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SALVIA* angustifolia, 

 Narrow-leaved Sage. 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Labiate. Juss, (Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, p. 239.) 



SALVIA Linn. Calyx ovato-campanulatus, v. tubulosus, bilabiatus ; 

 labio superiore integro vel tridentato, inferiore bifido, fauce intus nuda. 

 Corolla tubo recto vel ventricoso, bilabiata, labio superiore recto, integro vel 

 emarginato, inferiore patente, trifido, lobis lateralibus erectis patentibus vel 

 reflexis, medio latiore, integro vel emarginato, piano. Stamina fertilia 2 

 (superioribus abortientibus), filamentis adscendentibus, vel saepius horizon- 

 talibus, cum anthera. articulatis. Connectiva elongata, filiformia, antice 

 adscendentia, loculum fertilem linearem ferentia, postice deflexa, vel por- 

 recta, connexa vel rarius libera, polymorpha. Stylus apice breviter bifidus, 

 lobis ssepius insequalibus, apice stigmatiferis. Achenia sicca, leevia. — 

 Bentham MSS. 



Sect. Calosphace. Calyx ovatus, tubulosus v. campamilatus : labio 

 superiore integro u. rarius tridentato. Corolla, tubus inclusus v. exsertus, 

 intus exannulatus : labium superius rectum concavum, inferioris lobi late- 

 rales patentes. Connectiva postice defiexa, linearia, longitudinaliter con- 

 nata. Styli lobus inferior subulatus. — Bentham. 



S. angustifolia ; caulibus herbaceis erectis glabris v. patentim pilosis, foliis 

 subsessilibus oblongo-linearibus utrinque angustatis integerrimis serra- 

 tisve glabris ; floralibus lineari-lanceolatis deciduis, racemis elongatis 

 simplicibus, verticillastris omnibus distantibus 2-6-floris, calycibus tubu- 

 losis striatis hispidis : labio superiore integro dentibusque labii inferioris 

 ovatis acutis, corollis calyce dupl5 longioribus : tubo calycem sequante 

 ventricoso ; labio superiore extiis pubescente, inferiore dupld longiore 

 lobis rotundatis : medio maximo emarginato bifido, stylo bifariam piloso. 

 — Bentham I. c. 

 S. reptans. Jacq.l hort. Schonbr. 3. 38. t. 319. 

 S. virgata. Orteg. ! dec. 3. 

 S. angustifolia. Cav. ic. 4. 9. t. 317. etc. 



Caules complures, \-\\-pedales, virgati, subramosi, basi foliosi, obteise 

 tetragoni, striati, ex omni parte v. saltern ad nodos pilis longis albidis 

 patentibus ciliati. Folia in speciminibus spontaneis \\-pollicaria, exacte 

 linearia, v. basi parum angustata, obtusa v. acuta, integerrima v. hinc inde 



* See fol. 1205. 



