3060 



SALVIA 



SALVIA 



showy, blue, tube exserted, broad, the limb short, 

 gaping, the upper lip falcate. June. Cashmere. B.M. 

 6517. B.R. 27:39. R.H. 1845:145. Gt. 35: 1221. Var. 

 plectranthifdlia, Paxt., has fls. which are rather smaller, 

 less hairy and deeper violet than the type. 



11. Przewalskii, Maxim. Sts. ascending, 3-5 ft. 

 high, herbaceous, pubescent, glandular above: radical 

 Ivs. long-petioled, crenate-dentate, hoary-tomentose 

 beneath, acute, cordate-oblong; cauline Ivs. acute, 

 hastate-cordate; floral Ivs. ovate, acute: racemes com- 

 posite, spike-like; floral whorls distant, about 2-fld.; 

 calyx campanulate, striate, glandular, the teeth acute, 

 short-triangular; corolla violet, the tube long-exserted. 

 June. China. 



Subgenus II. SCLAREA. 



All Old-World, herbaceous species. 



Section 4. HOBMINUM. 



Annual herbs. 



12. Horminum 



12. Horminum, Linn. Annual, about 1^ ft. high: 

 st. herbaceous, erect, villous: Ivs. petiolate, oval-oblong, 

 base rotund or cuneate, obtuse, crenate, villous; floral 

 Ivs. very broad, acute, persistent, the upper ones 

 variously colored: racemes simple; floral whorls dis- 

 tant, about 6-fld.; calyx tubular, pubescent; corolla 

 light lilac or pale violet to reddish violet or purple. 

 June-Aug. S. Eu. Var. alba, Hort., has white floral 

 Ivs. Var. purpurea, Hort., misspelled purpureum f (S. 

 Horminum var. rubra, Hort.), has bright carmine- 

 red to brilliant purple-red floral Ivs. darker veined. Var. 

 violacea, Hort. (S. Bluebeard, Hort.), has light violet- 

 blue floral Ivs. somewhat larger and darker veined. 

 Var. vulgaris, Hort., has violet-blue floral Ivs., with 

 darker veins. 



Section 5. ^ETHIOPIS. 



A. Lvs. or lobes of the Ivs. oblong-lanceolate 



or linear 17. Montbretii 



AA. Lvs. or lobes of the Ivs. broad-ovate. 



B. The Ivs. hoary-tomentose 13. Sclarea 



BB. The Ivs. green, the white wool lax. 



c. Floral Ivs. all ftoriferous 14. sethiopis 



cc. Floral Ivs., the uppermost, sterile. 

 D. Plant about 2 ft. high: panicle 



strongly branched 15. argentea 



DD. Plant scarcely 1 ft. high: panicle 



slightly branched 16. verbascifolia 



13. Sclarea, Linn. (S. bractedta, Sims, not Soland., in 

 Russ. S. Simsiana, R. & S.). CLARY. Biennial, 2-3 

 ft. high: st. herbaceous, stout, erect, villous: Ivs. often 

 8-9 x 4-5 in., petiolate, broad-ovate, erose-crenate, base 

 cordate, hoary, the uppermost clasping; floral Ivs. very 

 broad, acuminate, concave, membranaceous, colored, 

 their base white, their tips rose: racemes paniculate; 

 floral whorls distant, about 6-fld.; calyx campanulate, 

 striate, pubescent-hispid, the teeth rather spiny- 

 acuminate; corolla whitish blue, the tube included. 

 Aug. S. Eu. B.M. 2320. B.R. 1003. G.C. III. 44:268. 

 Gn. 64, p. 249. G.M. 57:173. Var. turkestanica, Hort. 

 (AS. turkestanica, Hort. S. turkestanidna, Hort.), grows 

 3 ft. high, has quadrangular sts. tinged with pink, basal 

 Ivs. on long petioles and long spikes, 2^ ft. high, of 

 large white fls., tinged with pink. There is a form 

 offered in the trade under the name of S. turkes- 

 tanica superba, Hort., which has "dense branched 

 pyramids of silky foliage and conspicuous rosy bracts, 

 and white fls." S. bracteata, Soland., in Russ., is a valid 

 species belonging to Section 1. It is a subshrub about 

 1-1 Yt ft. high, with purplish fls. and a native of Asia 

 Minor and Syria. Probably not in cult. 



14. aethidpis, Linn. Perennial, 6-12 in. or more 

 high: st. herbaceous, erect, white-lanate : lower Ivs. 

 petiolate, narrow at base; cauline Ivs. cordate-clasping; 

 all incise-dentate, densely white-lanate on both sur- 



faces; floral Ivs. very broad, acuminate, persistent, 

 concave, lanate: racemes paniculate; floral whorls dis- 

 tinct, 6-10-fld.; calyx campanulate, leathery, lanate, 

 plicate-striate, the teeth aU subulate-spinose; corolla 

 white, the upper lip often reddish, tube contracted at 

 the middle; connectives not toothed. S. Eu., N. Afr., 

 and the Orient. Probably not common in cult. S. 

 sethiopis, Brot., not Linn., equals S. argentea, which see. 

 15. argentea, Linn. (S. pdtula, Desf.). Biennial, 

 2-4 ft. high: sts. herbaceous, erect, villous: Ivs. radical 

 and lower cauline, 6-8 x 4-6 in., broad-ovate, sinuate- 

 lobate, the lobes erose- 

 crenate, lanate; floral Ivs. 

 very broad, acuminate, con- 

 cave, persistent: panicles 

 divaricate-branched; floral 

 whorls remote, 6-10-fld., 

 the uppermost abortive; 

 calyx campanulate, striate, 

 the teeth all subspinose; 

 corolla showy, rose-white, 

 whitish, purplish or yellow- 

 ish, the galea or upper lip 

 much longer than the lower. 

 June. Medit. region of Eu. 

 and Afr. F.C. 3:112. Gn. 

 73, p. 517. For some reason 

 this species is considered a 

 hardy perennial by Ameri- 

 can seedsmen. The foliage 

 is white-woolly, making it a 

 very decorative plant. 



16. verbascifdlia, Bieb. 

 (S. microstegia, Boiss. & 

 Bal.). Perennial: st. her- 

 baceous, erect, viscous-vil- 

 lous: lower Ivs. petiolate, 

 broadly ovate, base cordate, 

 sinuate-lobate, erose, thick, 

 very wrinkled, scarcely lan- 

 ate above, white tomen- 

 tose-lanate beneath; floral 

 Ivs. very broad, acuminate, concave, persistent, vil- 

 lous: panicles twiggy branched; floral whorls 2-6-fld., 

 approximate, distinct, the uppermost abortive; calyx 

 campanulate, striate, viscous- villous; corolla white, 

 beset with blue hairs, galea very large and falcate. 

 Caucasus region. Var. kurdica, Hort., is offered in 

 the trade. 



17. Montbretii, Benth. Perennial subshrub, low: sts. 

 erect, the base white-lanate, the top viscous- villous: 

 Ivs. lanceolate, the lower petiolate, the upper clasping, 

 crenulate or obscurely pinnatifid-dentate, laxly white- 

 lanate above, densely so beneath; floral Ivs. very broad, 

 lanate beneath: racemes simple; floral whorls 6-10- 

 fld.; calyx oblong-tubular, viscous-pubescent; corolla 

 blue. Asia Minor and Syria. 



Section 6. PLETHIOSPHACE. 



A. Corolla 1 in. or more long. 



B. Pedicels longer than the calyx. 



c. Lower Ivs. incise-palmatifid 18. bicolor 



cc. Lower Ivs. oblong-orate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, sinuate-serrate 19. dichroa 



BB. Pedicels shorter than the calyx. 



c. Sts. subsimple, 1-3 ft. high 20. pratensis 



cc. Sts. 4-6 ft. high: panicles branched, 



very large 21. virgata 



AA. Corolla Y-iin. or less long, rarely as 

 much as %in. 



B. Lvs. incise-pinnaiifid 26. controversa 



BB. Lvs. entire, crenate or erpse-dentate. 

 C. Racemes erect and strict. 



D. The Ivs. all oblong-lanceolate or 



narrowly oblong. 

 E. Under surface of Ivs. canes- 

 cent 22. sylvestris 



3536. Salvia pratensis. 



