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SALVIA* foliosa. 

 Leafy Meditutn Sage 



UIANUKIA MONOr.YXIA. 



Nat. Old. Lmuav.^ Jitssicu. {^Introduction to the natnrul system of 

 Botany, p. ^239.) 



SALVIA. — Sapn), vol. l6.fol. 1356. 



S. foliosa; caule herbaceo erecto pubescente ; foliis petiolatis, lato-ovatis 

 acutis basi subconlatis, racemis laxis, vcrticillastris paiicifloris, foliis 

 Horalibus bractea^fonuibus fusco-membranaceis dccidiiis, calycis labio 

 superiore inte;j:ro dontibusque labii inferioris acutis, corollne tubo subin- 

 cluso sub fauce inflate, labio superiore erecto integro, inferioris lobo medio 

 lato emarginato, 2:enitalibus exsertis, connectivis postice clavatis connatis 

 edentulis, stylo glabro subintcgro. — Benth. incd. 



Caubs herbucens, ercctus, pedalis, sesqnipedalisve, valdc raviosiis, tetra- 

 (jonus, puhcscens, prcescrlim in faciei) us duabus oppositis, atate subylabratus. 

 I'olia nuvicrosa, \l-1 pollices lonija, latissimc ovata, acuta, grossc crcnatd, 

 basi rotundata vel cordata, meinbranacea, scepe bullata, juniora petioliijuc 

 ptdjcscentcs, demitm glabrata, subtiis pallidiora ; floralia bractemforniia, 

 sessilia, ovato-lanccolata, calyce subbreviora, acuta, meinbranacea, glabra, 

 fusccsccnda, dccidua. Verticillastri laxi, sccpitis sexjiori, in racemis ter- 

 77iinalibus 2-'>-pollicaribus dispositi, infcriorcs rcmoti. Calyces breviter 

 pedunculati, ovato-campanulati, post anthesin inflati, scepius colorati, striafi, 

 pubescentes, labio superiore integro, inferiore bilobo lobis omnibus erectis sub- 

 fpqualibus, lato-ovatis acutis. Corolla cceridea, extus glabra, tubo sub faucc 

 pariim injlata, dentes calycinas non svpcrante. Labium superius suberectum, 

 inferiori brevius, integrum, inferius patens, lobis rotundatis, nicdio latissimo 

 cmarginato. Genitalia exserta. Stamina sterilia rninutissima ; fertilium 

 connectiva postict clavata, edentula, ferv ad apiccm coimexa, anticc libera, 

 Jiliformia ; anthcris unilocularibus, oblong is, feri- ad basin adnatis. Stylus 

 g biberrimus ,filiformis , coloratus. lobo inferiore brevissimo subnullo. Acluiiia 

 tri(juctra, Icccia. — Benihani. 



A native of Mexico, where seeds were collected by 

 Mr. Graham, the same gentleman to whom we are indebted 



Sec fob 120j. 



