Refugium Botanicum.] [April, 1870. 
TAB. 205. 
Natural Order LapratTs. 
Tribe MonarpDEX. 
Genus Sanvia, Linn. 
Section CanospHace, Benth. 
S. Heer (Regel, Gartenfl. 1855, p. 77, tab. 112 recte 115). Suffruti- 
cosa, erecta, ramis tetragonis breviter griseo-pubescentibus, foliis 
petiolatis cordato-ovatis acutis serratis membranaceo-herbaceis 
rugosis utrinque precipue infra pubescentibus, bracteis late ovatis 
cite deciduis, racemis laxis verticillastris plerisque bifloris, calycibus 
viridibus tubulosis dentibus erectis deltoideis, corollis coccineis 
calyce 3—4-plo longioribus e calyce ad faucem sensim ampliatis, 
labiis brevibus, inferiore profunde trilobato lobo infimo applanato 
late obcordato, stylo et staminum ramis fertilibus exsertis. 
A native of Peru. 
An erect shrub two to three feet high, the branches tetra- 
gonous, clothed with soft gray pubescence. Petioles one to two 
inches long. Leaves ovate, acute, inconspicuously toothed, the 
lower ones cordate, three to four inches long, the upper ones 
rounded at the base, membranaceo-herbaceous, rugose, dull 
ereen, clothed, especially beneath, with soft gray pubescence. 
Racemes six to nine inches long, lax, most of the whorls two- 
flowered. Bracts broad-ovate acuminate, soon deciduous. Pedicels 
erecto-patent, downy, a line and a half to two lines long. Calyx 
tubular, three-eighths to half an inch long, not bright-coloured, 
the teeth deltoid, about half as long as the tube. Corolla bright 
scarlet, finely pubescent, fifteen to eighteen lines long, the tube 
more than twice the divisions, dilated gradually from where it 
leaves the calyx to the throat, the upper lip slightly emarginate, 
the lower nearly flat, deeply three-lobed, the lower lobe emar- 
ginate, twice as broad as deep. Style glabrous, with the fertile 
branches of the stamens distinctly exserted. 
Tab. 205.— 1, entire flower; 2, the same, with corolla removed; 
3, ovary: all magnified.—J. G. B. 
eae 
I have grown this species for some time, and placed it fore- 
most in rank for beauty among the many showy species of the 
interesting genus Salvia. It is a charming and most useful 
