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the base to a throat \ in. diam. ; upper lip oblong, £ in. long ; 

 lower as long, with a deltoid central lobe. Stamens protruding a 

 little from the corolla ; upper arcuate fork of the connective ^in. 

 /ong ; lower deflexed, g in. long, polliniferous at the tip. Style 

 arcuate, a little longer than the stamens. — Ankaratra mountains. 

 This and the three following species are nearly allied. They 

 quite correspond with the section Eusphace of the subgenus 

 Salvia proper, as defined by Bentham in the ' Genera Plantarum,' 

 except that they have not the ring of hairs at the insertion of the 

 stamens inside the corolla-tube, as \uS. officinalis and other well- 

 known species of the Mediterranean region. 



Salvia leucodekmis, Baker, n. sp. 



A shrub, with long, slender, wand-like branches, which are 

 quite hidden by the crowded ascending leaves, and thinly coated 

 with white tomentum, like that of their under surface. Leaves 

 subsessile, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, minutely crenulate, not 

 more than an inch long, rigidly coriaceous, pale green, and thinly 

 tomentose on the upper surface, not rugose, as in the last species, 

 matted with adpressed, thin, white, persistent tomentum beneath. 

 Kaceme sessile, 2-3 in. long, the flowers 5-6 in a whorl ; pedi- 

 cels §— g- in. long, erecto-patent ; bracts deltoid, connate at the 

 base. Calyx \ in. long, densely glanduloso-pilose ; tube infundi- 

 buliform ; upper lip g in. long, with 3 lanceolate-deltoid teeth, the 

 central one the smallest ; lower lip with two larger deltoid- 

 cuspidate teeth. Corolla whitish, 15-16 lines long, the tube 

 dilated gradually from the base to a throat i inch in diameter ; 

 upper lip suborbicular, -^ in. long ; lower ^ in. long, deflexed, 

 with a cuneate central segment \ in. broad. Stamens just ex- 

 serted from the upper lip of the corolla ; arcuate upper fork of 

 the connective | in. long, including the anther ; lower fork short, 

 deflexed, polliniferous at the tip. Style arcuate, filiform, a little 

 longer than the stamens. — Betsileo country. 



Salvia sessilifolia, Baker, n. sp. 



A shrub, with slender woody branches, densely clothed with short, 

 spreading, whitish hairs. Leaves sessile, crowded, spreading or 

 ascending, oblanceolate-spathulate, subobtuse, crispato-crenulate, 

 1-1^ in. long, moderately firm in texture, green, rugose, and shortly 

 pubescent on the upper surface, thickly matted with persistent 

 white tomentum beneath. Baceme sessile, terminal, 2-3 in. long, 

 the flowers 4-6 in a whorl ; pedicels erecto-patent, T ! 7 in. long ; 



