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* SALVIA canescens. 



Hoary Sage. 





DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Lamiaceje, or Labiate. 



SALVIA, Botanical Reaister, vol 



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S. canescens ; caule herbaceo basi albo-lanato, foliis lanceolate- oblongis integris 

 vel sinuato-lobatis basi longe angustatis rugosis supra lax^ subtJis dens^ 

 albo-lanatis, floralibus latissimis acuminatis concavls persistentibus calyce 

 subbrevioribus, racemis ramosls vllloso-viscosis, verticiflastris remotis, caly- 

 cibus tubuloso-campanulatlSy labio superiore truncato breviter dentato In- 

 feriorlbus dentibus lanceolatis acuminatis, corollis calyce subtriplo longiori- 

 bus, tubo breviter exserto, labio superiore subfalcato* Benth. labiat. 718. 



S. canescens. Meyer enum. pi. cauc. casp. 86. 



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A very pretty hardy herbaceous plant, inhabiting rocks 

 in that range of Caucasus which runs into the west of the Cas- 

 pian sea. Professor C. A. Meyer found it on the banks of 

 the river Anticeta, and about the mineral spring of Narzana. 



The leaves are covered with whitish wool, but the flower- 

 stem, bracts, and calyxes, instead of wool, bear a quantity 

 of green hair and viscid glands. The flowers are of a fine 

 deep purple. 



Mr. Bentham regards the species as being very near 

 Salvia phlomoides. 



It was raised in the garden of the Horticultural Society 

 from seeds received from Dr. Ledebour of Dorpat, and is 

 found to be a hardy perennial, growing from one to two feet 

 high, in any good garden soil, and well adapted for planting 

 on rockwork. 



• See Bot. Reg. fol. 1205. 



