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LABIATE. XXIX. SALVIA. 



leaves ovate, acuminated, deciduous ; racemes short, few-flow- 

 ered ; whorls distinct, loosely 2-4-flowered ; calyx ovate-tubu- 

 lar, striated, clothed with glandular pubescence, having the 

 upper lip entire, and the teeth of the lower one bluntish; co- 

 rolla twice as long as the calyx : tube ventricose, equal in 

 length to the calyx : middle lobe of lower lip emarginate ; style 

 shortly bearded at apex. fj . S. Native of New Spain, Mo- 

 ino et Sesse. A much branched, humble, canescent shrub, 

 with the habit of Th-i)mus, or Gardoquia. Corollas bluish. 

 Thyme-like Sage. Shrub dwarf. 



114 S. GLECHOM^FOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. 

 p. 290. t. 141.) stems herbaceous, nearly simple, rather pilose 

 at top ; leaves ovate-triangular, obtuse, somewhat cordately 

 truncate at the base, crenated, almost glabrous, rather pilose 

 while young ; whorls about 5-flowered, remote ; calyx hairy, 

 campanulate, striated, having the upper lip tricuspidate, and the 

 segments of the lower lip cuspidate ; tube of corolla ventricose, 

 a little shorter than the calyx : middle lobe of lower lip emar- 

 ginately 2-lobed. I/ . S. Native of New Spain, between the 

 city of Guanaxuato and Santa Rosa. Stems many, procum- 

 bent. Leaves petiolate, 6-9 lines long. Floral leaves ovate, 

 acuminated, ciliated, length of flowers deciduous. Corollas 

 blue. 



Ground-Ivy-leaved Sage. PI. procumbent. 



115 S. NANA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 289.) plant herbace- 

 ous, stemless ; leaves ovate, obtuse, narrowed at the base, cre- 

 nated, hispid above, and clothed with hairy tomentum beneath ; 

 spikes ovate, pedunculate ; whorls usually 4-flowered ; calyx 

 clothed with glandular hairs, the upper lip tridentate, and the 

 lower lip bifid : teeth all subulate. 7/ . S. Native of New 

 Spain, in dry places near the mine of Valentiana, in the valley 

 of Guanaxuato. Leaves radical, nearly sessile, an inch long. 

 Corolla blue, ex Bonpl. Spikes radical. Leaves more wrinkled 

 than in S. prunelloldes. 



Dnarf Sage. PI. small. 



116 S. PRUNELLOIDES (H. B. et Kunth % l. c. p. 289.? Benth. 

 lab. p. 256.) stems herbaceous, nearly simple, erect, pilosely 

 pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, obtuse, crenated, 

 narrowed at the base, green on both surfaces, and nearly gla- 

 brous : floral leaves ovate, acuminated, deciduous ; racemes sim- 

 ple, on long peduncles ; whorls remote, sub-secund : upper 

 whorls approximate, 6-10-flowered ; calyx campanulate, stri- 

 ated, clothed with silky hairs, having the upper lip shortly 

 tridentate, and the teeth of the lower lip lanceolate, acute ; co- 

 rolla about 3 times longer than the calyx, pubescent outside : 

 tube ventricose, equalling the calyx : middle lobe of lower lip 

 emarginate ; style bearded. 1J. . S. Native of Mexico, among 

 rocks on the burning mount Jorullo. Stems many, ascending. 

 Calyxes bluish. Corolla blue. 



Prunella-like Sage. PI. 1 to l foot. 



117 S. ARENA'RIA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 257.) 

 shrubby ; branches glabrous ; leaves petiolate, oblong, or lance- 

 olate, acuminated, serrately crenated, cuneated, or narrowed at 

 the base, green, and glabrous on both surfaces : floral leaves 

 ovate, acuminated, deciduous ; racemes short, simple ; whorls 

 4-6-flowered, secund ; calyx tubularly campanulate, striated, 

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

 lower lip ovate, acuminated ; corolla about twice as long as the 

 calyx, nearly glabrous outside : tube ventricose, a little exsert- 

 ed. J? . S. Native of Brazil, in sandy places at the limits of 

 the provinces of Minas Geraes and Rio Janeiro. Shrub much 

 branched. Leaves 2-3 inches long. Style bifariously bearded. 



Sand Sage. Shrub. 



118 S. SERRA'TA (Benth. lab. p. 257.) stem herbaceous, erect, 

 almost simple, and nearly glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, ob- 

 long, or lanceolate, acute, coarsely and irregularly serrated, 



cuneate at the base, or rounded, glabrous : floral leaves lance- 

 olate-linear, shorter than the calyxes, reflexed, or deciduous ; 

 racemes elongated, simple; whorls all remote, 6-10-flowered; 

 calyxes pedicellate, tubular, striated, pubescent, the upper lip 

 entire, and the teeth of the lower lip acutish ; corolla about 

 3 times as long as the calyx, pubescent outside : tube rather 

 exserted, ventricose : middle lobe of lower lip large, emarginate ; 

 style bearded. I/. S. Native of the South of Brazil. Habit 

 of S. uliginbsa, but the inflorescence and flowers are very differ- 

 ent. Corollas blue, almost an inch long. 

 Serraterf-leaved Sage. PI. ? 



119 S. URUGUAYE'NSIS (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 257.) 

 stem herbaceous, erect, nearly glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate- 

 lanceolate, or oblong, acute, serrately crenated, roundly cune- 

 ated at the base, nearly glabrous, green on both surfaces, or pale 

 beneath ; floral leaves ovate, acuminated, deciduous ; racemes 

 simple, elongated ; whorls remote, 6-10-flowered ; calyxes 

 nearly sessile, tubular, striated, clothed with hoary villi, the 

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

 corolla about twice as long as the calyx, pubescent outside : 

 tube ventricose, exceeding the calyx ; style bearded below. 

 1{. S. Native of Brazil, on the banks of the Uruguay, in 

 fields, at San Joze ; in the province of Rio Grande do Sul. Nearly 

 allied to S. pdllida, but the stems are erect, the leaves broader 

 and less acuminated, and the flowers more numerous. It is 

 probably only a variety of S. pdllida. 



Uruguay Sage. PL erect. 



120 S. URTIC^EFOLIA (Lin. spec. p. 34.) plant herbaceous, 

 erect, beset with rather glandular villi ; leaves on short peti- 

 oles, ovate-rhomboid, acutish, crenated, roundly subcordate at 

 the base, cuneated at the petioles, nearly glabrous ; floral leaves 

 broad-ovate, deciduous ; whorls many-flowered, remote ; calyxes 

 on short pedicels, campanulate, clothed with clammy villi, the 

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

 corolla about twice as long as the calyx, pubescent outside : 

 middle lobe of lower lip emarginately bifid ; style bearded. If.. 

 H. Native of Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia. Pursh, fl. 

 amer. sept. 1. p. 20. Mor. hist. 3. p. 395. sect. 11. t. 13. f. 

 31. ? Corollas blue, small. 



Nettle-leaved Sage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1799. PI. 3 feet. 



121 S. GRA'CILIS (Benth. lab. p. 258.) stem herbaceous? 

 erect, almost glabrous ; leaves on long petioles, ovate, acumi- 

 nated, rounded at the base, serrated, pilosely pubescent on both 

 surfaces ; floral leaves ovate, acuminated, coloured, deciduous ; 

 racemes simple; whorls loose, 6-10-flowered: lower ones re- 

 mote : upper ones approximate ; calyxes on short pedicels, 

 campanulate, striated, coloured, glabrous, having the upper lip 

 entire, and the teeth of the lower lip setaceously acuminated ; 

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

 the calyx: middle lobe of lower lip broad, emarginate; style 

 bearded, y. . S. Native of New Spain, Mo9ino and Sesse. 

 Stems or branches simple, purplish. Leaves flaccid, 1^ inch 

 long. Flowers small, flesh-coloured, size of those of S. cdrnea. 

 Allied to S. cdrnea; but differs from it in the calyx being gla- 

 brous, and in the leaves not being cordate at the base. 



Slender Sage. PL 



122 S. LEPTOSTACHYS (Benth. lab. p. 258.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, branched, clothed with hoary pubescence ; leaves on long 

 petioles, ovate-roundish, acute, truncate at the base, green, and 

 finely pubescent on both surfaces ; floral leaves ovate, subu- 

 lately acuminated, deciduous ; racemes simple, elongated ; 

 whorls at length all remote, about 6-flowered ; calyx ovate- 

 tubular, striated, hoary, having the upper lip entire, and the 



. teeth of the lower lip acuminated ; corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx : tube rather ventricose, equalling the calyx : middle lobe 

 of lower lip broad, emarginate ; style glabrous. If. . S. Na- 



