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SALVIA FORMOSA. SHINING-LEAVED SAGE. ~ 
Clafs : and Order. 
- Dranprra Monocynta, 
Generic Charagier. 
: Cor. inequalis. Filamenta tranfverfe pedicello affixa. 
aoe a : en . Specific Charaéer and Synonyms, : 
SALVIA formofa foliis fubcordatis, corollarum galea barbata, 
calycibus trilobis, caule frutefcente. L’Herit. Stirp. 
(Pe At. te 21. Ait. Kew. v. 1. po43s 
a roides. ‘Gloxin. OUf, Bot. . p 1 5. t. 2. 
“SALVIA pyrifolia. Domb. Per mf. = 
 SALVIA-Ee 
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This charming fpecies of Sage, diftinguifhed by its heart- 
thaped glofly leaves and fcarlet flowers, is a native of Peru, 
and was introduced to the royal garden at Kew, by Monf. 
“Tuourn, in 1783: it is now very generally cultivated near 
London, as a green-houfe plant; the folia more efpe 
cially the flower-cups, when bruifed, emit a fmell fomewhat 
like Clary ; the bloffoms which appear during the latter part of 
. fummer foon drop, even before they decay : the plant is eafily_ 
propagated by cuttings ; in the winter it requires to be place 
in a warm and dry green-houfe, and to be fparingly watered, 
being tender and apt to go off. a 
In the figure and defcription of this plant, given. by Monf. 
_ L’Herirrer in the work above referred to, we may be faid 
to have a model of perfe@tion, == ee: 
