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2. SALVIA INDICA. 



INDIAN SAGE» 



This genus conlains plants of under-sliiubby, herbaceous, and 

 shrubby kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order Diandria Monogynia, and ranks 

 in the natural order of Verticillatce. 



The characters are: that the calyx is a one-leafed perianth, 

 tubular, striated, gradually widening and compressed at the top : 

 niouth erect, two-lipped; lower lip two-toothed: the corolla one- 

 petalled, unequal: tube widening at the top, compressed: border 

 ringent, upper lip concave, compressed, curved inwards, emarginate; 

 lower lip wide, trifid, middle segment larger, roundish, emarginate: 

 the stamina have two filamcnls, very short; two threads are fastened 

 transversely to these almost in the middle, on the lower extremity of 

 which is a gland, on the upper an anther: the pistillum is a four- 

 eleft germ: stjle filiform, very long, in the same situation with the 

 stamens: stigma bifid: there is no pericarpium. Calyx very slightly 

 eonvero-ino-, having the seeds in the bottom of it: the seeds four, 

 roundish. 



The species cultivated are: 1. S. officinalis. Garden Sage; 2. S. 

 grandiflora. Broad-leaved Garden Sage; 3. S. triloba, Three-lobed 

 Sacre, or Sage of Virtue; 4. S. sdarca. Common CUuy ; 5. S. argentea, 

 Silvery-leaved Sage or Clary; 6. S. verhenaca, Vervain Sage or Clary; 

 7. S. Indica, Indian Sage or Clary; 8. S. Hormimim, Red-topped 

 Safre or Clary : p. S. gltttiuosa, Yellow Sage or Clary ; 10. S. Mcxicana^ 

 ]\lexican Sage; 11. S". Canaricnsis, Canary Sage; 12. S. Jfiicana, 

 Blue-flowered African Sage; 13. S. aiirea, Gold-flowered African 

 Sage; 14. S.pomifera, Apple-bearing Sage; 15. S. formosa, Shining- 

 leaved S:ige. 



