large, broadly-ovate, red, nerved bractea, which falls off 
before the blossoms are expanded. Pedicels short. Calyx 
tubular, reddish-green, ribbed, slightly pubescent, two 
lipped; upper lip with one, lower, with two small terminal 
teeth. Corolla large, tubular, somewhat inflated or ventri- 
cose, especially on the under side, marked with elevated lines, 
purplish red: upper lip very hairy, entire, with the sides 
compressed : lower reflexed, three lobed. Stamens having 
the transverse appendage remarkably long and large, at 
one extremity of which is placed a small, yellow, single- 
celled anther. Style scarcely exserted : Stigma bifid. 
Communicated by the kindness of the Hon. and Rev. 
WituiaM Hersert, of Spofforth, from his splendid conser- 
vatory : where, planted in the border, it has attained a 
height of from twelve to fourteen feet, and makes a brilliant 
appearance, with its numerous heads of richly-coloured 
blossoms, scarcely less beautiful than those of the well- 
known Sarvia splendens. Mr. Herserr received the plant 
from Mr. Tare of the Sloane Street Nursery, who imported 
the seeds from Mexico. The plant smells not unlike the 
Common Sage (Satvia verbeneca) of our country. 
There can be no question, I think, as to the propriety of 
considering the S. levigata of Humgoxtpr, synonymous with 
the S. wnvolucrata. The plates and the descriptions agree 
in every essential particular. 
Fig. 1. Bractea, including three Buds, nat. size. 2. Calyx. 3. Corolla. 
4. Stamens.— Magnified. 
