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c. M. lanceola'ta Gray. Annual, with stems loosely branching, a 

 foot or more high, green and almost smooth- Leaves oblong or 

 lanceolate, tapering into a slender petiole. Bracts ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, with cross veinlets between the principal veins. Corolla 

 purple ; calyx teeth acute, densely hirsute within, almost smooth 

 without. Throughout California in the valleys and plains. 



d. M. can'dicans Benth. Annual, gray, with soft pubescence. 

 Leaves lanceolate to narrowly oblong, obtuse, tapering to a petiole. 

 Bracts ovate, somewhat papery, white with greenish nerves ; cross veinlets 

 betiveen the principal nerves. Corolla white, small and short; calyx 

 teeth short, obtuse, tipped with white wool on both sides. Through 

 middle and southern California. ' 



III. MICROME'RIA, Yerba Buena 



Calyx tubular, equally 5-toothed. Corolla short, naked 

 within ; upper lip erect, entire or notched, lower spreading, 

 3-parted. Stamens 4- These are sweet-scented plants, with 

 small lavender flowers in the axils of the leaves. 



M. Douglasli Benth. Perennial herbs, spreading by trailing 

 stems. Leaves round-ovate, sparingly toothed. This usually grows 

 in the shade of bushes and trees in the Coast Mountains. 



IV. SPHA'CELE 



Calyx bell-shaped, 5-cleft, thin, membranous, enlarged in fruit 

 and persistent. Corolla oblong, bell-shaped, with 5 broad and 

 roundish, erect lobes, and a hairy ring at the base of the tube 

 within. Stamens Jf, distant, one pair shorter. 



S. calyci'na Benth. Shrubby at base, with many leafy stems. 

 Flowers an inch long, solitary in the upper axils, forming a raceme. 

 Corolla white or tinged with purple. The entire plant has a sweet 

 aromatic perfume. From middle California southward. 



V. SAI/VIA, Sage 



Ours are all herbs. Calyx 2-lipped, with the upper lip 2 or 

 3 toothed, lower 2-cleft. Corolla deeply 2-lipped, with the 

 upper lip erect, entire, notched, or rarely 2-lobed. Stamens 2, 

 with filaments apparently forked, one end bearing a linear 



