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LABIATE. XXIX. SALVIA. 



C-10-flowered, rather secund ; calyx tubular, clothed with 

 rufous villi : upper lip very short, tricuspidate, and the teeth of 

 the lower lip lanceolate-acute ; corolla about 3 times as long as 

 the calyx : tube exserted, ventricose above : lips nearly equal : 

 style bearded, fj . G. Native of New Spain, Mocino et Sesse. 

 Allied to S. amethyslina; but differs in the more acuminated 

 leaves, and particularly in the slenderer calyxes being clothed 

 with rufous villi, and in the tricuspidate upper lip. 



Azure- flowered Sage. Shrub. 



241 S. MEXICA'NA (Lin. spec. p. 37.) stem shrubby, erect, 

 tomentose ; leaves petiolate, ovate or oblong, narrowed at both 

 ends, crenately serrated, pubescently tomentose ; floral leaves 

 ovate, acute, deciduous, scarcely longer than the pedicels ; 

 whorls 6-20-flowered ; calyx tubular, with ciliated nerves, hav- 

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

 acute, and mutic ; corolla twice as long as the calyx : tube in- 

 flated at the middle, contracted under the throat : lips nearly 

 equal : upper lip pubescent : middle lobe of lower lip smaller 

 than the lateral ones, roundish, emarginate ; style bearded, with 

 subulate unequal lobes. I; . S. Native of Mexico, near Paz- 

 cuaro, and near the city of Mexico. Cav. icon. 1. p. 16. t. 26. 

 S. melissasfolia, Desf. cat. hort. par. Sclarea Mexicana, Dill. 

 hort. elth. S39. t. 254. f. 330. Mill. diet. no. 14. Jiingia 

 altissima, Mcench. meth. Leaves 2-3 inches long. Corolla 

 blue ; tube oblong, bidentate inside. 



Var. /3, major (Benth. lab. p. 297.) younger leaves more 

 densely and velvety tomentose. Tj . S. S. papilionacea, Cav. 

 icon. 4. p. 9. t. 319. S. nitidifblia, Ortega, dec. p. 9. This is 

 a large handsome plant. The wings of the corolla figured by 

 Cavanilles, must be the side lobes of the lower lip split up by 

 accident, ex Benth. 



Mexican Sage. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1724. Shrub 4 to 6 

 feet. 



242 S. GLABBA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 

 299.) shrubby? glabrous; leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated, 

 serrately crenated, cordate at the base, green on both surfaces, 

 glabrous ; floral leaves small, deciduous ; racemes elongated, 

 simple; whorls loose, 6-1 0-flowered ; flowers on long pedicels ; 

 calyx tubularly campanulate, nearly glabrous, having the upper 

 lip entire, and the teeth of the lower lip subulately acuminated ; 

 corolla more than twice as long as the calyx : tube much ex- 

 serted, ventricose : lips rather short : upper lip villous : middle 

 lobe of lower lip very broad ; style bearded. 17 . S. Native 

 of Mexico, Karwinski ; and of New Spain, at the monastery of 

 Caripe, and the village of Coccollar. Larger leaves 2-4 inches 

 long. Corolla violaceous, an inch long. Stamens inclosed. 

 Style a little exserted. 



Glabrous Sage. Shrub. 



243 S. CONCOLOR (Lamb. herb, ex Benth. lab. p. 297.) stem 

 shrubby ? ; branches glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acumi- 

 nated, serrated, truncate at the base, glabrous ; floral leaves de- 

 ciduous ; racemes elongated, simple ; whorls remote, many- 

 flowered ; flowers on long pedicels ; calyx tubular, striated, 

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

 lip ovate, acute ; corolla twice as long as the calyx, pubescent 

 outside : tube slender, exserted, ventricose at top : lips nearly 

 equal ; style glabrous. Pj . S. Native of Mexico. This dif- 

 fers from S. amethyslina, in the leaves being glabrous, truncate 

 at the base, not cordate ; in the long pedicels. Calyx bluish, 

 villous ; hairs usually glanduliferous. Corolla blue. Leaves 

 same colour on both surfaces, sometimes pubescent in the young 

 state. 



Self-coloured-leaved Sage. Shrub. ? 



244 S. C.ERU'LEA (Benth. lab. p. 298.) stem herbaceous ? 

 erect ; branches glabrous, or spreadingly pilose ; leaves petio- 

 late, ovate, long-acuminated, truncate, rounded or subcordate at 



the base, glabrous ; floral leaves deciduous ; whorls 2-6-flow- 

 ered, somewhat secund ; calyx tubular, having the upper lip 

 entire, and the teeth of the lower lip very short and bluntish ; 

 corolla about 3 times as long as the calyx : tube exserted, 

 widened at top : lips nearly equal : upper lip pubescent outside; 

 connective minutely toothed behind ; style glabrous. ~H . I G. 

 Native of the south of Brazil, Sello. Upper part of branches 

 generally hispid from glanduliferous hairs. Leaves usually his- 

 pid from a few scattered hairs above, 4 inches long. Flowers 

 on short pedicels. Calyxes green or bluish, pubescent. Co- 

 rolla blue, lj to 4 inches long. Stamens equalling the lower 

 lip. 



Blue-fiowereA Sage. PI. ? 



245 S. TUBIFLORA (Cav. icon. 1. p. 16. t. 25.) stem herba- 

 ceous, nearly glabrous ; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, serrately- 

 crenated, roundedly truncate or subcuneated at the base, nearly 

 glabrous above, or clothed with hoary pubescence beneath : 

 floral leaves deciduous ; racemes simple ; whorls about 6-flow- 

 ered, secund ; flowers nearly sessile ; calyx tubular, striated, 

 nearly glabrous, having the upper lip entire, and the teeth of the 

 lower lip ovate, acuminated ; corolla 3-4 times as long as the 

 calyx, glabrous outside, or pubescent : tube exserted, equal, a 

 little incurved : lips short ; style bearded. 7. ? S. Native of 

 Mexico, Mo9ino et Sesse. S. longiflora, Willd. spec. 1. p. 141. 

 Stems purplish, glabrous or pubescent on the angles. Corolla 

 violaceous, 12-15 lines long. Stamens a little exserted. 



Tube-flowered Sage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 2 to 5 

 feet. 



246 S. GUARANI'TICA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 298.) 

 shrubby; branches beset with spreading hairs; leaves petio- 

 late, ovate, acute, serrated, truncately cordate at the base, much 

 wrinkled, hispid, clothed with rather hoary tomentum beneath ; 

 racemes numerous, simple, secund ; whorls few-flowered, loose, 

 approximate ; calyx tubular, nearly glabrous, having the upper 

 lip entire, and the teeth of the lower lip ovate, acute ; corolla 

 about 3 times as long as the calyx : tube much exserted : lips 

 elongated, equal ; stamens shorter than the corolla ; style 

 bearded beneath. P; . S. Native of Brazil, among bushes 

 near Santa Anjo, in the Missions of the Uruguay, St. Hilaire. 

 This is a showy species. Leaves 1 to lj inch long. Corolla 

 15-16 lines long, deep blue. Calyx usually glabrous, sometimes 

 hispid from glanduliferous hairs. 



Guaranitic Sage. Shrub. 



247 S. LAMJIFOLIA (Jacq. schcenbr. 3. p. S7. t. 318.) stem 

 shrubby, erect, nearly glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acumi- 

 nated, serrately crenated, rounded or cuneated at the base, gla- 

 brous ; floral leaves membranous, ovate-lanceolate, deciduous ; 

 racemes elongated ; whorls (i-1 0-flowered ; flowers almost ses- 

 sile ; calyx tubular, having the upper lip entire, and the teeth of 

 the lower lip acute ; corolla scarcely twice as long as the calyx : 

 tube nearly equal : upper lip villous outside ; stamens equalling 

 the corolla in length ; style bearded. J? . S. Native of the 

 Islands of St. Vincent and Trinidad. S. Boosiana, Jacq. fil. 

 eel. 1. p. 69. t. 47. S. Boosii, Tratt. obs. bot. fasc. 2. p. 59. 

 t. 92. S. hyemalis, Boose, ex Jacq. fil. 1. c. S. cyanea, Fisch, 

 cat. hort. gorenki. p. 21. S. thymiflora, Willd. enum, suppl. 

 p. 2. S. amce'na, Sims, bot. mag. t. 1294. Andr. bot. rep. 6. 

 t. 446. S. violacea, Bonn, hort. cantabr. ed. 4. S. latifblia, 

 Anders, in trans, soc. arts et man. vol. 25. p. 210. S. azurea, 

 and S. caerulea, Hortul. Branches often pubescent while young. 

 Leaves 3-4 inches long. Corolla blue. 



Dead-nettle-leaved Sage. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1821. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



248 S. AFFI'NIS (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 5. p. 99.) 

 stem shrubby ; branches glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acu- 

 minated, serrately crenated, rounded at the base, glabrous or 



