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SALVIA OPPOSITIFLORA. 
It is a stove plant, requiring to be potted in a rich light loam, or a mixture of 
loam and peat. It is readily increased by cuttings of the young wood taken off at 
a joint, and planted under a hand-glass in heat. 
The generic name is derived from Salvo to save, on account of the supposed 
medicinal qualities of some of the species. 
