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SALVIA* fulgens 



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The Cardinal Sage. 



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Nat. ord. Labiate Jussieu. (Lindley's introduction to the natural 

 system, p. 239.) Tribe 5. Nepetese^enfA. Suprd, vol. \5.fol. 1289. 



SALVIA Linn.— CaZyx bilabiatus, labio superiore integro v. 3-dentato, 

 inferiori bifido. Corolla bilabiata, labio superiori erecto fornicato v. falcato, 

 inferiori patente trifido. Stamina fertilia 2, sub labio superiori ascendentia. 

 Filamenta brevissima, tubo inclusa. AnthercB dimidiatae; connectivo elongato 

 filiformi incurvo, postic^ ssepiils clavato, rarius antherae loculum alterum 

 gerente.' Stylm apice bifidus, lobo superiore saepiils breviore. Achema 



sicca. 



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cordatis serratis suprST '^ilosiuscuTis subtus _ 



4-6-floris distantibus, calycibus pilosiusculis, coirollis elongatis 



foliis ovatis acuminatis 

 pubescentibus, verticillis 

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synops, 2. 79. 

 S. fulgens. Cav. ic. pL 1. t.23. 



140." Romer et Schnltes 1. 231. 

 S. cardinalis. 



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Vahlenum.l. 237. Willd. sp. pi. 1. 



Spreng. syst. 1. 61. 

 th n. gen. et sp. plant. 2. 301. t. 152. 



Romer et'Schultes, 1.19^. Spreng . sy st . veg . 1 . 62 . _ 



Caulis 3-pedalis, pilosus, angulis rotundatis, ad basin petiolorum bicnl- 

 's. Folii ruqosa,cordata, ovata, crenata, pilosa, longipedunculata. 

 Racemi terminalL primilm nutantes, bracteis maximis, ovatis, acuminais, 

 concavis, deciduis inchisi. Verticillastri trijlori. Calyx pubescens, coloralns, 

 striatus, bUabiatus, laUo superiore integro subrecurvo, infcrwre paulo majorr, 

 bijido. 



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, rec/o.' Corolla intense coccinea, vemncosa, ouiyco w.jj..- ....y , 

 gated inflatd villosd marginibus injlexis, labio galece subaquali, glabra, 

 triloba ; lobis replicatis, lateralibus ovatis, intermedio truncato. btamina 

 duo, rudimentis duobus miyiimis suhulatis ; filamenta brevia ; anthersc /o//«s 

 fertilis connectivo recto subulato, sterili cequilovgo dcjlexo spatulato pdoso ; 

 horum ope pilorum stamina cohcerent. Ovarla glabra, minima, disco tnsi- 

 dentia, dente maximo antico carno'so. Stylus apice villosus. Stigraa tnc^qua(e, 

 bilob 



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' The first knowledge we gained of this splendid herba- 

 ceous plant was from a specimen that flourished in July 

 last in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, having 



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