236 PITTONIA. 



Salvia Sonomexsis. AndiherUa httmilis, Benth Lab. 313 

 (183G); DO.Prodr. xii. 359, Mr. Bentham mentioned the 

 close resemblance which this plant bears to the common gar- 

 den sage; but he did not know that the odor and flavor of the 

 herbage are nearly tlie same. It is a genuine American 

 analogue of Salvia officinalis. The leaf-bearing part of the 

 l^lant is prostrate and densely matted, only the peduncles 

 being erect. It is not so rare a species as Dr. Gray supposed; 

 being found in gi-eat plenty at middle elevations on all the 

 higher mountains of Sonoma and Lake counties. 



Salvia mellifera, AndiherUa siachyoides^ Benth. Lab. 



od 



M 



County southward to Lower California; one of the principal 

 bee-plants, and commonly called Black Sage. 



Salvia Palmerl AndiherUa Palmeri, Gray, Bot. Calif, 

 i. 601 (1876). 



Salvia Clevelandi. AndiherUa Clevelandi, Gray, Proc. 

 Am. Acad. x. 76 (1874); Bot. Calif. I.e. This and the pre- 

 ceding are little known species of the southern extremity of 



the State. 



Salvia leucophylla. AndiherUa nivea, Benth. Lab. 313; 

 DC. L c. Common in the southern counties; the White Sage 

 of the bee keepers. 



Salvia spathacea. AndiherUa grandifora, Benth. Lab. 



312; DC. he. A coarse herbaceous species, the foliage and 



habit vividly recalling the Sclarea phase of Old World 

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vias. 



