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Clafs and Order. 
DIANDRIA Monoecynta. 
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Generic Chara&er. 
Corolla inequalis. Filamenta tranfverfe pedicello affixa. 
Specific Charaéer and Synonyms, 
' SALVIA indica foliis eordatis, lateribus fublobatis; fummis ee 
{feffilibus, verticillis fubnudis remotiffimis. Linn. - 
Sy. Veget. ed. 14. Murr. p. 69. Mant. 318. _ 
; _ Ait. Kew. v.12. p. 41. oe 
HORMINUM hirfutum flore violaceo punétis aureis notato. 
Morif. Hiff, 3. f.11. t. 13. for6. 
SCLAREA indica floribus variegatis, Tourn. Inf. 179. 
Though a native of India, as its name implies, ‘this magni- 
ficent {pecies of fage is found to be a hardy herbaceous plant, 
requiring, indeed, a little extraordinary care to be taken of it 
_ in fevere winters ; we have had it flower in great perfection in- 
a large garden pot, but it will fucceed as well, or better, in the 
open border, where it will grow to the height of four or five 
feet, and produce during the months of June and July 
abundance of flowers, fingularly and beautifully marked. 
‘At may be increafed by parting its roots in the autumn or 
fpring, and alfo by feeds; the latter we have found to be but 
fparingly produced in our garden at Brompton, though we | 
confider it as peculiarly favourable to the feeding of plants, _ 
The beauty of tall plants, like the prefent, depends greatly 
on the pains taken in ticking them; this bufinefs in general is 
not fufficiently attended to, being frequently deferred till it" 
becomes a matter of neceffity rather than of choice ; we would 
therefore recommend it to our readers to fet about it early, 
foon after the plant emerges from the ground, efpecially 1 
refpe& to all thofe which are furnifhed’with tendrils, or have 
twining ftalks; the due execution of this work requires judg- 
ment, and will admit the difplay of fome tafle. 
_ It appears that Mr. Mrxxer cultivated this Sage‘at Chelfes 
m the year 1731, and yet even now it is a plant rarely feen in 
gardens, : : ae ee 
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