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LABIATE. XXIX. SALVXA. 



tomentose, in the racemes being nearly a foot long, and in the 

 fructiferous calyxes being as large as those of S. Molucella 

 laevis. Stems creeping at the base. 

 Molucella-like Sage. PI. ? 



22 S. AU'REA (Lin. spec. p. 38.) stem shrubby ; branches 

 clothed with hoary tomentum ; leaves petiolate, ovate-roundish, 

 obtuse, quite entire, or sinuated, coriaceous, hoary ; floral leaves 

 sessile, villous, permanent ; racemes short, a little branched ; 

 whorls 2-flowered, approximate ; calyx ample, villous, with 

 coloured lobes : upper lip almost quite entire, broad-rounded : 

 lobes of the lower lip ovate-roundish ; tube of corolla hardly 

 exceeding the calyx ; connective short, somewhat deflexed 

 and dilated behind, bearing a small, empty cell. fj . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope, and Algoa Bay. Curt. bot. 

 mag. t. 186. Mirb. ann. mus. 15. t. 15. f. 7. Walth. hort. t. 

 15. S. colorata, Lin. syst. p. 71.? but not of Vahl. S. Afri- 

 cana, &c. Commel. hort. 2. p. 183. t. 92. The whole plant 

 clothed with white tomentum. Corolla beautiful, golden yellow. 

 Leaves -| an inch long, or hardly an inch. 



Go^n-flowered Sage. Fl. April, Nov. Clt. 1731. Shrub 

 3 to 4 feet. 



23 S. AFRICA'NA (Lin. spec. p. 38.) stem shrubby, panicled 

 at top ; branches canescent ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate-oblong, 

 obovate, or cuneated, acute, quite entire, or sinuately toothed, 

 narrowed at the base, nearly glabrous above, and white beneath, 

 coriaceous, stiff; floral leaves and bracteas broad-ovate, almost 

 permanent ; racemes a little branched ; whorls 2-6-flowered, 

 distant; calyx hispid : upper lip nearly entire, broad- roundish : 

 lobes of the lower lip ovate, acute ; tube of corolla hardly ex- 

 ceeding the calyx ; connective short, and dilated behind, bearing 

 an empty cell, f? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Commel. hort. 2. p. 181. t. 91. Mill. fig. t. 225. f. 1. S. 

 colorata, Vahl, enum. 1. p. 230. S. integerrima, Mill. fig. t. 

 225. f. 2. diet. no. 12. S. barbata, Lam. ill. 1. p. 72. Branches 

 purplish. Leaves variable, often green above, but constantly 

 white beneath. Corolla violaceous. There are several slight 

 varieties of the species. 



African Sage. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1731. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



24 S. PANICULA'TA (Lin. niant. p. 25. and p. 511.) stem 

 shrubby ; branches scabrous, nearly glabrous ; leaves petiolate, 

 obovate, acute, a little toothed, coriaceous, green on both sur- 

 faces, scabrous beneath ; floral leaves ovate, membranous, de- 

 ciduous ; racemes paniculately branched ; whorls 2-flowered, 

 distant ; calyx scabrous : upper lip entire, rounded : lobes of 

 the lower lip ovate, acuminated ; tube of corolla hardly equal- 

 ling the calyx in length ; connective short, and dilated behind, 

 bearing an empty cell. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. S. chamaeelseagnea, Berg. cap. 1. p. 3. S. minor, &c. 

 Breyn. cent. 1. p. 169. t. 85. Shrub purplish. Leaves \ an 

 inch long. Corolla purplish violet, a little larger than those of 

 S. Africona. 



Panicled-fLowered Sage. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1 758. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



25 S. DENTA'TA (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 37.) stem shrubby, 

 glabrous ; leaves linear, fascicled, remotely-toothed, nearly gla- 

 brous ; floral leaves and bracteas ovate, much shorter than the 

 calyxes, permanent ; racemes short, simple ; whorls 2-6-flower- 

 ed ; calyx ample, pubescent : upper lip sinuate, somewhat 3- 

 toothed : lobes of the lower lip ovate, bluntish ; tube of corolla 

 equalling the calyx ; connective short, and dilated behind, bear- 

 ing an empty cell. 1? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 S. rigida, Thunb. prod. fl. cap. 1. p. 96. Corollas purplish 

 violet, smaller than those of S. Africana. 



TooJ/W-leaved Sage. Fl. Dec. Jan. Clt. 1774. Shrub J 

 to 1 foot. 



26 S. NI'VEA (Thunb. prod. p. 96.) leaves lanceolate, quite 

 entire, clothed with white tomentum ; branches divaricate. ^ ' 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. S. lanceolata, Lam. 

 ill. 1. p. 72. Branches and branchlets decussate, tetragonal, 

 tomentose at top. Leaves petiolate, acute, a little wrinkled, an 

 inch long, bearing other leaves in the axils. Flowers opposite, 

 or somewhat panicled at the top of the branchlets. Calyxes 

 hairy. Corolla purple. Distinguished from S. aurea by the 

 lanceolate, white leaves. 



Snowy Sage. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



27 S. CANARIE'NSIS (Lin. spec. p. 38.) stem shrubby, clothed 

 with white tomentum ; leaves petiolate, lanceolate, hastately-tri- 

 angular, wrinkled, almost glabrous : floral leaves ovate-lance- 

 olate, exceeding the calyxes, membranous, coloured ; calyx in- 

 curvedly campanulate : upper lip sinuated, somewhat 3-lobed : 

 lobes of lower lip obtuse, mucronate ; tube of corolla wide, 

 inclosed ; connective somewhat dilated behind, bearing an empty 

 cell. |j . G. Native of the Canary Islands ; also of Sicily. 

 Sclarea tomentosa, Mill. diet. no. 13. Schraderia hastata, 

 Moench. meth. Trew. pi. rar. 2. p. 17. t. 19. Corollas 

 purple. 



Canary Island Sage. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1697. Shrub 3 

 to 6 feet. 



SECT. III. DRYMO'SPHACE (from SpvfioQ,drymos, a forest ; and 

 <70aicoc, sphakos, sage ; probably in reference to the species 

 inhabiting woods.) Benin, in Hook. misc. 3. p. 373. lab. p. 

 218. Calyx tubular, or campanulate; upper lip almost entire, 

 truncate, or with 3 very short teeth. Tube of corolla exserted, 

 furnished with a ring of hairs inside ; upper lip falcately com- 

 pressed ; lateral lobes of the lower lip spreading. Connective 

 drawn out behind, bearing an empty, diffbrmed cell, somewhat 

 connected at the extremities. European, or Asiatic green, rather 

 clammy herbs. Leaves usually large, hastately cordate. Co- 

 rollas yellow, rarely blue. 



28 S. GLUTINOSA (Lin. spec. p. 37.) stems herbaceous, erect, 

 clammy, pilose ; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, acuminated, 

 cordately sagittate at the base : floral ones ovate, acuminated, 

 shorter than the calyxes ; racemes simple ; whorls distant, loose, 

 6-flowered ; calyx tubular : upper lip truncate, entire, somewhat 

 recurved ; corollas gaping, 3 times as long as the calyx. % . 

 H. Native of Europe, and middle Asia, in woods and other 

 shady places ; as of Spain, South of France, Switzerland, Italy, 

 South of Germany, South of Russia, Tauria, Caucasus, &c. 

 Sabb. hort. rom. t. 3. Mirb. ann. mus. 15. t. 15. f. 11. Riv. 

 mon. irr. t. 35. Sclarea glutinosa, Mill. diet. no. 11. Colus 

 jovis, Besl. eyst. ord. 8. fol. 4. f. 1. Plant clammy. Lower 

 leaves large, glabrous, or clothed with clammy pubescence. 

 Corollas pale yellow. 



Clammy Sage. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1769. PI. 2 to 3 

 feet. 



29 S. KUBI'COLA (Wall, ex Benth. in Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 

 68. lab. p. 219.) stem herbaceous, erect, villous; leaves peti- 

 olate, ovate-lanceolate, crenated, pubescent on both surfaces : 

 lower ones hastately cordate at the base : upper ones rounded, 

 or narrowed at the base : uppermost and floral ones sessile, 

 ovate, acute, quite entire ; racemes a little branched ; whorls 

 loose, few-flowered, remote ; calyx campanulate, villous : upper 

 lip entire, and toothed : the lower lip acute ; corolla 3 times as 

 long as the calyx : hind cells of anthers empty, connected. If.. 

 H. Native of Kamaon and Sirinaghur, Wall. ; in the valley of 

 Cashmere, and at Kidarkonta, Royle ; Simlah, Jacquemont. 

 Sweet, fl. gard. 2. t. 140. Corollas yellow, smaller than those 

 of S. glutinosa. 



Cloud Sage. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1823. PI. 3 feet. 



