ORDER 89. LABIATE. 549 



nd a cell of the dimidiate (halved) anther; achenia 4. A large genus 

 of 400 species, usually with showy fls. The transverse connectile con- 

 stitutes the essential character. (Fig. 75, 351.) 



Herbs native. Calyx slightly 2-lipped, sub-3-toothed, equal Nog 13 



Calyx deeply 2-lipped, 5-toothed, lower lip longer '>'.'.*<*. 4-G 



I Herb* or shrubby, in gardens. Flowers blue. Calyx teeth bristle-pointed N., s 7 8 



Shrubby, in garden and greenhouse. Flowers large, scarlet Nos. 9, 10 



1 B. azurea Lam. Erect, puberulent above, branching; Ivs. linear-oblong and 

 linear, remotely toothed, or the upper entire, all attenuate at base ; rac. slender, 

 many-flowered, verticils about G-flowered ; cal. of 3 broad, acute, suleqi.al teeth, 

 half 33 long as the pubescent corolla; sty. bearded. S. Car. to Fla, and La. Plant 

 of varying aspect, according to soil, &c., usually slender and subsimple, 1 to 2 or 

 3f high, with Ivs. narrow, subentire, 2 to 3' long, 2 to 4" wide. Fls. 7" long, of 

 a fine azure blue. Summer. 



2 S. urticifolia L. Erect; Ivs. cauline, rhombic-ovate, acute, crenate-serrate, 

 truncate-cuneate at base to a short or winged petiole ; verticils 4 to 10-flowered, 

 distant, in a terminal, interrupted raceme ; cor. smooth, tube but a. little longer 

 than the calyx, the lower lip thrice longer. If In hilly woods, Va. to Fla. and 

 Ala, St. simple, 12 to 18' high. Lvs. thin, 2 to 4' long, the upper larger. Cor. 

 blue, 5" to G" long. May. 



i3. LONGIFOLIA. Tall (3 to Gf), with panicled racemes; Ivs. all serrate, the 

 lower lance-oblong; fls. larger (8 9" long). Ga, to Ark. (S. longif. Nutt.) 



3 S. coccfnea L. Erect, hoary-pubescent; Ivs. ovate, cordate, acute, finely cren- 

 ate, petiolate, whitish-tomentous beneath; verticils G to 10-flowcred, in a simple 

 raceme ; cal. teeth acute ; cor. red, smootti, twice longer, tube dilated upwards, 

 upper lip erect, much the shorter. % Ga., Fla. to La, St. 1 to 2f high, often 

 branched. Lvs. 6" to 1 to 2' long, the middle largest. Cor. bright rod or scar- 

 let, 8" long. Upper lip of the calyx often purple. Summer. 



4 S. lyrata L. Erect; Ivs. radical, rosulate, lijrate, crose-dentate, the cauline 

 about one pair above, bract-like, linear-spatulato ; fls. in whorls of G, raeemed at 

 top of the square scape ; cal. upper lip shorter, teeth snbspinous ; cor. thrico 

 longer than the calyx, its lower lip much the longer. U "Woods, "W. Can. to Fla., 

 rare in N. Eng. Scape 6 to 15' high. Lvs. oblong-oval in outline, 18" to 3' 

 long, petioles liulf (or more) as long. Fls. showy, near 1' long, violet-purple. 

 The whole plant is usually purplish. Apr. Jn. 



5 S. obovata Ell. Erect; Ivs. broadly obovate, entire, sinuate, narrowed to a long 

 tapering base, tho floral ovate, shorter than the calyx ; verticils G-flowtred, re- 

 mote, in a simple raceme; cal. upper lip truncate, with 3 minute teeth; cor. thrico 

 longer, with tho galeate upper lip thrico shorter than tho lower. If Middle Ga, 

 to La. St. 1 to 2f high. Lvs. larger above and clustered 4 to 7' Ly 2 to 5'. Fls. 

 blue. Jn., Jl. 



6 S. Clayton! Ell. Erect; Ivs. cordate-ovate, or lance-ovatt, sinuate-pinnatifid, the 

 segm. toothed, rugous, more or less pubescent beneath ; verticils G-flowered ; floral 

 Ivs. ovate-acuminate, smaller ; cal. teeth of the upper lip conniver.t, of tho lower 

 longer, ncuminato. y Sandy pastures, Beaufort, S. Car. (Bachman). Sts. If 

 high. Fis. small. Summer. 



7 S. Sclarea L. CLARRY. Lvs. ample, rugous, broad-ovate, cordate, doubly 

 crenate ; bracts colored, concave, longer than tho calyx ; uppjr lip of the cor. 

 high-arched, much longer than the lower. (2; A strong-scenUd exotic, 1 to 3f 

 high, with viscid Ivs. aa large as the hand. The fls. and bracts are variegated 

 with pale-purple and yellowish- white, ia whorlod spikes. CaL with spinous teeth. 

 Native ia J taly. \ 



8 S. officinalis L. COMMON SAGE. Shrubby, Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, crenu- 

 late, rugoas ; whorls few-flowered ; cal. mucronato ; upper lip of the cor. as long 

 as the lower and somewhat vaulted. A well-known garden plant, with a shrubby 

 stem, rugous leaves of a dull green color and an aromatic fragrance. Flowers ia 

 whorls forming a Fpike. Corolla ringent, Hue, with a lengthened tube and viscid 

 calyx, somewhat brown. July. | S. Eur. -Very useful in domestic economy 

 and medicino. 



