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LABIATE. XXIX. SALVIA. 



style glabrous. T? . S. Native of Peru, between Yazo and 

 Obrajillo, in the valley of Canta. Leaves 1J to 2 inches long. 

 Corolla of a yellowish scarlet colour. 



Strict-flomered Sage. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



187 S. TUBIFLORA (Smith, icon. ined. t. 26.) stem suffruti- 

 cose, erect, villous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenately- 

 serrated, cordate at the base, pubescent above, or villous, and 

 clothed with white wool beneath, or the lower ones are nearly 

 glabrous ; floral leaves ovate, acute, membranous, deciduous ; 

 racemes simple ; whorls 2-flowered, secund ; calyx tubular, 

 striated, woolly or villous, having the upper lip entire, and the 

 teeth of the lower lip lanceolate, acute ; corolla 3 times as long 

 as the calyx : tube elongated, incurved, tomentose outside : 

 lateral lobes of lower lip small : middle one concave ; genitals 

 exserted a little ; style glabrous. Pj S. Native of Peru, on 

 the mountains. S. biflora, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. et chil. 1. p. 

 24. t. 38. f. a. Stem and branches densely villous. Floral 

 leaves and calyxes glumaceous, usually clothed with soft, silky, 

 white tomentum. Corolla of a golden scarlet colour, 1J inch 

 long. 



Far. ft, glabrata (Benth. lab. p. 279.) lower leaves of the 

 same colour on both surfaces, and nearly glabrous. \j . S. 

 Native of Peru, common in sandy places in the town of Ati- 

 quipa, in the province of Camana. S. excisa, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. 

 per. 1. p. 25. t. 36. f. a. Stem and racemes less villous; the 

 younger leaves constantly tomentose beneath. 



Tube-flowered Sage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 2 

 to 3 feet. 



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COCCJ'NE^;. Corollas scarlet or purple. 



188 S. LEONUROI'DES (Glox. obs. bot. 15. t. 2.) stem suffru- 

 ticose, nearly glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, or rhomboid, 

 obtuse, crenated a little, truncate or subcordate at the base, 

 nearly glabrous above, veiny and canescent beneath ; floral 

 leaves similar to the others ; whorls about 6-flowered ; flowers 

 about equal in length to the leaves ; pedicels shorter than the 

 petioles ; calyx tubularly campanulate, glabrous : the upper lip 

 entire, and the lobes of the lower lip broad-ovate, acute ; corolla 

 about twice as long as the calyx : tube ventricose : lips nearly 

 equal : upper lip pubescent outside ; stamens inclosed ; style 

 exserted, bearded, with subulate lobes. J? . S. Native of 

 Quito, in temperate places near Chillo, Ichubamba, and 

 Huanuco. Lam. ill. t. 20. f. 3. S. comosa, Lher. stirp. 1. p. 

 41. t. 21. Mirb. ann. mus. 15. t. 15. f. 6. S. nodosa, Ruiz, 

 et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 25. t. 41. f. a. S. pyrifolia, Dombey, ex 

 Cav. Jungia formosa, Mcench. Branches furrowed, nodose, 

 glabrous, or clothed with fine hoary tomentum. Leaves rarely 

 quite entire, but usually sinuated or crenated. Corolla scarlet. 



Lion's-tail-like Sage. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



189 S. PLUMOSA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 26. t. 37. f. a.) 

 shrubby, clothed with rusty tomentum ; branches woolly ; leaves 

 petiolate, subcordate, acute, crenated, veiny, wrinkled, very 

 woolly beneath ; peduncles 4-5, axillary, 6-flowered, propped 

 by subulate bracteoles ; calyx tubular, scabrous inside ; corolla 

 hairy outside, twice as long as the calyx : lips equal : upper 

 one emarginate : lower one trifid ; style plumose, purplish. Pj . 

 S. Native of Peru, in the province of Tarma, among broken 

 rocks at Huassahuassi. Corollas purple : tube not ventricose. 

 Very nearly allied to the preceding. 



P/umose-styled Sage. Shrub. 



190 S. BALAUSTI'NA (Pohl, pi. bras. 2. p. 133. t. 189.) suf- 

 fruticose, erect, pilose ; leaves petiolate, oblong, acute, serrated, 

 narrowed at the base, green on both surfaces, pilose ; floral 

 leaves conforming to the others ; whorls axillary, remote, 6- 

 flowered ; calyx tubular, pilose, having the tipper lip entire, and 

 the teeth of the lower lip ovate, acute ; corolla thrice as long as 



the calyx : tube much exserted ; style bearded. Tj . S. Native 

 of Brazil, among bushes, by way sides near Engenho da Varge, 

 in the province of Rio Janeiro. Branches reddish-brown. Leaves 

 2 to 2g inches long. Bracteas lanceolate, hardly longer than 

 the pedicels. Corolla 2 inches long, scarlet. Stamens in- 

 closed. 



Pomegranate-flowered Sage. Shrub 3 feet. 



191 S. ASPERIFOLIA (Benth. lab. 281.) stem suffruticose, 

 erect, clothed with short pubescence ; leaves sessile, oblong, 

 crenated, narrowed at the base, tubercled and very rough above, 

 but nearly glabrous beneath ; floral leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 membranous, ciliated, deciduous ; racemes elongated ; whorls 

 about 6-flowered, somewhat secund : lower ones remote ; calyx 

 tubular, pubescent, having the upper lip entire, and the teeth of 

 the lower lip ovate, acute ; corolla 3 times as long as the calyx, 

 pubescent : tube elongated, widened above : lateral lobes of 

 lower lip deflexed ; style exserted, plumose, fj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the provinces of Goyaz and Minas Geraes. Stem 

 nearly naked above. Leaves 3-4 inches long. Corolla Ij inch 

 long, scarlet. 



Rough-leaved Sage. Shrub. 



192 S. SCA'BRIDA (Pohl, pi. bras. 2. p. 140. t. 195.) stem 

 suffruticose, erect, clothed with short pubescence ; leaves almost 

 sessile, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, crenated, narrowly rounded at 

 the base, rough from tubercles above, and nearly glabrous 

 beneath : floral leaves ovate, acuminated, deciduous ; racemes 

 simple, elongated ; whorls few-flowered ; calyx tubular, pubes- 

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

 lip ovate, acute ; corolla thrice as long as the calyx, pubescent : 

 tube elongated, hardly widened; style plumose, tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil, in grassy pastures at St. Lucia, in the province 

 of Goyaz ; and about Barbacena and Registo Velho, in the pro- 

 vince of Minas Geraes. This differs from S. aspertfblia, in the 

 narrower leaves ; in the whorls being usually 2-4-flowered, and 

 in the tube of the corolla being less widened. Corolla of a 

 beautiful red colour. 



Scabrous Sage. Shrub. 



193 S. PERSIC^EFOLIA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 281.) 

 shrubby; branches villous above ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong - 

 lanceolate, acuminated, a little serrated, narrowed at the base, 

 rather scabrous above, and of the same colour on both surfaces, 

 nearly glabrous beneath ; floral leaves bractea-formed, ovate, 

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

 ered, distant ; calyx campanulate, clothed with long purple wool 

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

 lip ovate, acutish ; corolla more than twice as long as the calyx, 

 villous: tube widened above; style plumose. Pj . S. Native 

 of Brazil, in woods near Rio Vermelho, in the eastern part of 

 the province of Minas Geraes. Leaves 2-3 inches long, villous 

 on the veins beneath, the rest glabrous. Racemes and calyxes 

 densely clothed with purple articulated hairs. Corolla scarlet, 

 more than 2 inches long. Style exserted. 



Peach-leaved Sage. Shrub 5 to 7 feet. 



194 S. MARIA NA (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 282.) shrub- 

 by ; branches clothed with tomentose villi ; leaves on short pe- 

 tioles, oblong-lanceolate, narrowed a long way at both ends, 

 pubescent on both surfaces, pale beneath ; floral leaves bractea- 

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

 about 6-flowered, distant ; calyx tubularly campanulate, densely 

 clothed with brownish-white, rather silky adpressed wool, having 

 the upper lip entire, and with the teeth of the lower lip very 

 short, ovate-acute : corolla twice as long as the calyx, villous : 

 tube much exserted ; style bearded. Jj . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the province of Minas Geraes, in humid parts of woods at 

 Mariana, and elsewhere in the same province. This differs 

 from S. persiccefblia, in the leaves being narrower, and rather 



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