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SALVIA FORSKOHLEI. FORSKOHL’s SAGE. 
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Cla/s and Order. 
Dianpria MonocyNtia. 
Generic Chara@er. 
Cal. fubcampanulatus, 2-labiatus: labio fuperiore tridentato. 
Cor. ringens. Filam. tranfverfe pedicello aflaxa. 
Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. 
SALVIA Forfkoblei ; foliis lyrata-auriculatis, caule fubaphyllo, 
corolla galea bifida. Linn. Mant. p. 26. Vabl. 
Enum. 1. p. 275. Etling. Salv. n. 45. Willd. Sp- 
Pls. p. 161. Reich 42-9. G2. ee ae 
SALVIA éifida ; foliis radicalibus haftato-lyratis dentatis hif- 
idis. Forfk. Defc. p. 202. ; 
SALVIA Forfheléi thom rac. 21. Donn. Cant. p. 7- 
SCLAREA orientalis, folio fubrotundo, flore magno, parim 
: oe partim purpurafcente. Tourn, Cor, 10. ex act. 
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When Linn avs publifhed his third edition of the Species 
Plantarum, he had afcertained only thirty-two fpecies of Sage. 
In Prof. Maxtyn’s elaborate edition of Miiuer’s Diftionary, 
this number is increafed to feventy-nine; and the much la- 
mented V aut has enumerated and defcribed no lefs than one 
hundred and thirty-feven fpecies. This may ferve as an in- 
ance of the prodigious acceflion that has been of late years — 
Made to the number of known vegetables, chiefly by the re- 
fearches of Botanifts in diftant parts of the world. ee 
This Sage is confidered as a hardy perennial, it will be 
Prudent however to preferve fome plants from the feverity 
9! our winters by artificial prote¢lion. It is a native of the 
*€vant, where it was firft difcovered by Tourngrort, and 
