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LABIATE. XXIX. SALVIA. 



275 S. PLEBE'IA (R. Br. prod. p. 501.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, branched, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, oblong, wrinkled ; 

 whorls loose, about 6-flowered, racemose ; racemes fastigiately- 

 panicled ; calyxes campanulate, the upper lip quite entire, and 

 the teeth of the lower lip obtuse ; corolla hardly longer than the 

 calyx, the upper lip arched ; connective bearing an empty cell 

 behind. If. . ? G. Native of the East Indies in humid places ; 

 of Nipaul, Oude, Hindostan, and Silhet, Wall. ; Deyra Dhoon, 

 and the banks of the river Jumna, Royle ; Cashmere, Jacque- 

 mont ; China, Reeves ; Tropical New Holland, R. Br. S. 

 minutiflora, Bunge, enum, pi. chin. p. 50. S. brachiata, Roxb. 

 hort. beng. 4. I. ind. 1. p. 146. S. parviflora, Roxb. hort. 

 beng. 4. ? O'cymum fastigiatum, Roth, nov. spec. 277. Lum- 

 nitzera fastigiata, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 687. Leaves 2-3 inches 

 long. Corolla having the upper lip and the middle segment of 

 the lower lip emarginate. 



Plebeian Sage. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



276 S. -/EGYPTI'ACA (Lin. spec. p. 33.) stems procumbent, 

 humble, much branched, clothed with hoary pubescence ; cauline 

 leaves small, remote, sessile, lanceolate-linear, acute, toothed, or 

 the lower ones are oblong, narrowed into the petioles at the base ; 

 floral leaves minute ; racemes elongated, a little branched ; 

 whorls remote, usually 2-flowered ; calyx ovate, pubescent, hav- 

 ing the upper lip shortly tridentate, and the lower lip bifid, with 

 lanceolate subulately-acuminated teeth ; corolla scarcely exceed- 

 ing the calyx; connective bearing an empty cell behind. 0. 

 S. Native of the North and West coast of Africa, as of Egypt, 

 Libya, Arabia, Canary Islands, Cape Verd Islands, Persia, 

 &c. Thy'mus Syrticus, Spreng. syst. 2^p. 697. Thymus hirtus, 

 Viv. fl. libyc. p. 30. t. 14. f. 1. Melissa perennis, Forsk. fl. 

 aegypt. p. 108. S. Jigyptiaca, Jacq. hort. vind. 2. p. 49. t. 

 108. Plant woody at base. Branches and leaves pubescent 

 and canescent. Leaves 5 inch long. Corolla and stamens as in 

 S. plebeia. 



Egyptian Sage. PI. \ to f foot. 



277 S. PU'MILA (Benth. lab. p. 726.) stem humble, erect, 

 tufted, bearded by long stiff" hairs ; leaves approximate at the 

 base of the stem, oblong or linear, narrowed at the base, much 

 wrinkled, green on both surfaces : floral leaves minute ; racemes 

 a little branched ; whorls remote, 2-6-flowered : upper whorls 

 sterile ; calyx ovate, pilose : upper lip shortly-tridentate : lower 

 lip bifid, with broad-lanceolate, very acute teeth ; corolla hardly 

 exceeding the calyx ; connective bearing an empty cell behind. 

 tlf. H. Native of Cashmere, Royle. Very nearly allied to S. 

 JEgypiiaca, but differs in the stems being erect and hardly 

 branched, and in the root being perennial. 



Dwarf Sage. PI. \ to \ foot. 



SECT. XIII. GYMNOSPHACE (from yv^j/of, gymnos, naked; and 

 (T<t>aKO, sphacos, sage ; probably so called from the naked flo- 

 riferous branches.) Benth. in Hook. hot. misc. 3. p. 374. lab. 

 p. 310. Calyx ovate-tubular ; upper lip entire, recurved ; lower 

 lip bifid. Tube of corolla short, ample, furnished with a ring of 

 hair inside ; lips short : upper one erect : lobes of lower lip 

 spreading. Connective remote behind, deflexed, filiform, acute. 

 Filaments erect, somewhat continuous with the connective. Per- 

 haps a proper genus. 



278 S. SAXICOLA (Wall, ex Benth. in Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 

 68. lab. p. 310.) stems tufted, branched at the base ; floriferous 

 branches erect, almost naked ; radical leaves and lower cau- 

 line ones roundish-cordate, crenated, glabrous ; cauline leaves 

 very few, ovate-lanceolate, deeply-toothed : floral leaves minute, 

 ovate ; racemes a little branched ; whorls loose, distinct, or 

 the upper ones are spicate ; calyx tubularly-campanulate, droop- 

 ing, glabrous : teeth of lower lip lanceolate, acutish ; corolla 

 hardly exceeding the calyx ; fertile anthers all adnate. y. . F. 



Native of Nipaul, Wall. Stems numerous, from a thick radi- 

 cant base, simple or branched under the raceme, glabrous at the 

 base ; axis of raceme villous. Radical leaves 2-3 inches long, 

 pale beneath. Corolla small, blueish. 

 Rock Sae. PI. to 1 foot. 



SECT. XIV. HEMJ'SPHACE (from ;/^i, Itemi, half; and 

 sphakos, sage.) Benth. in Hook. bot. misc. 3. p. 374. lab. p. 

 310. Calyx tubular ; upper lip truncate, tridentate ; lower lip 

 bifid. Tube of corolla furnished with a pilose ring inside ; upper 

 lip erectly-spreading, arched, and the lobes of the lower lip 

 spreading. Connective remote behind, drawn out a little, de- 

 flexed, acute. Filaments straight, somewhat continuous with the 

 connective. Herbs, native of the region of the Mediterranean, 

 with the habit of those species contained in Sect. Heterosphace. 

 Perhaps a proper genus. 



279 S. vERiiciLLA > TA(Lin. spec. 37.) stems herbaceous, erect, 

 pilosely-hispid ; leaves cordate at the base, lyrate : terminal 

 lobe very large, ovate, roundish, or entire, sinuately-crenated, 

 hispid or woolly on both surfaces ; racemes branched ; whorls 

 20-40-flowered, remote ; calyx tubular, villous : teeth of lower 

 lip setaceously-acuminated ; corolla about twice as long as the 

 calyx: tube almost inclosed. 1. H. Native of the South of 

 Europe, and the North of Africa, and Caucasus. Barrel, icon. 

 t. 199. Hormmum verticillatum, Mill. diet. no. 3. Leaves 

 large, irregularly crenated or sinuated, hispid on the nerves ; flo- 

 ral leaves bractea-formed, broad, ovate, acuminated, ciliated, 

 shorter than the calyxes. Calyx usually coloured. Corolla 

 bluish violet. The whole plant is hoary. 



Far. ft. mollis (Benth. lab. p. 311.) leaves clothed with soft 

 wool on both surfaces. %. H. S. mollis, Donn, hort. cant. 

 edit. 1804, but not of Jacq. Corolla bluish purple. 



Var. y. pdllida (Benth. lab. p. 311.) leaves almost quite en- 

 tire, and are, as well as the stems, clothed with pale villi. If. . H. 

 Young leaves densely woolly beneath. 



Whorled Sage. Fl. June, Nov. Clt. 1628. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



280 S. NAPIFOLIA (Jacq. hort. vind. 2. p. 71. t. 152.) stem 

 herbaceous, erect, pilosely-hispid ; lower leaves lyrate, terminal 

 lobe large, and is, as well as the superior leaves, ovate-oblong, 

 sinuately-crenated, rounded, or cordate at the base, rather vil- 

 lous on both surfaces ; racemes scarcely branched ; whorls 6-12- 

 flowered, remote ; calyx tubular, villous, teeth all setaceously- 

 acuminated ; corolla half as long again as the calyx : tube in- 

 closed. l/.H. Native of Syria, among bushes about Smyrna, 

 and of the island of Cois. S. verticillata, var. D'Urv. in mem. 

 soc. lin. par. 1. p. 260. ? This hardly differs from S. verticillata, 

 except in the whorls being usually 10, but never 20-flowered, 

 and in the corollas being about half the size. The leaves, as in 

 S. verlicillata, are also sometimes entire. Corollas blueish purple. 



Turnip-leaved Sage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1776. PI. 2 to 

 3 feet. 



281 S. RUSSE'LLII (Benth. lab. p. 312.) stems herbaceous,? 

 erect, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, oblong, acute, sinuately- 

 toothed, thick, wrinkled, clothed with white wool on both sur- 

 faces : floral leaves ovate, acuminated, shorter than the calyxes ; 

 whorls loosely many-flowered, remote ; calyx tubular : teeth 

 all acuminated ; corolla half as long again as the calyxes : tube 

 inclosed. 1. H. Native of Syria, near Aleppo, Russell. 

 Flowers similar to those of S. verlicillata, but smaller ; and the 

 leaves are almost like those of S. ponnfera. 



Russell's Sage. PI. 2 to 3 feet. ? 



-j- Species, the names of which are alone known. 



1 S. BYSANTI'NA, Juss. ex. Steud. nom. p. 725. 2. S. Halleri, 

 Fisch. ex Steud. nom. 726. 3. S. roslrata, Schmidt, abhandl. 

 boh. wiss. 1. p. 11. 



