536 LAMIACEAE 



Tertiary, unknown on Beacon Hill, rare elsewhere: Cretaceous, 

 not common: Older Formations, rare and scattered. 138-220 days. 

 Sea level-1,300 ft. 



8. S. arvensis L. In waste places: Me. and Mass., and in ballast 



about the eastern seaports. Naturalized from Europe. 



Rare as a weed; not recently collected. 



S. annua L., 5. hirta L., S. syhalica L. and 5. recta L. have been collected as weeds 

 near New York, perhaps not persistent. 5. germanica L. has been collected near Budd's 

 Lake, N. J., in a field, probably escaped from cultivation. Records of 5. cordata Riddell 

 from the region apply to either 5. aspera or S. palustris. 



17. Salvia [Tourn.] L. 



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



Leaves lyrate-pinnatifid or repand. I. 5. lyrata. 



Leaves crenulate. 2. 5. pratensis. 



Stem ieafy, bearing several pairs of leaves. 3. S. Sclarea. 



i. S. lyrata L. In dry, mostly sandy woods: Conn, to Fla., 111., 

 Ark. and Tex. 



Conn. Known only from near New Haven. 

 N. Y. Known only from near Yonkers. 

 N. J. Middlesex and Mercer counties, increasing and common 



southward, but not in the pine-barrens. 

 Pa. Northampton, Bucks, Delaware and Chester counties. 



Tertiary, unknown on Beacon Hill, common elsewhere: Cre- 

 taceous, common: Older Formations, rare and scattered and ap- 

 parently advent ive. 



2. S. pratensis L. Atlantic Co., N. J. Fugitive from Europe. 



Collected years ago at May's Landing, N. J., as a weed; not 

 otherwise known from our area. 



3. S. Sclarea L. In fields and escaped from gardens: Pa. to S. 



Car. Native of Europe. 



Rare as an escaped plant. 



The scarlet sage, Salvia splendens Ker-Gawl, the garden sage, S. officinalis L., 5. Ver- 

 benaca L., 5. sylvestris L. and S. verticillata L. have all been collected as waifs. 



18. Monarda L. 



Flower-clusters solitary, terminal (rarely in upper axils). 



Corolla scarlet. I- M. didyma. 



Corolla white, pink or purple. 



Leaves membranous; corolla slightly pubescent. 2. M. clinopodia. 



Leaves thin or firm; corolla pubescent. 



