Ohdeb 89.— labiate 549 



«nd a cell of the dimidiate (halved) anther ; aohenia 4. — A large genus 

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

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



S Ilerbs natiTO. — Calyx sliglitly 2-ll|>|>ed, sub-3-toothed, eqnal Nos. 1 — 3 



— Calyx deei>ly i-lluped, S-toolhed, luwer lip longer Nos. 4— B 



§ Herbs or shrubby, in gai'Clc'118. 1' lowers blue. Calyx teeth bristle-pointed Nos. 7, 8 



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



1 S. azurea Lam. Krect, puberulent above, branching; Ivs. Unear-ollong and 

 linear, remotely toothed, or the upper entire, all attenuate at base ; i-ac. 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, snbeutire, 2 to 3' long, 2 to 4" wide. Fls. 1" long, of 

 a fine azure blue. Summer. 



2 S. urtioifolia L. Erect; Ivs. cauline, rhomiic-ovaie, acute, crcnalo-serratf, 

 truncate-ouneate at base to a short or winged petiole ; verticils 4 to 10-flovvered, 

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

 than the calyx, the lower lip thrice longer. — If In hilly woods, Ta. to Fla. and 

 Ala. St simple, 1 2 to 18' high. Lvs. thin, 2 to i' long, the upper larger. Cor. 

 blue, 5" to 6" long. May. ' 



(3. LONGiFOLiA. Tall (3 to ef), with panicled racemes; Iva. all serrate, the 

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



3 S. coocfnea L. Erect, hoary-pvibescent ; lvs. ovate, cordate, acute, finely cren- 

 ato, petiolate, whitish-tomentous beneath; verticUs 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. — '11- Ga., Fla. to La. St. 1 to 2f high, often 

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

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



4 S. lyrata L. Erect; lvs. radical, rosulate, lyrate, erose-dentate, the caulino 

 about one pair above, bract-like, Unear-spatulato ; fls. in wborls of 6, racemed at 

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

 longer than the calyx, its lower lip mucli the longer. — If Woods, W. Can. to Fla., 

 rare in N. Eng. Scape 6 to 15' high. Lvs. oblong-pval 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 EIL Erect; lvs. broadly obovate, entire, sinuate, narrowed to a long 

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

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

 longer, with the galeato upper lip thrice shorter than the lower. — % Middle Ga. 

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

 blue. Jn., Jl. 



6 S. Clayton! Ell. Erect; lvs. cordate-ovate, or lance-ovate, sinuate-pinnatiftd, the 

 segm. iootlied, rugous, more or less pubescent beneatix ; verticUs G-flowered ; floral 

 Iva. ovate-acraninate, smaller ; caL teeth of the upper Up connivent, of the lower 

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

 high. Fls. small Summer. 



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

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



e high-arched, much longer than the lower. — (3) A strong-scented exotic, 1 to 3r 

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



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



Native in Italy. \ 



8 S. officinalis L. Common Sage. Shrubby, lvs. bblong-lanceolato, crenu- 

 Lito, 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 shrubbj- 

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

 whorls forming a spike. Corolla rmgent, blue, with a lengthened tube and viscid 

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

 and medicine. 



