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LABIATE. XXIX. SALVIA. 



lar, clothed with soft pubescence, the upper lip entire, and the 

 teeth of the lower lip acute ; corolla hardly exceeding the calyx : 

 tube ventricose ; style bearded. Q. H. Native of tropical 

 America ; Quito, near Chillo ; Jamaica, among the mountains ; 

 Mexico ; State of New York ; and now apparently naturalized 

 in the south of Europe, as in Spain, Portugal, Piedmont, 

 Liguria, &c. Ker. bot. reg. t. 359. S. letragona, Mcench, 

 meth. p. 373. S. prismatica, Cav. desc. 14. Arduin. spec. 1. 

 p. 10. t. 2. Lam. ill. t. 20. f. 2. Leaves 2-3 inches long. 

 Whorls usually 10-flowered. Corolla glabrous outside, pale 

 blue. Genitals equalling the corolla. 



Spanish Sage. Fl. June, Aug. Ck. 1739. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



134 S. ANGULA'TA (Benth. lab. p. 721.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, hardly pubescent ; leaves petiolate, broad, ovate, acumi- 

 nated, serrated, roundly cuneated at the base, clothed with fine 

 pubescence, scarcely canescent beneath ; floral leaves ovate, 

 acuminated, deciduous ; racemes many-flowered, elongated, 

 branched ; whorls loose, secund ; calyx tubularly campanulate, 

 scarcely pubescent, the upper lip entire, and the teeth of the 

 lower lip acute ; corolla exceeding the calyx a little, upper lip 

 pubescent; style bearded. Q.I H. Native of Caraccas, Var- 

 gas. Habit of S, polystachya. Calyx often coloured, angular. 

 Corolla small, blue. ? 



y^ngw/ar-calyxed Sage. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



135 S. DENSIFLORA (Benth. lab. p. 721.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, hardly pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, cre- 

 nated, roundly truncate at the base, or subcordate, much wrin- 

 kled, pubescent on both surfaces, green, or hardly canescent be- 

 neath ; floral leaves deciduous ; racemes almost simple, spike- 

 fbrmed ; whorls many-flowered, approximate ; calyx tubular, 

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

 the lower lip ovate, obtuse ; corolla half as long again as the 

 calyx; genitals exserted ; style glabrous. Q. H. Native of 

 the Island of Dominica. Allied to S. polystachya and S. Keerlii, 

 but differs from both in the form of the calyx, small corolla, and 

 exserted genitals. 



Dense-flowered Sage. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



136 S. POLYSTA'CHYA (Ortega, dec. p. 55.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, clothed with hoary down ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acumi- 

 nated, serrated, rounded at the base or cordate, rather wrinkled 

 above, and pubescent, nerved, and clothed with hoary pubes- 

 cence beneath ; flofel leaves ovate, acuminated, deciduous ; ra- 

 cemes dense, branched ; whorls many-flowered, approximate, 

 almost secund ; calyx tubularly campanulate, pubescent or to- 

 mentosely villous, having the upper lip entire, and the teeth of 

 the lower lip acute ; corolla twice as long as the calyx : tube 

 inclosed, ventricose ; style bearded. If. . ? G. Native of Mexico, 

 in many places ; as among the mountains of Guanaxuato ; shores 

 of Lake Pazcuaro ; near Tlalpuxahua, &c. Cav. icon. 1. p. 17. 

 t. 27. bad. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 296. S. 

 cae'sia, H. B. et Kunth. 1. c. p. 295. S. lineatifolia, Lag. gen. 

 et spec. nov. 2. Stem nearly glabrous, but usually pubescent. 

 Leaves 2-3 inches long. Whorls 15-20-flowered. Corolla 

 blue. This species occurs in gardens, under the names of S. 

 spicdta, S. Breynitica, S. eremitica, and S. tetragona. 



Many-spiked Sage. Fl. Oct. Dec. Clt. 1822. PI. 1 to 2 

 feet. 



137 S. KEE'RLII (Benth. lab. p. 263.) stem shrubby? erect, 

 pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, roundly 

 truncate or cordate at the base, much wrinkled, clothed with 

 hoary tomentum on both surfaces ; floral leaves ovate, deci- 

 duous ; racemes dense, paniculately branched ; whorls many- 

 flowered, approximate ; calyx tubularly campanulate, pilosely 

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

 acute ; corolla twice as long as the calyx : tube inclosed, ven- 



tricose : upper lip pubescent ; style glabrous or bearded above. 

 Tj . ? S. Native of Mexico, near Tlalpuxahua, Keerl. Nearly 

 allied to S. polystachya ; but the leaves are smaller, obtuse, and 

 much wrinkled, and more cordate at the base ; the racemes 

 shorter and more dense ; the calyxes hairy, not clothed with 

 hoary tomentum. 



Keerl's Sage. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. ? 



* * * Leaves petiolate, more or less cordate at the base. 



138 S. SEMIATRA'TA (Zucc. acad. wiss. 1. p. 298.) stem 

 shrubby ; .branches tomentosely pubescent ; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base, much wrinkled, 

 clothed with white tomentum beneath ; floral leaves ovate, 

 small, deciduous ; racemes simple ; whorls 4-8-flowered, dis- 

 tant ; calyxes pedicellate, tubular, striated, clothed with glan- 

 dular villi, the upper lip entire, and the teeth of the lower lip 

 obtuse ; corolla twice as long as the calyx, pubescent outside : 

 tube ventricose, a little exserted ; style bearded beneath. Jj . 

 S. Native of Mexico, Karwinski. Said to be nearly allied to 

 S. scorodbnia ; but differs in the calyxes being twice the size ; 

 in the pedicels being elongated ; and in the lower lip of the 

 corolla being shorter and of a more intense colour. 



Half-dark-fiowered Sage. Shrub. 



139 S. FRUTICULOSA (Benth. lab. p. 721.) stem shrubby, hum- 

 ble, much branched ; branches clothed with white tomentum ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, roundly truncate or 

 subcordate at the base, much wrinkled, hardly pubescent above, 

 and clothed with white tomentum beneath ; floral leaves ovate, 

 acuminated, deciduous; racemes simple; whorls about 6-flow- 

 ered, distant ; calyxes nearly sessile, tubularly campanulate, 

 clothed with white tomentum, having the upper lip entire, and 

 the teeth of the lower lip obtuse and truncate ; corolla about 3 

 times as long as the calyx : tube a little exserted ; style shortly 

 bearded. 1? . S. Native of Mexico, about Oaxaca, Andrieux. 

 Allied to S. scorodonia and S. breviflora, but differs from both 

 in habit. Leaves \ inch long. 



Fruticulose Sage. Shrub J foot. 



140 S. SCORODONIA (Poir. suppl. 5. p. 46.) stem shrubby; 

 branches clothed with hoary tomentum ; leaves petiolate, ovate 

 or oblong, obtuse, crenulated, roundly cordate at the base, much 

 wrinkled, pubescent above, pale, or clothed with white tomentum 

 beneath ; floral leaves ovate, acuminated, deciduous ; racemes 

 simple ; whorls 6-20-flowered, distant ; calyxes nearly sessile, 

 tubularly campanulate, striated, clothed with glandular villi, 

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

 bluntish ; corolla twice as long as the calyx, pubescent outside : 

 tube a little exserted, ventricose ; style glabrous. J? . S. Na- 

 tive of Mexico. S. melissodora, Lag. nov. gen. et spec. 2. S. 

 hirta, Schranck, in syll. pi. soc. ratisb. 2. p. 60. ? Leaves 1-2 

 inches long. Corollas blue, white at the base ; middle lobe of 

 lower lip large, emarginate. 



Garlick Sage. Shrub. 



141 S. AMARI'SSIMA (Ortega, dec. p. 4.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, branched, hispidly pilose ; leaves petiolate, ovate-cordate, 

 crenated, wrinkled, almost glabrous, canescent beneath ; floral 

 leaves ovate, acuminated, deciduous ; racemes simple, dense- 

 flowered ; whorls distinct, rather remote, generally 10-flower- 

 ed ; calyx tubularly campanulate, striated, villous, having the 

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

 about 3 times as long as the calyx : tube ventricose, equal- 

 ling the calyx : upper lip almost glabrous ; style bearded 

 above. If. . G. Native of Mexico, in several places. Ker. 

 bot. reg. t. 347. S. nepetokles, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. 

 p. 299. t. 150. S amara, Jacq. hort. schcenbr. 3. t. 255. S. 



