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crenate, firm, cordate or truncate at the base, the basal and lower ones very long 

 petioled, the blades 7-15 cm. long, the upper short- petioled or nearly sessile; spike 

 short, dense; bracts ovate, mucronate, about as long as the calyx; calyx-teeth acic- 

 ular; corolla-tube exserted. In a thicket at Newton, Mass. Fugitive from Europe 

 July-Sept. 



22. SALVIA L. 



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

 racemed, or panicled. Calyx mostly naked in the throat, 2-lipped; upper lip en- 

 tire 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 rudimentary/; 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. 

 Besides the following, some 25 others occur in southern and western N. Am. 



Leaves mostly basal, only 1-3 small pairs on the stem. 



Leaves lyrate-pinnatifid or repand: upper corolla-lip short. i. S. lyrata. 



Leaves crenulate; upper lip arched, longer than the lower. 2. .S 1 . pratensis. 



Stem leafy, bearing several pairs of leaves. 

 Leaves narrowly oblong, or lanceolate. 



Corolla 2-3 cm. long, its tube exserted. 3. S. Pitcheri. ' 



Corolla 8-12 mm. long, its tube not exserted. 4. S. lanceolata. 



Leaves ovate, or broadly oval. 



Upper corolla-lip short, not exceeding the lower. 



Leaves merely crenate or crenulate ; fruiting calyx spreading. 



5. S, urticifolia. 

 Leaves pinnatifid, sinuate or incised ; fruiting calyx deflexed. 



6. S. verbenaca. 

 Upper lip of corolla arched, longer than the lower. 7. S, 



1. Salyia lyrata L. LYRE-LEAVED SAGE. (I. F. f. 3124.) Perennial or 

 biennial, hirsute or pubescent; stem 3-9 dm. high, bearing several whorls of large 

 violet flowers. Basal leaves tufted, long -petioled, obovate or broadly oblong, thin. 

 0.7-2 dm. long; calyx campanulate, the teeth of its upper lip subulate, those of 

 the lower longer, aristulate; corolla about 2.5 cm. long, the upper lip much smaller 

 than the lower; anther-sacs borne on both the upper and lower ends of the connect- 

 ive. In dry, mostly sandy woods and thickets, N. J. to P'la., 111., Ark. and Tex. 

 Corolla rarely undeveloped. May-July. 



2. Salvia pratensis L. MEADOW SAGE. (I. F. f. 3125.) Perennial, pubes- 

 cent or puberulent. Basal leaves long-petioled, ovate, oblong, or ovate-lanceolate, 

 crenulate, obtuse at the apex, rounded or cordate at the base, thick, rugose, 

 5 18 cm. long; spike elongated, interrupted; calyx campanulate, glandular-pubes- 

 cent, the teeth of the upper lip minute, those of the lower long, subulate; corolla 

 purple, minutely glandular; lower end of the connective with a small or imperfect 

 anther-sac. Atlantic Co., N. J. Fugitive or adventive from Europe. May-July. 



3. Salvia Pitcheri Torr. PITCHER'S SAGE. (I. F. f. 3126.) Perennial, 

 downy; stem 6-15 dm. high; branches nearly erect. Leaves linear or linear- 

 oblong, sessile, or narrowed at the base into short petioles, firm, 5-13 cm. long, 

 the uppermost reduced to small bracts; clusters in long spikes; calyx oblong-cam- 

 panulate, densely and finely woolly, about 6 mm. long, its upper lip entire, 

 obtuse, the lower with 2 ovate acute teeth ; corolla blue, finely pubescent, its lower 

 lip broad, sinuately 3-lobed, longer than the concave upper one; lower ends of the 

 connectives destitute of anther-sacs. On dry plains, Mo., Kans. and Colo, to 

 Tex. Introduced into 111. July-Sept. 



4. Salvia lanceolata Willd. LANCE-LEAVED SAGE. (I. F. f. 3127.) Annual, 

 puberulent or glabrous ; stem 1.5-4.5 dm. high. Leaves petioled, mostly obtuse, 

 2-5 cm. long, the upper reduced to lanceolate-subulate bracts; flowers in ter- 

 minal spike-like racemes; pedicels shorter than the campanulate calyx; calyx 

 4-6 mm. long, its upper lip ovate, entire, the lower 2-cleft, the teeth ovate, mucio- 

 nate; corolla blue, its lower lip narrow, twice as long as the upper; lower ends of 



