SALVIA 



date: fls. scarlet, 1 m. or more long; calyx purplish or 

 reddish towards tips; lower lip a trifle longer than the 

 upper, the middle lobe large and 2-cleft. Tex., Mex. R. 

 H. 185i:301. B.M. 4939. F.S. 11 ; 1080. - Considered 

 hardy by Thorburn. Section 10. 



7 S^ssei, Benth. (.S me:hi. .^cheidw ). Fig. 22-11. 

 R.mukal.I. f..| lt^ In..'. 11- iJ in I, .114 Hith)".l.ll\ 

 ildi, \. .1 I. «. ] 111. «l I. Ii i~ iM.t lol„,l iHit iiH n K J 



1607 



Fig. 



i-hiub. h- u\.iiL, »Li 

 8. oarduicea, Ben 

 2243. Unique among Salvias tor 

 Its thistle -like foliage and 

 fringed H- The h s and the 

 large (■i)n-.|ii( u.ms l.i 1. fs u.- 

 very pri. k I \ .t,.1 tli. lil ,. 



0. Col 

 comiiiiiii 

 hardl> i\. 



mb ariae, P.. ntli 



ds lo 



bracts. Height 9 in.-2 ft.: Ivs. 

 few, wrinkled, radical ones long- 

 stalked, oblong, pinnatifid or 

 bipmnatifid ; divisions obtuse. 

 B.M. 659.5 (lis. lilac).— Offered 

 by Orcutt. 



10. officinalis, Linn. Saoe. 

 Woolly white, south European 

 subshrub, varying greatly in breadth and 

 of Ivs.: fls. purple, blue or white, large or small: 

 whorls few, dense, 10-20-fld. — The form commonly 

 cultivated as a kitchen herb is var. tenMor, Alef., 

 with blue Hs. and Ivs. 3-t times as long as t.rnad. 

 Other forms are: var. albiflora, AU'f., witli wliitc Hs. 

 and Ivs. 3-4 times as long as broa<l : v.iv. salicifolia, 

 Alef., with Ivs. 4-7 times as long as hroa.l: v:ir. lati- 

 !dlia. Alef., with Ivs. twice as long as l.r.,a.l; var. 

 crispa, Alef., with crisped and varii'!;:Ltfil f..lia«r; var. 

 starnlna, Alef., Ivs. green and white-: var. icteriua, 

 Alef., Ivs. green and gold; var. purpurascens. -Mi-f., 

 with somewhat reddish foliage wlii.-h is sai.l t.. Iiavi- 

 the strongest and |.lc-asaiiti-si tasi.-. and 1- in-.-I'm-.-d 

 in England for kitrln-u ,i,r: var. Milleri, \l.-r., witlj 



golden yellow foliag.- and .-.ini|.,-M-t haldt; vai-. tricolor, 

 Vilmorin (S. trirolor. Hon.. not Lem.l.with Ivs. of 

 three colors, gray-green, yellowish white and pink, be- 

 coming rosy or deep red. Section 1. 



11. verticillata, Linn. Perennial herb from southern 

 E-i---!-. aii'l -----i.-rn Asia, with Ivs. like a dandelion : 

 I- ' ' 'ti- at hast-. a|d'-al lobe largest, ovate- 

 i-.ii I l1-.i.(,s.-. L'li-in Hd. : fls. blue; corollas 



27,43. Types of Salvia. 



At the left, S. carduacea: uniQue for its fringed flowers. Next is S. leucantha. example 

 of kinds in which the flower does not gape widely. The two at the right, S. hians and 

 Sessei, are interesting for the size and iobing of the middle lobe of the lower lip. 



lolliness 



IS, and Gn. 21: 



ly-fld., but in B.M. 4318, 

 they are mostly 6-fld. 



IS, argentea, Linn, Biennial, 2-4 ft. high, viscid: 

 lowvr l\s. r>-s in, long, oblong, crenate, rugose: inflor- 



escei a |.ann I, -l-l^.. ft. long, usually composed of 3 



branc-li.-s: wlmiN distant, about 6-fld.: fls. whitish, 

 purplish ]inl"-s,-i lit above; upper lip or galea much 

 longer than the lowi-r, .Modit.-rraii.-iin region. F.C. 

 3:112. — Seems to be ron-idn.-d a hardy perennial by 

 American seedsmen. Ii is wonh .-nltivating for the 

 woolly white foliage alonr, Si-rtiMn ,",, 



19. bicolor, Lam. Hardv hicniiial, s|.riiii,--hlooming 

 plant, with large blue fls., tin- hmi i- li|, «liii.- at first, 

 but said to fade quickly to a in-i> hioun : Ivs. all cor- 

 date at base and stickv -pubi-sc-.-nf : low.r ..m-s ovate. 



13. hians, Ro 

 ennial herb fru 

 purple fls., the 



petiole 4-8 in. long: racenis 

 long; upper lip 2-lobed, low 

 midlobe and broad revolu 

 B.R. 27:39. R.H. 1845:145. 



14. Sclirea, Linn. Claky. Biennial (according to 

 UeCandolle): Ivs. broadly ovate, cordate at the base, 

 the largest 8-9 in. long, 4-5 in. wide: fls. pale purple or 



incised and d.-ntato; u|i|H-r on.-s laii lato: upper lip 



of corolla Iiooih-d, lowor li]i :Moln-il, N, .-\frii-a, Spain. 



, Cav, This has ,iust enough purple in 

 it from the scarlet-fld. section, but it 



mt color and distinct form of flower. 



oUen in the middle, constricted at the 



wide-gaping. The species is also re- 

 markable for the large, showy, rosy purple, deciduous 

 bracts. Lvs. long-stalked, ovate, acuminate, serrate, 

 rounded-wedge-shaped at the base: inflorescence dense. 

 B.M. 2872. B.R. 14:1205. R.H. 1858, p. 239.-Var. 



