Tas. 6448, 
SALVIA ELEGANS. 
Native of Mexico. 
Nat. Ord. Laptatz.—Tribe MonARDER. 
Genus Satvia, Linn.; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. ii. p. 1194.) 
Satv1a (Calosphace) elegans; erecta, gracilis, glabra v. parce pilosa, foliis petiolatis 
ovatis acutis serratis basi rotundatis v. acutis, supra hispidulis pubescentibus 
v. tomentosis, floralibus parvis sessilibus ovatis acuminatis deciduis, verticillastris 
remotis interdum distantibus sub 6-floris, floribus pollicaribus breviter pedi- 
cellatis _glanduloso-villosis, calyce campanulato labio superiore 1-3-aristato, 
inferioris dentibus brevibus aristatis, corolla coccinea calyce sub sextuplo 
longiore, tubo subincurvo, labiis subzequalibus Superiore galeato obtuso erecto 
inferioris lobo medio rotundato lateralibus parvis, genitalibus exsertis, connectivis 
linearibus rectis. 
S. elegans, Vahl, Enum. vol. i. p. 238; Benth. in D.C. Prodr. vol. xii. p. 343; 
Saunders, Refug. Bot. t. 228. 
S. incarnata, Cav. in Ann. Cienc. Nat. vol. ii. p. 112; Kunth in Humb. and 
Bonpl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vol. ii. p. 293 and 144. 
8. microculis (irv. typ. pro microcalyx), Poir. Dict. vol. vi. p. 614. 
8. punicea, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Bruz. vol. v. p. 11. 
Apparently a common and variable mountain plant of 
Mexicoy.as I find it amongst the collections of almost all 
the botanical travellers of that country, where it inhabits 
elevations of about 9000 feet. Seeing how vivid its colours 
are, it is singular that it should not earlier have been in- 
troduced into English gardens. The first person who 
appears to have cultivated it in this country is Mr. Wilson 
Saunders, at his fine garden at Reigate, now dispersed, to 
the great regret of all horticulturists. Our specimen was 
flowered in Sir George MacLeay’s beautiful garden at 
Pendell Court, near Bletchingly. These gardens are now 
under the care of Mr. Green, who was formerly gardener 
to Mr. Wil8on Saunders, with whom and with the late 
Mr. W. Borrer before him, at Henfield, in Sussex, he 
SEPTEMBER Ist, 1879. 
