250 MINT FAMILY. 



* » Upper lip ofllie calyx entire : lower cell of the anther wanting. 



S. urticifblia. Woodlands from Maryland S. ; l°-2° high, leafy, some, 

 what clammy-downy ; leaves rhombic-ovate ; racemes slender, the blue and 

 white corolla only J' long. . . , 



S. aziirea. Sandy soil S. & S. W. : nearly smooth and green, with rather 

 simple stems, 2° -4° high; leaves lance-linear with tapering base, obtuse, 

 entire, or the lower serrate; the showy azure-blue flowers (less than 1' long) 

 numerous in a spike-like raceme. 



S. Piteheri, from Kansas to Texas, is very like the foregomg, but minutely 

 soft-downy ; occasionally cultivated, as is also 



S. farinbsa, of Texas, with more petioled oblong-lanceolate leaves, the 

 spikes, calyxes, &c. white-hoary, in contrast with the light blue corolla. 



§ 2. Garden Sages, cultivated for ornament, or the first species for its savory 

 foliage. Perennials, but some cult, as annuals, several woody at base. 

 * Flowers blue. 



S. oflacin^is, Common Sage, from S. Eu. : low, minutely hoary-pubes- 

 cent, with oblong-lanceolate leaves finely reticulated-iugose and the margins 

 crenulate, spiked flower-whorls, and short corolla. 



S. patens, from Mexico : 2° - 3° high, rather hairy, with crenate triangular- 

 ovate or halberd-shaped leaves, or the uppermost sessile ones oval, loose-pedi~ 

 celled flowers, showy deep blue corolla over 2' long, the lips widely gaping and 

 the stamens exserted. 



» * Flowers scarlet-red. 



S. spl^ndens, Scarlet Sage, of Brazil : smooth, with branching stems, 

 ovate pointed leaves, the floral ones and calyx as well as the corolla (2' or more 

 long and with short lower lip ) bright scarlet. 



S. ftdgeus, Cardinal or Mexican Red S., from Mexico : tall, pubes- 

 cent, with crenate ovate or oval leaves heart-shaped at base and somewhat 

 rugose, green calyx, and long-tubed downy deep scarlet corolla over 2' long, 

 the style plumose. 



S. coccinea, from Tropical America: somewhat downy or soft-hairy, 

 with ovate and heart-shaped acute crenate leaves, deciduous bracts, green or 

 purplish calyx, and smooth red corolla 1' long, with lower lip much longer than 

 the upper one. 



S. pseudo-cocclnea, from Trop. Amer. : like the last, but with bristly- 

 hairy stems, less hear^shaped leaves, and corolla more or less pubescent. 

 » # » Flowers white. 



S. argeutea, from the Mediterranean regions : cult, for its silvery-white 

 foliage, hardy ; the very large round-ovate root-leaves clothed with long white 

 wool ; flowering stem and its sessile leaves, as well as calyx, &c. clammy-hairy ; 

 the white corolla with scythe-shaped upper lip 1' long and a very short tube- 



22. ROSMARINUS, ROSEMARY. (Old Latin name, dew of the sea.) 

 R. ofB.cill^is, from S. Eu. ; not hardy N. : leaves evergreen, linear, entire, 



with revolute margins, white- hoary beneath, the upper with pale blue flowers in 

 their axils. 



23. MONARDA, HORSE-MINT or BALM. (Named for an earij 

 Spanish writer on the medicinal plants of the New World, Monardez.) Fl. 

 summer. 



§ 1 . /Stamens and style protruding beyond the narrow acute upper lip of the corolla, 

 leaves oblong-ovate or lance-ovate, with roundish or slightly heart-shaped base, 

 veiny, pleasant-scented. 



M. dldyma, Oswego Tea or Bee-Balm. Wet ground N., and cult. ; 

 leaves petioled ; the floral ones tinged with red ; calyx naked in the thtoat ; 

 corolla bright red. 



M. flstulbsa, Wild Bergamot. Rocky grounds ; soft-downy or smooth- 

 ish ; leaves petioled, the floral ones often whitish ; calyx very hairy in the 

 throat ; corolla losc-color, purple, or white. 



