LABIATE. XXIX. SALVIA. 



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4. MEMBRANA'CE*. Floral leaves bractea-formed, dilately 

 spreading, membranous. Tube of corolla inclosed, or hardly 

 longer than the calyx. Herbs or subshrubs, with bluish 

 flowers. 



160 S. BUPLEUROI'DES (Presl, mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 271.) 

 herbaceous, nearly glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, cre- 

 nately- serrated, narrowed or cuneated at the base, green on both 

 surfaces ; axillary branches short ; peduncles long, fascicled, 

 with a solitary, terminal, many-flowered whorl on each pedun- 

 cle ; floral leaves exceeding the calyxes, permanent, broad, round- 

 ed, subcordate at the base, shortly acuminated at the apex, mem- 

 branaceous, veiny, glabrous ; calyxes sessile, membranous, hav- 

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

 corolla hardly longer than the calyx. If. . G. Native of Mexico, 

 Haenke. Flowers small. Very distinct from all other species 

 in the inflorescence. 



Bupleurum-like Sage. PI. ? 



161 S. MocfNi (Benth. lab. p. 271.) stem herbaceous, pro- 

 cumbent ; branches ascending, clothed with short pubescence ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated, serrately-crenated, cuneated 

 or truncate at the base, nearly glabrous ; floral leaves large, 

 orbicular, acuminated, membranous, veiny, spreading ; racemes 

 simple ; whorls remote, 6-10-flowered ; calyx almost sessile, 

 ovate, tubular, canescent, having the upper lip entire, and the 

 teeth of the lower lip acute, ciliated ; corolla twice as long as 

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

 emarginate ; style glabrous. If..? G. Native of New Spain, 

 Mocjno et Sesse. Leaves green on both surfaces, glabrous or 

 downy : floral ones almost an inch broad. Corollas blue. 



Mo$ino's Sage. PI. procumbent. 



5. BRACTEA'TA. Floral leaves bractea-formed, permanent, 

 green, broad-roundish, clasping the flowers. Tube of corolla 

 inclosed, or hardly half as long again as the calyx. Herbs and 

 undershrubs, with bluish flowers. 



162 S. HIRSU'TA (Jacq. schcenbr. 3. p. 1. t. 252.) stem her- 

 baceous, ascending, branched, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ob- 

 long, acute, remotely serrated, narrowed at the base, villous ; 

 floral leaves sessile, broad-roundish, acuminated, ciliated, per- 

 manent, exceeding the whorls ; racemes simple : whorls about 

 6-flowered, at length distant ; calyxes sessile, tubularly campa- 

 nulate, somewhat inflated, striated, pubescent or hispid, having 

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

 corolla exceeding the calyx a little : tube inclosed, ventricose ; 

 style bearded beneath. Q. G. Native of Mexico. S. nepe- 

 tifolia, Poir. suppl. 5. p. 48. S. cryptanthos, Schultes, obs. p. 

 12. S. sideritidis, Vahl, enum. 1. p. 250. S. bracteata, Poir. 

 diet. 6. p. 662. ? S. ciliata, Poir.dict. 6. p. 588. S. phlo- 

 moides, Cav. icon. 4. p. 10. t. 320. but not of Asso. Corollas 

 blue. 



Hairy Sage. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1801. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



163 S. CLINOFODIOI'DES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. 

 p. 294. t. 145.) stem herbaceous, erect, clothed with white wool 

 above ; leaves ovate, bluntish, rounded at the base, crenated, 

 pubescent beneath ; floral leaves roundish-ovate, obtuse, pilose, 

 permanent, exceeding the calyxes ; whorls many-flowered, dis- 

 tant ; calyx clothed with white hairs, tubularly campanulate, 

 with an ovate-acuminated upper lip, and a reflexed lower bifid 

 lip, with acuminated segments, if. . S. Native of New Spain, 

 between Pazcuaro and Aguasarco. Leaves petiolate, 2 inches 

 long. Corollas pale blue : upper lip pubescent : tube a little 

 longer than the calyx. Stamens equalling the upper lip of the 

 corolla. 



Clinopodium-like Sage. PI. ? 



164 S. SPECIOSA (Presl, mss. ex Benth. I. c. p. 272.) shrubby; 

 branches clothed with white villi ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, 

 serrated, rounded at the base or truncate, wrinkled, pubescent 

 above, and clothed with white villi or tomentum beneath ; floral 

 leaves bractea-formed, broad-ovate, acuminated, longer than the 

 calyxes, permanent, herbaceous, a little coloured ; raceme dense, 

 imbricate ; whorls approximate, 6-10-flowered ; calyx large, 

 tubular, having the upper lip erect, and the teeth of the lower 

 lip ovate, acute ; corolla about twice as long as the calyx : tube 

 equalling the calyx ; genitals much exserted. \) . S. Native 

 of Peru, about the town of Huanuco, and on the mountains 

 in the vicinity, Haenke. Corolla dark purple. ? 



Showy Sage. Shrub. 



165 S. PARQUERE'NSIS (Moc. et Sesse, mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 

 273.) stem herbaceous, erect, clothed with white wool above ; 

 leaves on long petioles, ample, ovate, acute, pubescent on both 

 surfaces, rounded or cuneated at the base, running into the 

 winged petioles ; floral leaves sessile, rounded, obtuse, perma- 

 nent, clasping the flowers ; racemes simple ; whorls densely 

 globose, many-flowered, approximate, distinct ; calyx tubularly 

 campanulate, clothed with white hairs, having the upper lip 

 ovate, acuminated, entire, and the segments of the lower lip acu- 

 minated, reflexed ; corolla about thrice as long as the calyx : 

 tube exserted, widened at top : middle lobe of lower lip large, 

 emarginate ; style pubescent. %.i. S. Native of New Spain. 

 Corollas blue, an inch long. 



Parquero Sage. PI. ? 



166 S. MATHE'WSII (Benth. lab. p. 722.) herbaceous ? ; 

 branches very villous at top; leaves ample, petiolate, ovate, 

 deeply cordate at the base, flaccid, green on both surfaces, gla- 

 brous or hardly hairy on the nerves ; floral leaves bractea- 

 formed, broad-ovate, membranous, coloured, almost permanent, 

 equalling the calyxes ; racemes elongated, loose; whorls 6-10- 

 flowered ; calyxes pedicellate, large, tubular, having the upper 

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

 hardly twice as long as the calyx : tube equalling the calyx ; 

 genitals much exserted. If. . ? S. Native of Peru, at Purro- 

 chuca and Obrajillo, Mathews. Leaves 6-8 inches long. Ca- 

 lyxes hispid at the base, glabrous at apex, and coloured. Flow- 

 ers like those of S. specibsa. 



Malhews's Sage. PI. ? 



167 S. MACROSTA'CHYA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 298.) 

 stem shrubby, erect, hairy ; leaves petiolate, roundish-ovate, 

 acute, deeply cordate at the base, with rounded imbricate auri- 

 cles, pubescently villous on both surfaces ; floral leaves broad- 

 ovate, villous, permanent, equalling the calyxes ; spikes dense, 

 thick ; whorls many-flowered, closely approximate ; flowers 

 sessile ; calyx tubular, villous, having the upper lip entire, and 

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

 calyx. Tj . S. Native of Peru, near Guayaquil ; and near 

 Quito, Llactacunga, and Cuenca. Leaves 2-3 inches long. 

 Corolla blue : upper lip arched, emarginate, as well as the mid- 

 dle segment of the lower lip. 



Long-spiked Sage. Shrub 4 to G feet. 



6. ERIA'NTH,E. Floral leaves bractea-formed, deciduous. 



Calyxes densely clothed with tomentose nool. Tube of corolla 



hardly a half as long again as the calyx. Herbs or shrubs. 

 Flowers whitish or yellowish, rarely reddish. 



168 S. LECCOCE'PHALA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 301. 

 t. 156.) stem shrubby, erect, and is, as well as the branches, 

 clothed with hoary tomentum ; leaves ovate, bluntish, cordate, 

 crenately serrated, clothed with hoary tomentum beneath ; spikes 



