Tas. 8848, 
SALVIA BREVILABRA. 
China. 
LAaBIATAR, Tribe MoNARDEAE. 
Satvia, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 1194. 
Salvia brevilabra, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Phil. Paris, 8"* sér. vol. iii. p. 149; 
Dunn in Notes R. Bot. Gard. Edinb. vol. vi. p. 164, partim; species 
S. hianti, Royle, valde affinis, sed floribus minoribus et corollae labiis 
brevibus praesertim differt. 
Herba perennis. Caules erecti, usque ad 0°6 m. alti, sat crassi, parce pilosi. 
Folia radicalia et caulina inferiora longe petiolata, superiora breviter 
petiolata, ovata vel anguste ovata, apice acuta, basi cordata vel hastata, 
irregulariter grosse crenata vel bicrenata, basin versus interdum leviter 
lobata, ad 11 cm. longa, basi 5-7 cm. lata, utrinque viridia et pilis paulum 
rigidis brevibus subtus praesertim ad venas vestita; petioli foliorum 
inferiorum ad 13 cm. longi, superiorum 0°5~-2°5 cm. longi. Inflorescentia 
ad 13 cm. longa, basi ramosa. Verticillastri 2-5 cm. distantes, 2-6-flori. 
Bracteae ovatae, ovato-lanceolatae vel suborbiculares, acutae vel acumi- 
natae, pedicellis subaequilongae vel paulum longiores. Pedicelli 2-6 mm. 
longi. Calyx campanulatus, 1 cm. longus, conspicue nervosus, pilis brevibus 
cum paucis longioribus intermixtis saepissime glandulosis dense vestitus ; 
labium posticum semi-orbiculare, circiter 5 mm. longum, basi 8 mm. 
latum, minute 3-dentatum; labium anticum circiter 6 mm. longum, 
2-lobum; lobi ovati, breviter acuminati, 5 mm. longi. Corolla circiter 
2°5 em. longa, violacea, labio antico maculis albis elongatis notato; tubus 
tubuloso-campanulatus, superne ventricosus, circiter 2 cm. longus, supra 
medium 5-6 mm. latus, intus prope basin conspicue piloso-annulatus ; 
Jabium posticum circiter 5 mm. tae et 8 mm. latum, profunde 
emarginatum ; labium anticum 3-lobum, 1 cm. longum ; lobus intermedius 
major, late obovatus, emarginatus, 5 mm. longus, 6-7 mm. latus. 
Stamina paulum exserta; staminodia 2, 2°5 mm. longa. Nuculae 
glabrae, subellipsoideae, 0°75 mm. longae, basi disco crasso antice 
tumidiore circumdatae; stylus vix exsertus, valde inaequaliter 2-fidus. 
—S. Souliei, Duthie ex J. H. Veitch, Hort. Veitch. p. 484; J. Veitch and 
Sons, Novelties for 1907, p. 11, with fig.; The Garden, 1907, vol. lxxi. 
p. 237; non Leveillé.—S. A. Sxan. 
The Chinese Salvia described by the late Mr. Franchet 
as S. brevilabra was first collected near Ta-chien-lu in 
Western Szechuan by Pere Soulié and was sent by him 
in 1890-91 to the Paris Museum. We have not had 
access to the original type with which Mr. Dunn has 
identified, from its description, the plant now figured, 
which was met with in the original locality some fourteen 
years later by Mr. E. H. Wilson, and was raised from 
Aprit-JUNE, 1920, 
