same group with the present is the well-known Salvia patens of 
our gardens, near which the present finds its place; nearer still, 
it approaches the S. vitifolia, Benth., but is distinguished from 
it by the more entire and generally acuminated leaves, by the 
shorter appressed pubescence on their upper, soft on the under, 
surface. The calyces, too, are larger. It is a native of Chiapas, 
one of the Mexican States, where it grows in pine-forests, and 
is therefore probably hardy; and it may perhaps be suited for 
bedding-out plants, where deep-blue flowers are in much re- 
quest. Imported into Europe by Mr. Linden, to whom we owe 
our living plants at Kew. 
Fig. 1. Side view of a flower. 2. Calyx and pistil. 3. Inner base of the 
corolla, laid open, showing the stamens. 4. Ovary, and swollen glandular disk :— 
all magnified. 
