228 SAJ.^IA MAnQUANDII. 



T^ain., the S. diinicforuin Boi-. and (?) of Andrz., hut if this is 

 the same phint as that of Aiidrzejowski it is ({uite different 

 from our phint. 



T have seai-ched tlirough the Herbaria of the British 

 Museum and Kew, but can find no named plant that agrees 

 with the Vazon Salria, Avhich 1 therefore venture to distin- 

 guish by the name of a botanist who has done such excellent 

 work in the island where it grows. 



Salvia Marquandii, sp. n. Herbaceous. Rootstock woody, thick and 

 large. Height of thirty f^peciineiis 30-45 cm , simple or with 2-5 

 branches. Radical leaves rather long, stalked, the average length of 

 stalk of lower leaves 25-30 mm., of the leaf-blade 50 mm., breadth 

 25 mm., oval-oblong, snbobtuse, more or less deeply crenately lobed, 

 the lobes crenate or crenate-dentate. The upper leaves sessile, more 

 acute, and sometimes more sharply and more deeply cut, narrow -oblong, 

 or slightly triangular ovate, all suliglabrous, slightly hairy on angles of 

 petiole, yellowish green, and somewhat rugose. Bracts semi-circular- 

 ovate, cuspidate, cordate, at length reliexed, and falling as the seeds 

 ripen. Verticillasters subspicate, the lower whorls rather distant, 4-5 

 flowered. Calyx campanula te, 5-6 mm., upper lip broad, flatfish 

 recurved, concave towards the apex, and abruptly narrowed into three 

 minute teeth ; the divisions of the lower lip lanceolate and gradually 

 nan'owing into two longer teeth Corolla slightly more than t^vice the 

 length of the calyx (12-14 mm.) ; tube naked, 8-9 mm., the exposed 

 portion of the tube 3 mm. The upper lip longer than the tube (5 5 -7 "5), 

 nearly semi -circular in outline (galeate, not fal(;ate), glabrous except for 

 a few hairs on the vein of the exterior upper part of the upper lip. 

 Style ultimately exserted beyond the upper lip. Corolla of a pale clear 

 blue. The whole plant smells rather of calamint, quite dtflerent from the 

 heavy odour of S. Verbe)iaca. 



Syn. Salvia chmdestina Syme in E. B. ed. 3, vii, p. 434, t. 1057, not of 

 Linn. 



From *S'. Verhenacd this may be distinguished at a glance 

 by the much more prominent and differently-shaped lighter 

 blue flowers, its paler foliage, the more oblong, narrower and 

 less acute leaves ; by the less spiny teeth to the calyx, the 

 absence of viscosity, due to the scarcity of glandular hairs, in 

 the upj^er tlower-Avhorls ; and by its different odour. From 

 «S'. pratensia it may be known by the flowers being not above 

 half the size, although in shape approaching to them rather 

 than S. Verboiaca^ but less sickle-shaped, and in being quite 

 eglandula^-. From the true S. clandestiiia L. it is clearly 

 separated by the concolorous wholly blue flower, whereas 

 chiiidestina has the lower lip white or very pale ; by the more 

 gracefully-shaped and more prominent corolla ; and by the 

 less rugose and often less divided leaves. 



Explanation of Plate.— I, Salvia Marquandii, natiiral size. 2, bract. 

 3, i, calyx, o, flower : this is not well represented in the figure ; the upper lip is not 

 sufficiently curved, and the swelling in the lower part of the throat represented 

 as too prominent. The drawing of the upper flower on the right-hand side of 

 the flowering branch more nearly represents the normal flower. All twice natural 

 size. 



