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SALVIA hians. 



Gaping Sage. 



DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Lamiaceje, or Labiate. 

 SALVIA. Botanical Register, vol. A.fol. 347. 



§ III. Drymosphace. Calyx tubulosus v. campanulatus, labio superiore 

 subintegro truncato v. brevissime tridentato. Corolla tubus exsertus, intus 

 piloso-annulatus ; labium superius falcato-compressum, inferioris lobi laterales 

 patentes. Connectiva postice porrecta, loculum difFormem cassum ferentia, ex- 

 tremitate subconnexa. Bentham Labiat. p. 218. 



S. hians ; caule berbaceo erecto villoso, foliis longe petiolatis lato-ovatis basi 

 late cordato-sagittatis, floralibus ovatis acuminatis calyce brevioribus, 

 racemis subramosis verticillastris sexfloris, calycis campanulati striati 

 colorati glutinosi labio superiore integro truncato inferiore longiore, den- 

 tibus ovatis acutis, corollis calyce triplo longioribus, tubo exserto, fauce 

 ampliata, bmbo biante, labio superiore falcato compresso, inferiore lato 

 patente, connectivis postice porrectis utrinque antberiferis, loculis poste- 

 rioribus cassis subconnexis. Bentham I. c. 219, 



S. hians. Bentham in Hook. Bot. Misc. 3. 373. Royle's Illustrations, p. 

 303. t. 75. a./. 2. 



This is a very ornamental hardy herbaceous plant, intro- 

 duced from Cashmere, by the Court of Directors of the E. I. 

 Company. It was first met with by Dr. Royle's collectors, and 

 afterwards by M. Jacquemont, in upland pastures. Cer- 

 tainly it is one of the gayest of our perennials, in consequence 

 of the striking contrast between the white and blue of its 

 large flowers. 



As I have never seen an authentic specimen of the plant 

 I cannot absolutely affirm that it is identical with what is 

 figured in Dr. Royle's illustrations ; and at first sight it even 

 appears to be different ; for the latter has no white in the 

 corolla, and the stamens are coloured yellow, not blue as they 

 are in the plant before us. Nevertheless I find no distinction 

 except that of colour, and as Mr. Bentham states Jacquemont's 



July, 1841. p 



