1429 
SÁLVIA* foliósa. 
Leafy Mexican Sage. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Lasıarz Jussieu. (Introduction to the natural system of 
Botany, p. 239.) 
SALVIA.— Supra, vol. 16. fol. 1356. 
S. foliosa; caule herbaceo erecto pubescente; foliis petiolatis, lato-ovatis 
acutis basi subcordatis, racemis laxis, verticillastris paucifloris, foliis 
floralibus bracteeeformibus fusco-membranaceis deciduis, calycis labio 
superiore integro dentibusque labii inferioris acutis, corollee tubo subin- 
cluso sub fauce inflato, labio superiore erecto integro, inferioris lobo medio 
lato emarginato, genitalibus exsertis, connectivis posticé clavatis connatis 
edentulis, stylo glabro subintegro.— Benth. ined. 
Caulis herbaceus, erectus, pedalis, sesquipedalisve, valde ramosus, tetra- 
gonus, pubescens, presertim in faciebus duabus oppositis, etate subglabratus. 
Folia numerosa, 14-2 pollices longa, latissime ovata, acuta, grosse crenata, 
basi rotundata vel cordata, membranacea, sepe bullata, juniora petiolique 
pubescentes, demim glabrata, subtús pallidiora ; floralia bracteaformia, 
sessilia, ovato-lanceolata, calyce subbreviora, acuta, membranacea, glabra, 
J'uscescentia, decidua. Verticillastri laxi, sepiüs sexflori, in racemis ter- 
minalibus 2-5-pollicaribus dispositi, inferiores remoti. Calyces breviter 
pedunculati, ovato-campanulati, post anthesin inflati, sepiüs colorati, striati, 
pubescentes, labio superiore integro, inferiore bilobo lobis omnibus erectis sub- 
equalibus, lato-ovatis acutis. Corolla cerulea, extús glabra, tubo sub fauce 
parüm inflata, dentes calycinas non superante. Labium superius suberectum, 
inferiori brevius, integrum, inferius patens, lobis.rotundatis, medio latissimo 
emarginato. Genitalia exserta.. Stamina sterilia minutissima ; fertilium 
connectiva posticó clavata, edentula, fere ad apicem connexa, antice libera, 
Jiliformia ; antheris unilocularibus, oblongis, fere ad basin adnatis. Stylus 
glaberrimus, filiformis, coloratus, lobo inferiore brevissimo subnullo. Achenia 
triquetra, levia.—Bentham. 
A native of Mexico, where seeds were collected by 
Mr. Graham, the same gentleman to whom we are indebted 
* See fol. 1205. 
