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SALVIA PATENS. SpREADING SAGE. 
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Class and Order. 
Dianpria Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—Lasiataz. ) 
Generic Character. , 
Calyx subcampanulatus, bilabiatus, labio superiore 3- 
dentato, inferiore bifido. Corolla ringens. Filamenta duo 
fertilia bifida, lobo altero adscendenti anthera dimidiata, 
altero sterili, Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Saxvia patens ; radice tuberosa, foliis cordatis aut hastatis 
ovato-oblongis supra pilosis subtus pubescentibus flo- 
ralibus lanceolato-linearibus, verticillastris remotis 
subbifloris, floribus maximis, galea falcata, labelli tri- 
lobi lobis lateralibus minutis acutis intermedio trans- 
verso concavo subangulato emarginato. 
Satvia patens. Cav. Ic. v. 5. p. 33. t. 454. Spreng. Syst. 
Veget.. 1. p. 63. Benth. Lab. p. 395, in Hort. Trans. 
N. S. v. 2. p. 222. t. 10. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839, t. 23. 
This splendid species of Sage is said to have been first 
introduced to our gardens from Mexico by Mr. Pace of 
Southampton, and is now in very general cultivation. Like 
the bright scarlet-blossomed Mexican Saxvias it will only 
succeed in the open air during the summer months; and then 
in a warm sheltered situation in a South aspect it bears its 
large, handsome flowers of the richest dark ultramarine blue 
inclining to purple. Mr. Curtis, (at whose Nursery at Gla- 
<ausiiod this drawing was made by Miss Datty,) observes 
that there are many varieties in his Collection, varying in 
the foliage, which is sometimes wholly green, sometimes 
deeply stained with purple at the back like Crverarta 
cruenta, 
