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LABIATE. XXIX. SALVIA. 



calyxes ; racemes simple ; whorls generally 2-flowered, all re- 

 mote ; calyx tubular, striated, glabrous, having the upper lip 

 entire, and the teeth of the lower lip lanceolate, acute ; corolla 

 exceeding the calyx a little : upper lip straight. Q. H. Na- 

 tive of Mexico, Mocino et Sesse ; in the valley of Guanaxuato, 

 Humb. et Bonpl. ; at the river Missouri, Clarke and Lewis. 

 Jacq. fil. eclog. 1. p. 13. t. 13. S. lancesefblia, Poir. suppl. 5. 

 p. 49. S. reflexa, Horn. hort. hafn. 1 . p. 34. S. aspidophylla, 

 Room, et Schultes, syst. mant. 1 . p. 206. S. trichostemmoides, 

 Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 19. Stem glabrous, or clothed with 

 hoary pubescence at top. Leaves 1-J- to 2 inches long, obscurely 

 and bluntly serrated. Whorls 2-4-flowered. Corollas blue. 



Zanceo/ate-leaved Sage. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1813. PI. 1 

 foot. 



98 S. LEPTOPHY'LLA (Benth. lab. p. 249.) stem herbaceous, 

 ascending, branched, glabrous ; leaves nearly sessile, narrow- 

 linear, acute, quite entire, glabrous : floral leaves deciduous ; 

 racemes simple ; whorls remote, generally 2-flowered ; calyx 

 tubular, striated, glabrous, with the upper lip entire, and the 

 teeth of the lower lip acute ; corolla about twice as long as the 

 calyx : tube inclosed ; style bifariously bearded. Q. ? H. 

 Native of Mexico. Nearly allied to S. lanceoldta ; but differs 

 in the leaves being narrower, quite glabrous, and in the flowers 

 being larger ; and from S. anguslifblta, in the stem being gla- 

 brous, and in the flowers being much smaller. 



Slender-leaved Sage. PI. 1 foot. 



2. BRACHYA'NTHA (from flpaxyc, brachys, short ; and avOoc, 

 anlhos, a flower ; in allusion to the shortness of the flowers.) 

 Benth. lab. p. 249. Floral leaves bractea-f armed, deciduous. 

 Calyx glabrous, villous, or clothed with hoary tomentum. Corolla 

 4 lines long, or longer : tube inclosed, or hardly a half again as 

 long as the calyx : loner lip generally longer than the upper 

 one, flat, with rounded lobes : the middle lobe very large. 

 Flowers blue, rarely white or pale red, never scarlet nor yellow. 



* ANGUSTIFOLIJE. Leaves linear or lanceolate, very narrow 

 at the base, or cuneated, usually petiolate. 



99 S. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Cav. icon. 4. p. 9. t. 317.) stems her- 

 baceous, erect, glabrous, or beset with spreading hairs ; leaves 

 nearly sessile, oblong-linear, narrowed at both ends, quite entire 

 or serrated, glabrous ; floral leaves bractea-formed, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, deciduous ; racemes elongated, simple ; whorls all dis- 

 tant, 2-6-flowered ; calyx tubular, striated, hispid, with the 

 upper lip entire, and the teeth of the lower lip ovate, acute ; 

 corolla twice as long as the calyx : tube equalling the calyx : 

 middle lobe of lower lip emarginately bifid ; style bifariously 

 bearded. I/ . S. Native of Mexico, in bushy places near 

 Totonilco el Grande and Tlalpuxahua. Lindl. bot. reg. t. 

 1554. S. reptans, Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 3. p. 38. t. 319. S. 

 virgata, Ort. dec. 3. Stems numerous, twiggy, a little branch- 

 ed, leafy at the base, bluntly tetragonal. Leaves \\ inch long. 

 Calyx usually bluish. Corolla azure blue. Upper lobe of 

 style very long, subulate. 



Narrow-leaved Sage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1806. PI. 1 to 

 1| foot. 



100 S. PA'LLIDA (Benth. lab. p. 250.) stem herbaceous, pro- 

 cumbent, glabrous ; branches ascending, canescent ; leaves pe- 

 tiolate, ovate-lanceolate or linear, acuminated, narrowed at the 

 base, clothed with hoary tomentum while young, but at length 

 glabrous ; floral leaves ovate at the base, but with a long linear 

 acumen at apex, deciduous ; racemes simple, elongated ; whorls 

 remote, about 6-flowered ; calyx nearly sessile, tubular, stri- 

 ated, clothed with hoary tomentum, with the upper lip entire, 



and the teeth of the lower lip ovate, acute ; corolla about twice 

 as long as the calyx, downy outside ; tube ventricose, equalling 

 the calyx; style pubescent beneath. Tt^S. Native of the 

 south of Brazil, Sello ; at Buenos Ayres, Parker. S. canes- 

 cens, Benth. mss. but not of Meyer. Habit of S. lanceolata ; 

 but the stems are more procumbent and elongated ; the branches 

 canescent ; the leaves more acute. Flowers size of those of 

 Stachys dnnua. 



Pale Sage. PI. procumbent. 



101 S. AZU'REA (Lam. diar. hist. nat. 1. p. 409.) stem herba- 

 ceous, erect, glabrous ; leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate or 

 linear, bluntish, narrowed a long way at the base, subserrated, 

 green on both surfaces, and glabrous ; floral leaves lanceolate- 

 linear, deciduous ; racemes simple, elongated ; whorls distant, 

 generally 6-flowered ; calyxes nearly sessile, tubular, striated, 

 nearly glabrous, with the upper lip entire, and the teeth of the 

 lower lip broad, acutish ; corolla more than twice as long as the 

 calyx, pubescent outside : tube ventricose, a half again as long 

 as the calyx; style bifariously bearded. 7.?H. Native of 

 the southern states of North America, as of Carolina, Upper 

 Georgia, Eastern Florida, Jacksonville, Alabama, Arkansas, 

 &c. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1728. S. Mexic&na, Walt. fl. car. p. 

 65. but not of Lin. S. elata, Poir. diet. 6. p. 625. S. angus- 

 tiiolia, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 13. but not of Cav. S. 

 acuminata, Vent. hort. eels. 50. t. 50. S. acuminata, Pers. 

 ench. 1. p. 24. S. longifolia, Nutt. in amer. phil. trans, n. s. 

 5. p. 185. Herb tall, green or bluish. Leaves 2-3 inches 

 long, stiffish, entire or few-toothed. Whorls subsecund. Calyx 

 pubescent, green or bluish. Corolla blue, downy outside. 



//zure-blue-flowered Sage. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1806. PI. 4 to 

 6 feet. 



102 S. PITCHE'RI (Torrey, mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 251.) stem 

 herbaceous, erect, tomentose, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ob- 

 long-lanceolate, or linear, acute, somewhat serrated, narrowed a 

 long way at the base, clothed with soft tomentum on both sur- 

 faces ; floral leaves lanceolate-linear, deciduous ; racemes sim- 

 ple, elongated; whorls distant, 6-15-flowered ; calyxes nearly 

 sessile, tubular, striated, villous, with the upper lip entire, and 

 the teeth of the lower lip broad, obtuse ; corolla more than 

 twice as long as the calyx, pubescent outside ; tube ventricose, 

 a half again as long as the calyx; style bearded. I/. H. Native 

 of North America, at the Red River, Pitcher. Habit of S. 

 azurea, but the whole plant is pubescent and canescent, the 

 flowers more numerous, and the calyx larger, and the teeth 

 blunter. 



Pitcher's Sage. PI. 3 to 4 feet. ? 



103 S. im'vis (Benth. lab. p. 251.) stem herbaceous, erect, 

 glabrous ; leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, narrowed a long 

 way at the base, remotely serrated, glabrous ; floral leaves mem- 

 branous, broad roundish, ciliated, obtuse, deciduous ; racemes 

 simple, on long peduncles; whorls 6-10-flowered : lower ones 

 remote : upper ones approximate ; calyxes pedicellate, campa- 

 nulate, ciliated, with the upper lip almost entire, and the teeth 

 of the lower lip lanceolate, cuspidate ; corolla thrice as long as 

 the calyx : tube exserted, ventricose : upper lip glabrous. T. ? 

 G. Native of Mexico. Stem nearly terete, striated, with yel- 

 low and green lines. Corollas pale blue. Genitals inclosed. 

 Allied to S. uliginosa. Style furnished with a long beard 

 at top. 



Smooth Sage. PI. ? 



104 S. ULIGINOSA (Benth. lab. p. 251.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, glabrous, or villous ; leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, serrated, narrowed at the base, glabrous, or pubescent ; 

 floral leaves membranous, broad-ovate, acuminated, deciduous ; 

 racemes dense, on long peduncles, a little branched ; whorls 

 many-flowered ; calyx campanulate, with the upper lip almost 



