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SALVIA confertiflora. 

 Close-flow ered Sage. 



DIANDRIA MOA^OGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Lamiace^, or LabiaTjE. 

 SALVIA. Bot. Register, vol. 18. fol. 1554. 



§ VIII. Calosphace — ErianthcB. Bentham lab. 273. 



S. confertiflora ; caule fruticoso tomentoso, foliis petiolatis ovato-oblongis acu- 

 tiusculis crenatls basi cuneatis supra rugosis subtils albo-tomentosis, flora- 

 libus nanis ovatis acuminatis reflexis v. deciduis, racemis elongatis, verticil- 

 lastrls dense multlfloris, calycibus corollisque fulvosangulnels lanatis his 

 duplo tantum longioribus ; limbi conniventis lobo intermedio integro, con- 

 nectivis deflexis dilatatis abbreviatis connatis hinc ciliatis, stylo glabro. 



S. confertiflora. Bentham labiat. 276. 



This Sage is one of the many Brazilian species which de- 

 serve introduction to our gardens. It was found near Rio 

 Janeiro by Mr. Macrae, while in the service of the Horticul- 

 tural Society, and in other parts of the empire by Sellow and 

 Pohl. It belongs to a small section of the genus with short 

 woolly flowers, the only other species of which, as yet in 

 gardens, is the Salvia leucantha of Mexico. 



Its flowers are so bright and numerous as to render the 

 plant a conspicuous object during the autumn months, at 

 which time it blossoms. Whether or not it is sufficiently 

 hardy to live out of doors in the summer is uncertain. 



The figure was taken from a plant presented to the Horti- 

 cultural Society by John Dillwyn Llewellyn, Esq. 



The leaves have rather a heavy disagreeable smell of a 

 peculiar nature, resembling perhaps a combination of the 

 Dead-nettle and Sorrel. 



This species may be cultivated either in a greenhouse, or 

 planted out in a rich border during the summer months. It 



