Labiatce Salvia. 



3. S. verticillata. This is a robust species from 3 to 4 feet 

 high. Leaves ovate- or somewhat triangular-cordate at the 

 base and irregularly 



toothed or lobed. Flow- 

 ers blue, numerous, in 

 long whorled spikes. 

 Corolla-tube naked. A 

 very hardy species from 

 Central Europe, bloom- 

 ing in July and August. 



4. S. glutinosa. An- 

 other hardy European 

 species about a yard high, 

 the younger parts clothed 

 wi th glandular viscid 

 hairs. Leaves cordate- 

 hastate, acuminate, 

 coarsely serrate. Flowers 

 pale yellow spotted with 

 brown, about six in a 

 cluster. Corolla -tube 

 naked. This blooms from 

 June to August. 



5. S. splendens. A 

 tender shrubby species 

 with ovate-crenate gla- 

 brescent leaves on long 

 petioles and bright 



scarlet flowers remark- Fi s- ly8 - Salvia P atens - (*"** size -> 



able for the coloured calyx. South America. 



6. S. ForskoehlH. This is a hardy herbaceous species with 

 rather naked stems about a foot high, and tufted radical hairy 

 obovate auricled leaves, and purple, blue or violet and white 

 flowers, produced all the Summer. A native of the Levant. 



S. argentea has fine large ovate leaves clothed with a 

 beautiful silvery down, and white flowers of short duration. 

 South Europe. S. blcolor is a tall species from North Africa, 

 with white and violet flowers. S. coccinea, a native of South 

 .America, has small bright scarlet flowers. 8. bracteata has 

 small purple flowers and conspicuous coloured bracts ; it is 

 a native of Russia. S. Horminum is another species with 

 coloured bracts and blue flowers, from the Pyrenees. 



