SALVIA.] LABIATE. 285 



of hairs or toothed processes inside ; upper lip erect, entire or notched ; 

 lower 3-lobed, mid-lobe entire or notched, lateral spreading. Stamens 2, 

 filaments short, subhorizontal, jointed below the anther, connective slender, 

 bearing at one end a perfect anther-cell, at the other a rudimentary one. 

 Disk fc 



Disk forming a large gland anteriorly. Style ascending, 2-fid, lobes 

 subulate or dilated. Nutlets 3-quetrous, usually shining. DISTRIB. All 

 temp, and trop. regions ; species about 400. ETYM. salvo, from the heal- 

 ing properties of Sage. 



1. S. Verbena'ca, L. ; stem leafy, corolla | in. glabrous inside. Clary. 

 Dry pastures and waste places from Fife southwards ; rare in Scotland and 



Ireland; fl. June-Sept. Subglabrous below, glandular-hairy above. Root- 

 stock woody. Stem 1-2 ft., erect. Leaves 2-4 in., wrinkled, radical petioled, 

 oblong, obtuse, irregularly crenate or serrate ; upper cauline sessile, oblong 

 or deltoid-ovate. Whorls 6-flowered, in long bracteate spikes ; bracts 

 ovate-cordate. Calyx campanulate, upper lip with recurved edges and 

 minute spinescent teeth, lower teeth subulate. Corolla blue-purple ; upper 

 lip short, compressed. Connective dilated. DISTKIB. Europe from Denmark 

 southwards, N. Africa, W. Asia. The nutlets become mucilaginous in 

 water ; formerly used for eye complaints. 



2. S. praten'sis, L. ; stem-leaves few, corolla 1 in. tip viscid. 



Dry fields, very rare, Cobham, Kent ; Middleton Stoney, Oxford ; a denizen, 

 Watson; fl. June- Aug. Glandular- hairy, especially above. Habit of 

 S. Verbetiaca, but larger. Leaves wrinkled, 3-6 in. ; radical oblong or ovate- 

 cordate, long-petioled, obtuse, sometimes 2-lobed at the base, crenatures 

 large irregular ; cauline similar or more oblong, smaller, shorter petioled. 

 Whorls about 4-flowered, in spikes 1-1| ft. ; bracts small, ovate-cordate, 

 long acuminate and calyx coloured. Corolla bright blue, glabrous inside ; 

 upper lip long, compressed, much arched ; lower broad. Connective dilated. 

 DISTEIB. Europe from Belgium southwards, W. Asia. 



7. NEP'ETA, L. 



Herbs, erect or prostrate. Whorls axillary or terminal ; flowers blue 

 yellow or white. Calyx tubular, 15-ribbed, 5-toothed, teeth equal or 

 unequal. Corolla-tube slender below, throat dilated, naked ; upper lip 

 straight, notched or 2-fid ; lower 3-fid, mid-lobe large. Stamens 4, 

 ascending under the upper lip, upper pair longest ; anther-cells diverging. 

 Siyle-lobt'.s subulate. Nutlets smooth. DLSTRIB. Temp. Europe, N. Africa 

 and Asia ; species about 110. ETYM. The Latin name. ' 



SUB-GEN. 1. Nep'eta proper. Whorls subterminal ; upper bracts small. 



Corolla-tube short ; mid-lobe of lower lip suborbicular, concave. Anthers 



subparallel, both cells opening by one slit. 



1. N. Cata'ria, L. ; erect, leaves ovate-cordate inciso-serrate white and 



pubescent beneath, flowers white^ Cat-Mint, 



Banks and waste places, rare in England and Ireland ; very local in Scotland ; 

 a doubtful native, Watson ; fl. July-Sept. Hoary, pubescent. Rootstock 

 stout. St-m 2-3 ft, branched, very leafy. Leaves 1-3 in., deeply lobed 

 at the base. Whorls shortly stalked, upper sessile, many and dense-flowered, 

 in broad heads 1 in. long ; bracts leafy ; bracteolej longer than the 

 short pedicels. Calyx pubescent ; teeth sub ilate, upprr longest. Corolla 



