598 LABIATE. Pofjocjyne. 



corolla : posterior filaments not reduced in size, but bearing only abortive anthers. — 

 PI. Hartw. 33U. 



Valley of tiiu Saciaineiito, Harlwecj, Andrews, Bolander. 



G. P. serpylloides, Oray. Stems slender, difluse, 3 to G inches hi^di : leaves 

 (»l)ovaLe-uvul or s|iuLiiluLt! : lower Mowers roiiioto ami often solitary in thea.xils, leat'y- 

 hracted ; the upi)er usually interruptedly spicate : calyx-lobes unequal and with the 

 bracts more minutely anil sparsely ciliate, all much longer than the tube, the largcsr 

 fully etjualling the violet or hluisii corolld : sterile iilaments of the posterior stamens 

 tipped with minute rudiments of anthers: stylo bearded above with very few and 

 coarse hairs. — i*roc. Am. Acad. vii. 38G. lledtuma (]) serpylloides, Torr. I'acif. 

 R Kep. iv. 123. 



Mouteruy to Mutulociiio V,o. : iippareiitly couiinon. Lcavea 2 or 3 liii03 long, bosides the petiole. 

 Corolla iiicouspicuous. 



9. SPHACELE, Iknth. 



Calyx carapanulate, nearly ecjually 5-clett, thin-membranaceous and reticulated, 

 especially when enlarged in fruit, irregularly about 10-nerved, naked within. Corolla 

 cylindraceous or oblong-campamdate, with 5 broail and roundish rather erect lobes, 

 the lower one longest : a hairy ring at the base of the tube within. Stamens 4, 

 distant, somewhat ascending : lilanuuits nakiid ; the jwsterior i)air shorter : anther- 

 cells diverging. — Somewhat shrubby, veiny-leaved, and rather large -flowered. All 

 Soutli American and ^lexican, excepting one in the Sandwich Islands and the 

 following. 



1. S. calycina, Benth. Shrubby only at the base, 2 to 5 feet high, villous- 

 pubescent or tomentose, leafy : leaves 2 to 4 inches long, ovate or oblong, mostly 

 obtuse, crenato or serrate, soiuetimes almost entire, thinnish, either roundish, cuno- 

 ate, or occasionally obscurely cordate at base, usually petioled ; the floral ovate-lan- 

 ceolate and sessile : flowers an inch long, mostly solitary in the upper axils, forming 

 a short leafy raceme ; calyx a little shorter than the purplish or lead-colored 

 corolla, soon inflated; the lobes triangular-lanceolate. — Lab. 568, & in DC. 

 Prodr. xii. 25.'). 



Var. glabella, Cray : a form with pubescence minute or hardly any, the veinlets 

 sometimes inconspicuous, sometimes more prominently reticulated. 



Var. Wallacei, (^Jray : loosely villous : lower leaves with truncate or sometimes 

 liastate-subcorilale base : lobes of the calyx attenuatoly linear-lanceolate from a 

 broader base. 



Not uncommon on hillsides, from San Francisco Bay southward : the var. glabella collected 

 by Bridges and S. F. Beckham (Santa Barbara Co.) : var. IVallacei only by IFallace, near Loa 

 Angeles ? 



10. SALVIA, Linn. Sage. Chia. 



Calyx bilabiate; its upper lip (2-) 3-toothed or entire, lower 2-cleft. Corolla 

 deeply 2-lipped ; the upper lip erect, straight or falcate, entire or emarginate, or 

 rarely 2-lobed ; the lower spreading or drooping, its middle lobe sometimes notched 

 or obcordate, commonly large. Stamens 2, inserted in the throat of the corolla : ' 

 fllaments short, sometimes very short, apparently forked, i. e. a slender connective 

 attached by the middle to its apex, its posterior portion ascending and bearing a 

 linear anther-cell ; its anterior or descending end bearing a smaller and deformed 

 anther-cell or a mere rudiment. Posterior stamens mere vestiges or none. Nutlets 

 when wetted mostly developing abundant mucilage and long spiral threads. — Her- 



