SALVIA 



,000 ft. above sea. B.M. 5017. Gn. 27, p. 113. Section 1.— J 

 eratophylla, Linn., is a yellow-fld. biennial from Asia Miuo 

 einarkable for its bipinnatifid foliage. The tis. are less tha 



in. long, but they perhaps representjhe nearest approach 1 



good yellow 



1609 



I blue-l 



u subshrub, the lower 

 uirkeil with white on 

 d iu Mex. B.M. 808. 

 que and most desira- 

 ng (2 ft.). with about 

 many-lid.: lis. smail, 

 base, briglit, soft red 



It is tigiu-ed in K.U. 1844:1 with white co 

 calioes. Section 7.— A'. Forskdhlei, Liun., is ; 

 from Asia Minor. If it is worth cultivating 

 elty of the variegated fls., which are curiously marked 





il.l. Red-fld. 

 lis. scarlet. 

 ii^.m). Sec- 



ooUy ealices, 

 i and purple 

 •dy perennial 



i.M. 08S. Secti( 



d. Colombian subshrub, that should be in cult. The fls. are 



irtje, brilliant, of very uncommon shape, being swollen t 



iddle and constricted at the throat: the lower hangs down 

 and is barely 2cnt at apex. I.H. 1:32. F.S. 20:2131. F. 

 1851:145.— ^'. Gordonidna, a trade name in America, seems un- 

 known to botanists. Possibly a form of some common species. 

 —A'. Qrdhami, Benth. The showiest part of the fl. in this spe- 

 cies is the midlobe of the lower lip, which is large and obcor- 

 date. Mexican subshrub, which bears deep crimson and pur- 

 ple fls at the S'ime time the latter being the older ones The 

 species IS also remarkable tor 2 small white spots one on each 

 half of the midlobe ot the lower lip B R 16 1370 Section 7 — 

 S Heirii Kegel Peruvian subshrub 3 j tt high with scarlet 

 fls lately offered m S Calif and tormerly by John S lul of 

 Washington DC L\s petioled ovate lanceolate acumin ite 

 cordate it 1 ise toothed pale gieen abo\e whitish below 4 m 

 long 1 in wide whorls 2 fld fls % m long or more later 

 stuped white corolla not hairy mside Pi obably Section 7 — 

 S Hispanica Lmn is included m many modern works but is 

 probably not woith culti\ating It is an mnuil with small 

 blue fls scarcely longer than the c ilyx Trop Amei B R 

 5 3o9 S Hispanica of some authors a natue of Spun and 

 Italy IS S oflicmalis Section 7— S Indica Lmn is sud by 

 the Flora ot British India to be a niti\e of Syiia not of India 

 It IS a hirdv peienmal with \ merited fls upper lip violet 

 lower lip shortei white speckle! with \iolet and bordered 

 with jell )w BM iOi— s intiiuita Schousb Hardy sub 

 shrub troni M nc -> witli pmnatise t toliage and large white 

 thrilled iK \vl i li iie It- riled in B M 5H60 as dark violet 

 puiple bnl plate Section 2— s lamnfu 

 haJun s I 1 le or violet fl 1 West Indian 

 shrub s 1 1 I B 6 44b L B r 4 r7 Sec 

 tion 7— s il K (S lavendulitoimis Iseu 

 manu) is i Nlnxican perenni il herb whoils 

 about 10 fld \,i\ ittii ti\e RH 184o 445 Section 7 -S 

 leonuro\des Gloxin iS tormosa L H6rit ) belongs to a small 

 group of scailetfld shrubs tiora Peru and BrazU which are 

 remaikable for their axillaiy inflorescence Upper lip red 

 hiirj Peru BM3 6 Section 7 -S ioni/rfWra Rui7&Pi\ 

 his probably the longest fls of the genus It 1 i i i 



shrub with nod ling racemes of red fls ei li4 1 s 



• ckya HBK 



tuador and ( 

 ^s 1 irge pale 



1 feet It 



the lower hp larger and line 1 wit) I I I 



17 : 1429 ( as S fohosa Benth ) —s HI 



shrub from Andes of Ecuador til t 



off by purple calices Inflore cen i 1 i II I i 



long, lower hi 111 „ 1 B ^I 14 SetKu" \ erN 1 iriUe 

 — .S. scabi s f I X \ \ I s H il hziana Wllld ) One ot the 

 most ittracti It ill s hus and said to be hardj Per 

 eunial heil 1 ii Ti i th large white fls more or less 



specklel w th iiiik B "M 14 l and 5'>09 Section 1 — S scapt 

 firmii Hance The habit ot this plant is all but unique and 

 singularly attiactne It has the alpine habit hs all radical 

 and the slendei leafless scapes rising b 10 in with a dozen or 

 more 6-fld. distant whorls of small amethystine flowers. For- 



fls.: 



rand i 



It i 



herb, with promint'iit lu-ruf^ wlurh 

 B.M. 6300. Sectin,, :, -x ,s/,,,f, ,/,-,-, 

 interesting by re;i>nii ..1 its ~.y\\]\y rc< 

 lip being not at iill r.-th'\.-,L K.il 11 

 3135. Section 7. -A', tamiu-iffdia, Co; 

 shrub, with variegated fls. and lower 

 lion. Fls. purple, with a yellow 



; Bal. 



. like I 



Mts. in tricolor, Len 



each half of the mid- 

 the lower lip near the throat. B.M. 5991. Grows at 

 DOG ft., but presumably tender north. Section l.—S. 

 IS white fls. tipped with purple on 

 the upper lip, :iml lte;intit'ully suffused with red at the apex of 

 the midlobe of thtl..«,r lip. I.H.4:120. F.S.12:1237. Section 7. 

 W. M. 

 SALVlNIA (Antonio Maria Salvini, 1633-1729, Italian 

 scientist). MarsilUlceo!. Salvinia is an interesting 

 plant for the small home aquarium. It is a floating 

 plant with slender stems bearing 2-ranked, oblong Ivs. 

 4-6 lines or even 1 in. long. The upper surface of the Ivs. 

 is covered with papillse or minute warts; the lower is 

 densely matted with brown, pellucid hairs. The plant is 

 supposed to have no true roots. What look like roots 

 are believed to be finely dissected leaves. Many aquatic 

 plants liavc these two types of foliage, e. g., the Water 



The jihiiit N "t i:i^y culture iu summer, but many 

 persons h;t\*t.: lost it o\rr winter by not understanding 

 its habits. It is :iu auiuuil and often dies in the 

 winter after ripening a crop of spores. Get a broad 

 pan, fill it half full of loam and then fill the pan with 

 water. After the water has cleared place the Salvinias 

 on the surface. In the winter watch for the formation 

 of the spore capsules These grow in masses near the 

 top ot the clusters of root like leaves. After the plants 

 die the spore capsules will remain in the soil. The 

 plant often passes the winter in greenhouses in a grow- 

 ing condition, producing no spores. 



Salvmia is not a flowering plant. It is a cryptogam 

 and has two kinds of spores, large ones and minute ones. 

 The " spore capsules ' mentioned above are technically 

 sporocarps Of each cluster of sporocarps, 1 or 2 con- 

 tain 10 or more sessile maciosporangia, each of which 

 contains a solitary macrospore. The other sporocarps in 

 the cluster contain numerous pedicelled microsporan- 

 gia,|each of which contains numerous microspores. For 

 a fuller and illustrated description see Britton and 

 Brown s Illustrated Flora 



Salvinia is variously estimated to have 1-13 species. 

 Aquatic pltuts are noted for their wide geographical 

 ranjp Fl p v n iti ->ns incident to wide range are not 

 consi i I 1 tl tl rink of species by many botan- 

 ists s Lmn., is the common Eu- 

 rope 111 I \. 1 c les and possibly the only one. 

 * i) ; 1 mother trade name. Its Ivs. are 

 said to have a delicate hairy surface." w. M. 



SAMBilCITS (old Latin name of the Elder, perhaps 

 derive 1 from Greek sambuke, a musical instrument 

 It 1 leof Elder wood) Gapnfohdcece. Elder. 



\ i les of trees or shrubs (rarely perennial 



I 1 1 osite pinnate Ivs , Ifts seirate or la- 



1 1 umeious small white fls in compound 

 1 I luicy drupe or berry red, black white or 

 \ ^ iluable genus for the planter of which the 

 1 foims are too much used and tliL American spe- 

 s Cinnchnsi': and piibens, too little. Either 

 1 1 lule th y 1 \ n ettectne A hint for the 

 s ind ;)((6phi> may be had 



the two species are in- 

 t the former contrasting 

 I tie latter Readily propa- 



git lt\ ittin^s eithci t wild or root S Canadensis 

 IS one ot our minor truit plants Elderberry wine is a 

 common home product The Brainard Elderberry in- 

 troduced in 1890 by Brandt has fruits fully three times 

 as large as the wild hern 



Botanically, Sambu u 1 to Viburnum, 



being essentially distii loculed ovary, 



that of Viburnum bein I Other generic 



characters calyx Soil 1 corolla rotate, 



3-5 parted lobes generalh imlricati stamens 5; disk 

 none or convex style 3 parted ovule solitary, pendu- 

 lous from apex, diupe 3-5 stoned, stones 1 seeded. 



