Meriandra.] cxii. labiam. (J. D. Hooker.) 653 



A small shrub j branches obscurely angled. Leaves 3-4 by f-li in., obtuse or 

 acute, base sagittate or cordate, upper surface almost granulate, lower white ; petiole 

 i in., very stout. Spikes 1-2 in. by i in. diam., panicled ; bracts broadly ovate. 

 Cal^x I'j in., woolly. Corolla rather longer, as much in diameter, 



2. M. beng'alensls, Benth. Lab. 189, in Wall. PL As. Bar. i. 29, and 

 in DC. Prodr. xu. 262 ; finely tomentose or hoary, spikes terminal with 

 interrupted ebraeteate globose whorls. Wall. Cat. 1626; GraL Cat. Bomb. 

 PI. 151 ; Balz. Bf Gibs. Bomb. PL, Addend. 66 ; Bene, in Jacquem. Voy. 

 Pot. 134, t. 139. Salvia bengalensis, Boxb. FL Ind. i. 145. S. dianthera, 

 Both Nov. Sp. 18. S. abyssinica, Br. in Append. Salt's Travels. S. 

 Sohimperiana, Sochst. in Schim/p. Iter Abyss, n, 1781. 



Cultivated in India. Disteib. Native of Abyssinia. 



A large straggling shrub j branches cylindric. Leaves 2-3 by 1-lJ in., finely 

 crennlate, obtuse, thinner than in M. strobilifera, as finely granulate above and ■ 

 reticulate beneath, base rounded or bractate ; petiole slender, i-| in. Whorls J-^ in. 

 diam., villous. Calt/x i in. long, pedicelled, teeth acute. Corolla white, "lips 

 spreading or recurved. 



28. SAXiVXA, Linn. 



Herbs or shrubs. Whorls usually raoemed or spiked ; bracts small or 

 large. Caly^ tubular or campanulate, upper lip entire or 3-toothed, lower 

 2-fid, throat naked. Corolla-tube naked or with a ring of hairs inside ; 

 upper lip erect, lower 3-lobed, lateral lobes spreading. Stamens, 2 perfect, 

 filaments short, jointed on the slender connective which bears 1 or 2 perfect 

 cells. IHsh tumid behind. Style ascending, 2-fid. Nutlets S-quetrous, 

 smooth. — Species 450, tropical and temperate. 



Sect. 1. Drymospliace, Benth. Perennial herbs ; fioral leaves very 

 small. Upper calyx-lip entire or 3-toothed. Corolla-tube exserted, annu- 

 late within ; upper lip falcate, compressed. Connectives with an imperfect 

 cell behind. 



1. S. g'lutlnosa, Linn. ; herbaceous, tall, robust, viscidly hairy, leaves 

 hastately ovate-oblong toothed, whorls distant few- and lax-fid., calyx tubu- 

 lar-campanulate, ooroUa large yellow. Benth. in DG. Prodr. xii. 276; 

 Eeicjib. Ic. PL Germ. t. 1246, f. 1 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 609. S. nubioola, 

 Bentl. Lab. 219, and in Wall. PL As. Bar. i. 68; Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. 

 i.l4Q;WalL Cat.214S. 



Tempeeate HimaIiAXA; from Kashmir, alt. 6-9000 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 10-12,000 ft. 

 DlSTElE. Affghanistan, S. Europe, W. Asia. 



Stem 2-3 ft. Leaves 4-7 by 2-1 in. ; petiole 1-3 in. Flowers in large branched 

 spreading panicles, shortly pedicelled. Calyx \ in., upper lip ovate acute entire, 

 tteth of lower ovate acute. Corolla l-lj in., tube exserted, throat dilated, limb 

 gaping. Nutlets ^ in., elliptic-obovate, compressed, smooth. 



2. S. hians, Boyle mss. in Hoolc. Bpt. Misc. iii. 373, and Bl. PI. Mimal. 

 303, t. 76, f. 3 ; herbaceous, tall, robust, viscidly hairy, leaves long-petioled 

 ovate-hastate or -cordate toothed, whorls distant few- and lax-ffd., calyx 

 broadly shortly campanulate, corolla very large blue. Benth. Lab. 219, 

 717, and in BC. Vrodr. xii. 276 ; Bot. Beg. 1841 t. 39; Bot. Mag. t. 6617 

 (exel. syn. S. macrophylla .'*). 



Westebn Tempeeatb Himalaya; Kashmir, alt. 8-11,000 ft., Falconer, &c. 



Habit of 8. glutinosa, but petioles much longer, often 10 in., and leaves rather 

 broader; calyx much broader; corolla IJ in., blue with very inflated throat aud 

 shorter lips ; nutlets similar but larger, ^ in. long. 



