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275 S. PLEBEIA (R. Br. prod. p. 501.) stem herbaceous, 
erect, branched, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, oblong, wrinkled ; 
whorls loose, about 6-flowered, racemose ; racemes fastigiately- 
panicled ; calyxes campanulate, the upper lip quite entire, and 
the teeth of the lower lip obtuse ; corolla hardly longer than the 
calyx, the upper lip arched; connective bearing an empty cell 
behind. 2/.? G. Native of the East Indies in humid places ; 
of Nipaul, Oude, Hindostan, and Silhet, Wall.; Deyra Dhoon, 
and the banks of the river Jumna, Royle ; Cashmere, Jacque- 
mont; China, Reeves; Tropical New Holland, R. Br. S. 
minutiflóra, Bunge, enum, pl. chin. p. 50. S. brachiàta, Roxb. 
hort. beng. 4. fl. ind. 1. p. 146. S. parviflora, Roxb. hort. 
beng. 4.? O'cymum fastigiatum, Roth, nov. spec. 277. Lum- 
nítzera fastigiàta, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 687. Leaves 2-3 inches 
long. Corolla having the upper lip and the middle segment of 
the lower lip emarginate. 
Plebeian Sage. | Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
276 S. JEcvrrraca (Lin. spec. p. 33.) stems procumbent, 
humble, much branched, clothed with hoary pubescence ; cauline 
leaves small, remote, sessile, lanceolate-linear, acute, toothed, or 
the lower ones are oblong, narrowed into the petioles at the base ; 
floral leaves minute; racemes elongated, a little branched ; 
whorls remote, usually 2-flowered ; calyx ovate, pubescent, hav- 
ing the upper lip shortly tridentate, and the lower lip bifid, with 
lanceolate subulately-acuminated teeth ; corolla scarcely exceed- 
ing the calyx; connective bearing an empty cell behind. ©. 
S. Native of the North and West coast of Africa, as of Egypt, 
Libya, Arabia, Canary Islands, Cape Verd Islands, Persia, 
&c. Thymus Syrticus, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 697. Thymus hirtus, 
Viv. fl. libyc. p. 30. t. 14. f. 1. Melissa perénnis, Forsk. fl. 
egypt. p. 108. S. Agyptiaca, Jacq. hort. vind. 2. p. 49. t. 
108. Plant woody at base. Branches and leaves pubescent 
and canescent. Leaves l inch long. Corolla and stamens as in 
S. plebeia. 
Egyptian Sage. Pl. 1 to $ foot. 
277 S. rv'MiLA (Benth. lab. p. 726.) stem humble, erect, 
tufted, bearded by long stiff hairs; leaves approximate at the 
base of the stem, oblong or linear, narrowed at the base, much 
wrinkled, green on both surfaces : floral leaves minute ; racemes 
a little branched ; whorls remote, 2-6-flowered : upper whorls 
sterile; calyx ovate, pilose : upper lip shortly-tridentate : lower 
lip bifid, with broad-lanceolate, very acute teeth; corolla hardly 
exceeding the calyx ; connective bearing an empty cell behind. 
uy. H. Native of Cashmere, Royle. Very nearly allied to S. 
JEgyptiaca, but differs in the stems being erect and hardly 
branched, and in the root being perennial. 
Dwarf Sage. Pl. i to $ foot. 
Secr. XIII. Gymnéspnace (from yvpvoc, gymnos, naked; and 
c$akoc, sphacos, sage; probably so called from the naked flo- 
riferous branches.) Benth. in Hook. bot. misc. 3. p. 374. lab. 
p.910. Calyx ovate-tubular ; upper lip entire, recurved ; lower 
lip bifid. Tube of corolla short, ample, furnished with a ring of - 
hair inside; lips short: upper one erect: lobes of lower lip 
spreading. Connective remote behind, deflexed, filiform, acute. 
Filaments erect, somewhat continuous with the connective. Per- 
haps a proper genus. 
278 S. saxicova (Wall. ex Benth. in Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 1. p. 
68. lab. p. 310.) stems tufted, branched at the base; floriferous 
branches erect, almost naked; radical leaves and lower cau- 
line ones roundish-cordate, crenated, glabrous; cauline leaves 
very few, ovate-lanceolate, deeply-toothed : floral leaves 
ne racemes a little branched; whorls loose, 
the upper ones are spicate ; calyx tubularly-campanulat - 
ing, glabrous: teeth of lower lip elec, Soli ; el. 
hardly exceeding the calyx; fertile anthers all adnate. X. F. 
minute, 
distinct, or 
LABIATJE. XXIX. Sarvia. 
Native of Nipaul, Wall. Stems numerous, from a thick radi- 
cant base, simple or branched under the raceme, glabrous at the 
base; axis of raceme villous. Radical leaves 2-3 inches long, 
pale beneath. Corolla small, blueish. 
Rock Sage. Pl. 4 to 13 foot. 
Secr. XIV. HzursPHacE (from hp, hemi, half; and opakog, 
sphakos, sage.) Benth. in Hook. bot. misc. 3. p. 374. lab. p. 
310. Calyx tubular; upper lip truncate, tridentate ; lower lip 
bifid. Tube of corolla furnished with a pilose ring inside ; upper 
lip erectly-spreading, arched, and the lobes of the lower lip 
spreading. Connective remote behind, drawn out a little, de- 
flexed, acute. Filaments straight, somewhat continuous with the 
connective. Herbs, native of the region of the Mediterranean, 
with the habit of those species contained in Sect. Heterósphace. 
Perhaps a proper genus. 
279 S. veRTICILLA TA (Lin. spec. 37.) stems herbaceous, erect, 
pilosely-hispid ; leaves cordate at the base, lyrate: terminal 
lobe very large, ovate, roundish, or entire, sinuately-crenated, 
hispid or woolly on both surfaces; racemes branched ; whorls 
20-40-flowered, remote ; calyx tubular, villous: teeth of lower 
lip setaceously-acuminated ; corolla about twice as long as the 
calyx: tube almost inclosed. %. H. Native of the South of 
Europe, and the North of Africa, and Caucasus.—— Barrel, icon. 
t. 199. Horminum verticillàtum, Mill. dict. no. 3. Leaves 
large, irregularly crenated or sinuated, hispid on the nerves ; flo- 
ral leaves bractea-formed, broad, ovate, acuminated, ciliated, 
shorter than the calyxes. Calyx usually coloured. Corolla 
bluish violet. The whole plant is hoary. i 
Var. B. móllis (Benth. lab. p. 311.) leaves clothed with soft 
wool on both surfaces. 2t. H. S. móllis, Donn, hort. cant. 
edit. 1804, but not of Jacq. Corolla bluish purple. 
Var. y. pallida (Benth. lab. p. 311.) leaves almost quite en- 
tire, and are, as well as the stems, clothed with pale villi. Y. H. 
Young leaves densely woolly beneath. 
Whorled Sage. Fl. June, Nov. Clt. 1628. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
280 S. waPrFOLIA (Jacq. hort. vind. 2. p. 71. t. 152.) stem 
herbaceous, erect, pilosely-hispid ; lower leaves lyrate, terminal 
lobe large, and is, as well as: the superior leaves, ovate-oblong, 
sinuately-crenated, rounded, or cordate at the base, rather vil- 
lous on both surfaces ; racemes scarcely branched ; whorls 6-12- 
flowered, remote; calyx tubular, villous, teeth all setaceously- 
acuminated ; corolla half as long again as the calyx: tube in- 
closed. 2/. H. Native of Syria, among bushes about Smyrna, 
and of the island of Cois. S. verticillàta, var. D'Urv. in mem. 
soc. lin. par. 1. p. 260. ? This hardly differs from S. verticillata, 
except in the whorls being usually 10, but never 20-flowered, 
and in the corollas being about half the size. The leaves, as in 
S. verlicillata, are also sometimes entire. Corollas blueish purple: 
: ppc Sage. Fl. June, July. . Clt. 1776. Pl. 2 to 
eet. 
281 S. Russe'rrm (Benth. lab. p. 312.) stems herbaceous, ? 
erect, pubescent; leaves petiolate, oblong, acute, sinuately- 
toothed, thick, wrinkled, clothed with white wool on both sur- 
faces : floral leaves ovate, acuminated, shorter than the calyxes; 
whorls loosely many-flowered, remote; calyx tubular: teeth 
all acuminated ; corolla half as long again as the calyxes : tube 
inclosed. ^t. H. Native of Syria, near Aleppo, Russell. 
Flowers similar to those of S. verticillata, but smaller; and the 
leaves are almost like those of S. pomifera. 
Russell's Sage. Pl. 2 to 8 feet. ? 
T Species, the names of which are alone known. 
1 S. Bysantr'na, Juss. ex. Steud. nom. p. 725. 2. 5+ Halieri, 
Fisch. ex Steud. nom. 726. 3. S. rostrata, Schmidt, abhandl 
boh. wiss, 1. H5 die 
