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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-l£ in. long. Upper lip of corolla long, arching. 
Flowers yellow . . . . . . 1. S. glutinosa. 
Flowers blue, lilac or nearly white. 
Stems 1|— 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. Ind. iv. 653. Viscidly 
hairy, strongly scented ; stems 2-3 ft. Leaves stalked, ovate- 
oblong, 3-8X1J-4 in., crenate or sharply toothed, base usually 
prolonged outwards in 2 pointed lobes, rarely cordate or tapering 
downwards. Flowers 1-1J 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 l|-3 ft. 
Leaves thick, long-stalked, ovate or oblong, 5-8x2|-6 in., 
sinuately and irregularly lobed, crenate or sharply toothed ; upper 
surface nearly glabrous or cottony-tomentose, closely wrinkled ; 
