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Salvia — continued. 



S. Goudotil ((ioutlot's).* fi., calyx tuVnilar-campanulate, three to 

 four lines long ; corolla bright crimson, upwards of lin. long, 

 the tube long-exserted and enlarged above, the lips sub-equal ; 

 whorls six to ten-rtowered, sub-secnnd ; racemes simple, 6in. 

 long. Summer, l. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuuiinate, nearly 

 Sin. long, crenate-serrate, narrowed at base, pultescent. 

 llranchlets rufous-puberulous or glabrous, h. 2ft. Columbia, 

 1870. Greenhouse shrub. (Ref. B. 229.) Sv.\. .S. la nt an!, folia 

 (<'f gardens). 



S. Grahami (Graham's).* Jl., calyx often coloured, tubular, 

 pubescent ; corolla purplish-blue, twice as long as the calyx, the 

 lower lip twice as long as the hood ; whorls two-flowered ; 

 racemes elongated. Summer. /. petiolate, oval, obtuse, rounded 

 or cuneate at base, irregularly crenate, nearly glabrous ; floral 

 ones ovate, acuminate, ciliated. Branches glabrous or very 

 slenderly pubescent, h. 2ft. Mexico, 1829. Greenhouse shrub. 

 (B. R. 1370 ; L. B. C. 1798 ; R. G. 242.) 



S. Greggil (Gregg's).* /f., calyx narrowly-campanulate, lips half 

 to one-third the length of the tube, lanceolate, acute, nearly 

 straight ; corolla carmine, tube twice as long as calyx, throat 

 ventricose, mouth contracted; racemes 2in. long, six to eight- 

 flowered. Autumn. I. lin. to l^in. long, sub-sessile, linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, naiTowed at base, closely gland-dotted, rather 

 dull pale gi-een. h. 3ft. Northern Mexico, 1885. Greenhouse 

 shrub. (B. M. 6812.) 



S. Heerii fHeer's).* fl. pubescent or glandular-pubescent ; calyx 

 tubular, in-egularly three-toothed ; corolla scarlet, thrift' as lung 

 as the calyx, the tube recurved ; whorls two-Hnwered, secvind ; 

 racemes terminating the branches and branchlets. Suumier. 

 I. petiolate, coidate-ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, membranous, 

 crenate-toothed, wrinkled above, slightly canescent beneath ; 

 floral ones bract-formed, nearly round, long-acuminate. Stem 

 much branched, h. 2ft. to 3ft. Peru, 1855. (ireenhouse shrub. 

 (Ref. B. 205 ; R. G. 115.) 



S, hians (gaping).* fi. showy ; calyx campanulate, bluish, gluti- 

 nous ; corolla of a beautifid blue, thrice as long as the calyx, with 

 an ample, exserted tube and a short, gaping limb ; whorls six- 

 flowered ; racemes slightly branched. June. I, long-petiolate, 

 broadly ovate, broadly cordate -sagittate or truncate at base ; 

 floral ones ovate, acuminate, shorter than the calyx. Stem erect, 

 villous, h. 2ft. Cashmere, 1830. A prettv ])erennial, allied to 

 .S'. plutinosa. (B. M. 6517 ; B. R. 1841. 39 ; R. G. 1221.) 



S. h. plectranthifolia (Plectranthus-leaved). This variety has 

 mther smalU'r, and less hairy, nmre deeply violet flowers than 

 tlie type. (1.. A: P. F. G. iii. p. 157.) 



S. hispanica (Spanish), fi., calyx campanulate, villous -pu- 

 bescent ; corolla blue, shortly exserted, glabnms, four to five 

 lines long : whorls approximate, many-flowered ; racemes spike- 

 funned. .Tidy. I. ovate, acuminate, 2in. to 4in. long, serrated, 

 borne on long; petioles; floral ones ovate, exceeding the short 

 pedicels. /(. 1ft. to 2ft. West Indies (naturalised in Spain), 1739. 

 Hardy, pubescent annua!. (B. R. 559.) 



S. Horminum. (Hoi-minum'. fi., corolla purple, half as long again 

 as tlie pubescent calyx ; whorls distant, about six-flowered ; 

 racemes simple. June. I. petiolate, oval-olilong, rounded or 

 cuneate at base, obtuse, crenate, villous ; the upper ones ovate- 

 cordate ; floral ones very broad, acute, persistent, rather longer 

 than the calvx, the uppermost ones coloured. Stem erect, villous. 

 /(. Uft South Europe, 1596. Annual. (S. F. G. i. 20.) 



S. Hoveyi (Hovey's). A synonym of S. iauthina. 



S. lanthina (violet).* fi. large ; corolla of an intense violet-purple, 

 nearly thrice as long as the calyx, the tube funnel-shaped, the 

 upper lip erect ; bracts ovate, acuminate, coloured ; whorls six- 

 flowered, clustered. June. /. somewhat ovate-cordate, acu- 

 minate, crenate, wrinkled, puberulous, paler beneath. Stem 

 erect, 2ft. high, pul perulous. Native country uncertain, 1850. 

 Greenhouse perennial. Syn. S. Uovet/i (F. d. S. 884 ; G. V. n. s., 

 XV. p. 145). 



S. Indica (Indian). /Z. at first campanulate, afterwards inflated. 

 viscoUs pubescent ; corolla of a beautiful yellow, spotted with 

 purple, thrice as long as the calyx, the tube srarci'ly exserted; 

 whorls few, six-flowered, very remote ; racemes simide VJt. or 

 more long. June. I. petiolate, broad or oblung-ovate, acute, 

 slightly tootlied or erose-crenate or lobed, broadly cordate at 

 base, lilabrous, the lower ones 3in. to 5in. long ; floral ones ovate- 

 cor>late, ivflexed, sessile. Stem erect, slightly pilose. A. 3ft 

 India, 1751. (B. M. 395.) 



S. interrupta (interrupted).* fi. nearly sessile ; calyx deeply 

 gi'ooved, lin. long; corolla dark violet-purple, with a white 

 throat, IJin. long, lin. across, the tube red-purple, nearly 

 sti'aight ; whorls numerous, 2in. to 5in. apart, five to ten-flowered. 

 May. /. 6iu. t<i lOin. long, spreading, piunatisect, coarsely 

 wrinkled above, white-tomentose below ; terminal lol)e 2in. to 

 5in. long, oblong-ovate : lateral segments distant. Stem erect ; 

 branches (as well as the inflorescence) viscid-downy. h, 5ft. 

 to 4ft. Tangiers, 1867. (B. M. 5860 ; R. G. 1210.) 



S. interrupta (interrupted), of Sweet. A synonym of S. con/um. 

 5. Involucrata (involucred). fi., calyx often coloured, tubular 

 cauipanidate, viscous ; corolla rosy, usually long-exserted, three 

 to five times as bmg as the calyx, the tube sw<dieu, the lips 

 sub-equal ; pedicels nearly equalling the calyx ; whorls nearly 

 six-flowered, approximating ; racemes spike-formed. August. 



Salvia — coritinued. 



/. petiolate, ovate, acuminate, 2in. to 5in. long, crenate-serrate ; 

 floral ones sessile, bract-like, iiroadly ovate, acuminate, coloured. 

 Stem several feet hii>h, sparsely branched. Mexico, 1824. Green- 

 house or half-hardy sub-shrub. (B. M. 2872; B. R. 1205.) 



S. i. Bethellii (Bethell's).* fi. biight rosy-crimson, in large, 

 whorled spikes terminating the branches ; in the bud each whorl 

 surrounded by a pair of large, coloured bracts. I. large, corilate- 

 <ivate. 1881. A handsome seedling variety, of bold habit. (F. M. 

 464 and G. C. n. s., xv. p. 49, under name of 5. Bethellii.) 



S. 1. Deschampsiana (Deschamps'). fi. in ovate, spike-formed, 

 terminal clusters ; calyx (as well as the ovate, caducous bracts) 

 bright red ; corolla of a lively rose-colour, the tube much inflated. 

 /. cordate, acuminate. A. 5ft. or more. French gardens, 1869. 

 (R. H. 1869, 134.) 



S. lamiifolla (Lamium-leaved). fi., calyx sub-sessile, tubular; 

 corolla I)lue, scarcely twice as long as the calyx, the tube _sub- 

 eciual, the upper lip erect, the lower one shorter; whorls six to 

 ten-flowered ; racemes elongated. July. /. petiolate, ovate, 

 acuminate, often 3in. to 4in. long, crenate-serrate, rounded or 

 cuneate at base, glabrous or rarely slightly pubescent above ; 

 floral ones ovate-lanceolate, equalling the calyx. Stem erect, 

 nearly glalirous. /(. 2ft. West Indies, &c., 1821. Stove shrub. 

 (B. R. 446 ; B. M. 1294 ; L. B. C. 377, under name of S. ama-}}a.) 



S. lantanifolia (Lautana-leaved). A garden synonym of 

 S. Goudotii. 



S.leonuroides(Leoniu-us-like). fi., calyx highly glabrous, tubu- 

 lar-campanulate, with three broad lobes ; corolla scarlet, nearly 

 twice as long as the calyx, the tube swollen, the lips sub-equal ; 

 pedicels shorter than the petioles ; whorls about six-flowered, in 

 the axils of the cauline leaves. June. I. ovate or rhomboid, 

 obtuse, slightly crenate, truncate or sub-cordate at base, nearly 

 glabrous above, canescent on the veins beneath. Branches sul- 

 cate. h. 3ft. Pern, 1785. Greenhouse shrub. (B. M. 376, under 

 name of S. /ornint>a.) 



S, leucantha (white-flowered), fi., calyx ovate-cylindrical, clothed 

 with dense, violet or lavender-coloured wool, paler beneath ; 

 corolla white and woolly, about twice as long as the calyx, the 

 tube thick, curved upwards ; whorls six to eight-flowered ; spike 

 or raceme much elongated, the rachis covered with violet- 

 coloured wool. June. I. narrow, oblong-lanceolate, on shoit 

 petioles, acute, wrinkled, almost glabrous above, downy beneath. 

 Branches woolly. A. Hit. to 2ft. Mexico, 1847. Greenhouse 

 shrub. (B. .M.4518.) 



S. mentiens (deceiving), fi.., calyx scarlet at apex, glabrous, 

 four lines long ; corolla of a beautiful scarlet, four or five times 

 longer than the calyx, the tube long-exserted, the lips short 

 and sub-equal ; whorls remote, few-nowered ; racemes simple, 

 elongated. Summer. I. petiolate, ovate, acuminate, serrate, 

 rouncled at base, glabrous. Stem glabrous below, spreading 

 and pilose at apex. h. l^ft. Brazil, 1870. Warm greenhouse 

 perennial. (Ref. B. 206.) 



S. nutans (nodding), fi., calyx scarcely two lines lon^; corolla 

 violet, four to five lines long, with a straight, spreadmg hood ; 

 whorls nearly six-flowered, approximate ; racemes spike-formed, 

 lin. to Uin. long, on long peduncles. July. I., sub-radical ones 

 long-petl'olate, ovate-oblong, 4in. to 5in. long, doubly crenate 

 sub-cordate at base, wrinkled ; floral ones minute, orbicular. 

 Stem pubescent, nearly simple, 2ft. to 5ft. high. Eastern Europe, 

 1780. (B. M. 2456.) 



S. obtusa (obtuse -leaved), fi., calyx tubular - campanulate, 

 pubescent; corolla carmine, lin. long, the tube inflated, twice 

 as long as the calyx ; whoils twt)-fiowered, distant. Summer. 

 I. petiolate, ovate, obtuse, lin. long, cuneate at base, nearly 

 glabrous above, cano - pubescent beneath. Stems bifarious, 

 pubescent. h. lAft. Mexico, 1861. Greenhouse perennial. 

 (F. d. S. 1412; R. G. 242, Fig. 1.) 



S. odorata (sweet-scented). ;/. shortly pedicellate ; calyx cam- 

 panulate, hairy-pubescent; corolla white, nearly thrice as long 

 as the calyx, the upper lip falcate and compressed ; whorls two- 

 flowered, nearly Im. distant ; panicle 1ft. or more long, much- 

 branched. July. l. petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 irregularly crenate-toothed, conlate at base, 5in. long, wrinkled, 

 white-tomentose ; upper ones sessile ; floral ones shorter than 

 the pedicels, persistent. Branches ascending, the upper ones 

 erect, h. 5i't. Bagdad, 1804. (.ireenhouse sub-shrub. 



S. officinalis (orticinal). Common Sage, fi., calyx four to five 

 lines long, campanulate, pubescent or villous ; corolla purple, 

 blue, or white, twice or thrice as long as the calyx ; whorls few, 

 ten to twenty- flowei-ed, dense ; racemes sub-simple. June. 

 /. lin. to lAin. long, petiolate, entire, oblong, naiTowed or rounded 

 at base, wrinkled ; lower ones white, tomentose or woolly below 

 or on both sides ; floral ones sessile, ovate, acuminate. Stem 

 white-woolly ; floriferous branches tomentose-pubescent. h. 1ft. 

 South Europe, 1597. Hardy shrub. (B. M. PI. 206.) For culture, 

 Ac, see Sage. 



S. O, aurea (golden). A dwarf, compact form, with yellow 

 flowers. It is very useful for ornamental bedding. 1879. Garden 

 variety. 



S. Oppositiflora (opposite-flowered).* fi.. Calyx tubular, with 

 tliree acute teeth ; corolla scarlet, four times as long as the calyx, 

 pubescent outside, the tube long-exserted ; whorls two-flowered, 

 secund ; racemes simple, lin. long. June. I. petiolate, ovate, 



