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[Vol. III. 



3. Salvia Pitched Torr. 



Sage. (Fig. 3126.) 



Salvia Pitcher i Torr.; Benth. L,ab. 251. 1833. 

 Salvia azurea var. grandiflora Benth. in DC. 

 Prodr. 12: 302. 1848. 



Perennial, downy; stem stout, branched or 

 simple, erect, 2-5 high; branches nearly erect. 

 Leaves linear or linear-oblong, dentate to en- 

 tire, sessile, or narrowed at the base into short 

 petioles, firm, 2 / -5 / long, 2 // -8 // wide, the up- 

 permost reduced to small bracts; clusters in 

 long dense terminal spikes, or the lower ones 

 distant; calyx oblong-campanulate, densely 

 and finely woolly, about 3" long, its upper lip 

 entire, obtuse, the lower with 2 ovate acute 

 teeth; corolla blue, finely pubescent without, if 

 long, its lower lip broad, sinuately 3-lobed, 

 longer than the concave upper one; lower ends 

 of the connectives dilated, often adherent to 

 each other, destitute of anther-sacs. 



On dry plains, Missouri, Kansas and Colorado to 

 Texas. Introduced into Illinois. July-Sept. 



2. Salvia pratensis L,. Meadow Sage. 

 (Fig. 3125.) 



Salvia pratensis L- Sp. PI. 25. 1753. 



Perennial, pubescent or puberulent; stem 

 erect, rather stout, simple or little branched, 

 sparingly leafy. Basal leaves long-petioled, 

 ovate, oblong, or ovate-lanceolate, irregularly 

 crenulate, obtuse at the apex, rounded or cor- 

 date at the base, thick, rugose, i'-*]' long; 

 stem leaves much smaller, narrower, commonly 

 acute, sessile or nearly so; clusters spicate, the 

 spike elongated, interrupted; calyx campanu- 

 late, glandular-pubescent, the teeth of the up- 

 per lip minute, those of the lower long, subulate; 

 corolla purple, minutely glandular, its upper 

 lip strongly arched, mostly longer than the 

 lower; lower end of the connective with a 

 small or imperfect anther-sac. 



Atlantic Co., N. J. Fugitive or adventive from 

 Europe. May-July. 



Pitcher's 



4. Salvia lanceolata Willd. L,ance-leaved 

 Sage. (Fig. 3127.) 



Salvia lanceolata Willd. Enum. 37. 1809. 



Annual, puberulent or glabrous; stem leafy, usually 

 much branched, erect or diffuse, 6 / -i8 / high. Leaves 

 oblong, linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, petioled, 

 mostly obtuse at the apex and narrowed at the base, 

 creuulate-dentate or entire, i / -2 / long, 2 // ~5 // wide, 

 the upper reduced to lanceolate-subulate, rather per- 

 sistent bracts; flowers mostly opposite, but sometimes 

 3-4 together in the terminal spike-like racemes; pedi- 

 cels shorter than the campanulate calyx; calyx i"-^' 

 long, its upper lip ovate, entire, the lower 2-cleft, the 

 teeth ovate, mucronate; corolla blue (?) about 4 // 

 long, its lower lip narrow, twice as long as the upper; 

 lower ends of the connectives dilated. 



On plains, Nebraska and Colorado to Texas, Arizona 

 and Mexico. May-Sept. 



