r 347 



SALVIA amarissima. 



IMtter Mewican Sage. 



DIANDKIA MOXOOYNFA. 



Nat* ord. Labiate, Jussieu gen, 110, Brown pro<L 499. Sect* 7. 

 Stamina 2 fertilia ; v. dum 4 fertilia, antheree omnium dimidiata^. 



SALViA, Crt/- subcampanulatus, bilabiatus, labio Riipcriore 3-dentato 

 mferiore bifido. Cor- ringens. FUamenta 2 fertilia bifida, lobo altero ad' 

 ficendenti antheru dimidiata, altero sterili. Folia rugosa* Fiores verticiU 

 lalo-racemosu Brown Joe* cit. 500. 



S, amarissima, foliis cordatis crenatis, petiolis bicallosis, caule calyeibusque 

 hirto-viscosis, bracteis ovatis ciliatis- Vahl enuvu 1. 242. 



Salvia amarissima. Orteg* dec* 4. Donn cant, ed, 8. 10. fViUd. ejium. 1. 40. 

 Aiton's Epit* in add, 373. Sv^eet hort. lond* 7; fexcluso syn* Hort* KewJ 



Salvia ainara. Jacg, hort* schcenb* 3. 2. f. 355. 



Salvia circinata. Cavan. ic- 4. 9. t* 318- Lag* eletwh. 13, 



£x semine nata primo jam autumno cautis ad %pedalcm altitudinem slricti 



attolliiur, etjloret, Subsequis anni caules ex eadem radice exeunt plures suf^ 

 Jruticody digitum crassly humane altUudinis, ramosi, obtuse ^'goni et ^^std' 

 cati^ scabrit hispidL Fol. opposita^ cordata^ acvta^ crenata, rugosa, viscosa^ 

 villosa, moliia, graveolentiaj valde araaray S'^t-uncialiay cum petiolo hispidQ 

 dimidio breviore. Petiolo subjacent glandulfe gemeUa subrotund£e pallidi 

 virentes, Pedunculi communes 4--goni, erectiy elongati^ terminates inter 

 sttmma QJolia, dein veluti in dickotomiS positi dum ex dictorumfoliorum axillis 

 novi ramuli emittuntur^ ipsi senutjlorigeri* Fiores veriiciUati, brevitir pedi* 

 cellati* Bractesc (deadutej^ ad verticiUos opposite fsemiunguicutamJt 

 ianceoiata^y cuspidate, striat^^ subserrutat^, cutatm^ paientissimmy reflexa^ 

 purpurascentes* CoA* campanutatus^compressusyjere IQ-siriatusy hirtusy hila" 

 hiatus; labio superiore subrotundo, acututoy amplo; inferiore 2-partito teg^ 

 mentis semiovatis et acutisy utroque , labio erecto et {Bquilongo* Coroll^ j^ru 

 villosi^ tubus albums faux alba et calyce dujdo longior; limous saturate cc^rur 

 leus^ ringensc gaieaovatOf obton^a^ emarpnata, connivens: labium S-lobum^ 

 patentissimum^ galea longius, lacmia medtS subrotunda, emarginatSy maximSy 

 lateralibus oldongis^ obtusis^ parvis^ media approximatis* Genitalia galed 

 inctusa. Planta primi anni stricto habitu suofoliisque majoribut multum dif- 

 Jhrt ab adultiore* Jacq. loc. cit. 



Salvia is one of the genera suffered to remain unbroken, 

 and forms an extensive group, represented in all the quarters 

 of the globe. Vahl has recorded 137 species in his Enume- 

 ratio Plantarum. The great majority are herbaceous; though 

 some are shrubby. Mr. Nuttall reckons about 47 published 

 species natives of America. We have only two that belong 

 to these islands. 



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