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LABIATE. XXIX. SALVIA. 



80 S. CONTRAVE'RSA (Tenore, syll. fl. nap. p. 18.) stem pu- 

 bescent, or villous ; leaves oblong, deeply pinnatifid, with ob- 

 long-linear, very blunt, deeply crenated lobes, bullately wrin- 

 kled, rather pilose on both surfaces, with revolute margins ; 

 lower leaves petiolate : superior ones sessile : floral leaves round- 

 ish, acuminated, villous, scarcely shorter than the calyxes ; ra- 

 cemes branched; whorls 6-10-flowered : lower ones remote: 

 superior ones approximate ; calyx ovate, clothed with long 

 hairs ; corolla shorter than the calyx, or a half longer. If. H. 

 Native of the region of the Mediterranean ; as of Spain, Cala- 

 bria, Cyprus, Syria ; Egypt, in the Great Syrtus ; also of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. S. clandestina, Lin herb, but not of his 

 spec. p. 36. Sibth. et Smith, fl. grsec. 1. p. 18. t. 24. S. 

 lanigera, Poir. suppl. 5. p. 48. Habit of S. clandestina, but 

 more humble and more branched ; the leaves more deeply cut, 

 lobed almost to the midrib. Corolla pale purple. 



Far. ft, grandiflbra (Benth. lab. p. 719.) corolla more than 

 twice as long as the calyx. !(.. H. Native near Jaffa, in the 

 sand by the sea-side, Bove. 



Twisted Sage. PI. \ to f foot. 



81 S. ? DESE'RTI (Decaisne, in ann. sc. nat. par. 1834. 2. p. 

 248.) plant suffruticose, hoary ; branches divaricate, pubescent; 

 leaves small, few, oblong, petiolate, crenated, bullately wrinkled, 

 with reflexed margins, clothed with hoary pubescence ; floral 

 leaves small : uppermost ones very small ; whorls 2-6-flowered, 

 distant ; calyx ovate-campanulate, beset with very long hairs : 

 teeth all nearly equal, or the upper one is smaller. 1? . G. Na- 

 tive of the desert of Sinai, Bove. Habit of S. contraversa and 

 S. jEgyptiaca. 



Desert Sage. Shrub. 



82 S. NU'BIA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1st. vol. 1. p. 42. but not 

 of other authors.) stem erect, villous, canescent ; lower leaves 

 on long petioles : superior ones sessile, or cordately stem-clasp- 

 ing, all oblong-ovate, or lanceolate, obtuse, or acuminated, irre- 

 gularly crenated, or erose, cordate at the base, much wrinkled, 

 clothed with fine pubescence above, and hoary tomentum 

 beneath, or rather woolly ; racemes very villous, dense, branch- 

 ed ; whorls 6-flowered, approximate ; calyx ovate, clothed with 

 soft, hair-like wool ; corolla about twice as long as the calyx. 

 l/.H. Native of Abyssinia. Habit of S. verbenaca. Leaves 

 almost like those of S. sylvestris. Racemes like those of S. 

 contraversa, but more branched, and more dense, and the stem 

 is taller. 



Nubian Sage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1784. PI. 2 to 3 feet. ? 



J- Doubtful species, probably belonging to the present section. 



83 S. BARRELIE'RI (Ettling, salv. p. 46. ex Vahl, enum. 1. p. 

 269.) stem erect, leafy ; leaves petiolate, hairy, hastately 7- 

 lobed : middle lobe lanceolate, acute, all unequally serrated ; 

 bracteas small, ovate, ciliated, acute ; whorls 6-flowered ; calyx 

 villous, 5-toothed. 2/ . H. Native of Spain. 



Barrelier's Sage. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



84 S. PARVIFLORA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 268. Labill. pi. syr. 

 rar. dec. 4. p. 13. t. 7.) stems erect, hoary ; leaves cordate, ob- 

 long, veiny, wrinkled, greenish grey, crenated, villous beneath : 

 upper ones sessile ; flowers pedicellate ; whorls 2-6-flowered ; 

 bracteas cordate, ovate, acute, hardly the length of the calyxes ; 

 calyx tomentose, rather hoary, one-half shorter than the corolla; 

 stamens inclosed. If. . H. Native of Syria, near Damascus, 

 and on the mount called Dgebel-cher. Corollas rather tomen- 

 tose, yellowish. Nearly allied to S. Nubia. 



Small-flowered Sage. PI. Ij foot. 



SECT. VII. Micno'spHACE (from fuicpoc, micros, small ; and 

 <7d>a/coe, spkakos, sage ; in allusion to the small corollas.) Benth. 



lab. p. 244. Calyx ovate : upper lip entire. Corolla small ; 

 tube inclosed, without any ring of hairs inside ; lips very short ; 

 upper lip erect : lateral lobes of lower lip spreading. Con- 

 nective deflexed behind, linear, combined longitudinally. Lower 

 lobe of style flattened, dilated, rounded. Procumbent, Ameri- 

 can herbs. 



85 S. OCCIDENTALS (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 23.) diffuse, 

 procumbent, glabrous, or pubescent ; leaves petiolate, broad- 

 ovate, acute, serrated, rounded at the base, or cuneated, glabrous 

 or hispid ; floral leaves sessile, hardly longer than the pedicels, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, permanent ; racemes elongated, branched 

 a little at the base ; whorls 2-6-flowered, remote ; flowers 

 minute ; calyx tubular, clothed with glandular villi : teeth of 

 lower lip obtuse ; corolla a half longer than the calyx. I/ . S. 

 Native of Tropical America, in waste fields ; Mexico, Jamaica, 

 St. Domingo, Cuba, Martinico, Trinidad, Antigua, Peru, in the 

 valley of Lima, and elsewhere on the same coast. S. procum- 

 bens, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 27. t. 39. f. a. S. radicans, 

 Poir. suppl. 6. p. 621. Hyptis glandulosa, Sieb. fl. mart, exsic. 

 no. 151. Verbena minima chamaedryos folio, Sloane, jam. 1. p. 

 172. t. 107. Stems numerous, tetragonal. Leaves 1 to 1^ 

 inches long. Racemes like those of Verbena qfficinalis. Corolla 

 blue, glabrous. 



Western Sage. PL procumbent. 



86 S. MISE'LLA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 290.) 

 herbaceous ; stems pilose ; leaves roundish rhomboid, acute, 

 rather cuneated at the base, crenated, glabrous ; whorls gene- 

 rally 6- flowered, remote ; calyx beset with glandular hairs, y. . 

 S. Native of New Spain, in most places between Acapulco and 

 La Venta del Exido. Stem branched, diffuse ; branches as- 

 cending. Leaves on short petioles, 2-4 lines long. Racemes 

 filiform. Bracteas roundish-ovate, hairy, acuminated, decidu- 

 ous, shorter than the calyxes. Corolla violet. ? This species 

 hardly differs from S. occidentalis. 



Pityful Sage. PL i to 1 foot. 



SECT. VIII. CALO'SPHACE (from KaXoc, kalos, beautiful ; and 

 otyctKOQ, spakos, sage ; many of the species contained in this 

 section are showy.) Benth. in Hook. bot. misc. 3. p. 374. lab. 

 p. 245. Calyx ovate, tubular, or campanulate : upper lip en- 

 tire, or shortly tridentate. Tube of corolla exserted, or in- 

 closed, without any ring of hairs inside, but sometimes furnished 

 near the base with two teeth : upper lip of corolla straight, 

 concave, entire, or usually a little emarginate ; lobes of lower 

 lip spreading. Connective deflexed behind, linear, longitudinally 

 connate. Lower lobe of style subulate. Herbs, undershrubs, or 

 shrubs, variable in habit, but readily distinguished from the 

 other sections. Leaves entire, serrated, crenated, rarely quite 

 entire. 



1. MICRA'OTIUB (/m-poe, mikros, small ; and avQoc, anl/tos, 

 a flower ; flowers small.) Benth. lab. p. 245. Corolla hardly 

 3 lines long, half as long again, rarely almost twice as long as 

 the calyx, with an inclosed tube : loner Up almost twice as long 

 as the upper, which is erect. Herbs, with blue inconspicuous 

 corollas. 



87 S. OBSCU'RA (Benth. lab. p. 245.) herbaceous, diffuse ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, serrated, narrowly cuneated at the 

 base, glabrous or hispid above, green on both surfaces : floral 

 leaves permanent, sessile, ovate, acuminated, shorter than the 

 calyxes ; racemes elongated, simple ; whorls 2-6-flowered, re- 

 mote ; flowers minute ; calyx tubular, clothed with rather glan- 

 dular villi, increasing in the fructiferous state : upper lip entire, 

 and the teeth of the lower lip shortly and subulately acumi- 

 nated ; corolla a half longer than the calyx ; lobes of style subu- 

 late. I/ . ? S. Native of Jamaica. Very nearly allied to S. 



