Tas. 5991. 
SALVIA TARAXACIFOLIA. 
Native of the Greater Atlas. 
Nat. Ord. Lastar&—Tribe, MonaRDEz. 
Genus, Saryia, Linn. ; (Benth. in DC. Prodr. vol. xii. p. 262). 
Satvia (Eusphace) taraxacifolia; caule e basi adscendente erecto inferne 
foliisque subtus albo-lanatis superne simplici acute 4-gono piloso, foliis 
pinnatifido-lobatis v. pinnatisectis lobis lateralibus parvis variis term1- 
nali magno ovato obtuso v. cuspidato sinuato-dentato, floralibus parvis 
sessilibus ovatis concavis, racemis simplicibus, verticillastris multifloris, 
floribus breviter pedicellatis v. subsessilibus, calycibus oblongis cylin- 
draceo-campanulatis tomentosis et pilosis, dentibus triangulari ovatis 
longe rigide setaceo-acuminatis fere rectis, corolla calyce subduplo 
longiore, tubo inflato glabro, intus basi annulo piloso, labio superiore 
breviusculo compresso dorso villoso, labio inferiore trilobo, lobis 
brevibus lateralibus deflexis intermedio quadrato 2-lobo, connectivo 
arcuato antice porrecto apice anthera castrata aucto. 
SaLvia taraxacifolia ; Cosson mss. 
A native of the lower slopes of the Greater Atlas, where it 
Was discovered by the botanical traveller M. Balansa during 
adventurous journey from M ogador to Marocco in 1867,” 
and whose collections, now in the possession of M. Cosson, of 
Paris, have not yet been published. It was again collected 
by Messrs, Maw, Ball, and myself in 1871, growing on 
tocks and shingle in beds of rivers along the base of _the 
Greater Atlas, at elevations of 2000 to 3000 feet, sometimes 
forming broad patches, and presenting a very beautiful 
appearance. | 
Salvia taravacifolia belongs to the first section of the genus 
(Eusphace), to which the gigantic S. interrupta of Maroeco also 
longs, but it is not very closely allied to any of its con- 
” (April, 1868). 
* See “ Bulletin de la Société de Geographie de Paris 
SEPTEMBER Ist, 1872. 
