LAMIACEAE 1035 



11. Salvia urticifolia L. Perennial, finely pubescent and somewhat viscid. Stems 

 erect, solitary or tufted, 2-7 dm. tall, usually simple above : leaf-blades ovate to deltoid, 

 3-8 cm. long, acute or short-acuminate, dentate or crenate, abruptly narrowed or truncate 

 at the base : panicles 5-15 cm. long, the clusters few-flowered : calyx 6-8 mm. long, glandu- 

 lar-pubescent and glandular-dotted ; lobes all cuspidate : corolla purplish or white, about 

 12 mm. long ; tube gibbous about the middle, the upper lip glandular-pubescent on the 

 back, the lower lip 3-lobed, the middle lobe reniform, about 8 mm. broad, notched : style 

 pubescent : nutlets 2 mm. long. 



In open woods or thickets, Maryland and Kentucky to Florida and Louisiana. Spring and summer. 



12. Salvia Chapmanii A. Gray. Perennial, rather closely pubescent. Stems erect, 

 1-2 m. tall, branching : leaf -blades thickish, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 2.5-8 cm. long, long- 

 acuminate, crenate-serrate, cuneate at the base, short-petioled : panicle much interrupted, 

 5-10 cm. long ; clusters 2-6-flowered : bracts mostly 5-10 cm. long, acuminate : calyx 

 becoming 4-5 mm. long, finely pubescent ; tube campanulate, the lips very short : corolla 

 blue or whitish, 8-9 mm. long ; tube much surpassing the calyx, the lower lip about 

 twice as long as the upper : nutlets about 1.5 mm. long. 



In sandy soil, Florida and Alabama. Spring. 



13. Salvia Blodg6ttii Chapm. Annual, minutely pubescent. Stems much branched, 

 the branches slender, 1-3 dm. long : leaf -blades ovate to suborbicular, 1-2 cm. long, obtuse, 

 shallowly toothed, cuneate or truncate at the base : panicles slender, 1-3 cm. long : bracts 

 subulate, shorter than the pedicels : calyx 4 mm. long, glandular-villous, the upper lip 

 twice as long as the lower one : corolla about 8 mm. long. 



In sand, Key West, Florida. 



14. Salvia occidentals Sw. Annual, sparingly pubescent to the inflorescence, 

 thence closely so. Stems erect or decumbent and creeping, 0.5-2 m. long, more or less dif- 

 fusely branched : leaf- blades ovate, acute or short-acuminate, serrate, cuneate or nearly 

 truncate at the base, short-petioled : panicles slender, 5-30 cm. long ; clusters few-flowered, 

 the lower ones distant: calyx densely glandular-hirsute, 3-3.5 mm. long; tube strongly 

 ribbed, the upper lip rounded, the lower lobes acute : corolla blue, about 5 him. long"; 

 tube not surpassing the calyx : style or stigma with thin broad obtuse or truncate lobes : 

 nutlets 2 mm. long. 



In sandy soil, peninsular Florida. Spring to fall." 



15. Salvia ballotaeflora Benth. A much branched shrub. Stem 1-3 m. tall, with 

 tomentulose-canescent young foliage : leaf-blades ovate to deltoid, 1-2 cm. long, acute or 

 obtusish, crenate, truncate or cuneate at the base, slender-petioled : panicles 1-2 cm. long, 

 few-flowered : calyx densely puberulent, 5 mm. becoming 8-10 mm. long and drooping at 

 maturity, the lobes nearly equal, broadly ovate, obtuse or acutish : corolla purple or bluish, 

 6-7 mm. long ; tube shorter than calyx, the upper lip ample, bearded on the back, the 

 lower lip 3-lobed : nutlets barely 2 mm. long. 



In dry soil, Texas and adjacent Mexico. Spring and summer. 



16. Salvia verbenacea L. Perennial, hirsute or villous-hirsute. Stems erect, 1-6 

 dm. tall, simple or branching : leaves mainly basal ; blades ovate to oblong, 3-15 cm. long, 

 incised or pinnatifid, obtuse or subcordate at the base : panicles 5-30 cm. long ; clusters 

 rarely contiguous : calyx shaggy, 6-8 mm. long, the upper lip erect, with three converg- 

 ing teeth, the lower lobes lanceolate, rigidly pointed : corolla bluish white or blue, about 

 8 mm. long; tube shorter than the calyx, lips ample, the upper one hooded, minutely 

 bearded with curved hairs, the lower with a reniform middle lobe : nutlets 2 mm. long, 

 nearly smooth. 



In sandy soil, Ohio to South Carolina and Georgia. Naturalized from Europe. Summer. 



17. Salvia lyr^ta L. Perennial, pilose or hirsute. Stems erect, more or less scape- 

 like, 1-6 dm. tall, simple or sparingly branched : leaves mainly basal ; blades spatulate, 

 oblanceolate, oblong or oval, lyrate-pinnatifid, 5-20 cm. long, the lobes undulate or repand : 

 panicles 1-4 cm. long, much interrupted ; clusters few-flowered : pedicels 1-5 mm. long : 

 calyx hirsute, becoming 9-11 cm. long ; tube strongly ribbed, the upper lip with 3 teeth, 

 the lower lobes lanceolate, acuminate, with rigid tips : corolla purplish blue, 2-2.5 cm. 

 long, the lower lip with a middle lobe broader than long, notched : filaments glabrous : 

 nutlets 2 mm. long, glabrous, granular. 



In dry, often sandy woods or. thickets, New Jersey to Missouri, Florida and Texas. Spring and 

 early summer. 



22. SALVIASTRUM Scheele. 



Perennial caulescent herbs, with puberulent or pubescent foliage. Leaves opposite : 

 blades narrow, mostly entire, sometimes sparingly toothed. Flowers 1-3 in the axils of the 



