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Salvia lanceifolia Poir 



Lance-leaved Sage. Fig. 31V32. 



S. lanceolata Brouss. App. Elench. PI. Ilort. Monsp. 15. 



1X0=;. Not Lam. 

 'iS. reflex a Horm-ni. Kmim. PI. Ilort. Ilafn. 34. 1807. 

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



Annual, puberulent or glabrous; stem leafy, usually 

 much branched, erect or diffuse, 6-18' high. Leaves 

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

 mostly obtuse at the apex and narrowed at the base, 

 crenulate-dentatc or entire, 1-2' long, 2"-$" wide, the 

 upper reduced to lanceolate-subulate, rather persistent 

 bracts; (lowers mostly opposite, but sometimes 3-4 

 together in the terminal spike-like racemes ; pedicels 

 shorter than the campanulate calyx ; calyx 2"-$" 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, l-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. PL 25. 1753. 



Perennial ; stem glandular-pubescent, erect. 

 simple or sparingly branched, l-2 high. Leaves 

 ovate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, coarsely and 

 irregularly incised-dentate or pinnatifid, peti- 

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

 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. 



