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Leaves merely crenate or crenulate ; fruiting calyx spreading. 5. S. urticifolia. 
Leaves pinnatifid, sinuate or incised; fruiting calyx deflexed. 6. S. Verbenaca. 
Upper lip of corolla arched, longer than the lower. 
I. Salvia lyrata L. Lyre-leaved Sage. 
Wild Sage. Cancer-weed. Fig. 3629. 
Salvia lyrata L. Sp. Pl. 23. 1753. 
Perennial or biennial, hirsute or pubescent; 
stem slender, simple, or sparingly branched, erect, 
1°-3° high, bearing 1 or 2 distant pairs of small 
leaves (rarely leafless), and several rather distant 
whorls of large violet flowers. Basal leaves tufted, 
long-petioled, obovate or broadly oblong, lyrate- 
pinnatifid or repand-dentate, thin, 3-8’ long; stem- 
leaves similar, or narrower and entire, sessile, or 
short-petioled; clusters distant, about 6-flowered; 
calyx campanulate, the teeth of its upper lip subu- 
late, those of the lower longer, aristulate; corolla 
about as long, the tube very narrow below, the 
upper lip much smaller than the lower; fila- 
ments slender; anther-sacs borne on both the 
upper and lower ends of the connective, the lower 
one often smaller. 
In dry, mostly sandy woods and thickets, Con- 
necticut to Florida, west to Illinois, Arkansas and 
Texas. Corolla rarely undeveloped. May-July. 
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2. Salvia praténsis L. Meadow Sage. 
Fig. 3630. 
Salvia pratensis L. Sp. Pl. 25. 1753. 
Perennial, pubescent or puberulent; stem erect, 
, rather stout, simple or little branched, sparingly 
leafy. Basal leaves long-petioled, ovate, oblong or 
ovate-lanceolate, irregularly crenulate, obtuse at 
the apex, rounded or cordate at the base, thick, 
rugose, 2’-7’ long; stem-leaves much smaller, nar- 
rower, commonly acute, sessile or nearly so; 
clusters spicate, the spike elongated, interrupted; 
calyx campanulate, glandular-pubescent, the teeth 
of the upper lip minute, those of the lower long, 
subulate; corolla purple, minutely glandular, its 
upper lip strongly arched, mostly longer than the 
lower; lower end of the connective with a small 
or imperfect anther-sac. 
Atlantic Co., N. J. Fugitive or adventive from 
Europe. May-July. 
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3. Salvia Pitcheri Torr. Pitcher’s Sage. 
Tall Sage. Fig. 3631.. 
Salvia Pitcheri Torr.; Benth. Lab. 251. 1833. 
Salvia azurea var. grandiflora Benth. in DC. 
Prodr. 12: 302. 1848. 
Perennial, downy; stem stout, branched or 
simple, erect, 2°-5° high; branches nearly erect. 
Leaves linear or linear-oblong, dentate to en- 
tire, sessile, or narrowed at the base into short 
petioles, firm, 2’-5’ long, 2’-8” wide, the up- 
permost reduced to small bracts; clusters in 
long dense terminal spikes, or the lower ones 
distant; calyx oblong-campanulate, densely and 
finely woolly, about 3” long, its upper lip en- 
tire, obtuse, the lower with 2 ovate acute teeth; 
corolla blue or white, finely pubescent without, 
1’ long, its lower lip broad, sinuately 3-lobed, 
longer than the concave upper one; lower ends 
of the connective dilated, often adherent to 
each other, destitute of anther-sacs. 
On dry plains, Illinois and Minnesota to Mis- 
souri, Kansas, Colorado and Texas. July—Sept. 
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