Tas. 6812, 
SALVIA GREGGII. 
Native of New Mezico. 
Nat. Ord. Lasratz.—Tribe Monarpex. 
Genus Satvia, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Pl. vol. ii. p. 1194.) 
Satvia (Calosphace) Greggii; fruticosa, glabra vy. puberula, ramulis gracilibus 
Soke ge foliosis, foliis subsessilibus crassiusculis densissime glanduloso-punctatis 
ineari-oblongis obtusis integerrimis basi angustatis, racemis ramulos termi- 
nantibus paucifloris glanduloso-puberulis, calycis angusti campanulati dentibus 
tubo striato equilongis, corolle coccinese tubo exserto fauce modice inflato, ore 
contracto, labio superiore brevi obtuso, inferiore multo majore dilatato 3-lobo 
lobis lateralibus parvis orbiculatis, medio transverse oblongo 2-lobo, connectivi 
limbo inferiore lineari-oblongo. ‘ 
S. Greggii, A. Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. vol. viii. p. 369, and Synopt. Fl. N. 
Am. vol. ii. part i. p. 368. 
8. microphylla, Torrey, Bot. Mer. Bound. p. 131, not of H. B. K. 
The plant here figured is a member of one of the largest 
sections of Salvia, Calosphace, which indeed claims to be 
considered a sub-genus, and was regarded by Moench as a 
genus (under the name of Jungia). All are American, and 
not a few are amongst the most attractive of conservatory 
and greenhouse plants. Upwards of a dozen are figured 
in this Magazine, as S. elegans (Tab. 6448), S. rubescens 
(Tab. 5947), S. cacaliefolia (Tab. 5274), and the superb 
blue half-hardy S. patens (Tab. 3808), which last is the 
only one that has continued in general cultivation ;—so 
transitory are the favourites of horticulturists. 1t remains 
to be seen whether S. Greggii will obtain a more permanent 
recognition, which its great (but not greater) beauty and 
facility of culture should secure for it. 
S. Greggit is a native of mountains in Northern Mexico, 
east of Saltillo, at an elevation of 10,000 feet, where it was 
discovered by Dr. J. Gregg in 1848-9. It was first flowered 
in England by Mr. W. Thompson, of Ipswich, the introducer 
of its near ally, 8S. porphyrata (Tab. 4939); and latterly 
APRIL lst, 1885. 
