SALVIA 



SALVIA 



3063 



Subsection LONGIFLORE. 

 NobUes. 



32. splendens, Ker-Gawl. (S. cdlorans, Hort. S. 

 brasiliensis, Spreng.). SCARLET SAGE. Figs. 3538, 3539. 

 Tender shrub or subshrub, treated as an annual, about 

 3 ft. high: st. shrubby with glabrous branches: Ivs. 

 petiolate, ovate, acuminate, crenate-serrate, base 

 cuneate, rotundate or cordate, both surfaces glabrous; 

 floral Ivs. ovate, acuminate, colored: racemes terminal, 

 spikelike, 6 in. or more long; floral whorls about 2-fld. 

 (2- rarely 6-fld.), about 30 fls. in a raceme; calyx cam- 

 panulate, membran- 

 aceous, scarlet, gla- 

 brous or villous, teeth 

 3, broad-ovate, acute; 

 corolla scarlet, gla- 

 brous. Autumn. 

 Brazil. B. R. 687. 

 L.B.C.11:1089. Var. 

 alba, Hort., has 

 creamy white fls. 

 Var. atropurp&rea, 

 Hort., a form with 

 dark violet-purple fls. 

 Yar. atrosanguinea, 

 Hort., has deep crim- 

 son fls. Var. bicolor, 

 Hort., with large 

 spikes of scarlet-and- 

 white fls. Var. Bru- 

 dnti, Hort., dwarfer 

 than the type hi 

 habit and brighter 

 scarlet fls. G.C. II. 

 14:781; III. 6:653. 

 Gn. 21:328 (good). 

 A. F. 5:331. Var. 

 compdcta, Hort., 

 dwarfer habit, ra- 

 cemes thicker and 

 more numerous, fls. 

 brilliant scarlet. Var. 

 compacta alba, Hort., 

 a whitish variant of 

 the preceding variety. 

 Var. compacta erecta, 

 Hort., a dwarf form 

 with dark scarlet fls. 

 Var. grandiflora, 

 Hort., is a tall-grow- 

 ing large-fld. form. 

 G.M. 43:853. R.B. 

 27:12. The following 

 variants of this va- 

 riety are offered : Var. 

 grandiflora erecta, 

 Hort. Var. grandi- 

 flora nana, Hort. 

 Var. grandiflora pen- 

 dula, Hort. Var. 

 grandiflora prostrdta, 

 Hort. Var. Issanchon, 

 Hort. (S. brasiliensis 

 var. Issdnchon, Hort.), has the calyx white, striped red 

 and a rose-white corolla, habit similar to var. compacta. 

 Var. nana, Hort., is a dwarf form, rather early flower- 

 ing, the fls. bright red. Var. purpurea, Hort., is offered 

 in the trade. Var. pyramidalis, Hort., is offered in the 

 trade. F.E. 31:325. Var. roseo-carminea, Hort., is 

 offered in the trade. Var. semperfldrens, Hort., is 

 characterized as an early and continuous -flowering 

 form. Var. Souchetii, Planch. (S. Souchetii, Hort.), is 

 probably the same as var. compacta. There is a white- 

 fld. variant of this variety known in the trade as S. 

 Souchetii var. alba, Hort. Var. violacea, Hort., is 



3538. Salvia splendens. 



offered in the trade. S. nana, HBK., is a valid species 

 belonging to Section 7. It is herbaceous, with a per- 

 pendicular, thickened tuberous root, almost stemless, 

 with subsessile radical lys. forming a rosette, and blue 

 fls. Mex. Probably not in cult. 



Inflate. 



33. Sessei, Benth. (S. Roezlii, Scheidw.). Fig. 3535. 

 Subshrub, about 1J^ ft. high: sts. shrubby with rather 

 glabrous branches: Ivs. 2-3 in. long, somewhat leathery, 

 petiolate, broad-ovate or ovate-oblong, acuminate, 

 base rounded cuneate or narrow, both surfaces gla- 

 brous or pubescent; floral Ivs. smaller, the uppermost 

 minute, deciduous: panicle short, lax; floral whorls 

 few-fld.; calyx inflated-campanulate, scarlet, glabrous; 

 coroUa scarlet, almost 2 in. long, pubescent. Summer. 

 Mex. F.S. 14:1407. 



Fulgentes. 



34. Grahamii, Benth. Shrub, 2r-3 ft. high: st. 

 shrubby with glabrous or very slightly pubescent 

 branches: Ivs. petiolate, oval, obtuse, base rounded or 

 cuneate, irregularly crenate in the center, subglabrous; 

 floral Ivs. ovate, acuminate, ciliate, deciduous: racemes 

 elongated, more than 1 ft. long; floral whorls 2-fld.; 

 calyx tubular, striate-nerved, pubescent, frequently 

 colored; coroUa deep crimson or when older purple, the 

 midlobe of the lower lip, which is large and obcordate, 

 has two small white spots. Summer. Mex. B.R. 1370. 

 L.B.C. 18:1798. G.W. 15, p. 48. 



35. Greggii, Gray. Shrub, 1-3 ft. high: sts. 

 glabrous or obscurely farinaceous; the 

 branches slender: Ivs. coriaceous, 1 -ribbed, 

 almost veinless, oblong, entire, base narrowed 

 to a short petiole: racemes 2-3 in. long, 6-8- 

 fld.; calyx narrowly campanulate, slightly 

 pubescent or glandular; corolla red or pur- 

 plish red, about 1 in. long, the tube strongly 

 ventricose-gibbous, the throat abruptly con- 

 tracted, the lower lip large and showy. 

 Autumn. Texas and Mex. B.M. 6812. Var. 

 Slba, Hort., is a white-fld. form. 



36. fulgens, Cav. (S. cardindlis, HBK.). 

 CARDINAL SALVIA. MEXICAN RED SALVIA. 

 Perennial shrub, 2-3 ft. high: the numerous 

 branches almost glabrous or pilose-hirsute: 

 Ivs. petiolate, 1-3 in. long, ovate, acute, cre- 

 nate-serrate, base cordate, pubescent above, 

 white-tomentose or lanate beneath; floral lys. 

 sessile, ovate, deciduous: racemes 6-12 in. 

 long; floral whorls 6-fld., rather distant; calyx 



Dpr pedicelled, tubular-campanulate, pubescent; 

 corolla showy scarlet, about 2 in. long, 

 villous. July. Mex. B.R. 1356. L.B.C. 20: 

 1910. The fls. are darker red than those of 

 S. splendens and the calyx is said to be dull 

 colored and conspicuously striate. Appar- 

 ently not very frequently cult. Var. Bou- 

 cheana, Benth. (S. Bouchedna, Kunth), has 

 the Ivs. narrowly deltoid-ovate, truncate or 

 subcordate at the base. Mex. 



37. gesneraefldra, Lindl. & Paxt. (S. ges- 

 neriaefolia, Lem.). Perennial herb about 2 ft. 



high (possibly sometimes a subshrub): the branches 

 numerous and glandular -pilose: Ivs. ovate-cordate, 

 short-acuminate, crenulate-dentate, puberulent-ciliate 

 and rugose-plicate above, densely long-pubescent-canes- 

 cent beneath: floral whorls 5-^6-fld., with very short 

 pedicels; calyx green, tubular-dilated; corolla scarlet, 2 

 in. or more long, the tube globose-inflated, throat 

 slightly constricted, short- pubescent. Said to flower in 

 April and again in Nov. Colombia. F.S. 20:2131. 

 I.H. 1:32. J.F. 2:179. J.H. III. 48:191. Considered 

 by many to be only a variety or form of S. fulgens 

 which it closely resembles. 



