ORDER 89. LABIATE. 549 



end a cell of the dimidiate (halved) anther; achenia 4. A large genus 

 of 400 species, usually with showy fls. The transverse connectile con- 

 stitutes the essential character. (Fig. 75, 351.) 



Herbs native. Calyx slightly 2-15pped, sub-3-toothed, equal Nos. 13 



Calyx deeply 2-lipped, 5-toothed, lower lip longer Nos. 4 



Herbs or shrubby, in gardens. Flowers blue. Calyx teeth bristle-pointed Nos. 7, 8 



Shrubby, in garden and greenhouse. Flowers large, scarlet Nos. 9, 10 



1 S. azure a Lam. Erect, puberulent above, branching; Ivs. linear-oblong and 

 linear, remotely toothed, or the upper entire, all attenuate at base ; rac. slender, 

 many -flowered, verticils about 6-flowered ; cal. of 3 broad, acute, subequal teeth, 

 half as long as the pubescent corolla; sty. bearded. S. Car. to Fla. and La. Plant 

 of varying aspect, according to soil, &c., usually slender and subsimple, 1 to 2 or 

 3f high, with Ivs. narrow, subentire, 2 to 3' long, 2 to 4" wide. Fla, 7" long, of 

 a fine azure blue. Summer. 



2 S. urticifolia L. Erect; Ivs. cauline, rhombic-ovate, acute, crenate-serrate, 

 truncate-cuneate at base to a short or winged petiole ; verticils 4 to 10-flowered, 

 distant, in a terminal, interrupted raceme ; cor. smooth, tube but a little longer 

 than the calyx, the lower lip thrice longer. if In hilly woods, Va. to Fla. and 

 Ala. St. simple, ] 2 to 18' high. Lvs. thin, 2 to 4' long, the upper larger. Cor. 

 blue, 5" to 6" long. May. 



/I. LONGIFOLIA. Tall (3 to 6f), with panicled racemes ; Ivs. all serrate, the 

 lower lance-oblong; fls. larger (8 9" long). Ga. to Ark. (S. longif. Nutt.) 



3 S. coccinea L. Erect, hoary-pubescent; Ivs. ovate, cordate, acute, finely cren- 

 ate, petiolate, whitish-tomentous beneath; verticils 6 to 10-flowered, in a simple 

 raceme ; cal. teeth acute ; cor* red, smooth, twice longer, tube dilated upwards, 

 upper lip erect, much the shorter. r 4- Ga., Fla. to La. St. 1 to 2f high, often 

 branched. Lvs. 6" to 1 to 2' long, the middle largest. Cor. bright red or scar- 

 let, 8" long. Upper lip of the calyx often purple. Summer. 



4 S. lyrata L. Erect; Ivs. radical, rosulate, lyrate, erose-dentate, the cauline 

 about one pair above, bract-like, linear-spatulate ; fls. in whorls of 6, racemed at 

 top of the square scape; cal. upper lip shorter, teeth subspinous; cor. thrice 

 longer than the calyx, its lower lip much the longer. IT "Woods, W. Can. to Fla., 

 rare in N. Eng. Scape 6 to 15' high. Lvs. oblong-oval in outline, 18" to 3' 

 long, petioles half (or more) as long. Fls. showy, near 1'long, violet-purple. 

 The whole plant is usually purplish. Apr. Jn. 



5 S. obovata Ell. Erec'; Ivs. broadly obovate, entire, sinuate, narrowed to a long 

 tapering base, the floral ovate, shorter than the calyx ; verticils 6-flowered, re- 

 mote, in a simple raceme ; cal. upper lip truncate, with 3 minute teeth ; cor. thrice 

 longer, with the galeate upper lip thrice shorter than the lower. If! Middle Ga 

 to La. St. 1 to 2 f high. Lvs. larger above and clustered 4 to 7' by 2 to 5'. Fls. 

 blue. Jn., Jl. 



6 S. Claytoni Ell. Erect; Ivs. cordate-ovate, or lance-ovate, sinuate-pinnatifid, the 

 segm. toothed, rugous, more or less pubescent beneath ; verticils 6-flowered ; floral 

 Ivs. ovate-acuminate, smaller ; caL teeth of the upper lip connivent, of the lower 

 longer, acuminate. U Sandy- pastures, Beaufort, S. Car. (Bachman). Sts. If 

 high. Fls. small Summer. 



7 S. Sclarea L. CLARRY. Lvs. ample, rugous, broad-ovate, cordate, doubly 

 crenate ; bracts colored, concave, longer than the calyx ; upper lip of the cor. 

 high-arched, much longer than the lower. (g) A strong-scented exotic, 1 to 3f 

 high, with viscid Ivs. as large as the hand. The fls. and bracts are variegated 

 with pale-purple and yellowish- white, inwhorled spikes. CaL with spinous teeth. 

 Native in Italy. \ 



8 S. ofncinalis L. COMMON SAGE. Shrubby, Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, crenu- 

 late, rugous ; whorls few-flowered ; cal. mucronate ; upper lip of the cor. as long 

 as the lower and somewhat vaulted. A well-known garden plant, with a shrubby 

 stem, rugous leaves of a dull green color and an aromatic fragrance. Flowers in 

 whorls forming a spike. CoroUa ringent, blue, with a lengthened tube and viscid 

 calyx, somewhat brown. July. % S. Eur. Very useful in domestic economy 

 and medicine. 



