Tas. 8590. 
SALVIA LonaIsty3a. 
Mexico. 
Lapiatar. Tribe MonarDEAg. 
Satvia, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 1194. 
Salvia longistyla, Benth. Lab. p. 295; affinis S. coccineae, Linn., sed foliis 
floribusque majoribus et calyce bilobo lobis longe acuminatis distinguenda. 
Herba elata, ad 4-4°5 m. alta. Caulis tetragonus, patule glanduloso-pubescens. 
Foliorum petioli 4-9 cm. longi, patule glanduloso-pubescentes; laminae 
7~14 cm. longae, 5°5~11 cm. latae, cordato-ovatae, acutae, serrato-dentatae, 
supra glabrae, subtus ad nervos pubescentes. Racemi saepe 3°5 dm., 
nonnunguam 6 dm. longi, glanduloso-pubescentes; verticillastri 2°5- 
4°5 cm, distantes, 8-16-flori. Pedicelli 8-15 mm. longi. Calyzx in- 
aequaliter bilabiatus, compressus, 9-nervis, fusco-viridis ; tubus 1-1°3 cm. 
longus; labia 7-11 mm. longa, subulato-acuminata vel aristata, labium 
inferus apice breviter bifidum. Corolla e calyce longe exserta, rubro- 
coccinea, pubescens; tubus 1°8 cm. longus, apice 4 mm. diametro, 
levissime curvatus, compressus; labium superus 7-8 mm. longum, 
rectum vel apice recurvum, anguste oblongum, apice emarginatum} 
labium inferus parvum, breviter 3-lobum, lobo medio 2°5 mm. longo, 
3°5 mm. lato, transverse elliptico obtuso incurvo-erecto. Stamina 
exserta, quam corolla 7 mm. longiora, recta, rubra. Stylus staminibus 
multo longior, inaequaliter bifidus lobo inferiore minimo, ruber.—S, recti- 
flora, Vis. Sem. Hort. Patav. 1889, in Linnaea, vol. xiv. Litt.-Ber. 
p. 188. 8S. aristulata, Mart. & Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. vol. xi. pars 2, 
p. 67 (1844).—N. E. Brown. 
The Mexican Salvia here figured was first discovered 
near Zinepecuaro in 1830 by Mr. G. J. Graham, and three 
years later was described by the late Mr. Bentham. 
It seems probable that seeds were sent to Europe by 
Graham, because the plant appeared in cultivation 
almost simultaneously with its original description. 
Whether its redescription by Professor Visiani indicates 
a second introduction is on the whole doubtful; more 
probably it only indicates the first appearance of the 
plant in the Padua Botanic Garden. Its description a 
third time at Brussels, however, suggests independent 
introduction from Mexico. In its foliage and its far- 
exserted stamens and style the species bears some 
resemblance to S. coccinea, Linn., but in its calyx it is 
remarkably distinct from that and all the other allied 
species; the tube and lobes are longer, while the latter 
terminate in fine awn-like points; the two lobes of the 
lower lip are, besides, united for the greater part of their 
length, and their distinction is only indicated by the. 
DECEMBER, 1914. 
