SALVIA 



8. Boliviana, con ferti flora, elegans, gesnerafolia, leon- 

 uroides, rubescens, strictiflora. 



Salvia was monographed in 1848 by Bentham in DC. 

 Prod. vol. 12, and an index to the 407 species therein 

 described is found in Buck's "Genera, Species et 

 Synonyma," etc., pars iii. In 1876, Hemsley gave an 

 account in The Garden (9:430-434) of G5 spocies which 

 had been in cultivation up to that time. See also "A 

 Synopsis of the Mexican and Central American Species 

 of Salvia," by M. L. Fernald (Proc. Am. Acad. Arts 

 Sci., vol. 35, 1900, and Contrib. Gray Herb. Harvard 

 Univ. N. S. No. 19). In the work just cited 209 species 

 are described and there is an elaborate key. 



SALVIA 



1605 



2242. Salvia splendens (X %). No. 2. 



SUMMARY OP SUBGENERA AND SECTIONS. 



SUBGENUS I. SALVIA PROPER. Corolla with a hairy 

 ring inside: anterior portion of the connective di- 

 rected outwards, bearing an anther cell which is 

 rarely pollen-bearing. All Old World species. 



Section 1. Eusphace. Shrubs or subshrubs, rarely 

 herbs. Teeth of the calyx scarcely enlarged in fruit: 

 posterior lip of the corolla erect, straightish, concave. 

 Includes officinalis. 



Section 2. Hymen6sph<tce. Like Section 1, but the 

 lobes of the calyx enlarged in fruit, membranaceousand 

 veiny: posterior lip of the corolla straight in the ori- 

 ental species, sickle-shaped in tin- South African. No 

 species cult, in America. 



Section 3. Drymdnphace. Herbs, usually tall and 

 glutinous: teeth of calyx scarcely enlarged in fruit: 

 posterior lip of the corolla falcate, compressed In- 

 cludes hians. 



SUBGENUS II. SCLAREA. Corolla with no hairy ring 

 toxule: anterior portion of the connective deflexed 

 abruptly dilated, connected at the callous extremity. 

 All Old World, herbaceoun species. 

 Section 4. fformlnum. Posterior lip of calyx trun- 

 cate, the teeth small and remote: posterior lip of 

 corolla straight, concave. Includes Horminum. 



Section 5. Jthi6pnis. ^Posterior lip of calyx 3- 

 toothed: posterior lip of corolla falcate, corapresBcd. 

 Includes argentea and Sclarea. 



Section 6. Plethidsphace. Calyx ovoid (instead of 

 bell-shaped or tubular, as in the two preceding sections) : 

 posterior lip of calyx concave, 2-grooved, teeth 3, very 

 short and connivent: posterior lip of corolla straight or 

 falcate, concave or compressed. Includes bicolor, pra- 

 tensis and sylvestris. 



SUBGENUS III. CALOSPHACE. Corolla with no hairy 

 ring inside but sometimes with teeth near the base: 

 anterior portion of the connective deflexed, linear, 

 longitudinally connate or closely approximate, often 

 somewhat dilated, rarely bearing an abortive anther 

 cell. Alt American species. 



Section 7. CaUsphace. By far the largest section, 

 characterized as above, and within these limits, im- 

 mensely variable. Over 250 species, including azurea, 

 cacaliaefolia, coccinea, farinacea, fulgens. involucrata, 

 lanceolata, leueantha, patens, Sessei and splendens. 



SUBGENUS IV. LEONIA. Corolla with a hairy ring in- 

 side: anterior portion of connective sometimes di- 

 rected outward and bearing either a fertile or sterile 

 anther cell, sometimes deflexed and acute, rarely 

 reduced to a short tooth. 



Section 8. chin6sphace. Bracts imbricated, spi- 

 nescent: posterior lip of calyx 3-toothed: connective 

 bearing a perfect anther cell on the posterior side. 

 Includes carduacea. 



Section 9. Pycndsphace. Bracts imbricated, not 

 spinescent. Otherwise as stated in Section 8. Includes 

 Columbariae. 



Section 10. Heterdsphace. Bracts deciduous: pos- 

 terior lip of calyx trur.cate: connective bearing a per- 

 fect anther cell on posterior side. Includes lyrata. 



Section 11. Notidsphace. Bracts small or minute: 

 posterior lip of corolla entire or with 3 minute conni- 

 vent teeth. Includes no species cult, in America. 



Section 12. Hemisphace. Bracts small: posterior 

 lip of calyx 3-toothed: connective somewhat continuous 

 with the filament and produced into a very short tooth. 

 Includes verticillata. 



