MINT FAMILY. Labiatae. 



There are only a few kinds of Sphacele. 



This is a rather handsome shruboy 

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Wood-balm plant, from two to five feet high, woody at 



Sph&cele calydna base, with many stout, leafy, woolly or 

 White hairy stems, and rather coarse leaves, 



Spring, summer ha{ more Qr less wrinkled and toothed, 

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and rather dark green. Hie flowers are 



over an inch long, in pairs along the upper stem, something 

 the shape of a Monkey-flower, with a five-toothed calyx 

 and a corolla with four, short, spreading lobes and the 

 fifth lobe much longer and erect, the tube broad and dull- 

 white, with a hairy ring at the base inside, the lobes tinged 

 with pink or purple; the stamens four, one pair shorter. 

 After the flowers have faded the large, pale green, inflated 

 calyxes, veined with dull purple, become conspicuous. 

 If the flowers were brighter in color this would be very 

 handsome. It is strongly but rather pleasantly aromatic 

 and grows on dry hills in southern California. The name 

 is from the Greek, meaning "sage," as these plants have 

 sage-like foliage and smell, but the flowers are quite 

 different. 



There are several kinds of Salvia, widely distributed, 

 herbs or shrubs; flowers usually in whorls, with bracts; 

 upper lip of the corolla erect, seldom two-lobed, lower lip 

 spreading and three-lobed; resembling Ramona, except 

 that the two stamens have filaments which are apparently 

 two-forked, one fork bearing an anther cell and the other 

 only the mere rudiment cf an anther; the smooth nutlets 

 are mucilaginous when wet. The Latin name means "to 

 save," as some kinds are medicinal. 



A fantastically beautiful and decorative 

 Persian Prince plant, very individual in character. The 

 Salvia carduacea stout purplish stem, a foot or two tall and 

 Lilac covered with white wool, springs from a 



Spring, summer rosette of thistle-like leaves of palest 

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green, so thickly covered with cushions 



of white wool that they appear to be inflated, their teeth 

 tipped with brown spines. The stem bears a series of 

 flower-clusters, resembling large, round, pale balls of wcol, 

 pierced here and there by long prickles and encircled by 

 lovely flowers, so etherial that they appear almost to hover 

 in the air. They are each about an inch long, the corolla 

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