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notched, the lower spreading or pendent, 3-lobed, its middle lobe larger. Sta- 

 mens 2, on short filaments, jointed with the elongated transverse connective 

 one end of which, ascending under the upper lip, hears a linear l-celled (half ) 

 anther, the other, usually descending, bears an ini])erfect or deformed (half) 

 anther or none at all. — Flowers mostly large and sliowy, in spiked, racemed, 

 or panided whorls, produced in summer. (Name from salvo, to save, in alhi- 

 sion to the reputed iiealing qualities of Sage.) 



* Both anther-cells polliniferous ; leaves mostly It/rateli/ lobed or pinnatifid. 



1. S. lyr^ta, L. (Lyre-leaved Sage.) Low perennial (10-20' high), 

 somewhat hairy ; stem nearly simple and naked ; root-leaves lyre-shaped or 

 sinuate-pinnatifid, sometimes almost entire; those of the stem mostly a single- 

 pair, smaller and narrower ; the floral oblong-linear, not hunger than the ca- 

 lyx ; whorls loose and distant, forming an interrupted raceme ; upper lip of 

 the blue-purple pubescent corolla (nearly 1' long) short, straight, not vaulted. 

 — Woodlands and meadows, N. J. to 111., south to Fla. and Tex. 



* * Lotver anther<ell wanting; the sterile ends of the connectives mostli/ united. 

 ■*- Calyx obscurely bilabiate ; corolla 8 - 12" long, with prominently exserted tube. 



2. S. aziirea. Lam., var. grandifl6ra, Benth. Cinereous-puberulent, 

 1-5° higli ; lower leaves lanceolate or oblong, obtuse, denticulate or serrate, 

 tapering to a short petiole ; upper narrower, often linear, entire ; inflores- 

 cence spike-like, tomentulose sericeous ; calyx-teeth short, tlie broad upper lip 

 entire ; corolla deep blue (varying to white). — E. Neb. to Miss., Tex., aud Col. 

 •*-■*- Calyx deeply bilabiate; corolla 4-G" long, the tube hardly at all exserted. 



3. S. lanceol^ta, Willd. Pnberulent or nearly glabrous, .5- 12' high ; 

 leaves lanceolate or linear-oblong, irregularly serrate or nearly entire, tapering 

 to a slender petiole ; inflorescence virgate-spiciform, interrupte.i ; upper lip 

 of calyx entire, lower 2-cleft ; corolla blue, 4" long, //V^/e exserted; style gla- 

 brous or nearly so. — Plains, Iowa and Neb. to Tex. and Ariz. 



4. S. Urticif61ia, L. VUlous-pubescent and somewhat viscid, or glabrate, 

 1-2° high; lenrcs coarsely serrate, ovate, ivith truncate or cuneafe base decur- 

 rent into a winged prfiolc ; inflorescence racemose-spicate, of numerous distant 

 clusters; calyx-lips divergent, ^/je upper 3-toothed , lower 2-cleft; corolla Idue 

 and white, 5-6" long, twice the length of the calyx ; style strongly bearded. — 

 Woodlands, Md. to Ky., south to Ga. and La. 



5. SclXrea, L. (Clary.) Villous-pube.scent, viscid, stout, 2-3° high; 

 leaves ample, long-petioled, ovate and cordate, crenate, rugose ; the floral 

 forming bracts of tlie spike, tinged with white and rose-color; corolla white 

 and bluish, rather large, the long upper lip falcate and compressed. — Es- 

 caped from gardens, Tenn. (Nat. from Ku.) 



S. verbenXce.v, L. Pubescent or villous, 1 -2° high ; leaves ovate or ob- 

 long, often cordate at base, mostly sinuate-incised or moderately ])innatifld, 

 the lobes crenate-toothed, rugo.se; the few cauline mostly sessile, tlie floral 

 inconspicuous; raceme interrupted; calyx reflexed after flowering; corolla 

 bluish, small, the upper lip nearly straight. — Sparingly seen in the Middle 

 States. (Nat. from Ku ) 



19. MONARDA, L. House-Mint. 



Calyx tubular, elongated, 15 iierveii, nearly eciuaily 5-toothed, ufiually hairy 

 in the throat. Corolla elongated, with a slightly expanded tiiroat. ami a 



