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SALVIA hians. 
Gaping Sage. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. LaMt1ace&, or LABIATZ. 
SALVIA. Botanical Register, vol. 4. fol. 347. 
§ III. Drymosphace. Calyx tubulosus v. campanulatus, labio superiore 
subintegro truncato v. brevissime tridentato. Corolle tubus exsertus, intus 
piloso-annulatus ; labium superius falcato-compressum, inferioris lobi laterales 
patentes. Connectiva posticé porrecta, loculum difformem cassum ferentia, ex- 
tremitate subconnexa. Bentham Labiat. p. 218. 
S. hians ; caule herbaceo erecto villoso, foliis longé petiolatis lato-ovatis basi 
laté cordato-sagittatis, floralibus ovatis acuminatis calyce brevioribus, 
racemis subramosis verticillastris sexfloris, calycis campanulati striati 
colorati glutinosi labio superiore integro truncato inferiore longiore, den- 
tibus ovatis acutis, corollis calyce tripld longioribus, tubo exserto, fauce 
ampliata, limbo hiante, labio superiore falcato compresso, inferiore lato 
patente, connectivis posticé porrectis utrinque antheriferis, loculis poste- 
riortbus cassis subconnexis. Bentham l. c. 219. 
S.hians. Bentham in Hook. Bot. Misc. 3.373. Royle’s Illustrations, p. 
305. t. 75. a. f. 2- 
This is a very ornamental hardy herbaceous plant, intro- 
duced from Cashmere, by the Court of Directors of the E. I. 
Company. It was first met with by Dr. Royle’s collectors, and 
afterwards by M. Jacquemont, in upland pastures. Cer- 
tainly it is one of the gayest of our perennials, in consequence 
of the striking contrast between the white and blue of its 
large flowers. 
As I have never seen an authentic specimen of the plant 
I cannot absolutely affirm that it is identical with what is 
figured in Dr. Royle’s illustrations ; and at first sight it even 
appears to be different; for the latter has no white in the 
corolla, and the stamens are coloured yellow, not blue as they 
are in the plant before us. Nevertheless I find no distinction 
except that of colour, and as Mr. Bentham states Jacquemont's 
July, 1841. P 
