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LXXV. LABIATE 
in erect, tomentose, 4-sided, often paniculate spikes ; floral leaves 
small, bract-like, sessile, ovate, overlapping. Calyx tubular^ 
ovoid, 2-lipped; upper lip concave, entire, lower 2-toothed. Corolla- 
tube as long as the calyx ; limb spreading, 4-lobed. Stamens 2, 
anthers protruding. (Fig. 125.) 
Valleys below Simla, common; April-October. — W. Himalaya, 5000- 
6000 ft. 
16. SALVIA. From the Latin salveo, to be in good health ; 
referring to the healing properties of the Sage, S. officinalis. — Most 
temperate and tropical regions. 
Erect herbs. Flowers in small whorls forming erect, often 
panicled racemes. Calyx bell-shaped, enlarged in fruit, 2-lipped ; 
upper lip entire or 3-toothed, lower 2-toothed. Corolla-tube dilated 
upwards; limb 2-lipped, upper lip erect, usually long, arching, 
concave, flattened, lower spreading, 3-lobed. Stamens 2 ; filaments 
very short ; anther-cells widely separated, one at each end of a 
slender, curved connective jointed to the top of the filament, 
upper cell perfect, enclosed within the upper lip of the corolla, 
lower imperfect. 
For the action of the stamens in connection with insect visitors, see 
Lubbock’s British Wild Flowers p. 149 and Muller’s Fertilisation of Flowers 
p. 478. 
Flowers f-lf in. long. Upper lip of corolla long, arching. 
Flowers yellow 1. S. glutinosa. 
Flowers blue, lilac or nearly white. 
Stems l|-3 ft. Leaves long- stalked. Corolla- 
tube much longer than the calyx . . . 2. S. Moorcroftiana . 
Stem 1-1^ ft. Leaves sessile. Corolla-tube not 
longer than the calyx 3. S. lanata. 
Flowers hardly | in. long. Upper lip of corolla short, 
nearly straight 4. S. plebeia. 
1. Salvia glutinosa, Linn . ; FI. Br. Lid. iv. 653. Viscidly 
hairy, strongly scented ; stems 2-3 ft. Leaves stalked, ovate- 
oblong, 3-8 x 1^-4 in., crenate or sharply toothed, base usually 
prolonged outwards in 2 pointed lobes, rarely cordate or tapering 
downwards. Flowers 1-llj- in. long, yellow, upper lip purple- 
dotted, in distant whorls ; bracts small, leaf-like. Calyx broadly 
bell-shaped, upper lip entire. Corolla-tube longer than the calyx, 
upper lip long, curved, flattened, concave. 
Simla, common ; July-October. — Temperate Himalaya, 6000-9000 ft. — 
W. Asia, S Europe. 
2. Salvia Moorcroftiana, Wall . ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 654. Clothed 
with white, usually woolly or cottony hairs ; stems 1^-3 ft. 
Leaves thick, long-stalked, ovate or oblong, 5-8 x 2|-6 in., sinuately 
and irregularly lobed, crenate or sharply toothed ; upper surface 
nearly glabrous or cottony-tomentose, closely wrinkled ; lower white- 
