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SALVIA Regla. 

 The Regla Sage. 



DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

 Nat. ord. Lamiace^e or Labia-ite. 

 SALVIA. Botanical Register, vol. \A.fol. 1205. 



S. Regla ; caule fruticoso, ramis glabris vel sub axillis pubescentibus, foliis 

 petiolatis rotundatis obtusis sinuato-crenatis basi lato-subcordatis coria- 

 ceis rugosis supra bispidulis subtus nervosis pubescentibus, floralibus 

 subconformibus, verticillastris terminalibus paucifloris, calyeibus sub- 

 sessilibus tubulosis coloratis, labio superiore integro dentibusque labii 

 inferioris lato-ovatis acutiusculis, corolla calyce duplo longiore extiis 

 pubescente, tubo ventricoso, labio superiore erecto, inferiore vix longiore 

 lobis lateralibus oblongis reflexis medio rotundato integro deflexo, con- 

 nectivis postice edentubs breviter productis deflexis obtusis longitudi- 

 naliter connatis, stylo glabro exserto apice subulato bifido. Bentham 

 gen. fy sp. lab. p. 288. 



S. Regla. Cavanilles Icones, vol. 5. p. 33. t. 455. 



S. deltoidea. Pers.synops. 1. 28. 



For this fine Mexican sage we are indebted to Mr. Hart- 

 weg, who found it at Aguas calientes, and sent it to the Hor- 

 ticultural Society. It had previously been found by Spanish 

 collectors at Vilalpando, and at a place called Regla, after 

 which the species is named. 



Mr. Hartweg describes the wild plant as a shrub four or 

 five feet high, and from his specimens it would appear that its 

 shrubby habit is of a very decided character ; in our collections 

 it has not however at present taken this on, except in a slight 

 degree. The only specimens that have flowered were grown 

 in a greenhouse in the garden of the Horticultural Society, 

 and afterwards removed to the great iron conservatory, where 

 they were certainly beautiful, although the number of flowers 

 open at the same time was inconsiderable. As the specimens 

 are older and the management of the species is better under- 



