LAMIACEAE 1035 
11. Salvia urticifólia L. Perennial, finely pubescent and somewhat viscid. Stems 
erect, solitary or tufted, 2-7 dm. tall, usually simple above : leaf-blades ovate to deltoid, 
3-8 cm. long, acute or short-acuminate, dentate or crenate, abruptly narrowed or truncate 
atthe base: panicles 5-15 cm. long, the clusters few-flowered : calyx 6-8 mm. long, glandu- 
lar-pubescent and glandular-dotted ; lobes all cuspidate: corolla purplish or white, about 
12 mm. long ; tube gibbous about the middle, the upper lip glandular-pubescent on the 
back, the lower lip 3-lobed, the middle lobe reniform, about 8 mm. broad, notched : style 
pubescent : nutlets 2 mm. long. 
Inopen woods or thickets, Maryland and Kentucky to Florida and Louisiana. Spring and summer. 
12. Salvia Chapmánii A. Gray. Perennial, rather closely pubescent. Stems erect, 
1-2 m. tall, branching : leaf-blades thickish, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 2.5-8 cm. long, long- 
acuminate, crenate-serrate, cuneate at the base, short-petioled : panicle much interrupted, 
9-10 cm. long; clusters 2-6-flowered: bracts mostly 5-10 cm. long, acuminate: calyx 
becoming 4-5 mm. long, finely pubescent ; tube campanulate; the lips very short: corolla 
blue or whitish, 8-9 mm. long; tube much surpassing the calyx, the lower lip about 
twice as long as the upper: nutlets about 1.5 mm. long. 
In sandy soil, Florida and Alabama. Spring. 
13. Salvia Blodgéttii Chapm. Annual, minutely pubescent. Stems much branched, 
the branches slender, 1-3 dm. long : leaf-blades ovate to suborbicular, 1-2 cm. long, obtuse, 
shallowly toothed, cuneate or truncate at the base: panicles slender, 1-3 cm. long: bracts 
subulate, shorter than the pedicels: calyx 4 mm. long, glandular-villous, the upper lip 
twice as long as the lower one : corolla about 8 mm. long. 
In sand, Key West, Florida. 
14. Salvia occidentàlis Sw. Annual, sparingly pubescent to the inflorescence, 
thence closely so. Stems erect or decumbent and creeping, 0.5-2 m. long, more or less dif- 
fusely branched : leaf-blades ovate, acute or short-acuminate, serrate, cuneate or nearly 
truncate at the base, short-petioled : panicles slender, 5-30 cm. long ; clusters few-flowered, 
the lower ones distant: calyx densely glandular-hirsute, 3-3.5 mm. long; tube strongly 
ribbed, the upper lip rounded, the lower lobes acute: corolla blue, about 5 mm. long; 
tube not surpassing the calyx: style or stigma with thin broad obtuse or truncate lobes : 
nutlets 2 mm. long. 
In sandy soil, peninsular Florida. Spring to fall.2 
15. Salvia ballotaefléra Benth. A much branched shrub. Stem 1-3 m. tall, with 
tomentulose-canescent young foliage: leaf-blades ovate to deltoid, 1-2 em. long, acute or 
obtusish, crenate, truncate or cuneate at the base, slender-petioled : panicles 1-2 cm. long, 
few-flowered : calyx densely puberulent, 5 mm. becoming 8-10 mm. long and drooping at 
maturity, the lobes nearly equal, broadly ovate, obtuse or acutish : corolla purple or bluish, 
6-7 mm. long; tube shorter than calyx, the upper lip ample, bearded on the back, the 
lower lip 3-lobed : nutlets barely 2 mm. long. 
In dry soil, Texas and adjacent Mexico. Spring and summer. 
16. Salvia verbenàcea L.  Perennial, hirsute or villous-hirsute. Stems erect, 1-6 
dm. tall, simple or branching: leaves mainly basal; blades ovate to oblong, 3-15 cm. long, 
incised or pinnatifid, obtuse or subcordate at the base: panicles 5-30 cm. long ; clusters 
rarely contiguous : calyx shaggy, 6-8 mm. long, the upper lip erect, with three converg- 
ing teeth, the lower lobes lanceolate, rigidly pointed : corolla bluish white or blue, about 
8 mm. long; tube shorter than the calyx, lips ample, the upper one hooded, minutely 
bearded with curved hairs, the lower with a reuiform middle lobe: nutlets 2 mm. long, 
nearly smooth. 
In sandy soil, Ohio to South Carolina and Georgia. Naturalized from Europe. Summer. 
17. Salvia lyràta L. Perennial, pilose or hirsute. Stems erect, more or less scape- 
like, 1-6 dm. tall, simple or sparingly Doanibed : leaves mainly basal; blades spatulate, 
oblanceolate, oblong or oval, lyrate-pinnatifid, 5-20 cm. long, the lobes undulate or repand : 
panicles 1-4 cm. long, much interrupted ; clusters few-flowered: pedicels 1-5 mm. long: 
calyx hirsute, becoming 9-11 cm. long ; tube strongly ribbed, the upper lip with 3 teeth, 
the lower lobes lanceolate, acuminate, with rigid tips: corolla purplish blue, 2-2.5 cm. 
long, the lower lip with a middle lobe broader than long, notched : filaments glabrous : 
nutlets 2 mm. long, glabrous, granular. 
In dry, often sandy woods or thickets, New Jersey to Missouri, Florida and Texas. Spring and 
early summer. 
22. SALVIASTRUM Scheele. 
Perennial caulescent herbs, with puberulent or pubescent foliage. Leaves opposite : 
blades narrow, mostly entire, sometimes sparingly toothed. Flowers 1-3 in the axils of the 
