GLEANINGS AND ORIGINAL MEMORANDA 
429. Salvia Candela- 
BEUM. Boissier. A stately 
hardy perennialj from the 
large 
south of Spain, with 
leafless panicles of violet and 
yellow flowers. Belongs to 
Labiates- Introduced from 
Malaga by E, Delius, Esq. 
(Eig. 217.) 
This is one of the raaiiy curious 
plants discovered in the south of 
Spain by the indefatigable zeal of 
M. Boissier, the distinguished Swiss 
trareller. Not having witlihj I'each 
the work in which it was published, 
we can only state that it is an in- 
habitant of the Sierra Nevada of 
Grenada, in the district, we pre- 
sume, which produces the Abies 
Pinsapo, Its leaves are like those 
of the common sage, to which it is 
nearly related ; but it throws up ^ 
glaucous branching naked panicle, 
three feet long, of large flowers, of 
which a fragment is represented in 
the annexed cut. These flowers 
have a greenish-yellow upper lip, 
and a rich violet lower one ; and 
they would produce a fine appear. 
anee if any considerable number 
opened at the same time. It hap- 
pens however that they are short- 
lived, and drop off soon after 
expansion^ so that no seeds are 
ripened, and the plant has a shabby 
appearance. Probably the fioweis would hold on, and the beauty of the 
species be much enhanced, if it were grown in a little bottom heat. In its 
native country, wliere everything is favourable to its growth— hot dry 
weather when in flower, and warm damp weather while growing it is 
reported to be a noble-looking thing, even in the rich gardens of Grenada, 
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