468 ORDER XCI. LABIATE. 



cent, with lanceolate segments. Corolla pubescent, the lower lip fim. 

 briate. — Yellow and purple, Sept. — Oct. In the low country. 2 — 3 

 feet. . 



Var. C. ova'lis, (Pursh.) Stem glabrous. Leaven oblong-oval, gla- 

 brous, acute, on long petioles. Flowers in simple terminal panicles; 

 teeth of the calyx short. Corolla small. — Yellow. If. July — Aug. 

 Middle Carolina. 



4. C. puncta'ta, (Ell.) Stem erect, scabrous, pubescent, brandling 

 at the summit. Leaves ovate -lanceolate, large, acuminate, dentate, pu- 

 bescent and dotted beneath ; upper pair nearly sessile, ovate. Flowers 

 in compound paniculate racemes. Calyx with the lower lip longest, 

 sprinkled with resinous dots. Corolla pubescent ; upper segments 

 short, lower one fimbriate ; filaments 4, two upper ones sterile. — Yel - 

 low. If. Sept. — Oct. Rich soils. Common. 2 — i feet. 



5. C. verticilla'ta, (Bald.) Stem erect, simple. Leaves verticillate, 

 oval, acuminate. Flowers in a terminal, verticillate raceme. 



Var. C. purpuras'cens. Flowers purple, in a short panicle. — Yellow. 

 2f. May— July. Middle Georgia. 1—2 feet. 



6. C. anisa'ta, (Sims.) Ste^n erect, branching, pubescent ; segments 

 of the calyx linear. Floiccrs in a compound panicle, leafy, pubescent. 

 Stamens'^. — Pale yellow. If. July — ^Se})t. Mountains. 1 — 2 feet. 



Genus XUI.— SALVIA. L. 2—1. 



(From the Latin salvo, to save or heal, in allusion to its supposed healing properties.) 



Cahjx somewhat campaniilate, 2-lipped ; upper lip 3-toothed, 

 the lower bifid. Corolla ringent. Stamens 2. Filaments 

 bifid, with the conuectivum elongated, bearing an anther cell at 

 each extremity. 



1. S. azure'a, (Lam.) ^;e?n much branched. Zfawes linear, glabrous. 

 Flowers in distant whorls. Calyx pubescent, 3-cleft. — Blue. 2f . Through 

 the summer. Middle and upper Car. and Geo. 4 — 6 feet. 



2. S. urticifo'lia, (L.) ^SVem erect, villous, some wliat viscous. I^eaves 

 ovate, doubly serrate, acuminate, attenuate at ihe base, pubescent. 

 Flowers in remote whorls, viscous. Calyx pubescent. — Blue. If. 

 June — July. Upper districts Car. and Geo. 12 — 15 inches. 



3. S. coccin'ea, (L.) Stem erect, mueh branched. Leaves cordate, 

 serrate, tomentose, on rather long petioles. Flowers 6 in a whorl ; up- 

 per lip of the corolla erect, emarginate, connectivum hearing the anther 

 only at one extremity. — Red. If. Through the summer. On the sea- 

 coast. 1 — 2 feet. Scarlet Sage. 



4. S. lyra'ta, (L.) Stem square, hirsute, branching at the summit, 

 retrorsely pubescent. Radical leaves terete, dentate, hirsute, spotted ; 

 upper leaves lanceolate, slightly dentate, few. Flowers usually 6 in a 

 whorl. Calyx angled, hirsute. Corolla hairy on the outside. — Blue. 

 21. March — Sept. Common. 2 — 3 feet. Cancer-weed. 



5. S. obova'ta, (Ell.) Stem erect, slightly angled. Leaves very large, 

 obovate, dentate, pubescent. Flowers 6 in a whorl. — Blue. 1i. June 

 —July. Middle Geo. 1—2 feet. 



6. S. Clayto'ni, (Ell.) Stem erect, square. Leaves cordate-ovate, 



