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LABIATE. XXIX. SALVIA. 



Tallest Sage. Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 



204 S. MOSCHA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. 2. p. 293, t. 143.) 

 shrubby, erect, glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, cu- 

 neated at the base, serrated, glabrous or pilose ; whorls 5-6 

 flowered, distant ; calyx tubular, striated, glabrous or pilose, 

 having the upper lip ovate, acuminated, entire, and the segments 

 of the lower lip acuminated ; corolla thrice as long as the calyx ; 

 tube widened at top : upper lip emarginate : middle segment of 

 the lower lip short, retuse ; style villous on the upper side. 

 Tj . S. Native of New Granada, near Almaguer, among bushes. 

 Plant exhaling a scent of musk. Leaves 2 inches long ; pilose 

 on the veins beneath. Spikes terminal, pedunculate. Corolla 

 purple. Calyxes clothed with fuscescent hairs while young. 

 Allied to S. Neovidensis and S. altissima. 



Musky-scented Sage. Shrub, 4-6 feet. 



205 S. SQUA v tENs(H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen.amer. 2. p. 297.) 

 stem shrubby, erect, and are, as well as the branches, pilose and 

 clammy ; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, obtuse, cordate, cre- 

 nated, coriaceous, wrinkled above, and pilose but clothed with 

 hoary tomentum beneath ; whorls 2-flowered, distant ; floral 

 leaves ovate-oblong, shorter than the calyxes, deciduous ; calyx 

 tubular, hairy, striated, the upper lip, and segments of the lower 

 lip, acuminated ; corolla twice as long as the calyx, pubescent ; 

 stamens exserted. P? . S. Native of Peru, on the Andes. 

 Branches purple. Leaves Ij to 2 inches long. Spikes terminal. 

 Corolla purple. 



Filthy Sage. Shrub. 



206 S. RUBE'SCENS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 

 301. t. 154.) stem shrubby, erect, canescent, glabrous; leaves 

 on long petioles, ovate, narrowly-acute, cordate, crenated, clothed 

 with fine hoary tomentum beneath ; spikes panicled ; whorls 

 4-6 flowered, distant ; calyx densely clothed with clammy hairs, 

 tubular, purple, having the upper lip ovate, acute, entire, and 

 the teeth of the lower lip acuminated ; corolla glabrous, tivice as 

 long as the calyx. ^ S. Native of Quito, in temperate places. 

 Leaves 4 inches long. Leaves pubescent above. Corolla beau- 

 tiful purple. 



Reddish- fiowered Sage. Shrub. 



207 S. HIRTE'LLA (Vahl. enum. 1. p. 249.) stem herbaceous? 

 ascending, clothed with clammy villi ; leaves petiolate, ovate- 

 oblong, acute, crenated, roundly-cuneated at the base, green on 

 both surfaces, and nearly glabrous ; floral leaves ovate, acute, 

 deciduous ; racemes elongated, simple ; whorls about 6-flowered, 

 remote ; calyx tubular, very hairy, having the upper lip entire, 

 and the teeth of the lower lip ovate, obtuse ; corolla more than 

 twice as long as the calyx, villous outside : tube much exserted : 

 lips nearly equal ; genitals much exserted. ^ S. Native of 

 Peru, Dombey. Corolla scarlet, an inch long ; tube dilated a 

 little at top. 



Hairy Sage. Shrub. 



208 S. SECU'NDA (Benth. lab. p. 285.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, glabrous ; branches pubescent ; leaves petiolate, oblong, 

 narrowed at the base, acute, serrated, rather hispid above, and 

 glabrous beneath : floral leaves ovate, acuminated, deciduous ; 

 whorls about 6-flowered, secund ; calyx tubular, striated, pu- 

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

 lip acute ; corolla one half longer than the calyx, pubescent out- 

 side : tube a little exserted, nearly equal, or hardly contracted 

 at the throat : lips short, nearly equal ; genitals inclosed ; style 

 glabrous. If. . 1 G. Native of the South of Brazil, Sello. Leaves 

 2-3 inches long. Corolla scarcely half an inch long. Hairs of 

 branches reflexed. 



Far. fl ; leaves clothed with hoary tomentum beneath. Pj . G. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes. 

 Secund-fiowered Sage. PI. ? 



209 S. CILIA TA (Benth. lab. p. 286.) stem herbaceous ? ; 



branches elongated, glabrous, or the angles and petioles are 

 ciliated ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, crenately serrated, round- 

 ish or subcordate at the base, nearly glabrous : floral leaves 

 ovate, acuminated, ciliated at length, deciduous ; whorls about 

 10-flowered ; calyx tubular, striated, pubescent, having the upper 

 lip entire, and the teeth of the lower lip acute ; corolla pu- 

 bescent outside, 2-3 times longer than the calyx : tube widened 

 at top : lips nearly equal ; style glabrous, exserted. T] . ? S. 

 Native of Mexico, among bushes, at Papantla. Leaves downv 

 on the nerves. Corolla scarlet. Allied to S. lamiifolia, like 

 the preceding. 



Ciliated Sage. Shrub. ? 



210 S E'LEGANS (Vahl. enum. 1. p. 238.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, glabrous, or furnished with scattered hairs ; leaves petio- 

 late, ovate, acuminated, serrated, rounded or narrow at the base, 

 rather hispid above, and glabrous beneath ; floral leaves sessile, 

 ovate, acuminated, deciduous ; whorls remote, about 6-flowered ; 

 flowers on short pedicels ; calyx campanulate, clothed with 

 glandular villi, having the upper lip almost entire, or with 1-3 

 short awns, lower lip shortly bidentate, 2-awned ; corolla pu- 

 bescent outside, six times as long as the calyx : tube slender, 

 incurved: lips equal, oblong ; stamens a little exserted, bearded. 

 7/ ? S. Native of Mexico, near Tlalpuxahua and Guanaxuato. 

 S. incarnata, Cav. ann. sc. 2. p. 112. H. B. and Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. 2. p. 293. t. 144. S. microcaulis, Poir. diet. 6. p. 

 614. Branches purplish at the base. Leaves 1 to lg inch 

 long. Corolla blood-red, more than an inch long. Tube tooth- 

 less inside. 



Elegant Sage. PI. 4 feet. 



211 S. ME'NTIENS (Pohl, pi. bras. 2. p. 137. t. 193.) herba- 

 ceous, erect ; stem glabrous at the base, but furnished with 

 spreading hairs at apex ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated, 

 serrated, rounded at the base, green and glabrous on both sur- 

 faces ; floral leaves small, deciduous ; racemes simple, elon- 

 gated ; whorls remote, few-flowered ; calyx tubularly campanu- 

 late, green at the base, villous, membranous, and coloured at 

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

 ovate, subulately acuminated ; corolla 4-5 times longer than the 

 calyx : tube much exserted : lips short, nearly equal, broad ; 

 genitals inclosed ; style glabrous. I/ ? S. Native of Brazil, 

 at Serra d'Estrella, and about Fazenda de Padre Correa, in the 

 province of Rio Janeiro, and about the town of Rio Janeiro. Herb 

 nearly simple. Calyx scarlet at top. Corolla scarlet, nearly 

 glabrous, 1 8-22 lines long. Tube widened a little at top. 



Disguising Sage. PI. lj foot. 



212 S. SPLE'NDENS (Sello ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. mant. 2. 

 p. 185. Benth. lab* p. 287.) shrubby; branched; branches 

 glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate 1 , acuminated, crenately serrated, 

 cuneate, rounded or subcordate at the base, glabrous on both 

 surfaces; floral leaves ovate, acuminated, coloured, deciduous; 

 whorls 2-flowered ; calyx campanulate, membranous, coloured, 

 glabrous, or the nerves and pedicels are villous, having the 

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

 acute ; corolla glabrous outside, about three times as long as the 

 calyx: tube exserted, widened a little : lower lip short ; stamens 

 exserted ; style glabrous, f; . G. Native of Brazil, in woods 

 at Guaxindiba, near Rio Janeiro. Ker. bot. reg. t. 687. Rchb. 

 hort. bot. 1. 1. 51. Colla in acad. taur. 31. p. 331. t. 17. S. 

 colorans, Hortul. S. Brasiliensis, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 56. An 

 elegant species, very common in gardens, having the floral 

 leaves, calyxes, and corollas scarlet. Corolla 2 to Z\ inches 

 long. This species is a very great ornament in the autumn, if 

 planted out in the open ground against a south wall. 



Shining Sage. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1822. Shrub 3 to 4 

 feet. 



213 S. INVOLUCRA'TA (Cav. icon. 2. p. 114. t. 105.) stem 



