LAMIACP;AE 1033 



in axillary clusters, disposed in spikes, racemes or panicles. Calyx various in shape, 

 2-lipped : tube ribbed, usually glabrous in the throat or merely ciliate near the base of the 

 lobes : upper lip with 3 lobes : lower lip with 2 longer and narrower lobes. Corolla usu- 

 ally highly colored, strongly 2-lipped : upper lip short or elongated : lower lip longer, 

 spreading, with 3 lobes. Stamens 4, but only 2 anther-bearing, or only 2 : filaments various, 

 the posterior pair sometimes completely reduced, anther-bearing ones with a transverse 

 connective at the apex, this bearing an anther at one end, dilated or capitate at the other. 

 Nutlets smooth. 



Stems copiously leafy. 



Corolla scarlet, red or crimson. 



Leaves less than 3 times as long as broad : corolla'pubescent within. 



Leaf-blades broader than long or rarely longer than broad, sinuate-toothed. 



1. S. Roemeriana. 

 Leaf-blades manifestly longer than broad : entire or crenate-serrate. 



Shrubby : leaf-blades leathery, entire. 2. S. Greggii. 



Herbaceous : leaf-blades membranous, toothed. 3. S. coccinea. 



Leaves fully 4 times as long as broad. 4. S. pentstemonoides. 



Corolla blue, purplish or white. 



Leaf -blades over 4 times as long as broad. 



Corolla less than 1 cm. long, the tube not surpassing the calyx. 5. S. lanceolate. 



Corolla over 1 cm. long, the tube surpassing the calyx. 



Inflorescence, especially the calyx, conspicuously and densely to- 



mentose with white or violet hairs. 6. S.farinacea. 



Inflorescence, including the calyx, glabrous or pubescent, but not 



densely or conspicuously so. 



Calyx puberulent or minutely pubescent. 7. S. azurea. 



Calyx silky-tomentose. 8. S. Pitcheri. 



Leaf-blades mostly less than twice as long as broad. 

 Herbaceous plants. 



Calyx over 5 mm. long at maturity. 



Leaf-blades decurrent on the petioles to their bases. 



Calyx-lobes acute : flower-clusters approximate or contiguous. 9. S. serotina. 

 Calyx-lobes awn-tipped-. 10. S. privoides. 



Leaf-blades very slightly decurrent on the petioles. 



Corolla over 1 cm. long : calyx-lobes nearly erect, 11. S. urticifolia. 



Corolla less than 1 cm. long : calyx-lobes spreading. 12. S. Chapmanii. 



Calyx less'than'5 mm. long at maturity. 



Petioles filiform, wingless : stigmas subulate. 13. S. Blodgettii. 



Petioles winged by the decurrent blades : stigmas broad. 14. S. occidental. 



Shrubby plant. 15. S. ballotaeflora. 



Stems scape-like : leaves mainly basal. 



Corolla 8-10 mm. long. 16. S. verbenacea. 



Corolla 20-25 mm. long. 17. S. lyrata. 



1. Salvia Roemeriana Scheele. Perennial, closely pubescent and more or less hir- 

 sute. Stems erect, 3-7 dm. tall : leaf-blades ovate, suborbicular or reniform, 2-4 cm. 

 broad, the lower ones often compound, the leaflets then similar to the blades of the 

 upper leaves, all repand-angulate, truncate or cordate at the base, slender-petioled : 

 panicles 1-3 dm. long, the clusters few-flowered : pedicels 2-7 mm. long : calyx finely 

 pubescent and somewhat glandular, 8-10 mm. long, the upper lip destitute of a middle 

 tooth, the lower lobes lanceolate, acuminate: corolla scarlet- red, 2.5 cm. long; tube 

 slightly curved, the lower lip with a broad cleft middle lobe, its lateral lobes rounded : 

 nutlets 2 mm. long, granular. 



In light soil, Texas. Spring and summer. 



2. Salvia Gr6ggii A. Gray. Perennial, more or less puberulent. Stems erect, 

 several dm. tall, branched : leaf-blades firm, oblong or nearly so, 0.5-1.5 cm. long, obtuse, 

 nearly veinless, short-petioled : panicles 2-10 cm. long, the clusters few-flowered : pedicels 

 2-5 mm. long : calyx 10-13 mm. long ; tube many-ribbed, the upper lip acutish, the lower 

 lobes ovate, abruptly acuminate, about as long as the tube : corolla red or purplish red, 

 2.5-3 cm. long ; tube saccate beneath, the upper lip concave, notched, glandular-pubescent 

 on back, the lower lip with a middle lobe 1.5 cm. broad, this cleft into 2 rounded seg- 

 ments with a slender tooth between them : style pubescent on top : nutlets 3 mm. long. 



In valleys, southern Texas. Spring and summer. 



3. Salvia coccinea L. Annual or perennial, softly pubescent. Stems erect, 3-7 

 dm. tall, simple or sparingly branched : leaf-blades ovate or deltoid-ovate, 3-6 cm. long, 

 obtuse or acutish, crenate-serrate, truncate to subcordate at the base : panicles 5-20 cm. 

 long : pedicels 2-6 mm. long, slender : calyx minutely pubescent, 10-12 mm. long ; tube 

 many-ribbed, the upper lip reniform, abruptly pointed, the lower lobes ovate-apiculate : 

 corolla deep scarlet, 2-2.5 cm. long, puberulent ; tube contracted above the base, then 

 gradually enlarged, the lower lip 7-8 mm. broad, merely notched at the apex : nutlets 2.5 

 mm. long, slightly variegated. 



In sandy soil, South Carolina, Florida, Texas and adjacent Mexico. Spring to fall. 



