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SALVIA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Dia'ndiua f, Moxogy'ma. 
Natural Order. Laijia'ta?, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 110. — Lind. Syn. 
p. 196; Introd. to Nat. Syst. p. 239. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 439. 
Sm. Gram, of Dot. p. 99. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 528. 
Gen. Char. Calyx inferior, of one sepal, tubular, ribbed, per- 
manent, unequally two-lipped, upper lip three-toothed, lower lip 
two-toothed. Corolla of one petal, having the tube dilated upwards, 
compressed ; upper lip concave, curved inwards, notched ; lower 
lip broad, three-lobed, the middle lobe the largest, and cloven. 
Stamens two (fig. 1.) Filaments with two spreading branches, one 
only bearing a perfect, oblong, single-celled Anther. German (fig. 
3.) four-cleft. Style (fig. 2.) thread-shaped, curved with the sta- 
mens, and usually longer. Stigtna forked. Seeds (fig. 4.) four, 
oval, in the bottom of the dry converging calyx. 
The inferior, monopetalous, ringent corolla ; the filaments with 
2 spreading branches, one only bearing a perfect anther, and the 
4 apparently naked seeds; will distinguish this from other genera 
in the same class and order. 
Only two species British. — The exotic species of this genus are 
numerous, and many of them, especially some of those recently in- 
troduced into England, are very beautiful, and prove great orna- 
ments to our gardens in the summer and autumn. 
SA'LVIA PRATE'NSIS. Meadow Clary, or Sage. Clear-eye. 
Spec. Char. Lower Leaves oblong, crenate ; heart-shaped at 
the base ; stalked ; uppermost sessile, clasping the stem. Brac- 
teas very small. Corolla thrice as long as the calyx, glandular and 
viscid at the summit. 
Eng. Rot. t. 153. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 35. — Iluds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 10. — 
Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 30. Eng). F). v. i. p. 34. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 26. — 
Lindl. Syn. p. 197. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 10. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 8. — Abbot’s 
FI. Bcdf. p. 6. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 8. — Sclarea pratensis, Gray ’s Natt. Arr. 
v. ii. p.388 .—Sclarea pratensis foliis serratis.jdore cccruleo. Dillenius in 
Hay’s Synopsis, p. 237. — Horminum Sylvestre Fuchsii , Johnson’s Gerarde, 
p. 769. 
Localities. — Dry pastures, meadows, and about hedges. Rare. — Oxford- 
shire ; Between Middleton Stoney and Ardley: Dr. Siutiiorp, in FI. Oxon. 
Mr. T. W. Weaver found it in the same place, in abundance, in 1832. About 
Enstone and Spelsbury : Rev. J. Sibley, 1832. — Bedfordshire ; In a pasture 
near Ford-End Farm: Rev. G. Abbot in FI. Bed). — Derbyshire; Clinch; 
Mr. Hallows, in Bot. Guide. — Gloucestershire ; Wick Cliffs. Mr. Swayne, 
in Bot. Guide. — Kent; near Cobham, Ray: Near Feversham, Mr. Dickson. 
— Norfolk; In Horsford Meadow, Gough’s Camden. — Northamptonshire ; 
In King’s Thorp Church-yard, abundantly, Moreton. — Surrey ; Common in 
Fig. 1. The two Stamens.— Fig. 2. The Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 3. 
the four unripe Seeds. — Fig. 4. A seed. 
* From Salvo, to save or heal, in allusion to its balmy or healing qualities. 
Dr. Hooker. 
t See Veronica Chamaedrys, p. 50, note t. 
