Meriandra.] cxii. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) 653 



A small shrub ; branches obscurely angled. Leaves 3-4 by f-l i n - obtuse or 

 acute, base sagittate or cordate, upper surface almost granulate, lower white ; petiole 

 i in., very stout. Spikes 1-2 in. by ^ in. diam., panicled ; ^bracts broadly ovate. 

 Calyx ^ in., woolly. Corolla rather longer, as much in diameter. 



2. IK. beng-alensis, Benth. Lai. 189, in Wall. PL As. Bar. i. 29, and 



in DC. Prodr. xii. 262 ; finely tomentose or hoary, spikes terminal with 

 interrupted ebracteate globose whorls. Wall. Cat. 1526 ; G-rah. Cat. Bomb. 

 PI. 151 ; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl., Addend. 66 ; Dene, in Jacquem. Voy. 

 Bot. 134, t. 139. Salvia bengalensis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 145. S. dianthera, 

 Roth Nov. Sp. 18. S. abyssinica, Br. in Append. Salt's Travels. S. 

 Schimperiana, Hochst. in Schimp. Iter Abyss, n. 1781. 



Cultivated in INDIA. DISTKIB. Native of Abyssinia. 



A large straggling shrub ; branches cylindric. Leaves 2-3 by 1-li in., finely 

 crenulate, obtuse, thinner than in M. strobilifera, as finely granulate above and 

 reticulate beneath, base rounded or bractate ; petiole slender, - in. Whorls -| in. 

 diam., villous. Calyx | in. long, pedicelled, teeth acute. Corolla white, lips 

 spreading or recurved. 



28. SALVIA, Linn. 



Herbs or shrubs. Whorls usually racemed or spiked ; bracts small or 

 large. Calyx tubular or campanulate, upper lip entire or 3-toothed, lower 

 2-fid, throat naked. Corolla-tube naked or with a ring of hairs inside ; 

 upper lip erect, lower 3-lobed, lateral lobes spreading. Stamens, 2 perfect, 

 filaments short, jointed on the slender connective which bears 1 or 2 perfect 

 cells. Disk tumid behind. Style ascending, 2-fid. Nutlets 3-quetrous, 

 smooth. Species 450, tropical and temperate. 



Sect. 1. Drymosphace, BentJi. Perennial herbs ; floral leaves very 

 small. Upper calyx-lip entire or 3-toothed. Corolla-tube exserted, annu- 

 late within ; upper lip falcate, compressed. Connectives with an imperfect 

 cell behind. 



1. S. glutinosa, Linn.; herbaceous, tall, robust, viscidly hairy, leaves 

 hastately ovate-oblong toothed, whorls distant few- and lax-fld., calyx tubu- 

 lar-campanulate, corolla large yellow. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 276; 

 Eeichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1246, f. 1 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 609. S. nubicola, 

 Benth. Lab. 219, and in Wall. PL As. Ear. i. 68 ; Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. 

 t. 140 ; Wall. Cat. 2146. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir, alt. 6-9000 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 10-12,000 ft. 

 DISTRIB. Afghanistan, S. Europe, W. Asia. 



Stem 2-3 ft. Leaves 4-7 by 2-4 in. ; petiole 1-3 in. Flowers in large branched, 

 spreading panicles, shortly pedicelled. Calyx | in., upper lip ovate acute entire, 

 teeth of lower ovate acute. Corolla 1-1 m - tube exserted, throat dilated, limb 

 gaping. Nutlets % in., elliptic-obovate, compressed, smooth. 



2. S. hians, Roylemss. in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. 373, and 111. PI. Himal. 

 303, t. 75, f. 3 ; herbaceous, tall, robust, viscidly hairy, leaves long-petioled 

 ovate-hastate or -cordate toothed, whorls distant few- and lax- lid., calyx 

 broadly shortly campanulate, corolla very large blue. Benth. Lab. 219, 

 717, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 276 ; Bot. Reg. 1841 t. 39; Bot. Mag. t. 6517 

 (excl. syn. S. macrophylla ?). 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Kashmir, alt. 8-11,000 ft., Falconer, &c. 



Habit of S. glutinosa, but petioles much longer, often 10 in., and leaves rather 

 broader; calyx much broader; corolla 1J in., blue with very inflated throat and 

 shorter lips ; nutlets similar but larger, in. long. 



