138 FLAVORING AND BEVERAGE PLANTS 



Fig. 132.^ — ^Sage {Salvia o_lficinalis, Mint Family, Labiatcp). Plant in flowor, 

 h. Flower, K (Vilmorin.) — A perennial herb with grajdsh, hairj-, 

 aromatic leaves; flowers blue; nutlets brown. Native home, Europe. 



Fig. 133. — Sage. A, flower, enlarged. B^ corolla split down the bark and 

 siDrcad out to show the attachment and form of the four wtamens; one 

 pair is rudimentary, the others have curiously developed anthers, 

 which arc remarkably well adapted to secure the transfer of polli-n 

 hy bees from one flower to another. C, Iiase of pistil, showing tin' 

 four young imtlets. I), the same rut vorticidlx' to show the single 

 ovule in each section of the ovar^,'. (Luerssrn.) 



