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SALVIA* fulgens. 



The Cardinal Sage. 



DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Labiate Jussien. (Lindley's introduction to the natural 

 syste7n, p. 239.) Tribe 5. Nepetese Benth. Stiprc), vol. \5. fol. 1289. 



SALVIA Linn. — Ca Zi/x bilabiatus, labio superiore integro v. 3-dentato, 

 inferiori bifido. Corolla bilabiata, labio superiori erecto fornicato v. falcato, 

 inferiori patente trifido. Stamina fertilia 2, sub labio superiori ascendentia. 

 Filamenta brevissima, tubo inclusa. Anther ce. dimidiatae; connectivo elongato 

 filiformi incurvo, postic^ saepiiis clavato, rarius antheroe loculum alterum 

 gerente. Stylus apice bifidus, lobo superiore saepiiis breviore. Achenia 

 sicca. — Bentham, suprc), vol. 15. fol. 1292. 



S. fulgens ; caule herbaceo erecto ramoso hirto, foliis ovatis acuminatis 



cordatis serratis supr^ pilosiusculis subtus pubescentibus, verticillis 



4-6-floris distantibus, calycibus pilosiusculis, corollis elongatis. — Kunth 



synops. 2. 79. 



S. fulgens. Cav. ic. pi. 1. t. 23. Vahl enum. 1. 237. Willd. sp. pi. 1. 



140. Romer et Schultes 1. 231. Spreng. syst. 1. 61. 

 S. cardinalis. Humb. Bonpl. et Kunth n. gen. et sp. plant. 2. 301. t. 152. 

 Romer et Schultes, 7. 194. Spreng. syst. veg. 1. 62. 

 Caulis 3-pedalis, pilosus, angulis rotundatis, ad basin petiolorum bical- 

 losus. Folia rugosa, cordata, ovata, crenata, pilosa, longipedunculata. 

 Racemi terminates, piimiim nutantes, bracteis maximis, ovatis, acuminatis, 

 concavis, deciduis inclusi. Verticillastri trifori. Calyx pubescens, coloratus, 

 striatus, bilabiatus, labio superiore integro subrecurvo, inferior e paulh major e , 

 bifido, recto. Corolla intense coccinea, ventricosa, calyce triplo major, 

 galed infiatd villosd marginibus infexis, labio galece subcequali, glabra, 

 triloba; lobis replicatis, lateralibus ovatis, intermedia truncato. Stamina 

 duo, rudimentis duobus miriimis subulatis ; filamenta brevia ; antherse lobus 

 fertilis connectivo recto subulato, sterili cequilongo defexo spatulato jnloso ; 

 horum ope pilorum stamina cohcerent. Ovaria glabra, minima, disco insi- 

 dentia, dente maxima antico carnoso. Stylus apice villosus. Stigma inceqicale, 

 bilobum. 



The first knowledge we gained of this splendid herba- 

 ceous plant was from a specimen that flourished in July 

 last in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, having 



* See fol. 1205 

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