1034 LAMIACEAE 



4. Salvia pentstemonoides Kunth. Perennial, glabrous or sparingly hirsute below. 

 Stems erect, 6-15 dm. tall, sparingly branched above: leaf -blades leathery, lanceolate to 

 elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic, 5-15 cm. long, acute or acuminate, entire or denticulate, 

 acuminate at the base : panicles 3-6 dm. long : pedicels 5-10 mm. long : calyx glandular- 

 puberulent, 1-1.5 cm. long ; tube ribbed-angled, the upper lip with 3 teeth, the lower lobes 

 lanceolate, acuminate, slightly surpassing the upper : corolla crimson, 4 cm. long, sparingly 

 pubescent ; tube twice as long as the calyx, the upper lip about \ as long as the tube, pubes- 

 cent on top, the lower lip 3-lobed, the middle lobe entire : style glabrous : nutlets 2.5 

 mm. long, nearly smooth. 



In valleys, Texas. Spring and summer. 



5. Salvia lanceolata Willd. Perennial, glabrate-puberulent. Stems erect, 1-4 dm. 

 tall, more or less branched : leaf -blades oblong-lanceolate to oblong or linear- oblong, 2-8 

 cm. long, obtuse or apiculate, remotely serrate, repand or undulate : panicles 5-15 cm. 

 long : clusters more or less remote : pedicels 2-5 mrn. long : calyx 7-8 mm. long, minutely 

 pubescent ; tube prominently-ribbed, the upper lip abruptly pointed, the lower lobes tri- 

 angular or ovate-triangular, acuminate : corolla purplish, sometimes pale, nearly 1 cm. 

 long ; tube slightly constricted above the base, the upper lip minutely puberulent, the 

 lower lip 3-lobed, the middle lobe much broader than long : style sparingly pubescent : nut- 

 lets nearly 2.5 mm. long, granular. 



On plains, Nebraska to Colorado, Texas, Arizona and Mexico. Spring to fall. 



6. Salvia farinacea Benth. Perennial, puberulent or glabrous below, densely canes- 

 cent-tomentose above. Stems often clustered, erect or ascending, 3-6 dm. tall, sometimes 

 sparingly branched above : leaf-blades oblong-lanceolate to almost linear or rarely oblong- 

 ovate, 3-10 cm. long, acute or acutish, undulate or shallowly serrate, acuminate or cuneate 

 at the base : panicles 5-20 cm. long, interrupted below, with colored pubescence similar to 

 that of the calyx : calyx densely canescent with white or violet hairs, 7-8 mm. long, trun- 

 cate or undulate-toothed : corolla violet-blue, 2 cm. long : tube saccate above the middle, 

 the upper lip 2-parted, bearded on the back, the lower lip 3-lobed, much longer than the 

 upper lip : nutlets fully 2 mm. long, pale. 



In rich soil, Texas. Spring and summer. 



7. Salvia azurea Lam. Perennial, glabrous or puberulent above. Stems erect, 3-10 

 dm. tall, more or less branched : leaf-blades oblong or lanceolate to linear, obtuse or acut- 

 ish, repand or serrate, narrowed into short petioles : panicles 5-20 cm. long : pedicels 1-4 

 mm. long : clusters subtended by narrow bracts : calyx puberulent, 7-9 mm. long, the 

 upper lip abruptly pointed, the lower lobes ovate, acuminate : corolla blue or white, about 

 1.5 cm. long ; tube somewhat saccate above the middle, the upper lip densely bearded on 

 the back, the lower lip 3-lobed, its middle lobe much broader than long, deeply notched, 

 crisped : style pubescent beneath : nutlets about 2 mm. long, slightly resinous-granulose. 



In dry soil, South Carolina to Florida and Texas. Spring to fall. 



8. Salvia Pitcheri Torr. Perennial, closely pubescent. Stems erect, 4-12 dm. tall, 

 more or less branched, often simple : leaf-blades linear-oblong to linear, 3-12 cm. long, 

 acute, sharply toothed or nearly entire, narrowed at the base : panicles 1-3 dm. long ; 

 clusters often contiguous : pedicels 1-5 mm. long : calyx densely canescent-tomentose, 6-8 

 mm. long ; tube many-ribbed, the upper lip barely pointed, the lower lobes triangular- 

 ovate, acute, as broad as long : corolla blue or white, 2-2.5 cm. long ; tube saccate above 

 the middle, the upper lip densely bearded on the back, the lower lip 3-lobed, its middle 

 lobe 1 cm. broad, crisped, reniform, notched : style pubescent : nutlets nearly 3 mm. long. 



On dry plains, Nebraska to Colorado, Texas, Arizona and Mexico. Summer and fall. 



9. Salvia serdtina L. Perennial, finely pubescent. Stems 1.5-7 dm. tall, much 

 branched : leaf-blades ovate or orbicular-ovate, 1-4 cm. long, obtuse, crenate-serrate, trun- 

 cate or subcordate at the base, slender-petioled : panicles 2-10 cm. long, cylindric, rather 

 dense : calyx longer than the pedicels, glandular-hirsute, becoming 5-8 mm. long ; lips 

 about as long as the long-campanulate tube : corolla 6-10 mm. long ; tube included : 

 style glabrous : nutlets fully 2 mm. long. 



In sand, peninsular Florida and the Keys. Also in tropical America. 



10. Salvia privoides Benth. Annual, more or less pubescent. Stems 5-18 dm. tall, 

 more or less branched : leaf-blades ovate, 1-3 cm. long, acute, sharply serrate, cuneate or 

 truncate at the base, short-petioled : panicles slender, 5-30 cm. long, much interrupted : 

 calyx 5-7 mm. long, glandular-pilose, the upper lip and the lobes of the lower lip cuspi- 

 date : corolla 5-6 mm. long ; tube not surpassing the calyx, the upper lip minutely bearded, 

 the lower lip with a notched or eroded middle lobe : nutlets barely 2 mm. long. 



In sand, peninsular Florida and its Keys. 



