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LABIATE. XXIX. SALVIA. 



declivity of Mount Tumiriquiri ; also of Caraccas, and Trini- 

 dad. Bot. mag. 28C4. This species differs from S. coccinea, 

 in being taller, beset with long hairs, not with hoary tomentum ; 

 and in the leaves being rounded at the base, not cordate, &c. 

 Corollas scarlet. 



False-scarlet Sage. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1797. PI. 2 to 3 

 feet. 



223 S. FHOENicEA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 291.) 

 stems shrubby, erect, and are, as well as the branches, muricately 

 hispid ; leaves ovate, acute, subcordate, serrated, glabrous ; ra- 

 cemes terminal ; whorls many-flowered, distant ; calyx tubular, 

 hispidly glandular, having the upper lip entire and acute, and the 

 segments of the lower lip acuminated ; corolla downy outside, 

 twice as long as the calyx : middle segment of lower lip large, 

 emarginately 2-lobed ; stamens much exserted. T; . S. Native 

 of Quito, at the roots of the mountains of Colopaxi and El Co- 

 razon, between Mulalo and Tainbillo. Leaves pilose on the 

 middle nerve, above Ij inch long, strong-scented. Peduncles 

 purplish, glandularly pilose, as well as the floral leaves. Corolla 

 blood-coloured. A plant intermediate between S, pseudo-coccinea 

 and S. pulchella* Leaves quite glabrous. Allied to S. glumacea, 

 yet the flowers are very different. 



Crimson-flowered Sage. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



224 S. LINEA'TA (Benth. lab. p. 724.) branches bifariously 

 pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, truncate at 

 the base, green on both surfaces, and clothed with fine pubes- 

 cence ; floral leaves broad-ovate, deciduous ; racemes simple ; 

 whorls 4-6-flowered ; calyx tubularly-campanulate, green, pu- 

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

 lip ovate, scarcely acuminated ; corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx : tube exserted, ventricose : throat contracted : upper lip 

 villous ; stamens enclosed ; style plumose. ^ . ? S. Native of 

 Mexico, Karwinski. Leaves almost like those of S. Grahaini. 

 Corollas form of those of S. fulgens, but smaller. Floral leaves 

 imbricate before florescence, pubescent, ciliated. Leaves cre- 

 nated. 



Lined-leaved Sage. Shrub. 



225 S. PULCHE'LLA (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 142. Benth. 

 lab. p. 291.) stem shrubby ; branches pubescent; leaves petio- 

 late, ovate, narrowed at apex, bluntish, crenated, broad and cor- 

 date at the base, membranous, wrinkled a little, nearly glabrous ; 

 floral leaves membranaceous, acuminated, deciduous ; racemes 

 simple; whorls about 10-flowered; calyx tubular, striated, 

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

 the lower lip ovate, acute ; corolla twice or thrice as long as the 

 calyx, glabrous outside : tube much exserted, bidentate inside 

 at the base : middle segment of the lower lip broad-roundish, 

 shortly-emarginate ; style shortly -bearded above. Jj . G. Na- 

 tive, of Mexico. S. doliostachys Lag. Colla, hort. rip. p. 125. 

 t. 16. Allied to S. fulgens, but differs in the thinner nearly 

 glabrous leaves, and more glabrous stem, and shorter glabrous 

 corollas, &c. Corollas scarlet. 



Pretty Sage. Fl. Oct. Feb. Clt. 1821. Shrub 2 feet. 



226 S. FU'LGENS (Cav. icon. 1. p. 15. t. 23.) stem shrubby ; 

 branches pilosely-hairy ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, crenately- 

 serrated, cordate at the base, pubescent above, clothed with white 

 tomentum or wool beneath ; floral leaves sessile, ovate, acumi- 

 nated, deciduous ; whorls 6-flowered ; calyxes longer than their 

 pedicels, tubularly-campanulate, pubescent, having the upper lip 

 entire, and the teeth of the lower lip ovate, shortly and bluntly- 

 acuminated ; corolla twice as long as the calyx : tube exserted, 

 ventricose, bidentate inside at the base : throat contracted : 

 upper lip villous outside ; stamens enclosed ; style plumose, 

 hardly exserted. J? . G. Native of Mexico, on the mountains. 

 Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. 1. t. 59. Bot. reg. t. 1356. S. cardinalis. 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 301. t. 151. S. splendens 



Nova, Loud. gard. mag. 5. p. 577. f. 116. Leaves variable in 

 hairiness, and size from 1 to 3 inches long : floral leaves usually 

 coloured, deciduous. Corollas showy, scarlet, 2 inches long : 

 upper lip a little longer than the lower one. 



Fulgent Sage. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1829. Shrub 2 to 5 feet. 



227 S. AYAVACE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 

 298.) stem shrubby, erect, and is, as well as the brandies, beset 

 with yellow hairs ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, cordate, cre- 

 nated, pilose beneath ; spikes terminal, sessile ; whorls 6-8 

 flowered, distant ; calyx tubular, striated, glandularly pilose, 

 having the upper lip, and the teeth of the lower lip, subulately 

 acuminated. I; . S. Native of Peru, in temperate places be- 

 tween Ayavaca and the river Cutaco. Leaves 2 to 2| inches 

 long. Racliis and pedicels hairy. Corolla purple, ex Bonpl. 

 Allied to S. rubescens and S. squalens, but differs in the corolla 

 being blue. 



Ayavaca Sage. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



228 S. ACUMINA'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 1 . p. 24. t. 37. f. b.) 

 stem suffruticose, erect, villous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acumi- 

 nated, crenately-serrated, cordate at the base, wrinkled, rather 

 hispid above, and of the same colour beneath, pubescent on 

 the nerves : floral leaves about equal in length to the calyxes, 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, membranous, ciliated, deciduous ; racemes 

 almost simple ; whorls about 6-flowered, remote ; flowers pedi- 

 cellate ; calyx tubular, striated, pubescent, having the upper lip 

 entire, and the teeth of the lower one lanceolate and a little in- 

 curved ; corolla twice as long as the calyx : tube exserted, a 

 little incurved : lips nearly equal, fj . S. Native of Peru, in 

 Pillao and Canta. Floral leaves glumaceous, flesh coloured. 

 Calyx almost an inch long. Corolla flesh coloured. 



Acuminated-lezveA Sage. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



229. S. LONGIFLO'RA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 23. t. 10. f. 

 a.) stem shrubby, erect, villous, clammy ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 

 acuminated, serrated, cordate at the base, pubescently-hairy, 

 clothed with white tomentum beneath ; floral leaves ovate, acute, 

 coloured, deciduous ; raceme simple ; whorls few-flowered, dis- 

 tant ; calyx ovate, inflated, coloured, having the upper lip entire, 

 and the teeth of the lower lip ovate, acute ; corolla very long, 

 five times longer than the calyx, hairy outside : tube ample, 

 much exserted : lips nearly equal ; style glabrous. T; . S. Na- 

 tive of Peru in Tarma at Huichay. Shrub much branched. 

 Leaves ample. Racemes elongated, nutant. Corolla 5 inches 

 long, showy, colour of wool. 



Long-flowered Sage. Shrub 10 to 15 feet. 



* * * * C/ERU % LE;E. Corollas blue, or bluish-violet. 



230 S. RUMICIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 

 305.) stem shrubby, erect, and is, as well as the branches, pu- 

 bescently-hairy ; leaves petiolate, oblong, hastate, bluntish, cre- 

 nated, clothed with hoary tomentose wool beneath ; panicles 

 terminal ; whorls 2-flowered, remote ; calyx clothed with glan- 

 dular hairs, campanulate, striated, having the upper lip entire 

 and acute, and the teeth of the lower lip acutish. J; . S. Na- 

 tive near the city of Quito, at the foot of Mount Javirac. Leaves 

 wrinkled and pilose above, 4 inches long and 2| broad. Pedun- 

 cles, and branches of panicle beset with glandular hairs. Co- 

 rolla unknown. A beautiful species, intermediate between sec- 

 tions Brachyanthce and Longiflbrce. 



Dock-leaved Sage. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



231 S. PETIOLA'RIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 

 304.) stems herbaceous, erect, branched, pubescent ; leaves on 

 very long petioles, deltoid, cordately-hastate, bluntish, irregu- 

 larly crenate-serrated, hairy ; spikes terminal, on long pedun- 

 cles, usually by threes ; whorls 2-flowered, distant ; calyx cloth- 

 ed with glandular hairs, campanulate, having the upper lip tri- 

 dentate, and the lower one bifid, with acuminated segments. 



