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8. Stamen connective patently bent at a sharp angle within the corolla 



tube, the terminal portion assurgent into the throat, often expanded 



at apex but bearing no theca; flowers, at least the lower ones, usually 



3 or more in the verticil (11). 



11. Leaves tomentulose and incanous with minute hairs, at least beneath; 



verticils crowded (12). 



12. Calyx densely villous with branched hairs; herb, woody only at 



base 7. S. parryi. 



12. Calyx canescent with minute simple appressed hairs; shrub, 1 m. 



high or more 8. S. pinguifolia. 



1 1 . Leaves essentially green and glabrous on both faces, not at all canes- 

 cent; verticils spaced at intervals of 1 to 3 cm. or more (13). 



13. Perennial herb with creeping rootstocks; leaves deltoid-ovate, 



crenate, commonly 2.5 to 4 cm. wide 9. S. arizonica. 



13. Annual herb; leaves oblong, sharply toothed, rarely more than 

 1.5 cm. wide 10. S. subincisa. 



1. Salvia columbariae Benth., Labiat. Gen. et Sp. 302. 1833. 

 Mohave County to Graham, Cochise, and Pima Counties (doubtless 



also Yuma County), 3,500 feet or lower, common in sandy washes, 

 March and April. Southern Nevada, Arizona, and California. 



One of the species known as chia. The seeds were utilized by the 

 Indians to make pinole and also mucilaginous poultices. A muci- 

 laginous beverage prepared from the seeds was popular with the Pima 

 Indians. The seeds of other species known as chia are extensively 

 used in Mexico for similar purposes. 



2. Salvia carnosa Dougl. ex Benth., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 17: pi. 1469. 



1831. 



Audibertia incana Benth., ibid. 



Coconino, Mohave, and Yavapai Counties, 2,400 to 5,000 feet> 

 sandy soil, plains and washes, spring. Washington to Arizona and 

 California. 



Desert sage. A small compact much-branched shrub, very orna- 

 mental in flower, the sky-blue corollas contrasting with the purple 

 bracts. Although browsed to some extent by livestock, its palat- 

 ability is considered low. 



S. carnosa subsp. mearnsii (Brit ton) Epling (Audibertia mearnsii 

 Britt.) a little known form, characterized by oblanceolate or linear 

 leaves 2 to 4 mm. wide, is based on a collection at Fort Verde, Yavapai 

 County (Mearns 246) . The forms occurring in Coconino and Mohave 

 Counties are subsp. argentea (Rydb.) Epling (Audibertiella argentea 

 Rydb.), and subsp. pilosa (Merriam) Epling (Salvia pilosa Merriam). 

 The leaves are 8 to 15 (20) mm. wide in subsp. argentea, and 7 to 10 

 (15) mm. wide in subsp. pilosa. The outer surface of the bracts is 

 glabrate in subsp. argentea, thinly hairy in subsp. pilosa. 



3. Salvia pachyphylla Epling ex Munz, Man. South. Calif. Bot. 445. 



1935. 



Audibertia incana Benth. var. pachystachya A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 

 ed. 2, 2 1 : 461. 1886. 



Near Winslow, Navajo County, 5,000 to 5,600 feet (Jones in 1929, 

 Whiting 756, Peebles 14406), eroded slopes, etc. Northern Arizona, 

 southern California, and Baja California. 



