130 LABIATAE. Vor. ITT. 
4. Salvia lanceifolia Poir. Lance-leaved Sage. Fig. 3632. 
S. lanceolata Brouss. App. Elench. Pl. Hort. Monsp. 15. 
1805. Not Lam. 
2S. reflexa Hornem. Enum. Pl. Hort. Hafn. 34. 1807. 
S. lanceifolia Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 5: 49. 1817. 
Annual, puberulent or glabrous; stem leafy, usually 
much branched, erect or diffuse, 6’-18 high. Leaves 
oblong, linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, petioled, 
mostly obtuse at the apex and narrowed at the base, 
crenulate-dentate or entire, 1-2’ long, 2’-5” wide, the 
upper reduced to lanceolate-subulate, rather persistent 
bracts; flowers mostly opposite, but sometimes 3-4 
together in the terminal spike-like racemes; pedicels 
shorter than the campanulate calyx; calyx 2’’-3’ long, 
its upper lip ovate, entire, the lower 2-cleft, the teeth 
ovate, mucronate; corolla blue, about 4” long, its lower 
lip narrow, twice as long as the upper; lower ends of 
the connectives dilated; style nearly or quite glabrous. 
On plains, Indiana to Nebraska, Montana, Colorado, 
Texas, Arizona and Mexico. Recorded as introduced in 
Ohio. May-Sept. 
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5. Salvia urticifolia L. Nettle-leaved or 
Wild Sage. Fig. 3633. 
Salvia urticifolia L. Sp. Pl. 24. 1753. 
Perennial, pubescent, or nearly glabrous; stem 
glandular above, rather slender, ascending or 
erect, 1°-2° high. Leaves thin, ovate, 2-4’ long, 
irregularly dentate or crenate-dentate, usually 
acute at the apex, abruptly contracted below into 
margined petioles; clusters several-flowered, in ») 
terminal interrupted spikes; bracts early decidu- AY 
ous; pedicels about as long as the calyx; calyx 
oblong-campanulate, about 3” long, the upper lip 
minutely 3-toothed, the lower 2-cleft, its teeth 
triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, spreading in f 
fruit; corolla puberulent without, 6-8” long, ‘| 
blue and white, the lower lip broad, 3-lobed, 
twice as long as the upper; lower ends of the 
connectives dilated; style bearded. 
In woods and thickets, Pennsylvania to Kentucky, 
south to Georgia and Louisiana. April-June. 
X (By Al 6. Salvia Verbenaca L. Wild Sage. 
, Wild Clary. Fig. 3634. 
Salvia Verbenaca L. Sp. Pl. 25. 1753. 
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KINA, 
Sie Perennial; stem glandular-pubescent, erect, 
LASS simple or sparingly branched, 1°-2° high. Leaves 
3 Yi ZZ 1 ee 
ovate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, coarsely and 
irregularly incised-dentate or pinnatifid, peti- 
oled, or the uppermost sessile, the lower 3’-8’ 
long, obtuse at the apex, cordate at the base, 
nearly glabrous, the upper acute, much smaller; 
floral bracts broadly ovate, short; clusters sev- 
eral-flowered in elongated terminal interrupted 
spikes; pedicels shorter than the calyx; calyx 
deflexed in fruit, 3’-4” long, its upper lip re- 
curved-spreading, with 3 minute connivent 
teeth, the lower one with 2 lanceolate acumi- 
nate mucronate teeth; corolla blue, about 4” 
long, its upper lip nearly straight, scarcely 
longer than the lower; lower ends of the con- 
nectives dilated and adnate to each other. 
In waste places, Ohio to South Carolina and 
f 
ene Georgia. Naturalized from Europe. Native also 
NH 4, 3 of Asia. Eye-seed. Vervain. June-Aug. 
tel =. Salvia verticillata L. a European species, 
Wh 2 with rough lyrate leaves, has been found wild in 
Pennsylvania. 
