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SALVIA 



Deschampsiina, Vei-lot, has brighter colored corolla and 

 calices. K.H. lSC.9:iail. Var, Bethelli {H. Betliiflli ,B.ort.\ 

 is a horticultural form of more compact habit and Hn. 

 described as ros}' crimson or puce. Gn. 21 :*536. — Sec- 

 tion 7. 



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2244 Hab t ot Salv a farina ea N 1 

 From a mass 2 ft. high. 



21. ianthina, Otto & Dietr. (.S'. Hovnji, Hort.). Ten- 

 der herl.i, doubtless perennial, with the habitof ^\ spJt}i- 

 (JeHs, but tlie fls. purple-vioiet. the ealices colored still 

 deeper. Supposed to he native to iVIpx. or Peru. F.8. 

 11:884. R.H. 1854:61.-6'. i.n>thinu is nut advertised, but 

 -V. Hovrjii , said to be a si'ort fmrn S. 

 inff with V. ]M. Hovev. is ]ifnb;il)l\' s 

 ianthlaiia. G.C. Il/l.j : 14."i. - SiM-riuii 7. 



22. azurea, Lam. Bhn--lhl. pemmial. ^-5 ft. hi^'h : 

 lower Ivs. lanceolate, si-i-ratt- ; upper I vs. narrower, 

 often linear, entire: tls. blue, varyiiiiz; t" white. B.i\l.. 

 1728. S. C. tu Fla. and Tex., varyiii;; insensilily into the 

 western, 



Var. grandiflora, Brntli. f N. PifrJicrl, Torr.), which 

 differs in being cineroiMis - |iuli(-ruh-nt : inflorescence 

 denser: t-ulyx tomentuN'si; - si.-rict_-'.'us rather than nii- 

 nutely pubcrulent. This is found from Miss, and Tex. 

 to Kans, and (.'olc, and in its hardy form is a delightful 

 plant. Here probably belongs S. Pitrlx-rl, var. angiisfi- 

 roUa, once offered by Jolm Saul. On. 19:288. G.'C. IT. 

 14:685. — According i<> Witolson the plant usually sent 

 out by nurserymen on b{jth sides of the Atlantic for 

 S. Pit I'll I.' ri is S. fariiiuci'a. Section 7. 



23. sylv6stris, Linn. Hardy perennial herb, with pur- 

 ple-violet tis. : lower Ivs. petioled, upper ones sessile, 

 all oblong - lanceolate, rounded or cordate at base : 

 whorls 6-iO-fld.: corollas twice as long as calyx. Eu., 

 N. Asia. — Section 6. 



2.i45. Flowers ot Salvia farinacea. Xatur.'il size. 



24. prat6nsis, Linn. Fig. 2246 Tlie most popular 

 hardy blue-Md. Salvia. Fi-ri-unial herb. s(mietinies tu- 

 berous-riiolrd, tlie th-.. norniaily blue, wllb n-ddish and 

 white varieties. TIjo Ivs., esiiecially in ilie southern 



SALVIA 



varieties, are said to be more or less spotted red: lower 

 Ivs. petiolate, oblong-ovate, crenate or incised, cordate 

 at base, glaln-ous above, pubescent beneath along the 

 petioles and nerves; steni-lvs. few, sessile: uppermost 

 lanceolate bracts shorter than the i-alyx, reflexed, cor- 

 date-ovate: whorls (i-fid.: lis. aljoiit 1 in. long, blue; 

 calyx stirky villous ; corolla tbrjre as long as calyx.— 

 Var. rubiciinda [S. riiblrihuhi , Wender.} is a name 

 which may be used for the reddisli-fld. form cult, in 

 America. \'ar. alba, Hort., has wliite flowers. The fol- 

 lowing forms are given by Voss, and are probably pro- 

 curabh' from Gennany: Vars. atroviolacea, albiflora, 

 and variegata ; the last has pale blue fis.. with the 

 midh.'be of tiie lower lip white. 



25. Verben^ca, Linn. {S. Spi^lnirnnn', WiUcl.). Hardy 

 perennial herb with bine, rarely whitish lis. Here prob- 

 ably bebjugs .y. spt-'IiHl ml of the American trade, which 

 is presuma!)ly an error for S. Spiebnanni. Lvs. ovate 

 or oblong, lower ones petiolate, narrowed at base, upper 

 ones liroader, sessile and cordate at base: corolla about 

 half as long again as the calyx. Eu., Orient. 



26. lanceol^ta, Brouss. 

 A plant has been cult. 

 u n d e V th is name i n 

 American nurseries, but 

 it is believed to be a 

 hardy perennial, and is 

 prohaldy some common 

 specii's. The true S. 

 hniceoliild is an annual 

 with blue or ptirplish 

 ilowers about ^ ■,, in. long. 

 Prairies, Neb. to Tex"., 

 Ariz, and i\lex.; also E. 

 Fla. 



27. patens, Cav. The 

 most po])ular tender 

 blue-fid. Salvia. Peren- 

 nial herb : stem pilose. 

 1-2 ft. high: lvs. petio- 

 late, ovate-deltoid, cre- 

 nate, hastate at the base 

 or the uppermost lvs. 

 rounded at the base, his- 

 pid on both sides: bracts 

 lanceolate-linear, spread- 

 ing, few. remote: whorls 

 2-fld. : lis. 2 in. long or 

 more, blue ; calvx villous. 

 Mts. of Mex. B.M. :"!8()8. 

 B. 3:109. F. 1840: 222. 

 Var. ^Iba, Hort., is ad- 

 vertised in Europe. Sec- 

 tion 7. 



28. cacaliEefolia.Benth. 

 Tender lilue-fld. peren- 

 nial herb with triangular, mostly basal lvs. and glutinous- 

 villous blossoms, whicli are swollen at the throat; lvs. 

 undulate, villous beneath : inflorescence generally a pan- 

 icle of 1 central and 2 lateral racemes: whorls 2-fld. 

 Mex. B.M. 5274. F.S. 22:2:!18. Gn. 21 :;;;56. -Section 7. 



.s'. acv iiiiin'ilti . Ruiz &^ Pav. Peruvi.an lihiefhl. subshntb, the 

 lower b]i ul' rorolha white toward the base. R,H. 1843:493.— 

 N. aiiKi nil, Sims, is a synonym of S. lamiifolia. — .S'. angiisH- 

 fdh'a, Cnv. Mexican l)lue-tld. perennial herlj, the lower lip 

 longer than tlie upper and more or less white towards the 

 base. B.R. 1S:1."j.i4. Se-'tion 7.— .9. aspen'ita, Falc. Himalayan 

 plant, with yello^vish wliite tls. and very large bracts which are 

 lined with tjreenish white. B.M. 4884. Section 5. — H. cu'irca, 

 Linn. Very remarkable South African shrub, with large 

 bronzy yellow fls. Lvs. white-woolly, petioled, ovate or ronnd- 

 ish: calyx exceptionally largo and leafy, hmso, boll-shaped ;nid 

 blunt. B.M. 182. G.C. II. ':0:74;>.— ,S'. yl 7',s7rb/m. Linn. A per- 

 ennial frrtm soiitheastern Fm, with yello\vish tls., the upper lip 

 spotted red. B.R. 1-2:1010. Section i\—S.Iioliciana. Phincli. 

 <;)ne of tlie most desirable Salvia.s not cult, in America. Il is a 

 splendid red-Hd. snbslirub tonnd in the Bolivian Andes :tt 

 1Q,000-Ili.(l('ii It., an<l lias a. remarkably dense raeeme of tubular 

 t\f^.. eaidi 2 in. or more long. It is (dose to S. rntilans, bnt. as 

 Hooker says, " the paniides of S. Bolivian a are much denser- 

 flowered, the ealices lar^jor, with longer lips, and the corolla 

 twice as long ami straiglder, with a smaller lower lip." B.M. 

 0714. F.S. 11:114S. Section 7.— N. ('aii<h'lahnnn, Boiss., is re- 

 markable from the fact that the lis. aro.hdl ami pale except for 

 the large purple underlip. ^Mexican subshrnlj. found 2.r)L)0- 



2246. Salvia pratensis (X %). 



