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SALVIA Regla. 
The Regla Sage. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. LAMIACE& or LABIATA. 
SALVIA. Botanical Register, vol. 14. fol. 1205. 
S. Regla ; caule fruticoso, ramis glabris vel sub axillis pubescentibus, foliis 
petiolatis rotundatis obtusis sinuato-crenatis basi lato-subcordatis coria- 
ceis rugosis supra hispidulis subtis nervosis pubescentibus, floralibus 
subconformibus, verticillastris terminalibus paucifloris, calycibus sub- 
sessilibus tubulosis coloratis, labio superiore integro dentibusque labii 
inferioris lato-ovatis acutiusculis, corolla calyce dupld longiore extis 
pubescente, tubo ventricoso, labio superiore erecto, inferiore vix longiore 
lobis lateralibus oblongis reflexis medio rotundato integro deflexo, con- 
nectivis posticé edentulis breviter productis deflexis obtusis longitudi- 
naliter connatis, stylo glabro exserto apice subulato bifido. Bentham 
gen. & sp. lab. p. 288. 
S. Regla, Cavanilles Icones, vol. 5. p. 33. t. 455. 
S. deltoidea. Pers. synops. 1. 28. 
For this fine Mexican sage we are indebted to Mr. Hart- 
weg, who found it at Aguas calientes, and sent it to the Hor- 
ticultural Society. It had previously been found by Spanish 
collectors at Vilalpando, and at a place called Regla, after 
which the species is named. 
Mr. Hartweg describes the wild plant as a shrub four or 
five feet high, and from his specimens it would appear that its 
shrubby habit is of a very decided character ; in our collections 
it has not however at present taken this on, except ina slight 
degree. The only specimens that have flowered were grown 
in a greenhouse in the garden of the Horticultural Society, 
and afterwards removed to the great iron conservatory, where 
they were certainly beautiful, although the number of flowers 
open at the same time was inconsiderable. As the specimens 
are older and the management of the species is better under- 
