250 MINT FAMILY. 



* * Upper lip of the calyx entire : lower cell of the anther wanting. 



S. UTticifdlia. Woodlands from Maryland S. : l-2 high, leafy, some- 

 what clammy-downy ; leaves rhombic-ovate ; racemes slender, the blue and 

 white corolla only J' long. 



S. azurea. Sandy soil S. & S. W. : nearly smooth and green, with rather 

 simple stems, 2 -4 high; leaves lance-linear with tapering base, obtuse, 

 entire, or the lower serrate; the showy azure-blue flowers (less than I' long) 

 numerous in a spike-like raceme. 



S. Pitcheri, from Kansas to Texas, is very like the foregoing, but minutely 

 soft-downy ; occasionally cultivated, as is also 



S. farinbsa, of Texas, with more petioled oblong-lanceolate leaves, the 

 spikes, calyxes, &c. white-hoary, in contrast with the light blue corolla. 



2. GARDEN SAGES, cultivated for ornament, or the first s/jfdes for its savory 

 foliage. Perennials, but some cult, as annuals, several woody at base. 



* Flowers blue. 



S. officinalis, COMMON SAGE, from S. Eu. : low, minutely hoary-pubes- 

 cent, with obiong-lanceolate leaves finely reticulated-rugose and the margins 

 crenulate, spiked flower-whorls, and short corolla. 



S. patens, from Mexico : 2 -3 high, rather hairy, with crenate triangular- 

 ovate or halberd-shaped leaves, or the uppermost sessile ones oval, loose-pedi- 

 celled flowers, showy deep blue corolla over 2' long, the lips widely gaping and 

 the stamens exserted. 



* * Flowers scarlet-red. 



S. splendens, SCARLET SAGE, of Brazil : smooth, with branching stems, 

 ovate pointed leaves, the floral ones and calyx as well as the corolla (2' or more 

 long and with short lower lip) bright scarlet. 



S. fulgens, CARDINAL or MEXICAN RED S., from Mexico: tall, pubes- 

 cent, with crenate ovate or oval leaves heart-shaped at base and somewhat 

 rugose, green calyx, and long-tubed downy deep scarlet corolla over 2' long, 

 the style plumose. 



S. COCCinea, from Tropical America: somewhat downy or soft-hairy, 

 with ovate and heart-shaped acute crenate leaves, deciduous bracts, green or 

 purplish calyx, and smooth red corolla 1' long, with lower lip much longer than 

 the upper one. 



S. pSeudo-COCCinea, from Trop. Amer. : like the last, but with bristly- 

 hairy stems, less heart-shaped leaves, and corolla more or less pubescent. 

 * * * Flowers white. 



S. ar gen tea, from the Mediterranean regions : cult, for its silvery-white 

 foliage, hardy ; the very large round-ovate root-leaves clothed with long white 

 wool ; flowering stem and its sessile leaves, as well as calyx, &c. clammy-hairy ; 

 the white corolla with scythe-shaped upper lip 1' long and a very short tube. 



22. ROSMABlNITS, ROSEMARY. (Old Latin name, dew of the sea.) 

 R,. officinalis, from S. Eu. : not hardy N. : leaves evergreen. linear, entire, 



with revolute margins, white hoary beneath, the upper with pale blue flowers in 

 their axils. 



23. MONARDA, HORSE-MINT or BALM. (Named for an earlj 

 Spanish writer on the medicinal plants of the New World, Monardez.) Fl. 

 summer. 



1 . Stamens and style protruding bfyond the narrow acute upper lip of the corolla . 

 leaves oltlonq-ovate or lance-ovate, with roundish or slifjhtly heart-shaped base> 

 veiny, pleasant-scented. 



M. didyma, OSWEGO TEA or BEE-BALM. Wet ground N., and cult. ; 

 feaves petioled ; the floral ones tinged with red ; calyx naked in the throat ; 

 corolla bright red. 



M. fistlllbsa, WILD BERGAMOT. Rocky grounds ; soft-downy or smooth- 

 ish ; leaves petioled, the floral ones often whitish ; calyx very hairy in the 

 throat ; corolla rose-color, purple, or white. 



