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The Dictionary of Gardening, 



Salvia — contmued. 



S. cacalisefolia (Cacalia-leaved).* Jt., calyx campanuJatf, the 

 teeth nristatt'-acuminate ; corolla deep blue, many tiiiits Innjiei' 

 than the calyx, having a very broad tube; whorls twnHnweifd ; 

 raceme.s blanched. June. I. petiolate, broadly deltoid, lir<iadly 

 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. Caxnertoni (Camerton's). Jl. brownish-purple ; calyx softly 

 u;landular-pilose ; corolla lin. long, the tube slightly curved. 

 Summer. I. petiolate, ovate or cordate-ovate, acuminate, rounded 

 at base, lin. to l^in. 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 (candelalinun-like).* /., calyx sharply ribbed, 

 tinned witli ]nir|ili' ; i<-i(illu wliite, and striated with pale purple, 

 thrice as loiijj, as tlie calyx, externally hairy ; lower lip deep rich 

 violet, variegated and streaked with white at the tliruat; panicle 

 terminal, erect, the branches spreadiuii, each bearing a cyme of 

 several flowers. July. /. oblnng-Unicedlate, rather obtuse, 3in. 

 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. S. 1344 ; L. & P. F. G. ii. p. 161, 217.) 



S. canescens (hoary). Jl., calyx tubular-campanulate ; corolla 

 purple, nearly thrice as long as the calyx, the tube shortly ex- 

 serted, the upper lip slightly falcate ; whorls remote ; racemes 

 branched, villous-viscous. July. I. lanceolate-oblong, entire or 

 sinuate-lobeil, lon^iiarrowed at base, wrinkled, above loosely, 

 below densel\. white-woolly; floral ones very broad, acuminate, 

 concave, persistent, rather shorter than the calyx. Stem 2ft. 

 high, white-wi.oUy at base. Caucasus. (B. R. 1838, 36.) 



S. carduacea (Thistle-leaved).* .rf.. calyx long-woolly; corolla 

 lavender-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, tlabelliform, deeply multifid 

 middle one. July. I. oblong, sinuately-pinnatitid, Thistle-like. 

 Stem stout, simple, 1ft. or more high, naked and scape-like, 

 only at base subtended by a cluster of leaves. California, 1854. 

 (B. M.4874.) 



S. chamsedryoides (Chama-drys-like).* Jl. geminate or few in 

 the clu.sters uf the raceme; calyx cylindrical-campanulate, iin. 

 long ; corolla blue, upwards of ^in. long, the middle lobe of the 

 lower lip bmader than long, obcordat'e-lobed. July. l. rather 

 thick, obluiin ur ellijitical, 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. C. 576; A. B. R. 416, under 

 name of .S'. chaina'drij'olia.) 



S. cocclnea (scarlet).* fi., calyx lips half the length of the tube ; 

 corolla deep scarlet, lin. or less long, pubescent or puberulous 

 outside, the lower lip twice the length of the upper ; raceme 

 twiggy, the clusters few or several-flowered, and rather distant. 

 July. /. membranous, veiny, cordate or ovate, mostly acute, 

 crenate. slender-petioled, mostly soft-tonientose beneath, h. 2ft. 

 Central and South America, Ac, 1772. A greenhouse or half- 

 hardy annual or perennial, canescently pubescent or glabrous, or 

 hairy towards the base. 



S, C. major (larger). A tall-growing form, with somewhat larger 

 Howers than thdse of the type. (B. H. ix. p. 65; R. G. vii. 232.) 



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. paeudo-coccinea.) 



S. coelestina (celestial-blue). Jl. very numerous ; corolla of a 

 soft lilac-blue. Summer. I. petiolate, oval-elliptic, shortly and 

 broadly rounded at the base, attenuated at the apex, irregularly 

 toothed on the margins, h. 2ft. Mexico (Y), 1878. Plant whitish- 

 green or incanescent. A very floriferous, greenhouse perennial, of 

 robust habit, 



S. COlorans (coloured). A garden synonym of ,S'. splendent. 



S. Columbarise (Scabious-like). Jl. small ; calyx naked within ; 

 euroUa blue, hardly exceeding the calyx, its upper lip emargi- 

 nately bilobed at apex, the lower with small lateral lobes and 

 a much larger, stmiewhat bilobed nnddle one ; heads many- 

 fiowered. Summer. I. 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. confertiflora (dustered-flowered).* /?., calyx reddish, ovate- 

 tubular, tumentose, 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 1ft. long. August. /. petiolate, ovate-oblong, 3in. to 

 4in. long, slightly acute, crenate, somewhat decurreiit. wrinkled 

 and appressedly pubescent above, densely rufiiu.s-tt.>nientose 

 beneath ; cauline ones ovate, short. Branches rufous-tomentose. 

 A. 3ft. Rio Janeiro and Organ Mountains, 1838. Greenhouse 

 sub-shrub. (B. M. 3899 ; B. R. 1839, 29.) 



S. confusa (o'ufused). Jl., calyx coloured, striated, pubescent, 

 the teeth all subulate-acuminate ; corolla whitish, twice or thrice 



Salvia — continued. 



as long as the calyx ; whorls remote, many flowered ; racemes 

 elongated. July. /. petiolate, mostly interrii]»tedly jiinnatisect, 

 wrinkled, whiter below than in S. iiifernijita ; terminal segiueut 

 large, ol)long-lanceolate, narrowed at base ; lateral ones one or 

 two on each side. Stem slightly woolly at basa h. 4ft. South 

 Europe, 1790. Hardy shrub. SVN. S. interruvta (S. B. F. G. 

 169). 



S. dichroa (two-coloured), yf., calyx itin. long ; corolla IJin. 



long, the upper lip bright blue, pubescent, arcuate, the lateral 

 lobes of the lower lip pale blue, recurved, the mid-lobe white, 

 pendulous ; racemes 1ft. or more long, many-flowered. August. 

 2., radical ones petiolate, 6in. to 8in. long, oblong-ovate or ovat«- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, narrowed into the petiole, sinuate-serrate, 

 with rounded lobules, pubescent ; upper cauline ones ses.sile. 

 Stem 2ft. to 3ft. high. Greater Atlas, 1871. Plant glandular- 

 pubescent. (B. M. 6004.) 

 S. discolor (di.scoloured).* Jl. in long, terminal spikes; tubular 

 part of the corrVla dark purple, almost wholly hidden by the 

 calyx ; projecting lips of a violet-l^lack colour. L entire, ovate- 

 oblong, on rather long petioles, nearlv 6in. long. h. 2ft. to 3ft. 

 or more. Andes of Peru, 1883. (B."M. 6772; G. C. n. .->., xix. 

 p. 341, under name of S, mcxicana minor.) 



S. elegans (elegant), yf. 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 bin or more long. Summer. I. petio- 

 late, ovate, lin. to l^in. long, acuminate, serrate, rounded or 

 narrowed at base, slightly hispid, pubescent, or tomento e above, 

 glabrous beneath ; floral ones sessile. Stem 3ft. to 4ft. high, 

 glabrous or scarcely i>ilose. Mexico and Guatemala. Greenhouse 

 perennial. (B. M. 6448; Ref. B. 228.) 



S. farinacea (mealy). /., 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. L, lower ones ovate-lanceolate or 

 ovate, obtuse cuneate or rarely subcordate a"t 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. h. 3ft. Texas, 1847. (R. ii. 1002: 

 R. H. 1875, 91.) 



S. Forskolei (Forskohrs). Jl., calyx four to flve lines lon^, 

 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-bitid ; whorls at lengtn lin. 

 or more apart, usually two, rarely four to six-flowered ; racemes 

 elongated, nearly simple. July. /., 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 

 calyx. Stem Uft. high, leafy at base. Orient, 1800. (B. M. 988 ; 

 S. F. G. 21.) 



S. fulgens (brilliant).* Jl. showy; calyx six to eight lines long, 

 tuliular-Liinipamdate ; corolla scarlet, nearly 2in. long, villous, the 

 tulte exserted and swollen ; whorls six-flowered, nearly lin. apart ; 

 racemes 6in. to 12in. long. July. I. petiolate, ovate, acute, 

 usually lin. to 3in. long, crenate-serrate, cordate at base, 

 pubescent above, white-tomentose or woolly lieneath. Stem 

 2ft. to 3ft. or more high ; l»ranches numerous. Mexican IVbmn- 

 tajus, 1829. Greenhouse shrub. (B. R. 1356; L. B. C. 1910 

 S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 59.) 



Fig. 410. Flower of Salvia gesner.eflora. 



S. gesnerseflora (liesnera-flowered).* This magnificent garden 

 sjiecies has unite the habit of S. j'ulifeits ; 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 tlie 

 style is less feathery, k. 2ft. Columbia, 1840. Greenhouse 

 herbaceous perennial. See Fig. 410. (F. d. S. 2131 ; I. H. i. 32 ; 

 L. & P. F. G. 47.) 



S. glutinosa (glutinous). Jupiter's Distaff. Jl., calyx tubular, 

 one-third the length of the corolla ; c(u-idla pale yellow, often 

 Uin. long, with an exserted tube and an enlarged throat ; wliorls 

 distant, loosely few-flowered. July. /. petiolate, ovate-oblong, 

 acuminate, cordate-sagittate at base ; lower ones often 7in. to 

 Sin. long, the upper ones smaller ; floral ones ovate, acuminate, 

 shorter than the calyx. Stem erect, glutinous, pilose, h. 3ft. 

 Europe and Central Asia, 1759. (S. B. F. G. 140, under name of 

 -S*. nuhicola.) 



