Voi,. III.] 



MINT FAMILY. 



IOI 



5. Salvia urticifolia L. Nettle-leaved 

 Sage. (Fig. 3128.) 



Salvia urticifolia L. Sp. PL 24. 1753. 



Perennial, pubescent, puberulent or nearly 

 glabrous; stem glandular above, rather slender, 

 ascending or erect, i-2 high. Leaves thin, 

 ovate, 2 / -4 / long, irregularly dentate or.crenate- 

 dentate, usually acute at the apex, abruptly 

 contracted below into margined petioles; clus- 

 ters several flowered, in terminal interrupted 

 spikes; bracts early deciduous; calyx oblong- 

 campanulate, about 3" long, the upper lip mi- 

 nutely 3-toothed, the lower 2-cleft, its teeth 

 triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, spreading in 

 fruit; corolla puberulent without, 6 // -8 // long, 

 blue and white, the lower lip broad, 3-lobed, 

 twice as long as the upper; lower ends of the 

 connectives dilated. 



In woods and thickets, Maryland to Kentucky, 

 south to Georgia and Louisiana. April-June. 



6. Salvia verbenaca L,. Wild Sage. 

 Wild Clary. (Fig. 3129.) 



Salvia verbenaca L. Sp. PI. 25. 1753. 



Perennial; stem glandular-pubescent, erect, 

 simple or sparingly branched, 1 -2 high. Leaves 

 ovate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, coarsely and 

 irregularly incised-dentate or pinnatifid.petioled, 

 or the uppermost sessile, the lower 3 / -8 / long, 

 obtuse at the apex, cordate at the base, nearly 

 glabrous, the upper acute, much smaller; floral 

 bracts broadly ovate, short; clusters several- 

 flowered in elongated terminal interrupted 

 spikes; pedicels shorter than the calyx; calyx 

 deflexed in fruit, z"-\" long, its upper lip re- 

 curved-spreading, with 3 minute connivent teeth, 

 the lower one with 2 lanceolate acuminate 

 mucronate teeth; corolla blue, about \" long, 

 its upper lip nearly straight, scarcely longer than 

 the lower; lower ends of the connectives dilated 

 and adnate to each other. 



In waste places, Ohio to South Carolina. Natural- 

 ized from Europe. Native also of Asia. June-Aug. 



7. Salvia Sclarea L,. Clary. Clear- 

 eye. See-bright. (Fig. 3130.) 



Salvia Sclarea L. Sp. PI. 27. 1753. 



Biennial or annual, glandular-pubescent; 

 stem stout, erect, 2-3^ high. Leaves 

 broadly ovate, rugose, acute or obtuse at the 

 apex, cordate at the base, irregularly dentate- 

 crenate or denticulate, the lower long-petioled, 

 6'-%' long, the upper small, short-petioled or 

 sessile; clusters several-flowered, numerous in 

 terminal spikes; bracts broad, ovate, acumin- 

 ate, commonly longer than the calyx, pink or 

 white; calyx campanulate, deflexed-spreading 

 in fruit, 4 // -5 // long, its lips about equal, the 

 teeth all subulate-acicular; corolla blue and 

 white, about 1/ long; upper lip arched, laterally 

 compressed, longer than the lower one; lower 

 portions of the connectives dilated. 



In fields, Pennsylvania, escaped from gardens, 

 Naturalized from Europe. The mucilage of the 

 seeds used to clear specks from the eye. June-Aug. 



