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totnentose beneath ; in the woolly calyx and shorter corolla. 

 Corolla 1| inch long, scarlet. 

 Mariana Sage. Shrub. 



195 S. HILA'RH (Benth. lab. p. 282.) shrubby; branches 

 glabrous ; leaves petiolate, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, subserrated, narrowly cuneated at the base, green on 

 both surfaces, smoothish, glabrous ; floral leaves linear, almost 

 deciduous ; racemes simple, short ; whorls few, 2-4-flowered, 

 approximate ; calyx tubularly campanulate, corrugated from 

 short wool outside, having the upper lip entire, and the teeth of 

 the lower lip very short, ovate, bluntish ; corolla twice as long 

 as the calyx, woolly : tube much exserted : style bearded. Tj . 

 S. Native of Brazil, St. Hil. Leaves almost like those of S. 

 persiccefolia, but broader, and on longer petioles. Flowers size 

 of those of S. persiccefolia, or a little smaller, but differs in the 

 wool of the corolla and calyx. 



St. Hilaire's Sage. Shrub. 



196 S. SALICIFOLIA (Pohl, pi. bras. 2. p. 140. t. 196.) 

 shrubby ; branches glabrous, pubescent, or clothed with rufous 

 villi ; leaves on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, somewhat 

 crenately serrated, narrowed at both ends, glabrous or hispid 

 above, and clothed with fine rufous tomentum beneath ; floral 

 leaves ovate, acute, deciduous ; racemes elongated ; whorls 

 about (J-flowered ; calyx tubularly campanulate, glabrous or 

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

 lower lip very short and acute ; corolla more than twice as 

 long as the calyx : tube much exserted ; style bearded, fj . S. 

 Native of Brazil, among bushes about Queluz, in the province 

 of Minas Geraes, and elsewhere in the same province. This 

 species differs from S. persiceefbUa, in the glabrous or pubes- 

 cent calyxes, &c. 



Willon-leated Sage. Shrub. 



197 S. H.E\KEI (Benth. lab. p. 283.) shrubby; branches 

 clothed with hoary tomentum and clammy villi at top ; leaves 

 on short petioles, ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, ser- 

 rated, rounded at the base, wrinkled, clothed with white tomen- 

 tum beneath ; floral leaves bractea-formed, lanceolate, decidu- 

 ous ; racemes elongated, simple, or the lower whorls are irre- 

 gularly cymose, and a little branched ; calyx tubularly campa- 

 nulate, clothed with clammy villi, having the upper lip entire, 

 and the teeth of the lower lip bluntish ; corolla about 3 times as 

 long as the calyx, clothed with clammy villi : tube much ex- 

 serted ; genitals exserted ; style glabrous, fj . S. Native of 

 Peru, Haenke. Upper whorls 6-flowered, but sometimes 8-10- 

 flowered : lower ones elongated, or the racemes are branched at 

 the base. Corolla 15-16 lines long, scarlet: tube slender, hardly 

 widened at top. This species is very distinct in the form of 

 the leaves and inflorescence. 



Hcenkes Sage. Shrub. 



198 S. HI'RTA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 296.) 

 stem shrubby, erect, bifariously pilose ; leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, crenately-serrated, clothed with hoary pubescence 

 beneath; spikes panicled ; whorls remote, few-flowered; floral 

 leaves ovate, acuminated, hairy, shorter than the calyxes, deci- 

 duous ; calyx clothed with rather glandular hairs, tubularly 

 campanulate : upper lip acuminated, entire : segments of the 

 lower lip acuminately mucronate ; corolla thrice as long as 

 the calyx. T; . S. Native of the Andes of Peru, near Aya- 

 vaca, and elsewhere. Leaves petiolate, 2 inches long. Corolla 

 purple. 



Hairy Sage. Shrub. 



199 S. TORTUOSA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 292. 

 t. 142.) stems shrubby, erect, clothed with fuscescent tomen- 

 tum ; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, acuminated, narrowed at 

 the base, serrated, clothed with fuscescent tomentum beneath, 

 and pubescence above ; spikes secund ; whorls about 6-flowered, 



approximate ; calyx tubularly campanulate, clothed with villous 

 tomentum, having the upper lip entire, ovate, acuminated, subu- 

 late, and the segments of the lower lip acuminatelv subulate ; 

 corollas 2-3 times longer than the calyx, pubescently villous ; 

 genitals a little exserted. ^ S. Native of New Granada, on 

 the Andes of Quindiu. Branches twisted, clothed with fusces- 

 cent tomentum. Flowers on long pedicels. Corolla an inch 

 long : upper lip emarginate, villous outside, and middle segment 

 of the lower lip obcordate : tube widened above. 

 Tmisted- branched Sage. Shrub. 



200 S. CURVIFLORA (Benth. lab. p. 284.) shrubby ; branches 

 clothed with tomentose pubescence ; leaves petiolate, ovate- 

 oblong, acute, crenately serrated, rounded or narrowed at the 

 base, pubescent above, but clothed with soft hoary tomentum 

 beneath ; floral leaves acuminated, deciduous ; flowers secund, 

 incurvedly reflexed, nearly sessile; whorls 6-10-flowered ; calyx 

 tubular, pubescent, having the upper lip as well as the teeth of 

 the lower lip acuminated ; corolla about 4 times longer than the 

 calyx, pubescent outside : tube rather widened above ; stamens 

 inclosed ; style exserted, quite glabrous. Jj . G. Native of 

 Mexico, near Tlalpuxahua. Shrub divaricately branched. 

 Leaves 1 to li inch long. Corolla reddish scarlet, nearly 1 5 

 inch long : tube bidentate inside at bottom. 



Curved-Jloreered Sage. Shrub. 



201 S. NEOVIDE'NSIS (Benth. lab. p. 284.) shrubby?; 

 branches finely pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated, 

 serrately crenated, rounded at the base, soft, pubescent above, 

 and pale and clothed with hoary tomentum beneath ; upper 

 leaves sessile : floral leaves lanceolate-subulate, longer than the 

 calyxes, at length deciduous ; racemes elongated, simple ; 

 whorls loose, remote, secund, 2-6-flowered ; calyxes tubularly- 

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

 teeth of the lower lip ovate, acute ; corolla 4-5 times longer 

 than the calyx, nearly glabrous : tube slender at the base, and 

 much widened at top : lower lip very short ; genitals exserted ; 

 style glabrous. ^. S. Native of Brazil, near Rio Janeiro, 

 Prince Maximilian Neuwied. Nearly allied to S. curtiflora. 

 Corolla 14-15 lines long, scarlet. 



Newried Sage. Shrub. 



202 S. FRUTICETORUM (Benth. lab. p. 284.) herbaceous, erect, 

 tall, nearly glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated, ser- 

 rated, cuneated at the base, green on both surfaces, glabrous, or 

 clothed with fine pubescence ; floral leaves deciduous ; racemes 

 elongated, simple ; whorls about 6-flowered, distant ; calyx 

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

 the teeth of the lower lip ovate, obtuse ; corolla about 3 times 

 as long as the calyx, villous outside : lower lip very short ; sta- 

 mens shorter than the corolla ; style pubescent. If. . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil, among bushes at Arrayal, Prince Maximilian 

 Neuwied. Leaves 3 inches long. Calyx green. Corollas deep 

 red, form of those of S. Neotidentis. 



Bush Sage. PL 4 feet. 



203 S. ALTI'SSIMCM (Pohl, pi. bras. 2. p. 136. 1. 192.) suffru- 

 ticose ; branches erect, tall, nearly glabrous ; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate-oblong, acute, serrated, narrowly cuneated at the base, 

 glabrous above, and clothed with fine pubescence beneath ; 

 floral leaves ovate, acuminated, deciduous ; racemes elongated, 

 simple ; whorls distant, many-flowered ; calyx tubular, villous, 

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

 acute ; corolla more than twice as long as the calyx, glabrous : 

 tube much exserted : lips equal ; style pilose, jj . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil, among bushes at Arrayal Santa Rita, in the pro- 

 vince of Goyaz. Branches, as well as the nerves of the leaves 

 and calyxes, clothed with glandular villi. Corolla pure red, 1 4 

 lines long : tube scarcely widened at top. Leaves 4-5 inches 

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