Tas. 4884. 
SALVIA aspERATA. 
Rough-leaved Sage. 
Nat. Ord. Laprat#.—D1anpr1a MonoeyNia. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, TaB. 4874.) 
Satvra asperata ; caule herbaceo-glanduloso pubescente et piloso, foliis petiolatis 
late subcordato-ovatis breviter acuminatis eroso-crenatis ramosissimis villo- 
sis subtus vix canescentibus floralibus latis acuminatis herbaceis plerisque 
calyces superantibus, racemis subramosis, verticillastris distantibus 6-10- 
floris, calycis campanulati hispido-ciliati labio superiore subtridentato dente 
supremo minimo ceeteris rectis vel subincurvis spinuloso-acuminatis, corolla 
tubo calycem sequante galea falcata compressa. 
SaLvia asperata. Falconer, MSS. Benth. in De Cand. Prodr. v. 12. p. 282. 
Drawn from a plant that flowered in the open border of the 
Royal Gardens of Kew in the summer of 1855. The seeds were 
sent from Cashmere to Isaac Anderson,* Esq., of Maryfield, 
Edinburgh, to whom we are indebted for the specimen here 
figured. We know it to be identical with the 8. asperata of 
Falconer, in De Cand. Prodr. 1. ¢.; but we are almost disposed 
to consider it a variety of S. Sclarea, to which S. Simsiana, Ker, 
Bot. Reg. t. 1003, and S. bracteata, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2320, 
should be referred. Mr. Bentham further notices the affinity of 
this species with 8. Zingitana and S. Palestina, “ sed imprimis 
foliorum forma differt.” 
Dzscr. Our plant grows to the height of about two feet, and 
is more or less branched from near the root. Stem erect and (as 
well as the four-sided branches) hairy, the hairs mixed with glan- 
* We have committed an unintentional error in saying at our Tab. 4874 that 
the Californian Salvia carduacea blossomed in and was derived from the Exeter 
and Chelsea Nurseries. It was indeed communicated to us by Messrs. Veitch, 
and along with other Californian plants from thence; but it was accidentally 
omitted to be stated that it was introduced to this country by the gentleman 
above mentioned, Isaac Anderson, Esq., of Maryfield, Edinburgh, and by that 
gentleman obligingly communicated to us through Messrs. Veitch, as they now 
inform us. We are very glad to have the opportunity of correcting this error. 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1855. 
