1370 



SALVIA* Grahamf 

 Mr. GrahmiPLS Sage, 



DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Labiat;e Jnssieu. {Introduction to the natural system of 

 botany, p. 239.) 



SALVrA.—Suprd, vol. 16. foL 1356. 



Grahami; caule fruticoso erecto ramoso glanduloso-pubescente et bi- 

 fariam piloso, foliis petiolatis ovatis obtusis crenatis basi cuneatis vel 

 rotundatis tenuissinie pubescentibus, racemis elongatis simplicibus, verti- 

 cillastris remotis 2-6-floris, foliis floralibus ovatis acuminatis ante anthesiii 

 deciduis, calycibus tubulosis striatis glanduloso-pubescentibus : labio 

 «iiperiori integro dentibusque labii inferioris ovatis acuminatis, corolla 

 calyce duplo longiore : tubo basi intiis bidentato sub fauce ventricoso, 

 labio superiori recto, inferioris lobo medio maximo orbiculato emarginato, 

 staminibus corolla brevioribus, stylo exserto apice subtils villoso. — 

 Bentham. 



" Very nearly allied to S. microphylla of Kunth, which 

 is a low, branching shrub, with much smaller rugose leaves, 

 and smaller flowers. In my wild specimens of both species 

 the verticillasters are biflorous only." — Bentham. 



We are indebted to Mr. Bentham for the determination 

 of this species, and for its specific character. For its intro- 

 duction to the Gardens of Europe the public is obliged to 

 J. G. Graham, Esq. ; the gentleman from whose seeds 

 the Salvia fulgens figured at fol. 1356 of this work was 

 also raised. Mr. Graham found this species in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the mines of TIalpuxahua, as appears from 

 his Herbarium. The wild specimens have less elongated 

 racemes, and the leaves are much longer than their petiole; 

 while in the garden plant the leaves are usually about the 

 same length as the petiole. 



* See fol. 1205. 

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