DIANDRIA.— MONOGYNIA. & 



cent, slender ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, 



serrate, a little hairy ; stem obtuse-angled, smooth. 

 HAB. Dry gravelly soil. July— *5ept. If. Fl. yellow, with 



purple specks. 

 M. Jistulosa : nearly smooth ; heads simple or proli- 

 ferous, leafy; exterior bracts oblong, acute, glabrous ; 



calyx long, bearded ; corolla hirsute ; leaves ovate, 



acuminate, serrate ; petioles long, ciliate ; stem 



smooth, obtuse-angled. 

 II AB. Among rocks, on river banks. Aug. If . Stem 2 ft. , 



branched ; flowers small, in dense heads, purplish, 



sometimes proliferous. 

 M. punctata : somewhat smooth ; flowers verticillate ; 



bracts lanceolate, coloured, longer than the whorl ; 



leaves lanceolate-oblong, remotely serrate ; stem 



obtuse -angled, white, downy. 

 HAB. In sandy fields. Sept. If. • $ • Stem branched, 2 — 3 



ft. ; leaves punctate ; fl. yellow, dotted with brown. 



* * Calyx bilabiate. 



M. hirsuta : whole plant very hairy ; flowers small, 

 verticillate ; bracts attenuated into awns ; upper 

 teeth of the calyx very short, the others setiform ; 

 leaves ovate, on long petioles, serrate. 



HAB. On mountains. August. If' Much branched, and 

 almost woolly ; fl. pale blue, spotted with purple : 

 upper lip very short. 



20. SALVIA. 



. S . urticifolia : viscous and villous; leaves ovate- 

 oblong, toothed, narrowed into a petiole at the base ; 

 calyx 3-cleft ; the upper division 3-toothed. 

 HAB. On mountains. June. If. Leaves punctate beneath : 

 spikes naked; whorls remote ; fl. blue. 

 . S. lyrata : radical ieaves lyrate-sinuate ; stem nearly 

 leafless, retrorsely hairy ; upper lip of the corolla 

 very short. 

 HAB. Fields and borders of woods. June. If. Stem a 

 foot high, very hairy ; whorls about 6-fl. ; cor. blur. 

 i. S. Claytoni : leaves cordate-ovate, sinuate, toothed. 

 rugose ; teeth of the upper lip of the calyx conni 

 vent. 

 HAB. June— Oct. £ and y.. FL violet. 



