whorls somewhat secund, about 6-flow- 
ered, remote ; calyx ovate, with the teeth of the lower lip lan- 
ceolate, all setaceously-acuminated. Y.? G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Leaves like those of S. stenophylla, but 
the flowers are a little larger. 
Creeping Sage. Shrub. ? 
267 S. Lvna' rA (Lin. spec. p. 33.) stem herbaceous, erect, 
nearly simple, pilose; radical leaves lyrate, erosely-toothed, 
rather hispid on both surfaces; cauline leaves few, oblong-lan- 
ceolate, narrowed a long way at the base: floral leaves oblong- 
linear, rather shorter than the calyxes; racemes nearly simple ; 
whorls 6-flowered, loose, distant: calyx tubularly-campanulate, 
nutant, pilose, with the teeth of the lower lip lanceolate, acute, 
of the upper one short and distant; corolla about three times as 
long as the calyx : tube much exserted, widened at top : middle 
lobe of lower lip very broad, emarginate: connective bearing an 
empty cell behind. )/. H. Native of North America, in Phila- 
delphia, Virginia, Carolina, and Georgia. Cunilalyràta, Schranck, 
in syll. pl. soc. ratisb. 2. p. 57.  Horminum lyratum, Mill. dict. 
no. 2. Horminum Virgínicum, Lin. spec. p. 832.— Dill. elth. 
219. t. 175. f. 216.—Mor. hist. 3. sect. 13. t. 27. Radical 
leaves 2-3 inches long. Flowers pedicellate. Calyxes coloured, 
ciliated with long spreading hairs. Corolla purplish, violet, 
9-10 lines long. 
Lyrate-leaved Sage. 
1 foot. 
268 S. opova‘ra (Elliott, bot. carol. 1. p. 33.) stem herba- 
ceous, erect, rather pilose; leaves broad-obovate, entire, sinu- 
ated, nearly glabrous, narrowed a long way at the base ; floral 
leaves ovate, rather shorter than the calyxes; racemes nearly 
simple; whorls 6-flowered, dense, remote; calyx tubularly- 
campanulate, nutant, pilose: teeth of lower lip lanceolate, acute ; 
corolla about three times longer than the calyx: tube much ex- 
serted, widened at top; connective bearing an empty cell be- 
hind. 2t. H. Native of Georgia, at the river Oakmulgee, and 
of New Orleans. Nearly allied to S. lyrata. 
Obovate-leaved Sage. Pl. 1 foot. 
269 S. AcAU'Lis (Vahl. enum. 1. p. 257.) stem herbaceous, 
erect, nearly simple, pilose; leaves obovate, entire, sinuated, 
rather hispid on both surfaces, narrowed a long way at the base: 
floral leaves ovate, rather shorter than the calyxes; racemes 
almost simple; whorls 6-flowered, remote; calyx tubularly- 
campanulate, nutant, pilose, the teeth of the lower lip lanceolate, 
acute; corolla more than twice as long as the calyx: tube slen- 
der, much exserted, widened above; connective bearing an 
empty cell behind. %.? G. Native of the East Indies, Rot- 
tler. S. ocymoides, Roxb. et Benth. Wall. pl. rar. 1. p. 68. This 
species differs from S. obovata, in the corollas being smaller and 
slenderer, and in the leaves being narrower. Perhaps not dis- 
tinct from S. obovàta. 
Fl June, July. Clt. 1728. Pl. 4 to 
Stemless Sage. Pl. 4 foot? 
270 S. Javonica (Thunb. jap. p. 22. t. 5.) stem herbaceous, 
erect, branched, glabrous; leaves petiolate, pinnate; leaflets 
ovate, acuminated, narrowed at the base, deeply-toothed, or pin- 
natifid, glabrous; floral leaves lanceolate, shorter than the 
calyxes ; racemes almost simple ; whorls about 6-flowered, dis- 
tinct; calyx tubularly campanulate, glabrous, striated, having 
the upper lip entire, ovate, obtuse, and the teeth of the lower lip 
acute; corolla twice as long as the calyx : tube hardly exserted, 
equal: middle lobe of the lower lip emarginate; genitals ex- 
serted. ©. H. Native of Japan. Corollas blue, size of those 
of S. verticillàta. Leaves 3-4 inches long. This is a very ele- 
gant annual species. 
Japan Sage. Pl. 1 foot? 
271 S. Curne’nsis (Benth. lab. p. 725.) stem herbaceous, 
erect, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, entire, or the lower ones ter- 
nate, broad-ovate, obtuse, crenated, truncate or cordate, pilose 
above, and glabrous beneath : floral leaves small, bractea-formed ; 
racemes nearly simple; calyx tubularly-campanulate, striated, 
glabrous or hispid ; corolla about twice as long as the calyx: 
tube hardly exserted, upper lip incurved, lower one spreading. 
C. H. Native of China, near Kia-nang, Sir G. Staunton. 
Herb fasciculately-branched. Leaves about an inch long. Calyx 
coloured. Corolla pubescent outside. Flowers similar to those 
of S. Japonica. 
China Sage. Pl. 
+ Species belonging to sect. XI. but are not well knomn. 
272 S. rriancuza‘ris(Thunb. prod. p. 96.) plant hispidly vil- 
lous; stem erect, branched; leaves petiolate, cordate, triangu- 
larly-spatulate, toothed; whorls remote; flowers pedicellate ; 
calyx angular, awned, a little shorter than the corolla. ©.? H. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Branches and branchlets 
divaricate. Leaves hardly an inch long. Petioles length of 
leaves. Easily distinguished from S. aurita by the petioles 
being without auricles, and by the stem being branched. 
Triangular-leaved Sage. PI. 2 feet. 
273 S. oBrusA' rA (Thunb. prod. p. 97.) villous; stem erect- 
ish, simple, or branched; leaves petiolate, ovate, deeply cre- 
nated, rarely sub-hastate, glabrous above, and pilose on the veins 
beneath, with ciliated edges; whorls 2-flowered; flowers pedicel- 
late; calyxes narrow, scabrous, awned, about half the length of 
the corollas. 2/.? G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Leaves hardly an inch long. Petioles ciliated. 
Blunt-leaved Sage. Pl. 1 foot. 
274 S. Cravróum (Elliott, bot. carol. 1. p. 32.) stem herba- 
ceous, erect; leaves ovate and cordate, lanceolate, pinnatifid, 
wrinkled, pubescent on the veins and margins; segments toothed ; 
floral leaves ovate-cordate, acuminated, toothed, pubescent : 
whorls 6-flowered; calyx sub-campanulate, hispid on the mar- 
gins and veins: the teeth of the upper lip connivent, and the 
segments of the lower lip acuminated, mucronate. )/. H. Na- 
tive of South Carolina, in arid, sandy pastures about Beaufort, 
abundant. Root thick ; almost tuberous. Anthers black. Con- 
nective antheriferous at both ends. 
Clayton’s Sage. PI. 1 foot. 
Secr. XII. Norto’space (from vortoc, notios, humid, and 
opaxoc, sphakos, sage ; the species contained in this section are 
inhabitants of humid places.) Benth. in Hook. bot. misc. 3. p. 
374. lab. p. 309. Floral leaves and bracteas minute. Calyx 
ovate, the upper lip entire or shortly tridentate, with the teeth 
connivent; lower lip bifid. Corolla small; tube inclosed ; upper lip 
straight, lower lip spreading a little. Connective fixed by the mid- 
dle, remote, and extended behind, bearing a conform fertile cell. 
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