No. 396.] SALVIA COCCINEA 955 
while the stigmas become receptive, it is functionally hermaph- 
rodite or perfect; and in the third, the pollen having been 
entirely removed, while the stigma, if unfertilized, retains its 
freshness, it is pistillate only so far as function is concerned ” 
(loc. cit., p, 266). 
Professor W. C. Dudley kindly identified the present species 
for me as Salvia coccinea Linn. 
