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LABIATE. XXIX. SALVIA. 



3. ? This species is very nearly allied to S. pratensis, S. dume- 

 tbrum, and S, virgdta. It has the small flowers of the two 

 latter species, and the branching panicle of S. virgata. Corollas 

 blue. 



Portugal Sage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. PI. 1 to 2 

 feet. 



68 S. VIRGA'TA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1st. vol. 1. p. 39.) stem 

 erect, branched, pubescently villous ; radical leaves petiolate, 

 amply ovate, cordate at the base : lower cauline leaves on short 

 petioles, ample, ovate-oblong, rounded or cordate at the base : 

 upper cauline ones more sessile, and smaller : uppermost ones 

 cordately stem-clasping, acuminated, all erosely crenated, wrin- 

 kled, almost glabrous above, and pubescent on the nerves be- 

 neath, or hispid ; floral leaves ovate, acuminated, somewhat 

 reflexed, shorter than the calyxes; racemes branched, elongated ; 

 whorls 6-flowered, distant ; calyxes pedicellate, campanulate, 

 striated, clothed with clammy villi ; corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx, with an inclosed tube. If.. H. Native of Italy, about 

 Rome, and in fields on Mount St. Angelo. Jacq. hort. vind. 1. 

 p. 14. t. 37. S. Tiberina, Mauri, ex Requien. S. Garganica, 

 Tenore, ind. sem. hort. neap. 1829. syll. p. 18. S. caduca, 

 Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 30. S. gigantea, Desf. cat. hort. par. 2. 

 p. 68. S. Pyrenaica, Lin. spec. p. 36. S. grandidentata, 

 Lehm. ind. sem. hort. hamb. 1. p. 29. ? S. amplexicaulis, 

 Lam. ill. 1. p. 68.? S. rubra, Spreng. cur. post. 17. S. 

 Caucasica, Schranck, in syll. pi. soc. ratisb. 2. p. 58. S. affinis, 

 Spreng, ex Steud. nom. S. Bauhini, S. Barrelieri, S. quercifolia, 

 S. Taurica, and S. Taurina, Hortul. Riv. mon. irr. t. 63. Co- 

 rollas white, pale red, or pale blue. This species differs from 

 S. pratensis in the large panicle, in the elongated, few-flowered 

 racemes, in the larger leaves, and smaller flowers. The calyxes 

 and floral leaves are clammy, and hardly coloured. 



Twiggy Sage. Fl. June, Nov. Clt. 1758. PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



69 S. Rua6sA (Thunb. prod. fl. cap. p. 97.) stem ascending, 

 very villous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, or oblong-lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, erosely toothed, cordate at the base, bullately wrinkled, 

 pubescent on both surfaces ; floral leaves ovate-cordate, acute, 

 rather shorter than the calyxes ; racemes a little branched; whorls 

 6-10-flowered, remote ; calyx campanulate, striated, clothed with 

 clammy villi ; corolla twice as long as the calyx, the tube equal- 

 ling the calyx. % . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Corollas white, tinged with red. This species differs from S. 

 disermas in the form of the leaves, large and widely campanulate 

 calyxes, and in the corollas being white. 



JVrinkled-\ewed Sage. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1775. PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



70 S. VISCOSA (Jacq. misc. 2. p. 328. icon. rar. 1. p. 2. t. 5.) 

 stem erect, clothed with clammy pubescence ; leaves petiolate, 

 broad-ovate, crenulated, sub-sinuated, cordate at the base, 

 wrinkled, rather villous on both surfaces, clammy : superior 

 leaves sessile : floral leaves rounded, half the length of the 

 calyxes ; racemes elongated, branched ; whorls remote, usually 

 6-flowered ; calyx campanulate, clothed with clammy villi ; co- 

 rolla 3 times as long as the calyx, the tube exserted. 1(. H. 

 Native of Spain, Italy, &c. All parts of the plant are clothed 

 with clammy pubescence. Stems with few leaves at top. Ra- 

 dical leaves 8 inches long, and 4-5 broad : cauline ones be- 

 coming gradually smaller as they ascend. Corolla 8-9 lines 

 long, violaceous, glabrous outside. Allied to S. virgata. 



Clammy Sage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1773. PI. 2 to 4 

 feet. 



71 S. DISE'RMAS (Lin. spec. p. 36.) stems procumbent at the 

 base ; branches ascending, and clothed with clammy villi ; lower 

 leaves petiolate : superior ones nearly sessile, all oblong-lance- 

 olate, erose, rounded at the base, or cordate, clothed with 

 clammy villi on both surfaces : floral leaves broad-ovate, acute, 



about equal in length to the calyxes ; racemes a little branched ) 

 whorls 6-10-flowered, remote ; calyx ovate-tubular, clothed 

 with clammy villi, striated ; lower calycine teeth lanceolate, 

 acute ; corolla exceeding the calyx but little, the tube equalling 

 the calyx. If. . H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Hor- 

 minum disermas, Moench. ineth. Allied to S. verbenaca and 



5. clandeslina. Corollas white. 



Tno-glwned Sage. Fl. July. Clt. 1773. PI. 1 foot. ? 



72 S. SIBTHORPII (Smith, fl. grsec. 1. p. 17. t. 22.) stem 

 erect, rather panicled at top, villous ; radical leaves petiolate, 

 ample : superior leaves sessile, all ovate, coarsely and doubly 

 crenated, a little cut, glabrous above, wrinkled, villous beneath : 

 floral leaves roundish, acuminated, rather coloured, shorter than 

 the calyxes ; racemes elongated, brachiate, branched, rather ca- 

 nescent ; whorls numerous, distinct, 6-10-flowered ; calyx tubu- 

 larly campanulate, villous ; lower calycine teeth lanceolate, very 

 acute ; corolla hardly twice as long as the calyx, the tube ex- 

 serted. 11. H. Native of Europe, in the region of the Medi- 

 terranean, in grassy places, and by way-sides ; as of Greece, 

 South of Podolia, Bulgaria, about Smyrna, Tauria, &c. ; also in 

 the valley of Cashmere, Royle. S. campestris, Bieb. fl. cauc. 

 1. p. 20. and 3. p. 22. Rchb. icon. bot. 6. p. 21. t. 529. S. 

 Hypanica, Andrz. in Bess. enum. pi. pod. 3. S. mollis, Jacq. 

 fil. eel. 1. p. 56. t. 37. ? exclusive of the syn. of Donn. S. 

 amplexicaulis, S. Barrelieri, S. Caucasica, S. Taurica, and S. 

 virgata, &c. Hortul. Very nearly allied to S. sylvestris and S. 

 virgata ; it differs from the first in the less leafy, more villous 

 stem, and more ample leaves, which are 6-9 inches long, and 

 3-4 broad ; and from the latter in the whorls being more nume- 

 rous and more approximate, in the calyx being larger, and in the 

 floral leaves being membranous and coloured. 



Sibthorp's Sage. PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



73 S. SYLVE'STRIS (Lin. spec. p. 34.) stem erect, panicled at 

 top ; lower leaves petiolate : superior ones sessile, all oblong- 

 lanceolate, crenated, rounded, or usually cordate at the base, 

 wrinkled, glabrous above, and paler and pubescent beneath, or 

 canescent ; floral leaves orbicular, acuminated, coloured, about 

 equal in length to the calyxes, imbricated before florescence, 

 but afterwards a little reflexed ; racemes elongated, a little 

 branched; whorls 6-10-flowered, distinct ; calyx ovate-tubular ; 

 corolla twice as long as the calyx, the tube equalling the ca- 

 lyx, y.. H. Native of East and middle Europe, and middle 

 Asia, in grassy fields ; Spain, South of France, Sicily, Naples, 

 Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bohemia, Greece, Persia, Tauria, 

 and Caucasus, Siberia, &c. Jacq. fl. austr. 3. p. 7. t. 212. 

 Rchb. icon. bot. 6. p. 20. t. 527. S. nemorosa, Lin. spec. p. 

 35. Poit. et Turp. fl. par. t. 35.? Rchb. icon. bot. 6. p. 19. 

 t. 526. S. deserta, Schangin, in Led. cat. hort. dorp. 1 824. p. 



6. Rchb. icon. bot. 6. p. 21. t. 528. S. Valentina, Vahl, 

 enum. 1. p. 268. S. elata, Host, fl. austr. 1. p. 24. and proba- 

 bly of Tenore, syll. p. 18. S. amplexicaulis, Lam. ill. l.p. 

 68. ? S. alpestris, S. asperula, and S. Taurina, Hortul. Scla- 

 rea punct&ta, Moench. metli. Scl&rea sylvestris, Mill. diet. no. 



7. Sclarea nemorosa, Mill. diet. no. 6. Sclarea Syriaca, Mill, 

 diet. no. 5. This species is very variable in height and villosity, 

 but with a very distinct habit. Leaves 2-4 inches long. Co- 

 rollas purplish violet. 



Wild Sage. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 17.09. PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



74 S. PE'NDULA (Vahl, enum. 1'. p. 281.) stem erect, villous; 

 lower leaves petiolate : upper ones sessile, all oblong-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, doubly crenated, rather cordate at the base, wrinkled, 

 pubescent ; floral leaves orbicular, acuminated, about half as 

 long as the calyxes, permanent, reflexed; racemes a little branch- 

 ed, rather nutant at apex ; whorls 6-10-flowered, distinct ; ca- 

 lyx tubular, pubescent ; corolla twice as long as the calyx, the 

 tube a little exserted. If. H. Native of Transylvania, and 



