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ORDER XCI. LABIATE. 



cent, with lanceolate segments. Corolla pubescent, the lower lip fim- 

 briate. — Yellow and purple. Sept. — Oct. In the low country. 2 — 3 

 feet. 



Var. C. ova'lis, (Pursh.) Stem glabrous. Leaves oblong-oval, gla- 

 brous, acute, on long petioles. Flowers in simple terminal panicles; 

 teeth of the calyx short. Corolla small. — Yellow. If. July — Aug. 

 Middle Carolina. 



4. C. puncta'ta, (Ell.) Stem erect, scabrous, pubescent, branching 

 at the summit. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, large, acuminate, dentate, pu- 

 bescent and dotted beneath ; upper pair nearly sessile, ovate. Flowers 

 in compound paniculate racemes. Calyx with the lower lip longest, 

 sprinkled with resinous dots. Corolla pubescent ; upper segments 

 short, lower one fimbriate ; filaments 4, two upper ones sterile. — Yel- 

 low. 2|. Sept. — Oct, Rich soils. Common. 2 — 4 feet. 



5. C. verticilla'ta, (Bald.) Stem erect, simple. Leaves verticillate, 

 oval, acuminate. Flowers in a terminal, verticillate raceme. 



Var. C. purpuras'cens. Flowers purple, in a short panicle. — Yellow. 

 If. May — July. Middle Georgia. 1 — 2 feet. 



6. C. anisa'ta, (Sims.) Stem erect, branching, pubescent; segments 

 of the calyx linear. Floivers in a compound panicle, leafy, pubescent. 

 Sta?nens 4. — Pale yellow. 2f. July — Sept. Mountains. 1 — 2 feet. 



Genus XIII.— SAL' VIA. L. 2—1. 

 (From the Latin salvo, to save or heal, in allusion to its supposed healing properties.) 



Calyx somewhat campanulate, 2-lipped ; upper lip 3-toothed, 

 the lower bifid. Corolla ringent. Stamens 2. Filaments 

 bifid, with the connectivum elongated, bearing an anther cell at 

 each extremity. 



1. S. azure'a, (Lam.) Stem much branched. Leaves linear, glabrous. 

 Flowers in distant whorls. Calyx pubescent, 3-cleft. — Blue. U . Through 

 the summer. Middle and upper Car. and Geo. 4 — 6 feet. 



2. S. urticifo'lia, (L.) Stem erect, villous, somewhat viscous. Leaves 

 ovate, doubly serrate, acuminate, attenuate at the base, pubescent. 

 Flowers in remote whorls, viscous. Calyx pubescent. — Blue. JU- 

 June — July. Upper districts Car. and Geo. 12 — 15 inches. 



3. S. coccin'ea, (L.) Stem erect, much branched. Leaves cordate, 

 serrate, tomentose, on rather long petioles. Flowers 6 in a whorl ; up- 

 per lip of the corolla erect, emarginate, connectivum bearing the anther 

 only at one extremity. — Red. If. Through the summer. On the sea- 

 coast. 1 — 2 feet. Scarlet Sage. 



4. S. lyra'ta, (L.) Stem square, hirsute, branching at the summit, 

 retrorsely pubescent. Radical leaves terete, dentate, hirsute, spotted ; 

 upper leaves lanceolate, slightly dentate, few. Flowers usually 6 in a 

 whorl. Calyx angled, hirsute. Corolla hairy on the outside. — Blue. 

 If. March — Sept. Common. 2 — 3 feet Cancer-weed. 



5. S. odova'ta, (Ell.) Stern eroct, slightly angled Leaves very large, 

 obovate, dentate, pubescent. Flowers 6 in a whorl. — Blue. 2f. June 

 — July. Middle Geo. 1—2 feet. 



6. S. Clavto'ni, (Ell.) Stem erect, square. Leaves cordate-ovate, 



