368 LABIATE. Salvia. 



Dr. Henry, Thurber ; Florence Mountains, Bigelow. Adjacent borders of Texas, Wright. — 

 Throat of the calyx rather sparsely but not inconspicuously bearded ! 



§ 4. Calosphace, Benth. Throat of calyx naked, and of corolla not pilose- 

 annulate : anterior portion of the connective deflexed, linear or gradually some- 

 what dilated downward, closely approximate or connate, and destitute of an 

 anther-cell : all American species, with upper lip of corolla erect and concave. • 



« Corolla crimson, its tube vilious-annulate towards the base inside ; upper lip conspicuously 

 larger and longer than tiie lower: anterior fork of connectives free and spatulate-dilated down- 

 wards, obscurely one-toothed at base, longer than the filament. 



S. pentstemonoides, Kunth. Perennial, nearly glabrous, or below sparsely liirsute : 

 stems 2 to 5 feet higli, leafy to the summit: leaves thickish, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 nmcronate, entire or obscurely denticulate and with ciliolate-scabrous margins, the lower 

 (3 to 5 inches long) on long margined petioles ; upper gradually much smaller and sessile ; 

 the floral and the similar persistent bracts and bractlets of the elongated racemiform or 

 narrowly thyrsoidal inflorescence ovate-lanceolate or narrower, cuspidate : cymules subses- 

 sile, 3-5-flowered: calyx equalled by the pedicels, campanulate, strongly bilabiate (lialf 

 incli long), glandular-puberulent ; upper lip broad, truncate, with 3 short and broad cuspi- 

 date-mucronate teeth ; lower 2-parted, its teeth lanceolate and cuspidate : corolla inch and 

 a half long, slightly pubescent ; its large and nearly straight upper lip lialf the length of 

 the gradually enlarged exserted tube ; middle lobe of the small lower lip concave and entire : 

 style glabrous — Ind. Sem. Berol. 1848, 13. — W. Texas, on the Cibolo and Pierdenales and 

 towards tlie Rio Grande, Lindheimer, Wright. 

 * * Lower and sterile forlvs of the connectives mostly united with each other longitudinally, linear, 



oblong, or semiiiastate: corolla naked within throug'hout, 

 .|. Red or scarlet, with tube exserted; the spreading lower lip longer than the erect upper one, its 

 broad middle lobe 2-cleft: upper lip of tubular-campanulate calyx and teeth of the 2-parted lower 

 lip ovate, mucronate-acute: inflorescence naked-racemose; the' small floral leaves or bracts more 

 or less deciduous or caducous. 

 S. Greggii, Gray. Shrubby, 1 to 3 feet high, glabrous or obscurely farinaceous-puberu- 

 lent: branches slender, leafy : leaves coriaceous (3 to 9 lines long), 1-ribbed, almost vein- 

 less, oblong, very obtuse, entire, narrowed at base into a short petiole : flowers rather few 

 in the raceme: calyx slightly pubescent or glandular (barely half inch long), with at 

 length spreading lips fully half the length of the tube: corolla (inch long, "red" or "pur- 

 plish-red ") glabrous; its tube enlarging and strongly ventricose-gibbous ; throat abruptly 

 contracted under the lower lip, which nearly equals the slightly glandular-puberulent upper 

 one : lower fork of connective oblong-linear : style hairy along the upper side. — Proc. Am. 

 Acad. viii. 369. 5. microphi/lla, Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. 131, not HBK. — S. borders of 

 Texas, on the Rio Grande, Pmry, ScAott. (Near Saltillo, Mex., Gregg.) 

 S. COCCinea, L. Perennial or annual, canescently pubescent or glabrate, or hirsute tow- 

 ards the base with long spreading hairs : leaves membranaceous, veiny, cordate or ovate, 

 mostly acute, crenate, slender-petioled, mostly soft-tomentulose beneath : raceme virgate ; 

 tl>e clusters few-several-flowercd and rather distant: lips of the calyx hardly half the 

 length of its tube: corolla (inch or less long, pubescent or pubernlent outside) deep scar- 

 let-red, twice or thrice the length of the calyx ; its narrow tube moderately enlarging 

 above '; lower lip twice the length of the upper, from which the stamens protrude : lower 

 forks of the connective long and narrowly linear: style glabrous. — Mant. 88; Murr. 

 Comm. Gott. 1778, t. 1. — Var. pseudo-coccinea is a commonly tall form of this species, 

 with stem, petioles, and often margins of floral leaves conspicuously beset with hirsute 

 hairs. S. pspudo-cocciriea, Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 209 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2864. S. ciliata, Benth. Lab. 

 286. — S. Carolina to Florida (but probably introduced), S. Texas. (Mex., &e.) 

 ^_ 4_ Corolla blue or purplish, sometimes white, never red. 

 ++ Herbs. 

 = Flowers from near an inch to over half inch and calyx fully quarter inch long: inflorescence 

 virgate-racemose or spiciform, sometimes paniculate: small floral leaves or bracts mostly decidu- 

 ous: corolla with prominentlv exserted tube, erect and verj' concave or galeate and pubescent 

 upper lip: the lower longer aiid much larger: style bearded above: perennials, 1 (o 5 teet high. 

 S. farinacea, Benth. Minutely and canescently pubernlent, or below glabrous : stems 

 numerous in a cluster : lower leaves ovate-lanceolate or even ovate, with obtuse or cuneate 



