)06 SALVIA 



KEY TO SPECIES. 



(Based on garden characters.) 

 . Color of corolla vivid red, without a 



trace of purple. 

 B. Tube of corolla neutral colored: 



lower lip slinirn 1. Greggii 



3B. Tubeofcoritll,! us hr'nihl il.t 111,' lips. 



0. Upper Up .vur,,,;,,/,/ !o„,i,:r 



than th,' Inn; r. 

 V. Base of Irs. »„l i-oi;h,lr. 



E. Calyx virid red 2. splendens 



KE. Calyx green 3. rutilans 



DD. Base of Irs. cordate 4. fulgens 



CC. Upper lip much or little shorter. 



D. Base of Ivs. cordate: bracts 



usually found at base of 



xvhorls. 



E. Lower lip twice as long as 



upper 5. coccinea 



EE. Loin r liji n trifle loiii/er 



than iii'prr C. Eoemeriana 



DD. Base III Irs. iii.l ri.nhilr: bracts 



miiiiiir. ihriiiiiiiiis 7. Sessei 



. Cohir III ruri'llii liliie, violet, purple 



B. Ciir.ilhi irilh ii liiiiry ring inside. 

 c. Fiiliaiir I III si le - like, prickly: 



fls. fringed 8. carduacea 



CC. Foliage not thistle-like: fls. not 

 fringed. 

 D. Length of corolla scarcely 



greater than that of calyx... 9. Columbariae 

 DD. Length of corolla conspicu- 

 ously greater than that of 

 calyx. 

 E. Wliorls 10^0-fld. 



EE. Colirr of riilifx and corolla 

 not as in E. 

 F. Upper lip of corolla differ- 

 ent in color from lower, 

 G. The upper Up white ...18. 



GG. The upper lip blue 19. 



FF. Upper lip of corolla not 

 different in color from 

 loicer. 

 O. Fls. briiiht piiriiVish 



involucrata 



Fls. 



red. 



H. Calyx purple 21. ianthina 



HH. Calyx green. 



I. Bracts awl-shaped .22. azurea 

 u. Bracts ovate or 



J. Stem panicled 



above 23. sylvestris 



1 J. Stem sparingly 

 branched. 

 K. Boot often tuber- 

 ous 24. pratensis 



KK. iJooi not tiilirr- 



ous 2."!. Verbenaca 



SALVIA 



DDD. Whorls about S-fld. 



E. Duration annual 2(j. lanceolata 



EE. Duration perennial. 



F. Lvs. entire 27. patens 



PF. Iais. crenate 28. cacaliaefolia 



1. Grfiggii, Gray. Readily (listingui.sheit from the 

 i-oimiiiin red-fid. kinds by the fact that only the lower 

 lip is sliowy. This is carmine, and the rest of the co- 

 rolla dull purplish. The foliage also makes it highly 

 distinct. Though a native of Texas and Mexico it is 

 offered by several dealers in hardy border pUints. John 

 Saul considered it "nearly hardy " at Washington, D.C. 

 Shrub, 3 ft. high: lvs. linear-oblong, obtuse, narrowed 

 at base; racemes 2-3 in. long, 6-8-fld.: upper lip short: 

 lower lip with the large middle lobe 2-lobed and 2 small, 

 roundish lateral lobes. B.M. 6812. — Section 7. 



2. spl§ndens, Ker-Gawl. Scarlet Sage. Figs. 2241, 

 2242. The most popular of all red-fld. Salvias. Tender 

 perennial herb from Brazil, 2-3 ft. high, with scarlet 

 Us. 2 in. or more long, borne in terminal pyramidal ra- 

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

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

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

 per lip undivided; lower lip 3-lobed, the lateral lobes 

 much narrower andreflexed. B.R. 8:687.-Var. Bruinti, 

 Hort., int. before 1880, was an improvement over pre- 

 vious forms in h.aving dwarfer and more compact habit, 

 with Iirighter and more numerous flowers. (i.C. II. 

 14:781; III. 6:053. Gn. 21:336 (good picture). A.F. 

 5:331. Other tr.ade names are vars. comp4cta, compActa 

 er^cta, grandifldra, grandifldra er^cta and grandi!16ra 

 pfindula. Also a form with golden foliage is cult, and 

 one or more spotted with yellow. S. grandiflbrn and 

 nAna are true botanical species which are probably no- 

 where in cult., and these names in the trade mostly 

 refer to varieties of S. splendens. Var. Souch6ti, 

 Planch. (S. Souchdi, Hort.), introduced about 1856, was 

 considered to differ from the type in having more com- 

 pact habit and fls. more numerous, more erect and more 

 brilliant. F.S. 11:1154. The prevalent idea that this 

 name is referable to /S. Bazli is probably due to a hasty 

 reading of F.S. 14, p. 32. A white-fld. form is known to 

 the trade as 6'. Soucheti alba. For S. Hoveyi, consult 

 S. ianthina. Var. Issinchou, Hort., has rosy white co- 

 rolla, calices veined red, and red anthers. l.H. 28:432 

 (as S. Brasilie'nsis, var. Issanchou), where the calyx 

 is bright yellow, striped red. Gn. 21:336. There are 

 about a dozen varieties with personal names. Section 7. 



3. nitilans, Carr. A plant of unknown habitat which 

 is probably 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. E.H. 

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

 tilans has an unbranched raceme, with 6-fld. whorls 

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



4. fulgens, Cav. Cardinal Salvia. :\lExirA>; Red 

 Salvia. Differs from i'. spli mU us in ilir ii:irkiT red of 

 the fls., the cordate Ivs., and the .'ah \. which is dull 

 colored .-ind conspicuously strict. ■ l.ut Ikii.IIv "colored"; 

 als" til.- :i Ic.lHs of (III- lox'vor lii, -or,,, lu I.,. Mil .ibout the 

 SMlno M/r ami h in- in tin- ^nnn- ,.],■, no in-loail of bav- 

 in- llo- lalrial .in.v i-rllrxoil. Moxiran si I TUl . Or hcrb, 



iiiiiiutor r..U. U;:i:.;:.i;.-Tliis uamv. seems not to be ad- 

 vertised in America to-day, but in 1880 Gray stated that 

 S. splendens and /S. fulgens were the two common red- 

 fld. kinds in cult. Section 7. 



5. coccinea, Tjiiin. This name is said tn be loosely 

 us, Ml ill tra.lo oatalo-uos for S. siylniil, iis . and it is 

 doulitlul wloilnT iho tvuo .•<.r,.,u-,i,,,i is in cult. Per- 



eepi 



ver lip 



twice as long as u].].. r, tin ini.l.llo lolie very large ana 

 2-lobed. Trop. Ann. na ; also s. ('. to Fla. and Tex. 

 Var. lictea, Hort.. is a.lv.iiis,,!. Section 7. 



Var. Pseudo - coccinea, ilrav (.S. Pseudo-coccinea, 

 Jacq.),is a tall v.ariety which is hirsute on stem and 

 petioles, instead of glabrate. B.M. 2864. 



6. Boemeriana, Scheele (S. porphyrdntha, Decaisne. 

 S.porphxjrctta, B.00^.). Perennial, 1-2 ft. high: lvs. cor- 



