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with small lateral lobes and an exceedingly large fan-shaped middle lobe 
which is deeply fringed.—Sandy valleys. 
2. S. columbariae Benth. Chi a. Stems 1 or several, mostly simple, 
bearing 1 or 2 pairs of leaves and 1 or 2 whorls of flowers; bracts round¬ 
ish, acuminate and cuspidate ; corolla blue, little exceeding the calyx, its 
upper lip notched, its lower lip with small lateral lobes and a large, some¬ 
what 2-lobed middle one.—Mountain slopes. The seeds were gathered 
by the native tribes, forming part of their pinole or meal. 
3. S. spathacea Greene. Crimson Sage. Glandular, pubescent, 4 to 5 
dm. high; upper surface of leaves dark green, under surface with short 
white tufts of wool; leaves ample, broadly oblong-ovate, crenate; flower- 
whorls 5 or 6, subtended by broad purplish bracts; calyx veiny, flattened 
sidewise but somewhat inflated, 2.4 cm. long or more; corolla 3 to 3.6 
cm. long, the upper lip short, nearly erect, notched, the lower lip spread¬ 
ing with the lateral lobes short and the middle lobe large, inversely heart- 
shaped and very broad; stamens much exserted.—Open woods of the 
Coast Ranges. 
4. S. mellifera Greene. Black Sage. Shrub 8.6 to 17 dm. high, the 
herbaceous flowering branches very leafy at the base; leaves narrow 
oblong; corolla-tube longer than limb; upper lip notched, middle lobe of 
lower tip transversely oblong or roundish, joined to the main part of lip 
by a narrow constriction.—Hill country, S. Cal. and n. to Mt. Diablo. 
It is a very important bee shrub, especially southward. 
5. S. apiana Jepson. White Sage. Shrub 8.6 to 23 or 28 dm. high, 
with long wand-like branches; leaves oblong-lanceolate; flowers in an 
open paniculate inflorescence; bracts and bractlets lanceolate, at length 
reflexed; lower lip of corolla 1.2 cm. long, twice the length of the upper; 
corolla-tube 6 mm. long.—Dry hills, S. Cal., where it is one of the most 
important native bee shrubs. 
7. POGOGYNE Benth. 
Low sweet-aromatic annuals with the flowers in whorls and the whorls 
crowded into dense spikes or the lower whorls distinct. Calyx unequally 
and deeply 5-cleft. Corolla straight, tubular-funnelform, blue or purplish, 
the upper lip erect and entire, the lower spreading with 3 similar oval 
lobes. Stamens 4 with anthers, or the upper shorter pair sterile. Style 
somewhat exserted, bearded above. (Greek pogon, beard, and gune, fe¬ 
male, on account of the hairy style.) 
1. P. douglasii Benth. Simple or commonly branching, 9.6 to 14.4 cm. 
high or more; leaves oblanceolate or obovate; stamens 4.—Abundant in 
low valley fields. 
8. MICROMERIA Benth. 
Trailing perennial herb. Flowers small, white, solitary and pediceled 
in the axils. Calyx tubular, almost equally 5-toothed. Corolla evidently 
2-lipped. Stamens 4, included. (Greek mikros, small, and meros, part, 
on account of the small size of the flowers.) 
1. M. chamissonis Greene. Yerba Buena. Stems slender, 2.8 dm. 
long or more; leaves round-ovate, crenate, petioled; corolla pubescent ex¬ 
ternally, 8 mm. long.—Woods near the coast. The herbage is valued 
medicinally by Spanish-Californians, being used as a soporific. 
