352 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Salvia—continued. — 
obtuse, lin. to 1}in. long, rounded or cordate at base, wrinkled, 
ubescent; floral ones deciduous. Stem procumbent at base ; 
nches erect, slenderly pubescent. A. 2ft. Peru, 1847. Half- 
hardy sub-shrub, (F. d. S. 345; P. M. B. xv. 53; R. G. 
1855, 127.) 
S. paniculata (panicled). f. disposed in distant pairs, shortly 
stalked ; calyx sub-campanulate, scabrid, two-lipped, šin. long ; 
‘corolla pale purplish-blue, four times as long as the calyx; tube 
short, wide; upper lip lin. to 1łin. long, narrow sickle-shaped, 
obtuse. Summer. J. lin. to 2in. long, leathery, obovate, acute 
or obtuse, irregularly toothed, scabrid on both surfaces, nar- 
rowed into a short stalk. h. 6ft. to 7ft. South Africa, -> Green- 
house shrub. (B. M. 6790.) 
Fig. 411. FLOWERING BRANCH OF SALVIA PATENS. 
(spreading).* fl., calyx campanulate, six to seven lines 
long; corolla blue, upwards of 2in. long, the tube broad, the lips 
slightly gaping; whorls few, remote. September. l. petiolate, 
ovate-deltoid, crenate, hastate (or the upper ones rounded) at 
base, hispid; floral ones linear-lanceolate. Stem erect, pilose. 
h. 24ft. Mexico, 1838. Half-hardy perennial. See Fig. 411. 
(B. iii. 109 ; B. M. 3808 ; E. R. 1839, 23 ; F. d. S. 503 ; P. M. B. vi. 1.) 
‘In some forms of this species, the leaves are all hastate, or the 
upper ones, or nearly all, rounded-cordate at base. 
S. p. alba (white). A variety only differing from the type in 
having white flowers. 
S. Pitcheri (Pitcher’s). A synonym of S. azurea grandiflora, 
S. porphyrantha (purple-flowered). A synonym of S. Roemer- 
iana. 
S. porphyrata (purplish). A synonym of S. Ræmeriana. 
S. pratensis (meadow-loving). fl., calyx (as well as the small, 
ovate-cordate bracts) — O bright blue, lin. long, 
— inside, the — lip long and much arched, the lower 
road; whorls about four-fiowered, in spikes lft. to 14ft. long. 
June to August. /. wrinkled, 3in. to 6in. long; radical ones 
oblong or ovate, long-petioled, obtuse, sometimes two-lobed at 
the base, with large, irregular crenatures; cauline ones few, 
similar or more oblong, smaller, on shorter petioles. A. 2ft. or 
more. Europe (Britain). (Sy. En. B. 1058 ; S. B. F. G. 26, under 
name of S. Tenorii.) Of this species, there are varieties with 
flesh-coloured, reddish, and white flowers. 
Salvia—continued. 
S. prunelloides (Prunella-like). fi. blue; corolla three times 
longer than the calyx, pubescent outside, the middle lobe of the 
lower lip emarginate; whorls remote, sub-secund ; racemes simple, 
on long -peduncles. August. J. petiolate, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
crenate, narrowed at base, nearly glabrous. Stems erect, pilose- 
pubescent. A. lft. Mexico, 1838. (P. M. B. xi. 175.) 
S. pulchella (pretty). fl., calyx tubular, half or one-third as 
long as the corolla, slenderly pubescent; corolla scarlet, rarely 
exceeding lin. in length, glabrous or pubescent outside, the tube 
ventricose ; whorls about ten-flowered ; racemes simple. Decem- 
ber. l. petiolate, ovate, narrowed and slightly obtuse at apex, 
crenate, broadly cordate at base, slightly wrinkled, nearly 
glabrous; floral ones ovate, acuminate. Branches pubescent. 
h. 2ft. Mexico and Guatemala, 1821. Greenhouse shrub. 
S. Regla (Regla). M. nearly sessile; calyx coloured, tubular- 
inflated, with three short, ovate teeth; corolla scarlet, twice 
as long as the calyx, pubescent outside, the lips sub-equal; 
whorls terminal, few-flowered. July. 7. petiolate, rounded- 
deltoid, obtuse, 14in. long, sinuate-crenate, broadly sub-cordate 
at base, rufescent, wrinkled, slightly hispid above, pubescent 
on the nerves beneath. Branches purplish, hk. 14ft. Mexico, 
1839. Hardy shrub. (B. R. 1841, 14.) 
S. rhombifolia (rhomb-leaved). fl., calyx often coloured, ovate, 
pubescent; corolla blue, half as long again as the calyx, the 
tube included; whorls about six- flowered, remote; racemes 
simple, few-flowered. All the year. /. numerous, petiolate, 
broadly ovate or rhomboid, Lin. to 2in. long and broad, sub- 
cordate, pubescent ; upper ones often sessile ; floral ones ovate- 
lanceolate, deciduous, shorter than the calyx. Stem erect, 
branched, pubescent, lft. ee Peru, 1827. Stove annual. 
(B. R. 1429, under name of S. foliosa.) 
S. ringens (gaping).* fl. reddish-purple ; calyx striated ; corolla 
four times as long as the calyx, the tube swollen, recurved- 
ascendent, the upper lip erect, sub-falcate, the lower large, 
with reflexed lobes; whorls about six-flowered, loose, remote. 
Summer. J. petiolate, irregularly pinnatisect; segments un- 
equal, ovate-oblong, rounded at e, villous; floral ones 
deciduous. h. lft. to 2ft. Greece. Hardy shrub. (R. G. 59; 
S. F. G- 18.) 5 
S. Roemeriana (Reemer’s).* fl., calyx somewhat pubescent, 
naked within; corolla deep scarlet. puberulent, lin. or more 
long, narrowly tubular -infundibuliform, somewhat arcuate; 
racemes loose and elongated. July. l, or terminal leaflet, 
roundish or cordate-reniform, coarsely repand-toothed or cre- 
nately incised ; lower ones with two or three similar or smaller 
lateral leaflets, occasionally reduced to tooth-like appendages ; 
floral leaves mostly shorter than the pedicels. Stems lft. to 
= high, — bs ser Bat as a oan apo —— 
. porphyrantha (F. d. S. Ee H; S , S. porphyrata 
(B. M. 4939). 
S. Roezlii (Roezl’s). f., calyx pale green, stained with red 
towards the apex, inflated; corolla bright scarlet, puberulous, 
having two prominent, spreading lips. Summer. J. smooth, 
ovate-oblong, crenately toothed. h. 14ft. Mexico, 1861. A 
rather showy, greenhouse under-shrub. (F. d. S. 1407.) 
S. rubescens (reddish). fl., calyx purple-brown, densely glandu- 
lar-hairy ; corolla searlet, lin. long (twice as long as the calyx), 
the tube slightly ascending ; whorls rather distant, four to eight- 
flowered; panicle lft. or more long, ebracteate. Summer. 
l. variable in size, 4in. to 10in. long, long-petiolate, ovate-cordate, 
crenate, acute or acuminate, puberulous above, hoary beneath. 
Stems four-angled. hk. 14ft. Columbia, 1872. Stove shrub. 
(B. M. 5947.) $ 
S. rutilans (glowing-red).* Pineapple-scented Sage. fl. disposed 
in spike-like racemes, forming leafy panicles ; corolla fi a bright 
scarlet colour, having a slender tube and a defiexed lower lip. 
Summer. J. cordate-ovate, acuminate, soft, downy. h. 2ft. to 3ft. 
Origin uncertain, 1873. Greenhouse sub-shrub. (G. C. n. s., 
xv. p. 117; BR. H. 1873, 251.) 
S. scabioszefolia (Scabious-leaved). A. pretty; calyx ample, 
campanulate, villous ; corolla whitish, twice as long as the pot 
the upper lip bifid ; whorls six to ten-flowered, distinct ; racemes 
4in. to bin. or more long, simple. August. Z. numerous, pinnati- 
sect; segments three to five-jugate, often ternate or twin, entire, 
bisected, or pinnatisect, oblong or linear, acute. Stems diffuse, 
lft. to 1}ft. long. Branches diffuse, woolly-pilose. Tauria, 1818. 
(B. M. 5209; B. M. 1429, under name of S. Hablitziana.) 
S. Schimperi (Schimper’s). fl., calyx tubular-campanulate, the 
upper lip three-toothed, the lower one bifid; corolla white, 
twice as long as the calyx; panicle twiggy-branched. Summer. 
l. ample, ovate-lanceolate, acute, crenulate, rounded-cuneate at 
base, wrinkled, white-woolly on both sides, snowy beneath ; floral 
ones very broad, equalling the calyx, scabrous-ciliated, whitish 
beneath. Stem thick, pubescent or slightly woolly at base. 
h. 3ft. Abyssinia, 1875. Half-hardy — (B. M. 6300.) 
S. Selarea (Sclarea).* Clary. fl., calyx whitish at base, campanu- 
late, pubescent-hispid ; corolla bluish-white, twice as long as the 
calyx, the tube contracted, the upper lip falcate and compressed ; 
whorls distant, about six-flowered ; racemes paniculate. August. 
l.. petiolate, ample, often 8in. to Sin. long, ovate, erose-crenate, 
cordate at base, wrinkled, hoary (more glabrous under cultiva- 
tion}; uppermost ones amplexicaul; floral ones coloured, very 
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