350 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Salvia—continued. 
cacalizfolia (Cacalia-leaved).* fl., calyx campanulate, the 
teeth aristate-acuminate ; corolla deep blue, many times longer 
than the calyx, having a very broad tube; whorls two-fiowered ; 
racemes branched. June. l. petiolate, broadly deltoid, broadly 
sub - hastate-cordate at base, rather thick, pubescent above, 
reddish or whitish and softly villous beneath. Stem erect, 
pubescent. h. 3ft. Mexico, 1858. Greenhouse perennial. 
(B. H. 1862, 100; B. M. 5274; F. d. S. 2318.) 
S. Camertoni (Camerton’s). fl. brownish-purple ; calyx softly 
glandular-pilose; corolla lin. long, the tube slightly curved. 
Summer. 1. petiolate, ovate or cordate-ovate, acuminate, rounded 
at base, lin. to liin. long, crenate-serrated, ciliated, shortly 
hispid above, paler and glabrous beneath. Stem 3ft. to 5ft. high, 
sub-shrubby. Probably Mexico. (R. G. 125.) 
S. Candelabrum (candelabrum-like).* fl., calyx sharply ribbed, 
inged with purple ; corolla white, and striated with pale purple, 
thrice as long as the calyx, externally hairy ; lower lip deep rich 
violet, variegated and streaked with white at the throat; panicle 
terminal, erect, the branches spreading, each bearing a cyme of 
several flowers. July. Jl. oblong-lanceolate, rather obtuse, Sin, 
to 4in. long, crenulate, very loosely wrinkled, hairy, glandular- 
dotted. Stem erect, 3ft. to 4ft. high, Mexico, 1845. Half-hardy 
sub-shrub, exhaling a powerful aromatic odour. (B. M. 5017; 
F. d. 8. 1344; L. & P. F.G. ii. p. 161, 217.) 
canescens (hoary). fl., calyx tubular-campanulate ; corolla 
purple, nearly thrice as long as the calyx, the tube shortly ex- 
serted, the appar lip slightly falcate ; whorls remote ; racemes 
branched, villous-viscous. July. Z. lanceolate-oblong, entire or 
sinuate-lobed, long-narrowed at base, wrinkled, above loosely, + 
below densely, white-woolly ; floral ones very broad, acuminate, 
concaye, persistent, rather shorter than the — Stem 2ft. 
high, white-woolly at base. Caucasus. (B. R. 1838, 36.) 
S. carduacea (Thistle-leaved).* fl., calyx long-woolly; corolla 
layender-coloured, lin. long, its tube slightly exserted ; upper lip 
erose-toothed or fimbriated and two-cleft ; lower one with small, 
lateral, erose lobes, and a larger, flabelliform, deeply multitid 
middle one. July. J. oblong, sinuately-pinnatifid, Thistle-like. 
Stem stout, simple, lft. or more high, naked and scape-like, 
only at base subtended by a cluster of leaves. California, 1854. 
(B. M. 4874.) 
chamezedryoides (Chamedrys-like).* fl, geminate or few in 
the clusters of the raceme; calyx eind tee g i | dey araodges $in. 
long ; corolla blue, upwards of 4in. long, the middle lobe of the 
lower lip broader than long, obcordate-lobed. July. 4 rather 
thick, oblong or elliptical, on short petioles, more or less crenu- 
late, obtuse, less than lin. long; floral ones bract-like, caducous. 
h. 1ft. Mexico, 1795. A much-branched, canescent and scabrous, 
greenhouse shrub. (B. M. 808; L. B. ©. 576; A. B. R. 416, under 
_ name of S. chamedrifolia.) 
S. coccinea (scarlet).* jl., calyx lips half the length of the tube ; 
corolla deep scarlet, lin. or less long, ener rey or puberulous 
outside, the lower lip twice the length of the upper; raceme 
twiggy, the clusters few or several-flowered, and rather distant. 
July. l. membranous, veiny, cordate or ovate, mostly acute, 
crenate, slender-petioled, mostly soft-tomentose beneath. h. 2ft. 
Central and South America, &c., 1772. A greenhouse or half- 
hardy annual or ponn canescently pubescent or glabrous, or 
hairy towards the base. 
S. c. major (larger). A tall-growing form, with somewhat larger 
flowers than those of the type. (B. H. ix. p. 65; R. G. vii. 282.) 
S. c. pseudo-coccinea (false-coccinea). A commonly tall form, 
with stem, petioles, and often floral leaves, conspicuously hirsute. 
(B. M. 2864, under name of S. pseudo-coccinea.) , y 
S. ccelestina (celestial-blue). /l. very numerous; corolla of a 
soft lilac-blue. Summer. J. petiolate, oval-elliptic, shortly and 
broadly rounded at the base, attenuated at the apex, irregularly 
toothed on the margins. A. 2ft. Mexico (?), 1878. Plant whitish- 
green or incanescent. A very floriferous, greenhouse perennial, of 
robust habit. 
S. colorans (coloured). A garden synonym of S. splendens. 
S. Columbariz (Scabious-like), fl. small; calyx naked within ; 
corolla blue, hardly exceeding the calyx, its upper ay emargi- 
nately bilobed at apex, the lower with small lateral lobes and 
a much larger, somewhat bilobed middle one; heads many- 
flowered. Summer. J, deeply once or twice pinnatifid, or pin- 
nately parted into oblong, crenately-toothed or incised, obtuse 
divisions, muticous, wrinkled; involucral floral ones broadly 
ovate, entire. Stem slender, 6in. to 20in. high, one or two- 
headed. California. Half-hardy annual. (B. M. 6595.) 
S. confertifiora (clustered-flowered).* fl., calyx reddish, ovate- 
tubular, tomentose, woolly ; corolla reddish within, yellowish or 
reddish outside, clothed with golden wool, half as long again as 
the calyx; whorls numerous, ten to twenty-flowered; racemes 
upwards of lft. long. August. J. petiolate, ovate-oblong, šin. to 
4in. long, slightly acute, crenate, somewhat. decurrent, wrinkled 
and ——— pubescent above, densely rufous-tomentose 
beneath ; cauline ones ovate, short, Branches rufous-tomentose. 
h. 3ft. Rio Janeiro and Organ Mountains, 1838. Greenhouse 
sub-shrub. (B. M. 3899; B. R. 1839, 29.) 
S. confusa (confused). fi., calyx coloured, striated, pubescent, 
the teeth all subulat inate; Il 
whitish, twice or thrice 
Salvia—continued. 
as long as the calyx; whorls remote, many-flowered ; racemes 
elongated. July. Z. petiolate, mostly interruptedly pinnatisect, 
wrinkled, whiter below than in S. interrupta ; terminal segment 
large, oblong-lanceolate, narrowed at base; lateral ones one or 
two on each side. Stem slightly woolly at base. h. 4ft. South 
ioe 1790. Hardy shrub. Syn. S. interrupta (S. B. F. G. 
169). 
S. dichroa (two-coloured). fl., calyx łin. long; corolla lłin, 
long, the upper lip brigbt blue, pubescent, arcuate, the lateral 
lobes of the tian, lip pale blue, recurved, the mid-lobe white, 
endulous ; racemes lft. or more long, many-flowered. August. 
., radical ones petiolate, 6in. to 8in. long, oblong-ovate or ovate- 
lanceolate, obtuse, narrowed into the petiole, sinuate-serrate, 
with rounded lobules, pubescent; upper cauline ones sessile. 
Stem 2ft. to 3ft. high. Greater Atlas, 1871. Plant glandular- 
pubescent. (B. M. 4) d 
S. discolor (discoloured).* A. in long, terminal spikes; tubular 
part of the corolla dark purple, almost wholly hidden by the 
calyx; projecting lips of a violet-black colour. Z. entire, ovate- 
oblong, on rather long petioles, nearly bin. long. h. 2ft. to 3ft. 
or more. Andes of Peru, 1883. (B. M. 6772; G. C. n. S., xix. 
_ p. 341, under name of S. mexicana minor.) i 
S. elegans (elegant). ji. shortly pedicellate ; calyx campanulate, 
glandular-villous ; corolla blood-colour, above lin. long (nearly 
six times the length of the calyx); whorls remote, about six- 
flowered ; racemes 4in. to 6in. or more long. Summer. l. petio- 
late, ovate, lin. to l4in. long, acuminate, serrate, rounded or 
narrowed at base, slightly hispid, pubescent, or tomentose above, 
glabrous beneath; floral ones sessile. Stem 3ft. to 4ft. high, 
glabrous or scarcely pilose. Mexico and Guatemala. Greenhouse 
perennial. (B. M. 6448; Ref. B. 228.) 
farinacea (mealy). fl., calyx densely white-tomentose, often 
tinged with violet; lower lip of the violet-blue corolla with 
middle division obcordately two-lobed; inflorescence spike- 
formed, on a long, naked, interrupted peduncle, of densely many- 
flowered clusters. Summer. Z., lower ones ovate-lanceolate or 
ovate, obtuse cuneate or rarely subcordate at base, serrate, on 
slender petioles ; upper ones lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, some- 
times entire; floral ones subulate or ovate-lanceolate. Stems 
numerous, in a cluster. A. 3ft. Texas, 1847. (R. G. 1002; 
R. H. 1873, 91.) 
S. Forskolei (Forskohl’s). fl., calyx four to five lines long, 
tubular, often coloured at apex, viscous-pubescent; corolla 
violet, thrice as long as the calyx, the tube nearly straight or 
recurved, the upper lip emarginate-bifid ; whorls at len lin. 
or more apart, usually two, rarely four to six-flowered ; racemes 
elongated, nearly simple. July. Z, lower ones petiolate, 3in. 
to 4in. long, ovate, repand-crenate, auricled or lobed at base, 
villous ; cauline ones few, sub-sessile, much shorter than the 
— ean 1ift. high, leafy at base. Orient, 1800. (B. M. 988 ; 
S. fulgens (brilliant).* fl. showy; calyx six to eight lines long, 
tubular-campanulate ; corolla scarlet, nearly 2in. long, villous, the 
tube exserted and swollen ; whorls six-flowered, nearly lin. apart ; 
racemes 6in. to l2in. long. July. JU. petiolate, ovate, acute, 
usually lin, to 3in. long, crenate-serrate, cordate at base, 
pubescent above, white-tomentose or woolly beneath. Stem 
2ft. to 3ft. or more high; branches numerous. Mexican Moun- 
tains, 1829. Greenhouse shrub. (B. R. 1356; L. B. C. 1910 
S. B. F, G. ser. ii. 59.) 
Fic. 410. FLOWER OF SALVIA GESNERÆFLORA. 
S. gesneræflora (Gesnera-flowered).* This magnificent garden 
species has quite the habit of S. fulgens; but the flowers 
are far more abundant and conspicuous, the upper lip of the 
corolla is flatter and less shaggy, the tube is longer, and the 
— is less — Bos Rae OF are, — Greenhouse 
erbaceous perenn ee Fig. 410. . 0.8, Slats Eb he 
L. & P. F. G. 47.) 5 ; e 
S. glutinosa (glutinous). Jupiter’s Distaff. fl., calyx tubular, 
one-third the length of the corolla ; corolla pale yellow, often 
l}in. long, with an exserted tube and an enlarged throat ; whorls 
distant, loosely few-flowered. July. J. petiolate, ovate-oblong, 
acuminate, cordate-sagittate at base; lower ones often Tin. to 
8in. long, the upper ones smaller; floral ones ovate, acumina 
shorter than the calyx. Stem — —— pilose. h. ate 
Europe and Central Asia, 1759. (S. B. F. G. 140, under name of 
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