LABIATJE. XXIX. SALVIA. 



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265 S. STENOPHY'LLA (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 1881.) plant her- 

 baceous, erect, nearly glabrous ; leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceo- 

 late or linear, runcinately-sub-pinnatifid, wrinkled : floral leaves 

 minute, ovate-lanceolate, acute ; racemes a little branched ; 

 whorls about 6-flowered, remote ; calyx ovate, glabrous : teeth 

 of lower lip lanceolate, acutish, all mutic ; corolla twice as long 

 as the calyx : tube nearly equal, hardly exserted : lips short, 

 nearly equal ; connective bearing an empty cell behind. I/ . ? G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Allied to S. runcinata, but 

 is nearly glabrous, the stem taller and less branched, &c. 



Narrow-leaved Sage. PI. ? 



266 S. RE'PENS (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 2830.) herbaceous, 

 quite glabrous ; stems creeping at the base, leafy ; floriferous 

 branches ascending, nearly naked ; leaves nearly all radical, 

 petiolate, elongated, runcinately pinnatifid, hardly wrinkled : 

 floral leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, shorter than the calyxes ; 

 racemes nearly simple ; whorls somewhat secund, about G-flow- 

 ered, remote ; calyx ovate, with the teeth of the lower lip lan- 

 ceolate, all setaceously-acuminated. 2/ . ? G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Leaves like those of S. stenophylla, but 

 the flowers are a little larger. 



Creeping Sage. Shrub. ? 



267 S. LYKA'TA (Lin. spec. p. 33.) stem herbaceous, erect, 

 nearly simple, pilose ; radical leaves lyrate, erosely-toothed, 

 rather hispid on both surfaces ; cauline leaves few, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, narrowed a. long way at the base : floral leaves oblong- 

 linear, rather shorter than the calyxes ; racemes nearly simple ; 

 whorls 6-flowered, loose, distant : calyx tubularly-campanulate, 

 nutant, pilose, with the teeth of the lower lip lanceolate, acute, 

 of the upper one short and distant ; corolla about three times as 

 long as the calyx : tube much exserted, widened at top : middle 

 lobe of lower lip very broad, emarginate : connective bearing an 

 empty cell behind. 2/ . H. Native of North America, in Phila- 

 delphia, Virginia, Carolina, and Georgia. Cunila lyrata, Schranck, 

 in syll. pi. soc. ratisb. 2. p. 57. Horminum lyratum, Mill. diet. 

 no. 2. Horminum Virginicum, Lin. spec. p. 832. Dill. elth. 

 219. t. 175. f. 216. Mor. hist. 3. sect. 13. t. 27. Radical 

 leaves 2-3 inches long. Flowers pedicellate. Calyxes coloured, 

 ciliated with long spreading hairs. Corolla purplish, violet, 

 9-10 lines long. 



Zyrate-leaved Sage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1728. PI. to 

 1 foot. 



268 S. OBOVA'TA (Elliott, bot. carol. 1. p. 33.) stem herba- 

 ceous, erect, rather pilose ; leaves broad-obovate, entire, sinu- 

 ated, nearly glabrous, narrowed a long way at the base ; floral 

 leaves ovate, rather shorter than the calyxes ; racemes nearly 

 simple ; whorls 6-flowered, dense, remote ; calyx tubularly- 

 campanulate, nutant, pilose : teeth of lower lip lanceolate, acute ; 

 corolla about three times longer than the calyx : tube much ex- 

 serted, widened at top ; connective bearing an empty cell be- 

 hind, if.. H. Native of Georgia, at the river Oakmulgee, and 

 of New Orleans. Nearly allied to S. lyrata. 



O&otate-leaved Sage. PI. 1 foot. 



269 S. ACAU'LIS (Vahl. enum. 1. p. 257.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, nearly simple, pilose ; leaves obovate, entire, sinuated, 

 rather hispid on both surfaces, narrowed a long way at the base : 

 floral leaves ovate, rather shorter than the calyxes ; racemes 

 almost simple ; whorls 6-flowered, remote ; calyx tubularly- 

 campanulate, nutant, pilose, the teeth of the lower lip lanceolate, 

 acute ; corolla more than twice as long as the calyx : tube slen- 

 der, much exserted, widened above ; connective bearing an 

 empty cell behind. % . ? G. Native of the East Indies, Rot- 

 tier. S. ocymoldes, Roxb. et Benth. Wall. pi. rar. 1. p. 68. This 

 species differs from S. obocata, in the corollas being smaller and 

 slenderer, and in the leaves being narrower. Perhaps not dis- 

 tinct from S. obotata. 



Stendess Sage. PI. | foot 1 



270 S. JAPONICA (Thunb. jap. p. 22. t. 5.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, branched, glabrous ; leaves petiolate, pinnate ; leaflets 

 ovate, acuminated, narrowed at the base, deeply-toothed, or pin- 

 natifid, glabrous ; floral leaves lanceolate, shorter than the 

 calyxes ; racemes almost simple ; whorls about 6-flowered, dis- 

 tinct ; calyx tubularly campanulate, glabrous, striated, having 

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

 acute ; corolla twice as long as the calyx : tube hardly exserted, 

 equal : middle lobe of the lower lip emarginate ; genitals ex- 

 serted. . H. Native of Japan. Corollas blue, size of those 

 of S. certicillala. Leaves 3-4 inches long. This is a very ele- 

 gant annual species. 



Japan Sage. PL 1 foot ? 



271 S. CHINE'NSIS (Bentb. lab. p. 725.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, entire, or the lower ones ter- 

 nate, broad-ovate, obtuse, crenated, truncate or cordate, pilose 

 above, and glabrous beneath : floral leaves small, bractea-formed ; 

 racemes nearly simple ; calyx tubularly-campanulate, striated, 

 glabrous or hispid ; corolla about twice as long as the calyx : 

 tube hardly exserted, upper lip incurved, lower one spreading. 

 Q. H. Native of China, near Kia-nang, Sir G Staunton. 

 Herb fasciculately-branched. Leaves about an inch long. Calyx 

 coloured. Corolla pubescent outside. Flowers similar to those 

 of S. Japonica. 



China Sage. PL 



f Species belonging to sect. XI. but are not well knorcn. 



272 S. TRIANGULA'RIS (Thunb. prod. p. 96. ) plant hispidlyvil- 

 lous ; stem erect, branched ; leaves petiolate, cordate, triangu- 

 larly-spatulate, toothed; whorls remote; flowers pedicellate; 

 calyx angular, awned, a little shorter than the corolla. Q. ? H. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Branches and branchlets 

 divaricate. Leaves hardly an inch long. Petioles length of 

 leaves. Easily distinguished from S. aurtta by the petioles 

 being without auricles, and by the stem being branched. 



TViangufar-leaved Sage. PL 2 feet. 



273 S. OBTCSA'TA (Thunb. prod. p. 97.) villous; stem erect- 

 ish, simple, or branched ; leaves petiolate, ovate, deeply cre- 

 nated, rarely sub-hastate, glabrous above, and pilose on the veins 

 beneath, with ciliated edges ; whorls 2-flowered ; flowers pedicel- 

 late ; calyxes narrow, scabrous, awned, about half the length of 

 the corollas. I/ . ? G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Leaves hardly an inch long. Petioles ciliated. 



5/uni-leaved Sage. PL 1 foot. 



274 S. CLATTONII (Elliott, bot. carol. 1. p. 32.) stem herba- 

 ceous, erect; leaves ovate and cordate, lanceolate, pinnatifid, 

 wrinkled, pubescent on the veins and margins; segments toothed; 

 floral leaves ovate-cordate, acuminated, toothed, pubescent : 

 whorls 6-flowered ; calyx sub-campanulate, hispid on the mar- 

 gins and veins : the teeth of the upper lip connivent, and the 

 segments of the lower lip acuminated, mucronate. 11 . H. Na- 

 tive of South Carolina, in arid, sandy pastures about Beaufort, 

 abundant. Root thick ; almost tuberous. Anthers black. Con- 

 nective antheriferous at both ends. 



Clayton's Sage. PL 1 foot. 



SECT. XII. NOTIO'SPACE (from vorios, notios, humid, and 

 o^aroc, sphakos, sage ; the species contained in this section are 

 inhabitants of humid places.) Benth. in Hook. bot. misc. 3. p. 

 374. lab. p. 309. Floral leaves and bracteas minute. Calyx 

 ovate, the upper lip entire or shortly tridentate, with the teeth 

 connivent; lower lip bifid. Corolla small ; tube inclosed ; upper lip 

 straight, lower lip spreading a little. Connective fixed by the mid- 

 dle, remote, and extended behind, bearing a conform fertile cell. 

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