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Class and Order. © 
Dianpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord. — Lagiatra. ) 
Generic Character. _ 
Cal. bilabiatus, 3—5 dentatus. Cor. 2-labiata, lab. sup. 
galeato, inf. 3-lobo. Filamenta basi appendiculata (anthe- 
Tas spurias sepe gestantia.) Caryopses4.—Spr. 
sg Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Sazvia involucrata; glabra, foliis cordato-ovatis acumina- 
tis serratis, verticillis sexfloris, bracteis magnis colo- 
ratis deciduis, corolla ventricosa glabra calycem longe 
_. superante. ) Roget 
“Sanvia involucrata. Cav. Ic. v. 2. p. 3. t. 105. Willd. Sp. 
Pl.v.1. p. WAT. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 62. 
Satvia levigata. Humb. Nov. Gen. et Spec. v. 2. p. 238. t. 
147. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 64. ae 
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~ Descr. Plant, as growing in Mr. Herpert’s conser- | 
vatory, twelve to fourteen feet high, almost woody below, 
much branched ; the older branches terete, the younger 
ones quadrangular, glabrous. Leaves also quite glabrous, 
large, cordato-ovate, acuminate, serrated, of a deep and 
singularly beautiful velvety-green above, beneath pale, 
where the nerves are prominent and often purplish : peti- 
oles an inch and a half or two inches long. Flowers form- 
ing a rather handsome thyrsus ; but if traced carefully they 
are seen to arise in threes, which are opposite, hence six form 
a whorl, each three included, while in bud, within Pits! | 
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