LABIATE. XXIX. SALVU. 



751 



"^. v . Native of tropical America, on the banks of the river 

 Magdalena. Leaves 3 inches long. Corolla blue, pubescent. 

 Petiolate-leaved Sage. PL 1| foot. 



232 S. SAGITTA'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 23. t. 35. f.a.) 

 stem herbaceous, erect, villous ; leaves petiolate, triangularly 

 sagittate, acute, crenately serrated, much wrinkled, clothed with 

 soft villi ; floral leaves ovate, acuminated, deciduous ; racemes 

 elongated, branched ; whorls remote, 2-6-flowered ; flowers pe- 

 dicellate ; calyx ovate, villous, having the upper lip broad-ovate, 

 obtuse, or tridentate, and the teeth of the lower lip acutish ; co- 

 rolla 4 times longer than the calyx : tube exserted, rather in- 

 flated beneath : middle lobe of lower lip emarginate ; style gla- 

 brous. I/ . S. Native of Peru, plentiful in gardens, and in 

 waste places of Tarma and Huanuco, and at Obrajillo; and of 

 New Granada, on Mount Quindiu. Stem much branched at 

 bottom. Branches villous, and glandularly pubescent. Leaves 

 2-3 inches long. Calyx purplish-violet. Corolla pale blue, 

 downy outside. The vernacular name of this species in Peru is 

 Sahia Real, where the plant is used as a substitute for common 

 sage. 



Sagittale-}eaved Sage. PI. 4 to 6 feet. 



233 S. VITIFGLIA (Benth. lab. p. 724.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, villous ; leaves petiolate, broadly deltoid, angularly lobed, 

 truncate at the base, or broadly and sagittately cordate, thick, 

 villously hairy, and green on both surfaces, or rufescent be- 

 neath ; floral leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, deciduous ; 

 racemes elongated, branched ; whorls remote, 2-6-flowered ; 

 flowers pedicellate; calyx ovate-campanulate, villous, having 

 the upper lip somewhat tridentate, and the teeth of the lower lip 

 acuminated ; corolla 3-4 times longer than the calyx : tube a 

 little exserted, ventricose : limb gaping: upper lip falcate; 

 style glabrous. ^i. S. Native of Mexico : on Mount San 

 Felipe, near Oaxaca. Habit of S. petiolaris, S. tagittata, and 

 S. macrophylla, but differs in the form of the leaves. Corollas 

 blue, almost like those of S. petiolaris. 



Jlne-leaced Sage. PL ? 



234 S. MACROPHY'LLA (Benth. lab. p. 725.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, pilosely hispid ; leaves on long petioles, ample, ovate, cor- 

 date : upper ones hastate, a little wrinkled, green on both sur- 

 faces, hispid ; floral leaves ovate, deciduous ; racemes elon- 

 gated, branched, clammy; whorls remote, 2-6-flowered; flowers 

 pedicellate ; calyx campanulate, at length elongated, villous, 

 having the upper lip very shortly tridentate, and the lower one 

 bifid : the teeth all ovate, acute ; corolla about 4 times as long 

 as the calyx : tube exserted, widened : lips nearly equal ; style 

 glabrous. 1 . S. Native of Peru, in the valley of Huanuco. 

 Allied to S. sagittaia; but differs in the taller stature, in the 

 larger broader leaves, with the auricles rounded at the base. 



Long-leaced Sage. PL 5 to 6 feet. 



235 S. SCUTELLARIOI'DES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. 

 p. 303. t. 158.) plant herbaceous ; branches pilosely pubescent, 

 or nearly glabrous : leaves petiolate, ovate, deltoid, acutish, cre- 

 nately-serrated, cordately hastate at the base, hairy on both sur- 

 faces ; floral leaves ovate, deciduous ; racemes nearly simple, 

 elongated ; whorls distant, generally 2-flowered ; calyx campa- 

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

 tridentate, and the lower lip bifid : teeth all acute ; corolla 3 

 times longer than the calyx : tube much exserted, ventricose : 

 middle segment of the lower lip emarginate ; genitals much ex- 

 serted. If.. S. Native of tropical America, as of the province 

 of Quito, near Chiilo ; and in humid sandy places near Santa Fe 

 de Bogota. Stems procumbent at the base. Branches a foot 

 long, nearly naked in the upper part. Leaves li inch long, and 

 nearly the same in breadth. Corolla an inch long, blue, pubes- 

 cent outside. Form of calyx and lower lip of corolla almost as 

 in section Brachyanthae. 



Skullcap-like Sage. PL 1 foot. 



236 S. PA'TEXS (Cav. icon. 5. p. 33. t. 454.) stem herbace- 

 ous, erect, pilose ; leaves petiolate, ovate-deltoid, crenated, has- 

 tate at the base, or the upper ones are rounded, hispid on both 

 surfaces ; floral leaves lanceolate- linear ; whorls few, remote ; 

 flowers large ; calyx campanulate, villous, having the upper lip 

 very shortly tricuspidate, and the lower lip bifid : teeth acumi- 

 nated ; corolla about 3 times as long as the calyx : throat 

 widened ; stamens much exserted ; style very long, glabrous. 

 Tl . 1 G. Native of Mexico, near Tl'alpuxahua, Guanaxuato, 

 and Santa Rosa, and near Real del Monte. S. grandiflora, 

 Nee, ex Cav. S. spectabilis, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 

 2. p. 304. Stems nearly simple. Lower leaves petiolate : 

 upper ones nearly sessile, paler beneath : floral leaves quite 

 entire, clothed with glandular villi. Corolla blue, more than 2 

 inches long, pubescent outside ; middle lobe of lower lip very 

 broad, emarginate. 



Spreading Sage. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



237 S. LONGI'STTLA (Benth. lab. p. 295.) stem herbaceous ? 

 erect, clothed with tomentose villi; leaves petiolate, broad, 

 ovate, acuminated, crenated, amply cordate at the base, wrin- 

 kled, clothed with soft pubescent villi on both surfaces : supe- 

 rior ones sessile ; floral leaves ovate, long-acuminated, ciliated, 

 deciduous: uppermost ones rather comose ; whorls 6-10-flow- 

 ered ; calyx elongated, tubular, striated at the base, clothed 

 with soft pubescence, having the upper lip entire, and the teeth 

 of the lower lip very short, and setaceously acuminated : corolla 

 hardly twice as long as the calyx : tube equal : middle lobe of 

 lower lip bifid ; genitals exserted ; style glabrous, the upper 

 lobe very long and subulate. I/ . ? G. Native of Mexico, 

 near Zinepecuaro, Graham. Corolla blue, a little incurved. 



Long-styled Sage. PL ? 



238 S. AMETHY'STINA (Smith, icon. ined. 2. p. 27. t. 27.) 

 shrubby ; branches clothed with white villi ; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate, acute, deeply cordate at the base, with rounded auricles, 

 wrinkled, pubescent above, but clothed with hoary or white 

 tomentum beneath ; floral leaves lanceolate, deciduous ; racemes 

 elongated, simple ; whorls loose, 6-flowered, remote ; calyx 

 tubularly campanulate, villous outside, having the upper lip en- 

 tire, and the teeth of the lower lip ovate, acute ; corolla about 

 twice as long as the calyx : tube exserted, ventricose : lips 

 nearly equal : middle lobe of lower lip almost entire ; genitals 

 inclosed ; style bearded. ^ . S. Native of tropical America, 

 on the Andes of Quindiu, &c. Leaves 2 to 31 inches long, ser- 

 rated. Corollas form of those of S. fulgent, or S. Mexicana, 

 but blue, and 1 inch long. Leaves similar to those of S. 



fulgent. 



Jmetliyst-Bowered Sage. FL Aug. Sept. Qt. 1817. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



239 S. KARWI'NSKII (Benth. lab. p. 725.) stem shrubby ? ; 

 branches clothed with rufous wool ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acu- 

 minated, crenated, rounded at the base, rather wrinkled above, 

 and roughish, and clothed with rufous wool beneath ; floral 

 leaves deciduous ; whorls many-flowered ; calyx ample, tubular, 

 clothed with glandular villi, having the upper lip entire, and the 

 teeth of the lower lip very short, long-acuminated ; corolla 

 f.vice as long as the calyx ; genitals equalling the corolla ; style 

 glabrous, fj . ? G. Native of Mexico, Karwinski. Allied to 

 S. longistyla and S. amelhtjstina. Habit of S. Hce"nkei, but the 

 corolla is blue. 



Kaneintki's Sage. Shrub. 



240 S. CYA'NEA (Benth. lab. p. 296. but not of Fisch.) stem 

 shrubby ; branches clothed with hoary pubescence ; leaves pe- 

 tiolate, ovate, acuminated, serrately crenated, cordate at the 

 base, pubescent on both surfaces ; floral leaves ovate, acumi- 

 nated, membranous, deciduous ; racemes simple ; whorls loosely 



