DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



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SALVIA. Cfn. PL. 50 



Corolla inscqualis. Fit- 

 amenta transverse pedi- 

 cello affixa. 



1. Lyrata, 



S. foliis radicalibus ly- 

 ratis, dcntatis : corolla- 



Corolla unequal. FiU 

 aments fixed transversely 



foot stalk 





Radical lca\ 



lyrate 



rum galea brc 

 caule sub-aphyll 



o 



7 



piloso. ValiL 4. p 



dentate; upper lip of 

 corolla very short ; Stem 

 nearly leafless, retrorse- 

 pubescent. 



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Sp. pi. 1. p. 128. 



Walt. p. 65. Mich; I. p. 14. 



Clajt. p. 5. No. 19 and 391. 



Root perennial. Stem lierbaccous, £—3 fcti high, square, furrow. 

 eU, hirsute, branched near the summit. Leaves opposite; the radical 

 leaves crowded, Ivrate and pinnatilid, obtuse, strongly veined, hirsute, 

 dotted, iiregularlj toothed, spotted with purple j the upper leaves 

 lanceolate, shditlj toothed. Fhwers in 6-flowered-uhorls. Cahi.v 

 one leaved, bilabiate, angled, hirsute, persistent; upper lip broad, 

 truncate, armed with 3 sharp teeth ; the lower longer, 2 cleft, secr- 

 ments acute. Corolla bilabiate, hairj on the outside, Wue ; tu^e 

 twice as long as the calyx; upper lip oval,etiiarginate; the lower lon-er 

 o cleH; the lateral segments obtuse; the middle one larger, emar-iiia'te, 

 spotted at base. Filanienis 2, inserted near the summit of the tube 

 ot Wie corolla, filiform, bent, bearing a curved transverse pedicel 

 with an anther at each end. Anthers oblong, 2 tobed, blue. (Does not 

 one anther approach the stigma and burst, then recede and allow the 

 other to come in contact r) Germ superior, obtuse, furrowed. Stule 

 hhtorm, longer than the corolla, unequally 2 cleft. St' ' ' 



acute. Pericarp 0, but tlie persistent calyx. Seeds 4» 



"•ma 



gled on the iiiner side. 

 Orows in shaded places. 

 Flowers March — September. 



Very common. 



Lyre-leaved Sage. Cancer-weed. 



The fresh radical leaves of this plant when bruised and applied to 

 warts generally destroy them. It is necessary to continue the appli- 

 cation tor a day or two and to renew it every twelve hours. The ra- 

 uicai leaves of the Hieracium Gronovii are employed for the same pur- 

 pose, and It TS said with equal etlect. Before therr bloom, tlie«e plants 

 aie orten mistaken for each other by persons unskilled in botanv, the 

 leaves of eacli being hairy and purplish underneath. 



