LABIATJE. XXIX. SALVIA. 



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59 S. ALGEBIB'NSIS (Desf. fl. ad. 1. p. 23. t. 3.) stem branch- 

 ed, hairv ; lower leaves ovate-oblong, crenated, running into the 

 petioles': middle and upper leaves few, sessile, usually quite en- 

 tire ; -whorls 2-6-flowered, distinct ; calycine teeth setaceous, 

 spiny: bracteas reflexed. "%.. H. Native of Algiers, near 

 Maiane. Calyxes nutant. Corollas blue, size of those of S. 

 pratetuis. This species is said to differ from S. bicolor, in the 

 stem being hairy ; in the leaves -being ovate-oblong, crenated, 

 not erose, and sinuately toothed, ex Desf. 



Algiers Sage. PL 2 to 3 feet. ? 



60 S. LATIFOLIA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 271.) stem radier pilose, 

 branched at top ; lower leaves petiolate, oblong, attenuated at 

 the base : upper ones sessile, cordate ; racemes clothed with 

 clammy villi ; whorls remote, 4-flowered ; calyx campanulate, 

 striated, villous, with setaceous teeth ; bracteas cordate, acu- 

 minated, glabrous inside, one half shorter dian the calyxes. 11- 

 H. Native of Tangiers. Stems purplish. Upper leaves ses- 

 sile, 2-3 inches long, very blunt, attenuated at the base, veiny, 

 villous. Pedicels very short. Corolla much larger than die 

 calyx. Very nearly allied to S. Algertensis ; but differs in the 

 leaves being remotely toothed, and the seeds larger, &c. 



Broad-leated Sage. PI. 



Cl S. IXAMOI'XA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 269.) stem erect, branch- 

 ed, clammy and hispid ; leaves petiolate, ample, ovate, deeply 

 toothed, cordate at the base, hispid : upper leaves lanceolate- 

 linear : floral leaves ovate, acuminated, reflexed ; racemes elon- 

 gated, a little branched ; whorls 6-flowered, distant ; calyxes 

 shorter than the pedicels, amply campanulate, striated, hispid : 

 teeth all short and stiff; genitals hardly exserted. }. H. 

 Native of Spain, Schousboe. Leaves a hand long. Corollas 

 size of those of S. Sclarea, pubescent outside. Pedicels clothed 

 with clammy villi. 



letrsant Sage. PI. 2 to 3 feet. ? 



62 S. AUSTRI'ACA (Lin. syst. veg. p. 69.) stem erect, nearly 

 naked, pubescent ; radical leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, erose- 

 ly toothed, cordate, rounded or cuneated at the base, wrin- 

 kled, glabrous above and pubescent beneath : cauline leaves 

 few : floral leaves ovate, acuminated, ciliate.l, about equal in 

 length to the calyxes : racemes a litde branched ; whorls about 6- 

 flowered : lower ones distant : upper ones approximate ; calyxes 

 nearly sessile, campanulate, very pilose ; corolla 3 times as long 

 as the calyx, the tube a little exserted. 3. H. Native of 

 Lower Austria, Hungary, Transylvania, Moldavia ; frequent in 

 Tauria. and Caucasus. Jacq. fl. austr. 2. p. 8. t. 112. LindJ. 

 bot. reg. t. 1019. S. Sclarea, Crantz, austr. p. 236. but not of 

 Lin. Salvia distans, Pohl, ex Steud. nom. 725. Sclarea dis- 

 tans, Mo2nch. meth. Stems bluntly tetragonal. Radical leaves 

 3-4 inches long: cauline ones 2 inches long, pinnatifid. Corolla 

 cream-coloured, beset with clammy pili outside, size of that of 



ratentis. 

 Autirian Sags. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1776. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



63 S. LIMBA'TA (Meyer, verz. pflanz. p. 86.) stems erect, 

 almost naked, pubescent ; radical leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, 

 entire, erosely toothed, cordate at the base, very much wrinkled, 

 green, and rather hairy on both surfaces ; cauline leaves few, 

 sessile : floral leaves ovate, acuminated, shorter than the calyx ; 

 racemes branched ; whorls 2-6-flowered, distant ; calyxes nearly 



-:le, broadly campanulate, rather hispid ; corolla about thrice 

 as long as the calyx, the tube a little exserted ; genitals ex- 

 serted. !{.. H. Native of Caucasus, in dry stony places on 

 the Talusch mountains. Very nearly allied to S. Austnaca ; 

 but differs in the leaves being shorter, more wrinkled ; in the 

 racemes being fewer-flowered ; in the calyx being more broadly 

 campanulate, and hardly hairy. 



Limbate Sage. PL 2 to 3 feet. ? 



64 S. CERATOPHTLLOI'DES (Lin. mant. p. 26.) stem ascending? 



villous ; leaves oblong, deeply pinnatifid, widi oblong-lanceo- 

 late, deeply toothed lobes, much wrinkled, glabrous : superior 

 leaves nearly sessile : floral leaves ovate, acute, one half shorter 

 dian the calyxes ; racemes elongated, branched a litde ; whorls 

 remote, 2-6-flowered ; calyxes pedicellate, campanulate, hispid ; 

 teeth of lower lip lanceolate, acute ; corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx: the tube exserted a litde. !.? H. Native of the 

 region of the Mediterranean ; on arid hills of Calabria ; and 

 south of Sicily. Corollas of S. pratensis, but smaller, larger 

 than diose of S. cerbenaca, violaceous or blue. 



Stag-horn-like-ltated Sage. Fl. June, May. Clt. 1771. 

 PL 1 to 2 feet. 



65 S. PRATE' xsis (Lin. spec. p. 35.) stems erect, almost sim- 

 ple, pubescent ; radical leaves petiolate, oblong-ovate, obtuse, 

 crenated, or cut, cordate at the base, bullately wrinkled, gla- 

 brous above, with die petioles and nenres pubescent beneath ; 

 cauline leaves few, sessile : uppermost ones lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated: floral leaves cordate-ovate, shorter than the calyxes, rather 

 reflexed ; racemes clammy, nearly simple ; whorls 6-flowered, 

 distant ; calyxes nearly sessile, campanulate, clothed with clam- 

 my villi ; corolla 3 times longer than die calyx, the tube equal 

 in length to the calyx; genitals exserted. "%.. H. Native of 

 Middle and South Europe, in dry, grassy fields, and by way- 

 sides ; as of Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Italy, 

 Greece, Caucasus, Sweden, Russia. Smith, engl. bot. t. 153. 

 S. agrestis, Lin. amoen. acad. 3. p. 399. ? S. haematodes. 

 Lin. spec. p. 35. S. Barrelieri, Tenor, fl. nap. 1. p. 9. t. 2. 

 Schranck, hort. mon. 1 . t. 5. S. Tenorii, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 

 65. Sweet, brit. fl. gard. 1. t. 26. S. rubicunda, Wenderoth. 

 S. virgata, Sav. bot. etrusc. 2. p. 4. ex Tenore, syll. p. 1 7. but 

 not of Jacq. S. variegata, Waldst. et Kit. ex Willd. enum. 1. 

 p. 36. S. tricolor, Hortul. Berg. phyt. 2. t. 95. Blackw. t. 

 258. Plenck, icon. t. 22. This species is variable in height 

 and pubescence, but the flowers are always large, usually blue, 

 rarely reddish, or white. Racemes simple, or furnished with a 

 few small branches. Root thick. Leaves in the more southern 

 varieties more or less spotted with red. 



Meadow Sage. Fl. May, June. Britain. PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



66 S. DCMETORUM (Andrz. in Bess. enum. fl. volh. 3. & 40.) 

 stem erect, almost simple, pubescent ; radical and lower cauline 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, doubly crenated, deeply crenated at die 

 base, wrinkled, glabrous on both surfaces,- or pubescent on the 

 nerves and petioles beneath ; cauline leaves few, sessile, broadly 

 ovate-cordate, acute ; floral leaves roundish-cordate, shorter 

 than the calyxes, at length reflexed ; racemes almost simple, 

 clammy; whorls 6-flowered, remote; calyxes almost sessile, 

 campanulate, striated, clothed widi clammy villi ; corolla about 

 3 times longer than the calyx : tube equal in length to the 

 calyx; genitals almost inclosed, y.. H. Native of Altaia, in 

 fields at the river Tscharysch ; and in the Kirghisean Steppe at 

 the river Nura Ledeb; and in the valley of Cashmere, Royle. 

 Corollas blue. This species differs from S. pratfnsis in the 

 leaves being smaller, less wrinkled, and more entire, the lower 

 ones on longer petioles, die whorls more remote, and the flowers 

 about half the size. 



Bush Sage. PL 1 to S feet. 



67 S. LCSITA'NICA (Jacq. 61. eclog. 1. p. 57. t. 38. exclusive 

 of the syn. of Vahl and Poir.) stem erect, pilose, clammy ; 

 radical leaves petiolate ; cauline leaves few, stem-clasping, all 

 triangularly ovate, truncate at the base, somewhat cordate, acute, 

 deeply toothed, much wrinkled, glabrous above, and villous be- 

 neath; floral leaves ovate, acuminated, equalling die calyxes; 

 racemes branched ; whorls 6-flowered, distant ; calyxes nearly- 

 sessile, campanulate, striated, hispid, radier veiny ; corolla about 

 twice as long as die calyx, with an inclosed tube. Tl H. Na- 

 tive of Spain and Portugal. Sclarea Lusitanica. Mill. diet. no. 



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