Ordeb 89.— LABIATE. 549 



end a cell of the dimidiate (halved) anther; schema 4. — A large genus 

 of 400 species, usually with showy fls. The transverse connectile con- 

 stitutes the essential character. (Fig. 75, 351.) 



§ Herbs native. — Calyx slightly 2-lfpped, sub-0-toothed, equal Nos. 1 — 3 



— Calyx deeply 2-lipped, 5- toothed, lower lip longer.'. Nos. 4 — (*. 



§ Herbs or shrubby, in gardens. 1'' lowers blue. Calyx teeth bristle-pointed Nos. 7, 3 



§ Shrubby, iu garden and greenhouse. Flowers large, scarlet Nos. 9, 10 



1 S. azurea Lam. Erect, puberulent above, branching; lvs. linear-oUwg and 

 linear, remotely toothed, or the upper entire, all attenuate at base ; rac. slender, 

 many-flowered, verticils about G-flowered; cal. of -3 broad, acute, subequal teeth, 

 half as long as the pubescent corolla; sty. bearded. — S. Car. to Fla. and La. Plant 

 of varying aspect, according to soil, &c, usually slender and subsimple, 1 to 2 or 

 3f high, with lvs. narrow, subentire, 2 to 3' long, 2 to 4" wide. Fls. 7" long, of 

 a fine azure blue. Summer. 



2 S. urticifdlia L. Erect ; Ivs. cauline, rhombic-ovate, acute, crenale-serrato, 

 truncate-cuneato at base to a short or winged petiole; verticils 4 to 10-flowered, 

 distant, in a terminal, interrupted raceme ; cor. smcol/i, tube but a little longer 

 than the calyx, the lower lip thrice longer. — % In hilly woods, Va. to Fla. and 

 Ala. St simple, 12 to IS' high. Lvs. thin, 2 to 4' long, the upper larger. Cor. 

 blue, 5" to 6" long. May. 



.i loxgifolia. Tall (3 to Gf), with panicled racemes; lvs, all senate, the 

 lower lance-oblong; fls. larger (8 — 0" long). — Gkt to Ark. (8. Jongif. Nutt.) 



3 S. coccinea L. Erect, hoary-pubescent ; lvs. ovate, cordate, acute, finely cren- 

 ate, petiolate, whitish-tomentous beneath; verticils G to 10-flowered, in a simple 

 raceme ; cal. teeth acute ; cor. red, smootli, twice longer, tube dilated upwards, 

 upper lip erect, much the shorter. — % Ca., Fla. to La. St. 1 to 2f high, often 

 branched. Lvs. 6" to 1 to 2' long, the middle largest Cor. bright rod or scar- 

 let, 8" long. Upper lip of the calyx ofteu purple. Summer. 



4 S. lyrata L. Erect; lvs. radical, rosulale, lyrate, crose-dc-ntate, the cauline 

 about one pair above, bract-like, linear-spatulate ; fls. in whorls of G, racemed at 

 top of the square scape; cal. upper lip shorter, teeth subspinous; cor. thrice 

 longer than the calyx, its lower lip much the longer. — If "Woods, W. Can. to Fla., 

 rare in N. Eng. Scape 6 to 15' high. Lvs. oblong-oval in outline, 18" to 3' 

 long, petioles half (or more) as long. Fls. showy, near 1' long, violet-purple. 

 The whole plant is usually purplish. Apr. — Jn_ 



3 S. obovata Ell. Erect; lvs. broadly obovaie, entire, sinuate, narrowed to a long 

 tapering base, the floral ovate, shorter than the calyx ; verticils G-flowered, re- 

 mote, in a simplo raceme; caL upper lip truncate, with 3 minute teeth; cor. thrice 

 longer, with the galeate upper lip thrice shorter than the lower. — 21" Middle Ga. 

 to La. St. 1 to 2f high. Lvs, larger above and clustered 4 to T by 2 to 5'. Fls. 

 blue, Jn., JL 



6 S. Claytoni Ell. Erect; lvs. cordate-ovate, or Izrwe-ovate, sinuate-pinnatijid, the 

 .segm. tootlicd, rugous, more or less pubescent beneath; verticils G-flowered; floral 

 lvs. ovate-acuminate, smaller; cal teeth of the upper Up connivent, of the lower 

 longer, acuminate. — U Sandy pastures, Beaufort, S. Car. (Bachmau). Sts. If 

 high. Fls. smalL Summer. 



7 S. Sclarea L. Clarry. Lvs. ample, rugous, broad-ovate, cordate, doubly 

 crenate ; bract3 colored, concave, longer than the calyx ; upper lip of the cor. 

 high-arched, much longer than tho lower. — (g) A strong-scented exotic, 1 to 3f 

 high, with viscid lvs. as large as the hand. The fls. and bracts are variegated 

 with pale-purple and yellowish- white, in whorled spikes, CaL with spinous teeth. 

 Native in Italy. }. 



3 S. officinalis L. Common* Sage. Shrubby, lvs. oblong-lanceolate, crenu- 

 latc, rugous ; whorls few-flowered ; cal. mucronate ; upper lip of the cor. as long 

 as the lower and somewhat vaulted. — A well-known garden plant with a shrubby 

 stem, rugous leaves of a dull green color and an aromatic fragrance. Mowers in 

 whorls forming a spike. Corolla ringent, blue, with a lengthened tube and viscid 

 calyx, somewhat brown. July. % S. Eur. — Very useful in domestic economy 

 and medicine. 



