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occidentatis ; but differs in the lobes of the calyx being subu- 

 lately-acuminated ; in the lobes of the style being acute and 

 subulate, not roundish and flattened. 

 Obscure Sage. PI 3 to 1 foot. ? 



88 S. RIPA'RTA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 300.) 

 stem herbaceous, erect, branched, pubescent ; leaves ovate-ob- 

 long, acute, cordate, serrated, pilosely pubescent on both sur- 

 faces ; whorls many-flowered, rather remote ; calyx subcampa- 

 nulate, striated, beset with glandular hairs, having the upper lip 

 tricuspidate, and the lower one bifid, the segments acuminately 

 subulate ; corolla a little longer than the calyx. 1 . ? S. Na- 

 tive of Peru, between Guancabamba and Paramo de Guamani, 

 Hun.b. et Bonpl. ; on the banks of the river Chulucana. Herb 

 canescent, sweet-scented. Leaves on short petioles, an inch 

 long. Racemes 3-4 inches long. Bracteas roundish-ovate, 

 acute, hardly longer than the pedicels, which are pilose. Corollas 

 bluish. 



Ricer-side Sage. PL ? 



89 S. TEXE'LLA (Swartz, fl. ind. 1. p. 45. t. 2.) stems herba- 

 ceous, small, procumbent ; branches ascending, pubescent, leaves 

 petiolate, broad-ovate, roundish, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the 

 base, clothed with adpressed pubescence above, but glabrous 

 beneath ; floral leaves lanceolate, minute, permanent ; racemes 

 short ; whorls about 6-flowered ; flowers minute ; calyx tubu- 

 lar, clothed with glandular villi, having the upper lip entire, and 

 the teeth of the lower lip very short and bluutish ; corolla ex- 

 ceeding the calyx a very little : upper lip short, truncate ; lobes 

 of style subulate. I/ . ? S. Native of Jamaica. Habit of 

 Veronica agrestis. Corollas blue. 



Slender Sage. PI. procumbent. 



90 S. MICRA'KTHA (Yahl, enum. 1. p. 235.) stems herbaceous, 

 erect, glabrous or pubescent ; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, 

 obtuse, irregularly crenated, a little curled, truncate at the base 

 or cordate, nearly glabrous ; floral leaves lanceolate, shorter 

 than the pedicels ; racemes simple ; whorls 6-10-flowered ; 

 flowers minute ; calyx tubular, clothed with glandular villi, 

 having the upper lip quite entire, and the teeth of the lower lip 

 obtuse ; corolla a half longer than the calyx : upper lip short, 

 truncate ; lobes of style subulate. 0. S. Native of Mexico, 

 and near the Havana, in Cuba. S. bullata, Ort. dec. 9. p. 109. 

 Jacq. hort. schrenbr. 4. p. 41. t. 481. S. serotina, Vahl, enum. 

 1. p. 232. but not of Lin. S. foliis cordato-ovatis, &c. Ard. 

 spec. 1. p. 10. t. 2. Leaves small. Corollas blue. 



Small-fettered Sage. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1823. PI. J 

 foot. 



91 S. SEROTIXA (Lin. mant. p. 25.) stems herbaceous, pubes- 

 cent or villous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, trun- 

 cate at the base, somewhat cordate, wrinkled, villous above, and 

 clothed with soft woolly pubescence beneath ; floral leaves lan- 

 ceolate, shorter than the pedicels ; racemes simple ; whorls 

 about 6-flowered ; flowers minute ; calvx tubular, clothed with 

 glandular villi, having the upper lip almost entire, and the teeth 

 of lower lip acutish ; corolla exceeding the calyx a little: upper 

 lip short, truncate; lobes of style subulate. V. ? S. Native 

 of the Bahama Islands, Trinidad, Santa Cruz, Jamaica, &c. 

 Jacq. icon. rar. 1. p. 1. t. 3. S. Dominica, Vahl, enum. 1. p. 

 233. Swartz, obs. p. 18. t. 1. f. 1. but not of Lin. Allied to 

 S. micrdniha, but smaller. Racemes loose, more branched and 

 more villous. Leaves villous. Corollas smaller, dirty white or 

 bluish. 



ZoteSage. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1803. PI. 1| foot. 



92 S. HU'MILIS (Benth. lab. p. 246.) stem herbaceous, erect, 

 branched, beset with spreading hairs ; leaves petiolate, broad- 

 ovate, acutish, crenated, rounded at the base or cordate, green 

 on both sides, and finely pubescent ; upper floral leaves mem- 

 branous, lanceolate, deciduous ; racemes simple ; whorls 2-4- 



flowered, loose, remote ; lower flowers in the axils of the cau- 

 line leaves ; calyx tubularly campanulate, villous, with the 

 upper lip entire, and the teeth of the lower one acute, increased 

 very much in the fructiferous state. 1.? S. Native of Mexico, 

 Karwinski. Habit and leaves of S. serotina ; but differs in the 

 whorls bein.i usually 2-flowered, and in the lower whorls being 

 axillary, but particularly in the increased fructiferous calyx. 

 Humble Sage. PI. 1 foot. ? 



93 S. INCONSPI'CUA (Benth. lab. p. 247.) stems procumbent ? 

 villous ; leaves on short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, cre- 

 nated, cordate at the base, wrinkled, clothed with rufous tomen- 

 tum beneath ; floral leaves deciduous; racemes a little branch- 

 ed; whorls 4- 6-flowered, loose; flowers small; calyx tubular, 

 striated, clothed with rather glandular villi, with the upper lip 

 entire, and the teeth of the lower lip obtuse. 11 . 1 S. Native 

 of Mexico, Haenke. This species differs from S. micrantha, in 

 the leaves being wrinkled and tomentose beneath. Sterns elon- 

 gated, branched. Leaves 1 to 1| inch long : superior ones ses- 

 sile. Calyx of S. serotina, but stiffer, and the teeth more 

 obtuse. 



Inconspicuous Sage. PI. procumbent. ? 



94 S. TILLEFOLIA (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 7.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, almost glabrous or finely pubescent ; leaves broad-ovate, 

 crenated, truncate or nearly cordate at the base, softly wrinkled 

 and pubescent from a few hairs on both surfaces : floral leaves 

 membranous, lanceolate, deciduous ; racemes simple ; whorls 

 loose, approximate, 6-10-flowered; calyx tubular, with ciliated 

 nerves, having the upper lip entire, and the teeth of the lower 

 lip ovate-lanceolate, acute ; corolla hardly exceeding the calyx, 

 with short erectish lips : lobes of style nearly equal, subulate. 

 H. . S. Native of Caraccas, and the Andes of New Spain, near 

 the town of Pazcuara ; Mexico, at Jalapa, &c. Jacq. hort. 

 schoenbr. 3. p. 2. t. 254. S. fimbriata, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. 2. p. 299. t. 149. ? Leaves with the petioles 1 to 1| 

 inch long. Corollas blue, variegated with white. 



Lime-tree-leaved Sage. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1793. PI. 3 

 to 4 feet. 



95 S. PALE-EFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 303. t. 157.) stem 

 suffruticose, erect, and is, as well as the branches, pilose ; 

 leaves cordate-sagittate, rounded at top, crenated, hairy on both 

 surfaces, canescent beneath ; spikes panicled ; whorls 2-flower- 

 ed, crowded ; calyx clothed with glandular hairs, campanulate, 

 striated, having the upper lip bluntish, and the teeth of the 

 lower lip acuminated ; tube of corolla exceeding the calyx a 

 little : upper lip pubescent : middle segment of the lower lip 

 emarginately 2-lobed ; genitals exserted. f? . S. Native of 

 New Granada, between Popayan and Palace. Leaves petiolate, 

 2 inches long. Pedicels clothed with glandular pili. Flowers 

 size of those of Thijmus serpyllum. Corollas blue. 



Chaff-leaved Sage. Shrub. 



96 S. FLEXDOSA (Presl, mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 248.) stem 

 diffuse, twisted, glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, ser- 

 rately crenated, roundly cuneated at the base, glabrous ; floral 

 leaves membranous, lanceolate, deciduous ; racemes simple ; 

 whorls 6-10-flowered ; flowers minute ; calyx tubular, glabrous 

 or ciliated on the nerves, with an entire upper lip, and the teeth 

 of the lower lip acutish ; corolla hardly exceeding the calyx. 

 If. . S. Native of Mexico, Haenke. Allied to S. tilitefolia, 

 but differs in the diffuse, twisted, glabrous stem. Leaves gla- 

 brous or minutely ciliated on the nerves and margins, not trun- 

 cate nor cordate at the base. Racemes 2-6 inches long. 



Twisted-stemmed Sage. PI. diffuse. 



97 S. LANCEOLA'TA (Willd. enum. 1. p. 37.) stem herbaceous, 

 ascending, branched, glabrous; leaves petiolate, lanceolate-linear, 

 bluntish or acuminated, narrowed at the base, pubescent, hoary 

 while young ; floral leaves lanceolate-subulate, shorter than the 



