1606 SALVIA 



KEY TO SPECIES. 

 (Based on gurdeii eliaraL-ters.) 

 A. Color of i_nr"!Jn vivid red , ici/hont a 

 trace of pnrj'li^. 

 B. Tube of roriiliii jiriilnil eojoreil: 



liiirer li ji slimril 1. Greggii 



BB. T,ll,i'ofr,,n>nii ,l'!< hriijlil o s I lie lij.x. 

 r. Upper lip roil xpivKnn x I y Iniiijrr 

 than the loirer. 

 II. J!, vie of tv«. linl rnrilil te . 



E. (_'oli/.r ririil ri'it 'J. splendens 



EE. ( 'oli/.r i/ree,i :;. ruiilaus 



DIJ. j;,lsi of Irs. r,.nhllr 4. fulgenS 



CI', f'pprrlip linirh ur lilllr .^h.irlrr. 

 Ij. JJ,i.<r of Ivs. r.inloir : linlrts 

 iisiiolhi fooiiil ol ho.^r of 

 irhorlx. 



l:. Loivrr tip tirirv a.^ loiiij a.s- 



lip pi r ~>. coccinea 



EE. Liiirrr lip a trifle loiiip'r 



tliini iipjirr 0. EcEineriana 



1.1.. Jtiiseoflrs. not riinlolr: hrilels 



mi mile, ilee i,l ii,,ii s 7. SeSSei 



AA. Color of e.in.llo hill, , ri.dil. purple 

 nriehili. 

 B. Cnridlo leilh fi huirii riiiij liisiile. 

 r. Full,, or tlii:ille -lik, , ' pr,rl.-l!l: 



ft.i. friupeil 8. carduacea 



uo. Foliooe ),ot tlii.itle-lih-e: fl.i. not 

 fri,lijr,h 

 D. LeOijIh of eon, till seilrri'lij 



ijrroh'r tho II Hull of eiilipr.. . !i. Columbarias 



PD. Li'O, III, of rnrollil riiiiKpiell- 

 oiislii ,/,r,il,'r II, ,111 tliot of 

 rotp.r.' 

 E. H7m.,;.s' 2n-40-ft,t. 



F. y^.'-y. eulirr 10. ofEiciualis 



FF. Lr.i. hi r, lie 11. verticiUata 



EE. \\li,,rls ah,, III Ij'fhl. 



F. Lis. Iijrote V2. lyrata 



FF. Lrs. s,i,/iltate i;;. hians 



BB. C,,r,,llii ,r,lli,j,lti'l liil i rij ri iiij iiisiite. 



C. Jiniiirli, s often topped le ilh 



stio,r,prol,,rr,t flonit les. 



11. /'/'/"'■ lip of eoti/.e :;4oothed: 



II lip, r lip of eorollil I'll I, ale, 



e.,ii,pr,'ssed 14. Sclarea 



r*I). Cjiper lip of colli. r trii urate: 

 upper Up of eorolla straiijht' 



i.-^li , eoiieare 1,"). Horminum 



CC. lira indies II, ,tt,,pped iritli slioieip 

 e,,t,,r.d floral Ivs. 

 r.. V.lioi-ts maiiii-ftil. lot,,,, it Hi) .](;. Sarinacea 



1)1, . Whorls ahoiit li-fl,l. [ill .\„s. 

 I.S ,1,1,1 ,.'.J .ioinetiiii,-s ]<t-fl,l. ). 

 E. C,ilor of ealifs jnirple, of 



eorolla ivhile 17. leucantha 



EE. Color of ealipr mid eorolla 

 Old as io K. 

 F, Cji-p, ,■ lip of,;ir,,lladiffer- 

 eiil ill ,,,lor fi'oii, to, err. 

 (i. The iippii- lip ,rliilr ...IS. argentea 

 f^ii. The upper lip liliir 19. bicolor 



FF. Cpper lip of eorolla „,d 

 different in e,,l,,r from 

 loirev, 

 G. ris. tiriijht pnrpli.-ili 



■ri'd "JI). inTolucrata 



Ofi. FIs. not briaht Jiierjitish 

 red. 

 IE Colli.,: jinrjde 21. ianthina 



HH. Colipr ,jre,li. 



I. Jirarts airl-sha peil .2'-'. aZUrea 

 II. 1! ra e Is orii I e or 

 irid, r. 

 .J. Stem pa nieled 



iilioee 2:!. sylvestris 



.J.I. Stem spa ri n ii I ij 

 tira.nehed. 

 K. h'oot often tiihrr- 



011 ••< 24. pratensis 



KK. Ji'oot pot tiiher- 



ous- 2.".. Vertienaca 



SALVIA 



DDE. Whorls ahoiit J-fld. 



E. Duration a nniial 2iJ. lanceolata 



EE. Ihi ration jH reniita I. 



F. Les. entire 27. patens 



FF. Lvs. eremite 2.^. cacaliaefolia 



1. GrSggii, Gray. Rcailily distinguislieil frcm tlie 

 connmin red-fld. kiiuLs liy the fact that only tlir Inwer 

 ii|. is slidwy. This is carriiine, uud tbe rest of tlic co- 

 riilla dull jmrplisli. The foliage also niakt's it bif^lily 

 distiller. Though a itativp of Texas and iMe.xieo it is 

 i.llVri.'d Ii>' several dealers in liardy Ijorder idalits. John 

 Saul i-ousidered it "lu-arly hardy" at Washington, D.C. 

 Sliruh, :i ft. Iiigh: Ivs, linear-olilong, i.i.tuse, narrowed 

 at hase-; raeemes 2-;'. in. h.lig. li-.s-lid. : u[.].er lij. sliuit; 

 lower lip with the large middle I. .la- 2-lol,ed and 2 small, 

 roundish lateral h.l.es. Ji.Jl, i;.SI2. - Section 7. 



2. splendens, Ker-i hiwl. Soaeeet Sahe. Pig's. 224]. 

 2242. The most [.o|.ular of all I'ed-lld. Salvia.s. Tender 

 lierennial herb from Urazil, 2-a ft. high, with scarlet 

 lis. 2 in. or more long, liorne in terminal pyramidal ra- 

 cemes G in, or nn.re long, witli 2-G fis. in a "vvbr.rl and MO 

 of more Us, in a raci'iiie. Lvs. ovate, acuminate, serrate: 

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

 per lip undivided; lower lip ::-lobed. tlie lateral lobes 

 much narrower and rcHixed. B.K. 8 :bb7. — "\'ar. Bruanti, 

 lli.i't., int. before 1880, was an improvement over pre- 

 vious forms in having dwarfer and more compact habit, 

 with brighter and more numerous flowers. (-1.0. IL 

 14:781; III. G:Cr,:i. (-in. 21 ::W(i (good picture). A. P. 

 ri;:i;!l. other trade nanies are vars. compacta, compacta 

 erecta, grandiflora, grandi£16ra erecta and grandi£16ra 

 pendula. Also a form with golden fi.liage is cult, and 

 one or more spotted witli yellow. S. tjra ndi fliira and 

 nana are true Ijotanical species "\vhich are pndiablv no- 

 where in cult., and these names in the trade niosth' 

 refer to varieties of S. splendens, Var. Souch^ti, 

 Planch, {S. SoueJii'ti. llort.), introduced about 185(), was 

 considered to differ from the type in having more com- 

 ).act habit and ds. more numerous, more erect and more 

 brilliant, F.S. ll:llr)4. The prevalent idea that this 

 name is referable to ,S, 1-tirzti is proliably due to a hasty 

 reading of F.S. 14, p. .'12. A wliite-fld. form is known to 

 the trade as S. Souelieti alha . For >S. i/orc?/;, consult 

 S. ianthina. Var. Iss^nchou, Hort., has ro.sy white co- 

 rolla, calicos veined red, and red anther.s. i.H. 28:432 

 las .S. lyrasit iensis , var. /,s\s'(n?c7iOiO . where the calyx 

 is bright yellow. slri|. I'd nd. Gn. 2I:3.?G. There are 

 about a dozen varieties ^\■ith personal names. Section 7. 



'.',. riitilans, C'arr. A plant of unknown habitat which 

 is probably a horticultural form of S. spleiidens, differ- 

 ing in having a snnill green calyx, whorls nearly 

 always 2-fld., and infloresi-ence axillary as well as ter- 

 minal and panicleil instead of merely racemose, R.H. 

 ]87:i:2:''in.-The plant figured in G.(.T. 11. ].",:117 as S. rn- 

 tilans has an nnl. ranched rjieeme, willi (i~Md. whorls 

 and small calyx. Offered as late as IS'./.j by .lolin Saul. 



4. fiilgens, Oav. Cakiunae Saevia. ]\1exii'.\x Red 

 S.MAlA. Differs from N. spl, lah'iis in the darker red of 

 the lis., the cordate lvs.. and the calyx, which is dull 

 colored and conspieui.iisly striate but hardly "colored"; 

 also the 3 lobes of tlie lower lip seem to lie all about the 

 same size and lying in ibe same plane instead of hav- 

 ing the lateral ones reliexed. ^Mexican shrub or herh, 

 3 ft. high: lvs. ovate, cordate, somewhat acute, not acu- 

 minate. B.R. 10: l.';,".(i. — 'Jdiis name seems not to be ad- 

 vertised in America to-day, but in 1886 Gray stated that 

 S. splendens and .S'. fiitiiens were the two common red- 

 dd. kinds in cult. Section 7. 



o. coccinea, Linn. This name is said to be loosely 

 used ill trade catalogues fi.r .S'. spl,'nd,ns, and it is 

 doubtfiil whether the true S. eoeeinea is in cult. Per- 

 ennial Ol' annual. 2 ft. hiuh : lvs. cordate: Us. deep scar- 

 let. 1 in. or less long; calyx slightly reddish, lower lip 

 twice as long as upper, the middle lobe verv large and 

 2-lobed. Trop. America; also S, C. to Phi. and Tex. 

 \'ar. lactea. Hurt,, is advertised. Section 7. 



\'ar. Pseudo - coccinea, tiray [S. /'seiido-em'eiiiea, 

 .Iaci|.).is a tall ^'ariet>' whicli is hirsute on stem and 

 petioles, instead of glalirate. P.M. 28154. 



G. Roemeriana, Scheele (S. jpirphiirdntha . Decaisne. 

 S. porphjirdta, Hook. ). Perennial, 1-2 ft. high : Ivs. oor- 



