( 1774 ) 

 Salvia bicolor. Two-coloured Sage. 



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Cfoss and Order. 



DlANDRIA MONOGYMA. 



Generic Character. 

 Cor. inaequalis. Filamenta transverse pedicello affixa. 

 Specific Character and Sj/no7igms. 



Salvia bicolor ; foliis ovatis eroso-dentatis, floribus nu- 

 tantibus lacinia media labii inferioris corollas concava. 

 WiUd. Sp. PL 1. p. 136. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 57. 

 J acq. Hort. Schoenbr. I. p. 4. t. 7. 



Salvia bicolor ; foliis radicalibus cordatis subincisis, cau- 

 linis oblongis subsagittatis inaequaliter dentatis, bracteis 

 reflexis calyce brevioribus, pilis calycis glanduliferis. 

 Willd. Hort. Berol. 1. p. 36. 



Salvia bicolor; foliis cordato-oblongis ; ramis virgatis; 

 bracteis reflexis ; calycibus nutantibus ; corollas labio in- 

 feriore intermedio saccato. Desfont. All. p. 22. t. 2. 



Salvia bicolor ; foliis cordato-hastatis, inaequaliter dentatis ; 

 spicis nudispraelongis; corollarum barba Candida saccata, 

 Lamarck III. n. 300. 



Salvia bicolor ; foliorum laminis cordato-oblongis, repando- 

 dentatis, hirsutis, rugosis : spicis pra?longis, verticillis 

 6-floris : calycis labio superiore 3-dentato : corollae 

 fauce striata, labii inferioris lobo medio saccato, emar- 

 ginato, oris mox emarcidis : filamentis brevissime stipitatis. 

 Salisbury Par ad. Lond. 113. 



Salvia bicolor is a native of Barbary, where it was first 

 discovered by Desfontaines. It is a very handsome species, 

 and would be much more so, were it not for the speedy change 

 that takes place in the lower lip of the corolla, which at its 

 first expansion is snow-white, but almost immediately begins 

 to fade to a rusty -brown. 



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