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VOL. III. 



Salvia lanceifolia Poir. 



Lance-leaved Sage. Fig. 3632. 



5". lanceolata Brouss. App. Elench. PI. Hort. Monsp. 15. 



1805. Not Lam. 



?S. reflexa Hornem. Enum. PI. Hort. Hafn. 34. 1807. 

 S. lanceifolia Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 5: 49. 1817. 



Annual, puberulent or glabrous; stem leafy, usually 

 much branched, erect or diffuse, 6'-i8' high. Leaves 

 oblong, linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, petioled, 

 mostly obtuse at the apex and narrowed at the base, 

 crenulate-dentate or entire, I '-2' long, 2"-5" wide, the 

 upper reduced to lanceolate-subulate, rather persistent 

 bracts ; flowers mostly opposite, but sometimes 3-4 

 together in the terminal spike-like racemes ; pedicels 

 shorter than the campanulate calyx; calyx 2"-3" long, 

 its upper lip ovate, entire, the lower 2-cleft, the teeth 

 ovate, mucronate ; corolla blue, about 4" long, its lower 

 lip narrow, twice as long as the upper; lower ends of 

 the connectives dilated; style nearly or quite glabrous. 



On plains, Indiana to Nebraska, Montana, Colorado, 

 Texas, Arizona and Mexico. Recorded as introduced in 

 Ohio. May-Sept. 



5. Salvia urticifolia L. Nettle-leaved or 

 Wild Sage. Fig. 3633. 



Salvia urticifolia L. Sp. PI. 24. 1753. 



Perennial, pubescent, or nearly glabrous; stem 

 glandular above, rather slender, ascending or 

 erect, i-2 high. Leaves thin, ovate, 2'-4' long, 

 irregularly dentate or crenate-dentate, usually 

 acute at the apex, abruptly contracted below into 

 margined petioles; clusters several-flowered, in 

 terminal interrupted spikes ; bracts early decidu- 

 ous ; pedicels about as long as the calyx ; calyx 

 oblong-campanulate, about 3" long, the upper lip 

 minutely 3-toothed, the lower 2-cleft, its teeth 

 triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, spreading in 

 fruit; corolla puberulent without, 6"-8" long, 

 blue and white, the lower lip broad, 3-lobed, 

 twice as long as the upper; lower ends of the 

 connectives dilated; style bearded. 



In woods and thickets, Pennsylvania to Kentucky, 

 south to Georgia and Louisiana. April-June. 



6. Salvia Verbenaca L. Wild Sage. 

 Wild Clary. Fig. 3634. 



Salvia Verbenaca L. Sp. PI. 25. 1753. 



Perennial ; stem glandular-pubescent, erect, 

 simple or sparingly branched, r-2 high. Leaves 

 ovate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, coarsely and 

 irregularly incised-dentate or pinnatifid, peti- 

 oled, or the uppermost sessile, the lower 3'-8' 

 long, obtuse at the apex, cordate at the base, 

 nearly glabrous, the upper acute, much smaller ; 

 floral bracts broadly ovate, short ; clusters sev- 

 eral-flowered in elongated terminal interrupted 

 spikes ; pedicels shorter than the calyx ; calyx 

 deflexed in fruit, 3"-4" long, its upper lip re- 

 curved-spreading, with 3 minute connivent 

 teeth, the lower one with 2 lanceolate acumi- 

 nate mucronate teeth; corolla blue, about 4" 

 long, its upper lip nearly straight, scarcely 

 longer than the lower; lower ends of the con- 

 nectives dilated and adnate to each other. 



In waste places, Ohio to South Carolina and 

 Georgia. Naturalized from Europe. Native also 

 of Asia. Eye-seed. Vervain. June-Aug. 



Salvia verticillata L., a European species, 

 with rough lyrate leaves, has been found wild in 

 Pennsylvania. 



