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SALVIA 



SALVIA 



38. involucrata, Cav. Half-hardy subshrub, several 

 feet high: sts. shrubby; the branches elongated: Ivs. 

 petiolate, 2-3 in. long, ovate, acuminate, crenate- 

 serrate at the middle, the base rotund-cuneate, gla- 

 brous; floral Ivs. bract-like, sessile, broad-ovate, acumi- 

 nate, colored, deciduous after anthesis: racemes spicate, 

 in fl. subglobose, at length 4-6 in. long; floral whorls 

 about 6-fld., approximate; calyx tubular-campanulate, 

 striate, viscous, often colored, the teeth setaceous-acu- 

 minate; corolla rose, tube ventricose, generally long- 

 exserted, sometimes short, galea villous. Aug. Mex. 

 and Cent. Amer. B.M. 2872. B.R. 1205. R.H. 1858, 

 p. 239. H.F. II. 2:204. The floral Ivs. are large, 

 showy, and rather a rose-purple, the fls. frequently 

 shading toward purple. Var. Bethellii, Hort. (S. 

 Bethellii, Hort.), is a horticultural form with large, 

 cordate -oval Ivs. and bright rosy crimson or puce 

 fls. borne in large terminal whorled spikes. F.M. 

 1881:464. G.C. II. 15:49. Var. Deschampsiana, Verl., 

 grows 3 ft. or more high: Ivs. cordate-acuminate: fls. in 

 ovate spicate terminal clusters: bracts ovate, caducous, 

 they and the calyx bright red; corolla bright rose. 

 French garden origin. R.H. 1869:134, desc. 



Cyaneae. 



39. filbo-caerillea, Lind. Subshrub, about 3 ft. high: 

 sts. erect: Ivs. petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, long- 

 acuminate, 4-6 in. long, crenate-serrate, decurrent into 

 the petiole, nearly glabrous above, softly pubescent 

 beneath: racemes simple, 6-12 in. long; floral whorls 

 4- to many-fid.; calyx green, campanulate-tubular, 

 glandular-pubescent; corolla-tube and upper lip cream- 

 colored, lower lip rich indigo-blue sometimes tinged 

 with violet or purple. Summer. Mex. F.S. 13:1340. 

 Gt. 7:96. Rare in cult. 



40. ianthina, Otto & Dietr. (S. Hdveyi, Hort.). 

 Perennial, about 2 ft. high: sts. herbaceous, erect, 

 puberulous: Ivs. ovate-subcordate, acuminate, crenate, 

 rugose, paler beneath; floral Ivs. ovate, acuminate, 

 colored: infl. terminal; floral whorls 6-fla., clustered; 

 corolla large, intense purple-violet. June. Habitat 

 uncertain, probably Mex. or Peru. F.S. 9:884. R.H. 

 1854:61. G.C. II. 15:145. 



41. cyanea, Benth. St. shrubby: branches 4-angled, 

 hoary-pubescent or glabrous: Ivs. petiolate, ovate, 

 acuminate, serrate-crenate, pubescent, or frequently 

 canescent beneath; floral Ivs. ovate, acuminate, mem- 

 branaceous, deciduous: racemes simple; floral whorls 

 laxly 6-10-fld., subsecund; calyx tubular, bluish, 

 glandular-villous; corolla blue, the tube exserted and 

 ventricose. Mex. and Cent. Amer. 



Tubuliflorx. 



42. Goudotii, Benth. (S. lantansefblia, Hort., not 

 Mart. & Gal.). Shrub, about 2 ft. high, with the 

 branches red-puberulent or glabrous: Ivs. about 3 in. 

 long, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate- 

 crenate, base narrowed, both surfaces pubescent; floral 

 Ivs. lanceolate-subulate, deciduous: racemes simple; 

 floral whorls 6-10-fld., subsecund; calyx tubular-cam- 

 panulate, the teeth ovate, ciliate-margined; corolla red, 

 more than 1 in. long. Colombia. R.B. 25:121. 



43. coccinea, Linn. (S. rosea, Vahl). Annual or 

 sometimes perennial and subshrubby: st. herbaceous, 

 erect, 1-2 ft. high, canescent-pubescent : Ivs. petiolate, 

 1-2 in. long, ovate, acute, crenate, base cordate, pubes- 

 cent above, hoary-tomentose beneath; floral Ivs. ovate, 

 acuminate, deciduous: racemes simple; floral whorls 

 remote, 6-10-fld.; calyx tubular-campanulate, striate, 

 often purplish, the teeth acute; corolla scarlet, glabrous. 

 July. S. C. to Fla. and Texas, Mex., W. Indies, Trop. 

 Amer., and cult, and occasionally escaped in India and 

 Austral. Probably all of the material grown as this is 

 not true to name, possibly the larger part of -it is in 

 reality S. splendens. Var. tricolor, Hort., has the upper 



lip white, the lower lip brilliant carmine-red. Var. 

 lactea, Hort., has white fls. Var. major, Regel (S. 

 filamentosa, Tausch. S. Roemeriana, Hort., not 

 Scheele), becomes a subshrub up to 4J^ ft. high, is apt 

 to be less canescent-pubescent and has larger bright 

 scarlet-red fls. June to late autumn. Gt. 7:232. Var. 

 nana, Hort., is a dwarf much-branched form. Var. 

 nana carminea, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. 

 nana compact a, Hort., is a dwarf er and more bushy 

 form than the variety proper. 



Var. psevldo-coccinea, Gray (S. pseiido-coccinea, 

 Jacq.), grows 2^-4 ft. high, and has the st., petioles, and 

 often the margins of the floral Ivs. conspicuously beset 

 with hirsute hairs. Mex. and Cent. Amer. B.M. 2864. 



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3539. Salvia splendens. No. 32. 



J.F. 2:35. Var. punicea, Hort. (S. coccinea var. 

 splendens, Hort. S. superba, Hort.), differs from the 

 type in being larger, slenderer and later-flowering and 

 in having fls. of a brighter red, more velvety and more 

 closely placed. Var. punicea nana, Hort., differs from 

 the variety proper in being dwarfer and the twigs more 

 branched. Var. rosea nana, Hort., is offered in the 

 trade. Var. splendens, Hort., equals var. punicea, 

 Hort. 



44. longistyla, Benth. (S. aristulata, Mart. & Gal.). 

 Plants reaching a height of 1415 ft. : sts. herbaceous(?), 

 erect, tomentose-villous: Ivs. petiolate, broad-ovate, 

 3-5H x 2-4J^ in., acuminate, crenate, the base broad- 

 cordate, rugose, both surfaces soft pubescent- villous; 

 floral Ivs. ovate, long-acuminate, ciliate, deciduous: 

 racemes 15-25 in. long; floral whorls 6-16-fld.; calyx 

 elongate-tubular, base striate, soft-pubescent, the 

 teeth long setaceous-acuminate; corolla red-pink, long- 

 exserted, rather more than 1 in. long. Mex. B.M. 8590. 



Hastatae. 



45. patens, Cav. Half-hardy perennial, 1-2 % ft. 

 high: sts. herbaceous, erect, pilose: Ivs. petiolate, ovate- 



