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SALVIA amcena. 
Caribbean Sage. 
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DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Lapiata. Jussieu gen, 110. Brown prod. 499. Sect. I. 
Stamina 2 fertilia; v. dum 4 fertilia, anthera omnium dimidiata. 
SALVIA. Supra vol. 4. fol. 347. 
S. amena, foliis oblongo-ovatis rugosis serratis; floribus spicato-verticillatis 
secundis, galeà corolla recta villosà; bracteis linearibus deciduis. Jacq. 
eclog. 69. t. 47; (sub SALVIA boosianà.) 
Salvia amona. Curtis's magaz. 1294. — Aiton's epitome in add. 379. 
Salvia boosiana. Jacq. eclog. loc. cit. 
Salvia Boosii. Trattinick observat. botan. 1. 59. Ejusd. archiv. der gewüchs- 
kunde. 1. no. 92; (fide Jacquini in loc. cit.) 
Salvia latifolia. Anderson in trans. soc. enc. arts and man. 25. 210; (exempl. 
protetypum spontaneum ex ins. Seti, Vincentii in herb. D. Lambert). 
Salvia violacea. Donn. cant. ed. 4. 8; (non aliorum). 
Radix perennis. Caules fruticosi, 6 ad 8 pedes alti, digitum minorem 
inferius crassi, erecti, lignost, cortice fusco-viridi rimoso vestiti. Rami 
positi, patentes, laxi, obtuse tetragoni, glabri, purpurascenti-virides. Folia 
opposita, petiolate, oblongo-ovata, acuminata, serrata, undata, rugosa, 
utrinque glabra, facie letè viridi, nitida; dorso pallida ad lentem subtilissimè 
punctata sed opaca venisque prominentibus reticulata, majora 6 pollices longa, 
24 lata; petioli bipollicares et breviores, glabri, teretes, supra depressi. 
Flores brevissimè pedicellati, în spicis terminalibus. verticillatis secundis : 
verticilli 3-6-Aori, singuli bracteis 2 minimis lineari-lanceolatis marcescentibus 
deciduis suffulti. al. cylindricus, striatus, ad lentem pubescens, subrin- 
gens; labio superiore integro acuto, inferiore bifido segmentis divaricatis 
acutis. Cor. cyanea: tubo albo glabro, sub fauce constricto; fauce ampliati 
subplicata sub labiis angustata. glabra; labiis subaqualibus, superiori extüs 
villoso recto concavo obtuso apice emarginato, inferiore trilobo plano glabro, 
lacinid mediá rotundatá majore, lateralibus oblongis. Fil. longitudine corolla, 
alba, post anthesin erecta, tn medio pedicellata, parte inferiore latiore con- 
nata et interdüm glandulá antheriformi aucta: anth. centes, erecta, 
didyme. Stylus longitudine labii superioris, flavescens, sub stigma villosus: 
stig. bifidum laciniis inequalibus revolutis. Jacq, loc. cit. 
A West-Indian shrub, known in our hothouses for at 
least twenty years past; and prized for the beautiful blue of 
- the inflorescence. We are told by Baron Jacquin, that the 
plant was recognized by Messrs. Humboldt. and Bonpland, 
in a visit to the Scheenbrunn Gardens, as one they had ob- 
served in the course of their travels, but we cannot identify 
it to our satisfaction with any of the numerous species in 
