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S- pratGnsis, Linn. Radical leaves large and long-petioled, oblong or 

 oblong-ovate and crenate-toothed, the stem leaves few and oblong, and 

 shorter-stalked ; corolla an inch long, glabrous inside, the mouth gaping 

 and upper lip much arched, the calyx and small bracts colored ; flowers 

 about 4 in a whorl in long spikes. Eu. Borders. Varieties with reddish 

 and white flowers. 



S. farinacea, Benth. Texas; leaves petioled, oblong-lanceolate, the 

 spikes, calyxes, etc., white-hoary, contrasting with the light blue corolla. 

 Sometimes cult. 



* * Bed-flowered species, rarely running to white in garden forms. 

 -t- Flowers small, not showy (but the bracts are). 



S. Scldrea, Linn. CLARY. Gray-hairy, 2 ; leaves oblong and obtuse, 

 petiolate, wavy ; flowers in a long interrupted spike of whorls, the corolla 

 tube not exceeding the calyx ; upper bracts broad and concave, red and 

 veiny, showy. S. Eu. Cult., the leaves used for seasoning. 



- *- y. Flowers large and showy. 

 *+ Plant glabrous. 



S. splendens, Sellow. Brazil ; stems branching ; leaves ovate, pointed, 

 the floral ones and calyx as well as the corolla (2' or more long and with 

 short lower lip) bright scarlet. Much cult. There is a white variety. 



w- + Plant pubescent or hairy. 



S. fulgens, Cav. CARDINAL or MEXICAN RED S. From Mexico ; tall, 

 pubescent, with crenate ovate or oval leaves heart-shaped at base and 

 somewhat rugose, green calyx, and long-tubed, downy, deep scarlet 

 corolla over 2' long, the style plumose. 



S. coccinea, Linn. Somewhat downy or soft-hairy, with ovate and 

 heart-shaped, acute, crenate leaves, deciduous bracts, green or purplish 

 calyx, and smooth red corolla 1' long, with lower lip much longer than 

 the upper one. Var. pseudo-coccfnea is taller, with bristly-hairy stems, 

 and petioles. S. Car., S. (Lessons, Fig. 303.) 



* * * White-flowered species. 



S. arg$ntea, Linn. Mediterranean region ; cult, for its silvery-white 

 foliage, hardy ; the very large round-ovate root-leaves clothed with long 

 white wool ; flowering stem and its sessile leaves, as well as calyx, etc., 

 clammy-hairy ; the white corolla with scythe-shaped upper lip 1' long and 

 a very short tube. 



22. ROSMARItfUS, ROSEMARY. (Latin: dew of the sea, referring 

 to the habitat.) 1L 



R. officinalis, Linn. Leaves evergreen, linear, entire, with revolute 

 margins, white-hoary beneath, the upper with pale blue flowers in their 

 axils. S. Eu. ; not hardy N. 



23. BLEPHILIA. (Greek: eyelash, the bracts strongly ciliate, the 

 outer ones ovate.) Flowers summer. 2/ 



B. ciliata, Raf . Leaves almost sessile, ovate or oblong, whitish-downy 

 beneath ; outer bracts large, acute ; corolla hairy. Dry soil, Mass, to 

 Minn., and S. 



B. hirsiita, Raf. Hairy all over ; leaves lance-ovate, sometimes heart- 

 shaped at base, on distinct petioles ; bracts smaller and very slender- 

 painted ; corolla smoothish, purple-spotted. Moister places, N. and S. 



