LABIATE. XXIX. SALVIA. 



741 



circinata, Cav. icon. 4. p. 9. t. 318. Stem beset with long 

 hairs, often glandularly hispid. Leaves lj inch long. Corollas 

 blue ; middle lobe of lower lip broad, emarginate. Upper lobe 

 of style twice as long as the lower one. 



Very-bitter Sage. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1803. PI. 3 to 6 

 feet. 



142 S. CUSPIDA'TA (Ruiz, etPav. fl. per. 1. p. 23. t. 40. f. b.) 

 suffruticose ; branches pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, blunt- 

 ish, crenated, cordate at the base, wrinkled, pale and pubescent 

 beneath ; floral leaves ovate, acuminated, deciduous ; racemes 

 elongated, almost simple ; whorls usually 6-flowered, distant ; 

 calyx tubularly campanulate, villous, having the upper lip tri- 

 cuspidate, and the teeth of the lower lip ovate, cuspidate ; co- 

 rolla about 3 times as long as the calyx : tube exserted a little, 

 ventricose ; style glabrous, or shortly pubescent. fc . S. Na- 

 tive of Peru, on hills about Purrochuca and Cheuchin. Leaves 

 an inch long, somewhat doubly crenated. Flowers almost like 

 those of S. scorodonia and S. amarissima. Corollas blue. 



Cuspidate-calyxed Sage. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



143 S. CARDIOPHY'LLA (Benth. lab. p. 721.) herbaceous or 

 suffruticose ; branches pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, cre- 

 nated, deeply cordate at the base, wrinkled, clothed with soft 

 villi on both surfaces : floral ones deciduous ; racemes elon- 

 gated, simple ; whorls about 6-flowered, distant ; calyx tubularly 

 campanulate, finely pubescent, having the upper lip entire, and 

 the teeth of the lower lip ovate, acutish ; corolla twice as long 

 as the calyx : tube almost inclosed, ventricose ; style glabrous. 

 >j.? G. Native of South America, without the tropic, in 

 Banda Oriental. Habit of S. cuspidata, from which it differs in 

 the soft villous leaves, and larger, somewhat coloured calyxes, 

 mutic teeth, and entire upper lip. 



Heart-leaved Sage. PI. 2 feet.? 



144 S. GILLIE'SII (Benth. lab. p. 264.) stem shrubby; 

 branches clothed with hoary tomentum ; leaves petiolate, ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, bluntish, crenately toothed, truncately cor- 

 date at the base, wrinkled, nearly glabrous above, and clothed 

 with hoary tomentum beneath ; floral leaves ovate, acute, deci- 

 duous ; racemes simple ; whorls remote, 2-6-flowered ; flowers 

 nearly sessile ; calyx campanulate, clothed with hoary pubes- 

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

 ovate, obtuse, mucronate, recurved ; corolla about twice as long 

 as the calyx, downy outside ; style pubescent. lj . G. Native 

 of Chili ; plentiful on the Andes near Mendoza, at Uspaleta ; 

 and on Mount Cerro de las Achiras. Branches tomentose, and 

 furnished with red scattered glands. Leaves 1 to H inch long. 

 Calyxes usually coloured. Corollas blue, like those of S. urti- 

 ccefdlia, but smaller. 



Gillies s Sage. Shrub humble. 



145 S. RACEMOSA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 25.) plant 

 shrubby, hairy, erect, branched ; leaves cordate, acute, sublan- 

 ceolate, serrated ; racemes terminal, numerous, compound ; 

 floral leaves ovate, acuminated, concave, deciduous. ^ . S. 

 Native of Peru, among rubbish, and in waste places of Huanuco. 

 Leaves on long petioles, usually spotted with livid purple. 

 Flowers verticillate, on short pedicels. Corolla pale blue. 



/faceniose-flowered Sage. Shrub. 



146 S. CA'RNEA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 300. 1. 151.) 

 stem shrubby, erect, branched, glabrous ; leaves roundish-ovate, 

 cordate, crenately serrated, hairy ; floral leaves oblong, acumi- 

 nated, shorter than the calyxes, deciduous ; spikes terminal ; 

 whorls many-flowered : lower ones remote ; calyx tubular, stri- 

 ated, hairy : upper lip ovate, acuminated, and the teeth of the 

 lower lip acuminated ; tube of corolla exceeding the calyx a 

 little, rather ventricose : upper lip pubescent : middle segment of 

 the lower lip emarginately 2-lobed. 1? . S. Native of New 

 Granada, on the Andes of Quindiu. Leaves on long petioles, 2 



to 2| inches long. Corolla pale red. Genitals a little exserted. 

 Stigma glabrous. 



.F/esA-coloured Sage. Shrub. 



147 S. PROCU'RRENS (Benth. lab. p. 266.) stems creeping, and 

 rooting at the base ; floriferous branches ascending, glabrous, 

 or villous ; leaves petiolate, roundish, or broad-ovate, cordate 

 at the base, crenated, glabrous, or villous : floral leaves broad- 

 ovate, acutish, deciduous ; racemes simple, on long peduncles ; 

 whorls 6-10-flowered, remote ; flowers on short pedicels ; calyx 

 campanulate, hispid, having the upper lip entire, or shortly 

 tridentate, and the teeth of the lower lip acute ; corolla gla- 

 brous, about twice as long as the calyx : tube ventricose, equal- 

 ling the calyx ; style almost glabrous. %. G. Native of South 

 America, in humid pastures and woods ; in the province of Rio 

 Grande do Sul, and the more southern parts of Brazil, St. Hil. 

 and Sello ; in moist woods at Porana, Tweedie ; in ditches near 

 Buenos Ayres, Gillies. Stem glabrous, or hispid from hairs, 

 which are often glandular, clammy, pubescent while young. 

 Leaves similar to those of Ground Ivy. Corolla blue. 



Running Sage. PI. creeping. 



148 S. PROPINQUA (Benth. lab. p. 267.) stems creeping at the 

 base ? ; branches ascending, elongated, villous ; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base, villous on both sur- 

 faces ; floral leaves deciduous ; racemes simple ; whorls about 

 6-flowered, remote ; calyxes equal in length to the pedicels, 

 tubular, striated, clothed with rufous villi, having the upper lip 

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

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

 lobes of lower lip roundish, emarginate ; style glabrous. I/ . G. 

 Native of the south of Brazil, Sello. Allied to S. procurrens ; 

 but differs in the stem being firmer ; in the leaves being more 

 villous, on short petioles, and particularly in the flowers being 

 larger ; in the calyxes being on long pedicels, and tubular, not 

 campanulate, clothed with rufous villi, not hispid. 



Allied Sage. PI. creeping. ? 



* * * * SESSILIFOLIJE. Leaves sessile, or nearly so, rounded 

 or truncate at the base. Species all natives of Brazil. 



149 S. OVALIFOLIA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 267.) 

 stems creeping at the base ; branches ascending, glabrous or 

 villous ; leaves on short petioles, oval, obtuse, crenated, rounded 

 at the base, glabrous, rather coriaceous ; floral leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, shorter than the calyxes, deciduous; racemes simple; 

 whorls 6-10-flowered, remote ; calyx tubular, striated, pubes- 

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

 ovate, acute; corolla twice as long as the calyx: tube ventri- 

 cose, equalling the calyx : middle lobe of lower lip very broad, 

 emarginate ; style shortly bearded. 1J. . ? G. Native of Brazil, 

 common in pastures in the missions of the Uruguay ; and to the 

 south of that, as well as in the province of Minas Geraes. S. 

 repens, Benth. in herb, berol. Stems rather woody. Branches 

 naked under the racemes. Leaves an inch and more long. 

 Racemes on long peduncles. 



Var, /3, villbsa (Benth. lab. p. 267.) leaves deeply serrate- 

 crenated, broadest at the base. If.. G. Native near Salto 

 Grande, on the banks of the Uruguay, in the province of Rio 

 Grande do Sul. 



Oval-leaved Sage. PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



150 S. LACHNOSTACHYS (Benin, lab. p. 267.) stem rooting at 

 the base ; branches ascending, simple, villous or spreadingly 

 pilose ; leaves nearly sessile, oval-oblong, obtuse, regularly cre- 

 nulated, rounded or subcordate at the base, wrinkled, clothed 

 with rufous tomentum above ; floral leaves cordate-ovate, blunt- 

 ish, rather shorter than the calyxes, almost permanent ; racemes 

 dense; whorls remotish, usually 10 flowered; calyx campanu- 



