Salvia. diandria monogynia. 145 



tube of the corol. Anthers twin on the long filaments, and 

 tending- to be so on the shorter ones, but very small, and 

 abortive. Is nearly allied to Thymus. 



SALVIA. Schreb. gen. N. 50. 



Corol irregular. Filaments two-forked ; anthers on the su- 

 perior ones. Seeds naked. 



1. S. Benrjalensis. K'dn. MSS. 



Shrubby. Leaves linear-ovate, lanceolate, entire. Racemes 

 verticelled, verticils distinct, many-flowered. An anther to 

 each division of the filaments. 



The natives on the Coromandel coast have no name for 

 it. From Bengal it w;is introduced into the gardens on the 

 coast a few years ago, by Mr. Parsons; and is only found in 

 gardens, where it grows to be a large, straggling shrub. 



Trunk seldom erect, woody, sometimes as thick as a man's 

 arm. Bark cracked, and peeling off* in irregular pieces. 

 Young shoots downy, round. Leaves as in salvia officinalis. 

 Racemes terminal, often compound, verticelled. Verticils 

 approximate, globular, many-flowered. Flowers white. 

 Calyx gibbous, downy, three or four-toothed. Corol, both 

 lips recurved, or spreading. Stamens, there are sometimes 

 three or even four filaments, with their extremities bifid, each 

 division bearing an oval proper anther. 



Ohs. The leaves of this plan! smell and taste considerably 

 stronger, I think, than those of S. officinalis, and are applied 

 to the same uses. 



* 



2. S. hrachiata. R. 



Annual, erect, brachiate. Leaves oblong, crenate, tomen- 

 tose. Racemes verticelled; verticils six-flowered ; seeds ele- 

 vated on a receptacle. 



Is a native of moist places, over various parts of India. 

 Flowering time the cold season. 

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