Genus 23. 



MINT FAMILY. 



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5. .9. uri',cifolia. 



6. S\ Verbenaca. 



7. 5. Sclarea. 



Leaves merely crenate or crenulate ; fruiting calyx spreading. 

 Leaves pinnatifid, sinuate or incised ; fruiting calyx deflexed. 

 Upper lip of corolla arched, longer than the lower. 



i. Salvia lyrata L. Lyre-leaved Sage. 

 Wild Sage. Cancer-weed. Fig. 3629. 



Salvia lyrata L. Sp. PI. 23. 1753. 



Perennial or biennial, hirsute or pubescent; 

 stem slender, simple, or sparingly branched, erect, 

 l -3 high, bearing 1 or 2 distant pairs of small 

 leaves (rarely leafless), and several rather distant 

 whorls of large violet flowers. Basal leaves tufted, 

 long-petioled, obovate or broadly oblong, lyrate- 

 pinnatifid or repand-dentate, thin, 3'-8' long ; stem- 

 leaves similar, or narrower and entire, sessile, or 

 short-petioled ; clusters distant, about 6-flowered ; 

 calyx campanulate, the teeth of its upper lip subu- 

 late, those of the lower longer, aristulate ; corolla 

 about 1' long, the tube very narrow below, the 

 upper lip much smaller than the lower; fila- 

 ments slender; anther-sacs borne on both the 

 upper and lower ends of the connective, the lower 

 one often smaller. 



In dry, mostly sandy woods and thickets, Con- 

 necticut to Florida, west to Illinois, Arkansas and 

 Texas. Corolla rarely undeveloped. May-July. 



2. Salvia pratensis L. Meadow Sage. 

 Fig. 3630. 



Salvia pratensis L. Sp. PI. 25. 1753. 



Perennial, pubescent or puberulent ; stem erect, 

 rather stout, simple or little branched, sparingly 

 leafy. Basal leaves long-petioled, ovate, oblong or 

 ovate-lanceolate, irregularly crenulate, obtuse at 

 the apex, rounded or cordate at the base, thick, 

 rugose, 2'-7' long; stem-leaves much smaller, nar- 

 rower, commonly acute, sessile or nearly so; 

 clusters spicate, the spike elongated, interrupted ; 

 calyx campanulate, glandular-pubescent, the teeth 

 of the upper lip minute, those of the lower long, 

 subulate; corolla purple, minutely glandular, its 

 upper lip strongly arched, mostly longer than the 

 lower ; lower end of the connective with a small 

 or imperfect anther-sac. 



Atlantic Co., N. J. Fugitive or adventive from 

 Europe. May-July. 



3. Salvia Pitcheri Torr. Pitcher's Sage. 

 Tall Sage. Fig. 3631. 



Salvia Pitcheri Torr.; Benth. Lab. 251. 1833. 

 Salvia azurea var. grandiflora Benth. in DC. 



Prodr. 12: 302. 1848. 



Perennial, downy; stem stout, branched or 

 simple, erect, 2-5 high ; branches nearly erect. 

 Leaves linear or linear-oblong, dentate to en- 

 tire, sessile, or narrowed at the base into short 

 petioles, firm, 2's' long, 2"-8" wide, the up- 

 permost reduced to small bracts ; clusters in 

 long dense terminal spikes, or the lower ones 

 distant ; calyx oblong-campanulate, densely and 

 finely woolly, about 3" long, its upper lip en- 

 tire, obtuse, the lower with 2 ovate acute teeth ; 

 corolla blue or white, finely pubescent without, 

 l' long, its lower lip broad, sinuately 3-lobed, 

 longer than the concave upper one ; lower ends 

 of the connective dilated, often adherent to 

 each other, destitute of anther-sacs. 



On dry plains, Illinois and Minnesota to Mis- 

 souri, Kansas, Colorado and Texas. July-Sept. 



