250 MINT FAMILY. 



# # Upper lip of the calyx entire : lower cell of the anther wanting. 



S. Urticif61ia. Woodlands from Maryland S. : l-2 high, leafy, some' 

 what clammy-downy ; leaves rhombic-ovate ; racemes slender, the blue and 

 white corolla only $' long. 



S. aziirea. Sandy soil S. & S. W. : nearly smooth and green, with rather 

 simple stems, 2 -4 high; leaves lance-linear with tapering base, obtuse, 

 entire, or the lo\ver serrate; the showy azure-blue flowers (less than 1' long) 

 numerous in a spike-like raceme. 



S. Pitcher i, from Kansas to Texas, is very like the foregoing, but minutely 

 soft-downv ; occasionally cultivated, as is al-o 



S. farinbsa, of Texas, with more pctioled oblong-lanceolate leaves, the 

 spikes, calyxes, &c. white-hoary, in contrast with the light blue corolla. 



2. GARDEN SAGES, cultivated for ornament, or the first species for its savory 

 foliage. Perennials, but some cult, as annuals, seru'dl woody at base. 



# Flowers blue. 



S. officinalis, COMMON SAGE, from S. En. : low, minutely hoary-pubes- 

 cent, with oblong-lanceolate leaves finely reticulated-rugose and the margins 

 crcnulate, spiked (lower-whorls, and short corolla. 



S. patens, from Mexico : 2-.'i high, rather hairy, with crenate triangular- 

 ovate or halberd-shaped leaves, or the uppermost sessile ones oval, loose-pedi- 

 celled flowers, showy deep blue corolla over 2' long, the lips widely gaping and 

 the stamens exserted. 



# # Flowers scarlet-red. 



S. splendens, SCARLET SAGE, of Bra/.il : smooth, with branching stems, 

 ovate pointed leaves, the lloral ones and calyx as well as the corolla (2' or more 

 long and with short lower lip) bright scarlet. 



S. flilgens, OAHDINAL or MEXICAN RED S., from Mexico: tall, pubes- 

 cent, with crenate ovate or oval leaves heart-shaped at base and somewhat 

 rugose, green calyx, and long-tubed downy deep scarlet corolla over 2' long, 

 the style plumose. 



S. COCCinea, from Tropical America: somewhat downy or soft-hairy, 

 with ovate and heart-shaped acute 'cr-nate. leaves, deciduous bracts, green or 

 purplish calyx, and smooth red corolla 1' long, with lower lip much longer tflan 

 the upper one. 



S. pseudo-COCCinea, from Tro;>. Amcr. : like the last, but with bristly- 

 hairy stems, less heart-shaped leaves, and corolla more or less pubescent. 

 # * * Flowers ic/n'te. 



S. argentea, from the Mediterranean regions : cult, for its silvery-white 

 foliage, hardy ; the very large round-ovate root-leaves clothed with long white 

 wool ; flowering stem and its sessile leaves, as well as calyx, &c. clammy-hairy; 

 the white corolla with scythe-shaped upper lip 1' long and a very short tube. 



22. ROSMARINUS, ROSEMARY. (Old Latin name, dew of the sea.) 

 R. officinalis, from S. Eu. : not hardy N. : leaves evergreen, linear, entire, 



with rcvolute margins, white hoary beneath, the upper with pale blue flowers in 

 their axils. 



23. MON^RDA, HORSE-MINT or BALM. (Named for an carl* 

 Spanish writer on the medicinal plants of the New World, Monardez.) Fl. 

 summer. 



1 . Stamens and sft/le protruding beyond the narrow acute upper lip of the corolla , 

 hares oblong-ovate or lance-ovate, with roundis/i or sliyhtly heart-shaped base, 

 veiny, pleasant -scented. 



M. didyma, OSWEGO TEA or BEE-BALM. Wet. ground N., and cult.; 

 leaves pctioled ; the floral ones tinged with red; calyx naked in the throat; 

 corolla bright red. 



M. fistulbsa, WILD BERGAMOT. Rocky grounds ; soft-downy or smooth- 

 ish ; leaves petioled, the floral ones often whitish ; calyx very hairy in the 

 throat ; corolla rose-color, purple, or white. 



