146 UIANBBIA MONOQTNXA. Salv'a. 



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

 abortive. — Is nearly allied to Thymus. 



SALVIA. Schreb. Geri. N. 50. 



Ccrol irregular. Filaments two-forked j anthej's on the sui-erior 

 ones. Seeds niiked. 



1. S. lengahnsis. Ken. Mss. 



Shrubby. Leaves linear-ovate, lanceolate, entire. Hacemes vertl- 

 celled, verticils distinct, many-flowered. An an'her to each d. vision 



cf ll'e fi'amen's. 



The natives on the Coromandel Coast have no name for it. From 

 JBengr' ■ .as introduced into the gardens on the Coast a few years 

 ao'o, ij) Mr. Parsons ; and is only found in gardens, where it grows 

 to be a large, strangling shrub. 



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

 ]3ark cracktd, and peelling off in irregular pieces. Young shoots dow- 

 ny, round. -Letzresas in^a/r/a ojicinafis. — Racemes terminal, often 

 compound, verticelled. Verticils approximate, globular, many-flow- 

 ered. — Flofcers white. — Calyx gibbous, downy, three or four tooth- 

 ed. — Carol, 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. 



Obs. The leaves of this plant smell and taste considerably stronger, 

 I. think, than those of S. o^cinalis, and are applied to the same uses. 



2. S. hrachiata. R. 



Annual, erect, brachiate. Leaves oblong, crenate,tomentose. Ra- 

 cemes veriicefled ; verticils six-flowered ; seeds elevated on a recep= 

 tide. 



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

 ing time the cold season. 



Stem annual, erect, ramousp four-sided; four-grooved, downy j from 



