256 LABIATE. [SALVIA. 



shortly bifid, lobes equal or the anterior longer Outlets 4, ovoid, 

 triangular, dry, smooth, basal scar small. Species about 450, chiefly 

 in temperate and tropical regions of the world. 



An erect annual, leaves 1-3 in. long, upper lip of 



calyx entire . ...... 1. 8. plebeia. 



A straggling undershrub, leaves not exceeding 



1 in., upper lip of calyx 3-toothed . . 2. 8. cegyptiaca. 



1. S. plebeia, R. Br. Prod. 501 ; Royle III 301 ; F. B. I. iv, 655 ; Watt 

 ~E. D. ; t'rain Beng. PI. 859 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 474. S. brachiata 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. i> 145. 



An erect roughly pubescent annual, 6-18 in. high . Stems stout, fastigi- 

 ately branched, obtusely 4-angled and grooved, hoary-pubescent. 

 Leaves 1-3 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, crenate- 

 glaborus or slightly hairy, base usually acute and often decurrent, 

 petioles 1-2 in. long. Blowers in paiiicled usually compact glandular- 

 pubescent spicate racemes ; floral leaves stalked, T \j in. long, ovats, 

 subacute, bracts smaller and narrower. Calyx pedicelled, hairy, T \5-J in. 

 long, enlarging in fruit ; upper lip entire, shorter than the lower, 

 reflexed. Corolla lilac or white, ^ in. long, tube annulate within, 

 midlobe of lower lip much larger than the lateral ones. Nutlets minute, 

 ovoid, brown when ripe. 



A common weed in all parts of the area. Flowers Sep. to April. DISTBIB. 

 Throughout India in the plains and up to 5,000 ft. on the Himalaya, but 

 not in Ceylon; it extends also to China, the Malay Peninsula and 

 Islands and to Australia. The seeds are used medicinally for their 

 mucilaginous properties. 



2. S, aegyptiaca, Linn. 8p. PL 23 ; F. B. I. iv, 656 ; Watt E. D. / 

 Coolie Fl. Bomb. ii } 474. 



A low much-branched straggling undershrub ; branches spreading, rigid, 

 4-angled, hairy or more or less scabrid. Leaves shortly stalked, varying 

 in length up to 1 in., linear-lanceolate, acute, crenate, much-wrinkled, 

 hairy, nerves and veins prominent beneath. Whorls distant, 2-4- 

 flowered, arranged in long racemes ; floral leaves small, ovate-lanceolate. 

 Calyx glandular-hairy, $- in. (when in flower), enlarging in fruit and 

 nodding, upper lip 3-toothed. Corolla ^-in. long, tube annulate within ; 

 upper lip oblong or subquadrate, slightly notched. Nutlets T ^ in. long, 

 oblong-ellipsoid, nearly black. 



Within the dry western borders of the area in the neighbourhood of Delhi 

 (Jacquemont, etc.). DISTRIB. Plains of Punjab and Sind and westwards 

 to Afghanistan ; also in W. Asia, N. Africa and the Cape Verde Islands- 



VAB. pumila, F. B. I. iv, 656 ; Watt E. D. ; Cooke FL Bomb, iv, 474; 

 S. pumila, BentJi. ; Decne in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 128, t. 188. 



