256 LABIATE. [Salvia. 



shortly bifid, lobes equal or the anterior longer Outlets 4, ovoid, 

 triangular, dry, smooth, basal scar small. — Species about 450, chiefly 

 in temperate and tropical regions of the world. 



An erect annual, leaves 1-3 in. long, upper lip of 



calyx entire . . . . . . 1. 8. plebeia. 



A straggling undershrub, leaves not exceeding 



1 in., upper lip of calyx 3-toothed . . 2. 8. cegyjptiaca, 



1. S. plebeia, R. Br. Prod. 501 ; Boyle III. 301 ; F. B. I. iv, 655 ; Watt 

 E. D. ; I' rain Beng. PL 859 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 474. S. brachiata 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. i> 145. 



An erect roughly pubescent annual, 6-18 in. high. Stems stout, fastigi- 

 ately branched, obtusely 4-angled and grooved, hoary-pubescent. 

 Leaves 1-3 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, crenate- 

 glaborus or slightly hairy, base usually acute and often decurrent, 

 petioles 1-2 in. long. Floivers in panicled usually compact glandular- 

 pubescent spicate racemes ; floral leaves stalked, T 'o in. long, ovate, 

 subacute, bracts smaller and narrower. Calyx pedicelled, hairy, ^U-| in. 

 long, enlarging in fruit ; upper lip entire, shorter than the lower, 

 reflexed. Corolla lilac or white, £ in. long, tube annulate within, 

 midlobe of lower lip much larger than the lateral ones. Nutlets minute, 

 ovoid, brown when ripe. 



A common weed in all parts of the area. Flowers Sep. to April. Distrib. 

 Throughout India in the plains and up to 5,000 ft. on the Himalaya, but 

 not in Ceylon; it extends also to China, the Malay Peninsula and 

 Islands and to Australia. The seeds are used medicinally for their 

 mucilaginous properties. 



2. S. aegyptiaca, Linn. Sp. PI. 23 ; F. B. I. iv, 656 ; Watt E. D. ; 

 Coolie Fl. Bomb, ii, 474. 



A low much-branched straggling undershrub ; branches spreading, rigid, 

 4-angled, hairy or more or less scabrid. Leaves shortly stalked, varying 

 in length up to 1 in., linear-lanceolate, acute, crenate, much- wrinkled, 

 hairy, nerves and veins prominent beneath. Whorls distant, 2-4- 

 flowered, arranged in long racemes ; floral leaves small, ovate-lanceolate. 

 Calyx glandular-hairy, ^ in. (when in flower), enlarging in fruit and 

 nodding, upper lip 3-toothed. Corolla |in. long, tube annulate within ; 

 upper lip oblong or subquadrate, slightly notched. Nutlets ^ in. long, 

 oblong-ellipsoid, nearly black. 



Within the dry western borders of the area in the neighbourhood of Delhi 

 (Jacquemont. etc.). Distkib. Plains of Punjab and Sind and westwards 

 to Afghanistan ; also in W. Asia, N. Africa and the Cape Verde Islands. 



Vab. pumila, F. B. I. iv, 656 ; Watt E. D. ; CooTce FL Bomb, iv, 474; 

 S. pumila. Benth. ; Decne in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 128, t. 133. 



