378 LAMIACEAE. 



1. Leonotis nepetaefolia (L.) B. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew ed. 2, 3: 409. 1811. 

 Phlomis nepetaefolia L. Sp. PI. 586. 1753. 



Annual, softly pubescent. Stems 3-20 dm. tall, rather stout, simple or 

 branched ; leaves ovate to ovate-deltoid, 4-12 cm. long, coarsely crenate, cuneate 

 or subcordate at the base; flower-clusters dense, 4-6 cm. in diameter; pedicels 

 1-2 mm. long; calyx puberulent, becoming at least 2 cm. long, its tube reticu- 

 lated above the middle, its lobes 8, awn-tipped; corolla scarlet or orange-yellow, 

 2-2.5 cm. long, villous-hirsute, its tube curved, the upper lip as long as the tube, 

 the lower lip much shorter than the upper, with 3 narrow lobes; nutlets 3 mm. 

 long, sharply angled. 



Waste places, New Providence, Eleuthera, Acklin's Island, Mariguana, Grand 

 Turk and Inagua : Bermuda ; Tennessee to Florida and Louisiana ; West Indies ; 

 Texas to Brazil ; Old World tropics. LION'S-EAR. 



5. SALVIA L. Sp. PI. 23. 1753. 



Herbs, or some species shrubs, with clustered flowers, the clusters mostly 

 spiked, racemed, or pandcled. Calyx mostly naked in the throat, 2-lipped ; upper 

 lip entire or 3-toothed; lower lip 2-cleft or 2-toothed. Corolla strongly 2- 

 lipped; upper lip entire, emarginate or 2-lobed; lower lip spreading, 3-cleft 

 or 3-lobed. Anther-bearing stamens 2 (the posterior pair wanting or rudi- 

 mentary) ; connective of the anthers transverse, linear or filiform, bearing a 

 perfect anther-sac on its upper end, its lower end dilated, capitate or sometimes 

 bearing a small or rudimentary one. Nutlets smooth, usually developing 

 mucilage and spiral tubes when wetted. [Latin, salvus, safe, from its healing 

 virtues.] About 500 species, of wide distribution. Type species: Salvia offi- 

 cinalis L. 



Corolla blue to white, 4-10 mm. long. 



Leaves cuneate-narrowed at base. 1. 8. occidentalis. 



Leaves rounded or cordate at base. 2. 8. serotina. 



Corolla red or scarlet, 2-2.5 cm. long. 3. 8. coccinea. 



1. Salvia occidentalis Sw. Prodr. 14. 1788. 



Annual ; stems ascending, decumbent or prostrate, branched, densely pubes- 

 cent at least above, 0.5-2 m. long. Leaves ovate, 2-5 cm. long, serrate, short- 

 petioled, acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed or subtruncate at the base; 

 panicles narrow, 0.5-3 dm. long, the clusters few-flowered, the lower ones dis- 

 tant, the upper close together; calyx about 3 mm. long densely glandular- 

 pubescent, ribbed, the upper lip obtuse, the lobes of tix 'ower lip acute; 

 corolla blue, about 5 mm. long, its tube a little shorter than the calyx; nutlets 

 about 2 mm. long. 



Waste places and coppices, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera and Great Exuma : 

 Florida ; West Indies and continental tropical America ; recorded from Bermuda. 

 WEST INDIAN SAGE. 



2. Salvia serotina L. Mant. 1: 25. 1767. 



Salvia micrantha Vahl, Enum. 1: 235. 1805. 



Perennial, finely pubescent; stems 1.5-7 dm. tall, much branched. Leaves 

 ovate or orbicular-ovate, 1-4 cm. long, obtuse, crenate-serrate, rounded or sub- 

 cordate at the base, slender-petioled ; panicles 2-10 cm. long; calyx longer 

 than the pedicels, glandular-hirsute, becoming 5-8 mm. long; lips about as 

 long as the long-campanulate tube; corolla 6-10 mm. long, white or blue, its 

 tube included; style glabrous; nutlets fully 2 mm. long. 



