KEY TO SPECIES. 



(Based on gardeu characters.) 

 Color of rornlln rlritt rca,unthont a 



D, L, ,i,llh ,,f ,;,,;. II,, 



,li'iil'-r Ihiii, lli.il „ 



DD. L,'„,ltl, ,,f ,;,,:.ll,, 



„„sll/ ,jrn,l,r Ih.i 



calyx. 



E. Whorls 10-tO-fld. 



F. Inis. entire 



FK. Li-s. lijrati' 



SALVIA 



DDD. Wh'n-ls ahniil .' fl,l. 



E. />„,;, I, u I, ,,„,,„, 1 1 2(i. lanceolata 



EE. Ih,,„l,..„ I.. ,'.„„, „l. 



Y. I.,s. iHlii,' ;;7. patens 



FF. Li:i. crenate 28. cacaliaefolia 



1. Grfiggii, Gray. Readily distinguished from the 

 common red-fld. kinds l>v the fai't that miiv the lower 



lip is showy. This i^. imi'm 1 (!n ,. ,' ,,f the co- 



rollii dull purplish. TIm i ,i ,,,,,,- j, highly 

 distinct. Though :, ,, I L M,-o it is 



ofterc-d l,y several ,lr.,|. ,,,i,. John 



Sa.il ,•,.„. i,l,.r.-.l it "in :,,, •, ,. : w , ; _i.,„.D.C. 



Slinii., : n 1,,..], I . ■ . , , , , , , narrowed 



at I'.-i-. ' M . :... : :, , ,, . :■ i ,,;,;,, , |||, sfaort; 



■J. splendens, K()- I lawl. Suaklet b.vcE. Figs. 2241, 

 224_'. I'iie innst p. .pnlar of all red-fld. Salvias. Tender 

 per.niiial hell, tr..)ii Brazil, 2-3 ft. high, with scarlet 

 tls. 2 in. iir mure l.jiig, borne in terminal pyramidal ra- 

 cemes G in. or more long, with 2-6 Us. in a whorl and 30 

 or more tis. in a raceme. Lvs. ovate, acuminate, serrate: 

 calyx scarlet, large, loose, plaited; corolla tubular; up- 

 per lip undivideil: lower lip .'Mobed. the lateral lobes 

 much narrow. I :umI i. il m >:, I' i;, s r„s7. - Var. Bruanti, 

 Hort., int. b. '■ i , . iiieiit over j.re- 

 vious forms 111 n- compart habit. 



with b 

 14:781; 



ire proliably no- 

 le tr.-ide mostly 

 Var. Souchfiti, 



C. Ji,a„.l,,.. „/;,.„ I., pp., I , 



shotiu-mlored fluiiil 1,'s. 



D. Upper lip of eat, I.I- .i-t,„>\ 



upper lip of i;,',;,lt„ f„, 



3. C'r, 



/•,• .,/ cahij- purple. Ill 



corolla while 1 



EE. Color of calyx and corolla 

 not as in e. 



F. LTpperlii, nfeornlladiffer- 



GG. 77,. 



FF. Cpi.,1 

 dill,- 



20. involucrata 



.H. 28:432 



is l.riu'bt Nellow. Striped red. Gn. 21 :.S30. There are 

 about a dozen varieties with personal names. Section 7. 



:t. riitilans, Carr. A plant of unknown habitat which 

 is probalily a horticultural form of S. splendens, differ- 

 ing in having a small green calyx, whorls nearly 

 always 2-fld., and inflorescence axillary as well as ter- 

 minal and panicled instead of merely racemose. R.H. 

 1873:250. -The plant figured in G.C. II. 15:117 as -S. ni- 

 filavs has an unbrancbed raceme, with 6-fld. whorls 

 and small calyx. Offered as late as 1893 by John Saul. 



4. Itilgens, Cav. Cardinal Salvia. Mexican Red 

 Salvia. Diti'ers fr<uii ,'>. spletidens in the darker red of 

 the Hs., the e..r,I;iii K- .in.l the calyx, which is dull 

 colored and (III |.i. , i 1 iriate but hardly "colored"; 

 also the 3 lol.i o. '. r lip seem to be all about the 



siimp size anil : : :i li nine plane instead of bav- 

 in? tie- la. n;, I ,1,, I. Ill-, -I ■\lrvira,i =)iml> or herb, 



3 ft. \"-i I ■ ,'. . . ..I •! ,',•. • I. (■. i.'ii ;i.M!i... not acu- 



iiiiii:!'. Ill; I'. I •'. T.ii ■ I :i'i ' ■■ , I', II..I 1,1 be ad- 



veMi . .1 |., \ • . <' .l;ii , iHil ,,, I--, .,i;,. ^lated that 



,s'. ,s,,.', „.;,,. ;,i ,1 .s. ,,.;,,, „^ „,.,-,. ii,,. !„., ri.iiiinon red- 



I. C,il!i.r purple 2 



I. liraci.i aicl'-.'shapid .2: 

 n. Bracts ovate or 

 wider. 

 3. Stem panicled 



above 2; 



JJ. Stem sparingly 

 branched. 

 K. Moot often tuber- 



KK. Itoot not tuber 



ianthina 

 azurea 



pratensis 

 Verbenaca 



5. coccinea, Linn. This name is said to be loosely 

 sed in tr:ide catalogues for S. splendens, and it is 

 oulitful whether the true ,S. coccinea is in cult. Per- 

 nnial or annual, 2 ft. high: lvs. .-or.lat,: tN. deep scar- 



as npp. 



rge and 



■. to Fla. and Tex. 

 . lactea. Tloit., is a.herlised. Section 7. 

 ar. Pseudo- coccinea, (iray (i'. Psendo-coccinea, 

 l.(, is a tall varieiv wliich is hirsute on stem and 

 oles, insteail of ^'labiate. B.M. 2864. 

 Eoemeriana, Scheele ( S. porphyriintha, Decaisne. 



i)7ii/<' 



erennial, 1-2 ft. high: 



