1608 



SALVIA 



Deschampsiina, Verlot, has brighter colored corolla and 

 calices. R.H. 18G9:l:iO. Var. B6thelli ( S. ^«7ie;/(, Hort. ) 

 is a horticultural form of more compact habit and fl.s. 

 described as rosy crimson or puce. Gn. 21 :3.'!G. — Sec- 

 tion 7. 



varieties, are said to be more or less spotted red: lower 



21. ianthlna, Otto & Dietr. (S. Hdveyi, Hort.). Ten- 



Viir. grandifldra, Be 



2:i. sylv^stris, Liim. Hardy perennial herb, with pur- 

 ple-violet Hs. : lower Ivs. petioled, upper one.'< sessile, 

 all oblong -lanceolate, rounded or cordate at base: 

 whorls (i-lO-na.: corollas twii'e as louf; as caly.^;. Eu., 



Mts. of Sic 



2246. Salvia prater.sis ( > 



B. 3:109. P. 1840:222. 

 Var. 41ba, Hort., is ad- 

 vertised in Europe. Sec- 

 tion 7. 



28. caoaliaefolia.Bcnth. 

 Tender blue-Hd. peren- 

 nial herb with triangular, mostly basal Ivs. and glutinc 

 villous hlossouis, which are swollen at the throat; 

 uniliiiato. villous lioiicath: inflorescence generally a ] 

 i.li- of I i'futi;il and 2 lateral racemes: whorls 2- 

 :\lcx. li.M. :Vj:t, F.S. 22:2ni8, fin. 2]::«6.-8ectio 



24. pratfensis, Linn. Fig. 224G The most popular 

 hardy blue-fld. Salvia. Perennial herb, sometimes tu- 

 berous-rooted, the fls. normally blue, with reddish and 

 white varieties. The Ivs., especially in the southern 



