singular apparatus is this. The small subulate process is the 
real filament; th ejilament-like body is the connectivum, or 
fleshy substance which connects the two lobes of all 
anthers, and which generally is parallel with the lobes, 
and less than they are themselves; but which in Salvia 
is so greatly extended as entirely to separate the two lobes 
to a great distance; which ascends in one direction, and 
descends in another: on its upper extremity, which is 
freely exposed to air and light, bearing one perfect half of 
an anthera: on its lower, which is hidden within the tube 
of the corolla, exhibiting the rudiment of the other lobe in 
the form of an attenuated, discoloured margin. The articu¬ 
lation already spoken of can now be understood, and will 
be immediately seen to be the same as that by which the 
anther swings from the filament in common cases. 
We have said thus much upon the subject, firstly, 
because, although there is nothing actually new in these 
remarks, the real structure of the stamens of Salvia is but 
little known; secondly, because they exhibit an amusing 
instance of the endless freaks of nature in the variation ot 
her creations ; and, thirdly, because they offer a striking 
proof of the importance in all sciences, and most especially 
in Botany, of looking a little deeper than the surface of 
things,—a practice the necessity of which cannot be too 
strongly impressed upon all students of natural history, 
but which is too seldom inculcated by its professors, 
any further proof of this position were required, t ere 
is scarcely a plant which grows in which some one or 
other could not be found. 
A hardy, herbaceous plant, native of Austiia, Hungary, 
and Moldavia. Flowers during nearly the whole summer. 
Stated in the Hortus Kewensis to have been introduced m 
1776. Our drawing was made in the garden of the Horti¬ 
cultural Society, in June last. 
The bractese of this species are stated in Romer and 
Schultes’s work to be six in number to each whorl; but 
this we presume must be some mistake. We always n 
them opposite in pairs. 
A perennial, naked-stemmed plant, growing to the 
height of two or three feet, and emitting a strong, un- 
