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notched, the lower spreading or pendent, 3-lobed, its middle lobe larger. Sta- 

 mens 2, on short filaments, jointed with the elongated transverse connective, 

 one end of which, ascending under the upper lip, bears a linear 1 -celled (half-) 

 anther, the other, usually descending, bears an imperfect or deformed (half-) 

 anther or none at all. Flowers mostly large and showy, in spiked, racemed, 

 or panicled whorls, produced in summer. (Name from salvo, to save, in allu- 

 sion to the reputed healing qualities of Sage.) 



* Both anther-cells polliniferous ; leaves mostly lyrately lobed or pinnatifid. 



1. S. lyrata, L. (LYRE-LEAVED SAGE.) Low perennial (10 -20' high), 

 somewhat hairy ; stem nearly simple and naked ; root-leaves lyre-shaped or 

 sinuate-pinnatifid, sometimes almost entire ; those of the stem mostly a single 

 pair, smaller and narrower ; the floral oblong-linear, not longer than the ca- 

 lyx ; whorls loose and distant, forming an interrupted raceme ; upper lip of 

 the blue-purple pubescent corolla (nearly T long) short, straight, not vaulted. 

 Woodlands and meadows, N. J. to 111., south to Fla. and Tex. 



* # Lower anther-cell wanting ; the sterile ends of the connectives mostly united. 

 *- Calyx obscurely bilabiate ; corolla 8 - 12" long, with prominently exserted tube. 



2. S. aztirea, Lam., var. grandifldra, Benth. Cinereous-puberulent, 

 1-5 high ; lower leaves lanceolate or oblong, obtuse, denticulate or serrate, 

 tapering to a short petiole; upper narrower, often linear, entire; inflores- 

 cence spike-like, tomentulose-sericeous ; calyx-teeth short, the broad upper lip 

 entire ; corolla deep blue (varying to white). E. Neb. to Miss., Tex., and Cpl. 

 H- t~ Calyx deeply bilabiate ; corolla 4 - 6" long, the tube hardly at all exserted. 



3. S. lanceolata, Willd. Puberulent or nearly glabrous, 5- 12' high; 

 (eaves lanceolate or linear-oblong, irregularly serrate or nearly entire, tapering 

 to a slender petiole; inflorescence virgate-spiciform, interrupted; upper lip 

 of calyx entire, lower 2-cleft ; corolla blue, 4" long, little exserted; style gla- 

 brous or nearly so. Plains, Iowa and Neb. to Tex. and Ariz. 



4. S. urticifblia, L. VillouS-pubescent and somewhat viscid, or glabrate, 

 1-2 high ; leaves coarsely serrate, ovate, with truncate or cuneate base decur- 

 rent into a winged petiole ; inflorescence racemose-spicate, of numerous distant 

 clusters ; calyx-lips divergent, the upper 3-toothed, lower 2-cleft ; corolla blue 

 and white, 5 - 6" long, twice the length of the calyx ; style strongly bearded. 

 Woodlands, Md. to Ky., south to Ga. and La. 



5. SCLA.REA, L. (CLARY.) Villous-pubescent, viscid, stout, 2-3 high; 

 leaves ample, long-petioled, ovate and cordate, crenate, rugose; the floral 

 forming bracts of the spike, tinged with white and rose-color ; corolla white 

 and bluish, rather large, the long upper lip falcate and compressed. Es- 

 caped from gardens, Feiin. (Nat. from Eu.) 



S. VERBENACEA, L. Pubescent or villous, 1-2 high; leaves ovate or ob- 

 long, often cordate at base, mostly sinuate-incised or moderately pinnatifid, 

 the lobes crenate-toothed, rugose ; the few cauline mostly sessile, the floral 

 inconspicuous; raceme interrupted; calyx reflexed after flowering; corolla 

 bluish, small, the upper lip nearly straight. Sparingly seen in the Middle 

 States. (Nat. from Eu.) 



19. MO WARD A, L. HORSE-MINT. 



Calyx tubular, elongated, 15-nerved, nearly equally 5-toothed, usually hairy 

 in the throat. Corolla elongated, with a slightly expanded throat, and a 



