SAL'VIA VULNERARmFO'LIA. 
VULNERARIA-LEAVED SAGE. 
Class. Order, 
DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
LABIAT.E. 
Native of 
Height 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Armenia. 
1 foot. 
July&Aug. 
Perennial. 
in 1820. 
No. 880. 
This genus received its name on account of its 
healing properties, from the Latin salvere. The 
specific name, vulnerariaefolia, may require expla- 
nation, inasmuch as now we have no genus called 
vulneraria. The plant with which the foliage of 
our Salvia is compared, is the Anthyllis vulneraria, 
a well-known British plant, with pinnate leaves, 
resembling those of the Salvia now figured. 
This species has not, as we are aware of, been 
figured in any botanical work, nor indeed is it 
often met with, even in the best gardens. With the 
plant from which our drawing was made, we were 
favoured by Mr. Cameron, with whom it is quite 
hardy. It is the more interesting on account of its 
being suffruticose, a character which distinguishes 
it from every other species of this intricate genus. 
This Salvia grows the most freely in a light 
well-drained soil, or on rock-work ; and may be 
increased by division of its roots. Being sulffruti- 
cose, its young shoots must not be cut down in 
autumn, a precaution very likely to be neglected, 
and which would prevent its efficient flowering 
in the subsequent season. 
