SALVIA* involucrata. 
Broad-bracted Sage. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. LABIATE. 
SALVIA. — Supra, vol. 4. fol. 347. 
S. ivolucrata; glabra, foliis cordato-ovatis acuminatis serratis, verticillis 
sexfloris, bracteis magnis coloratis deciduis, coroll4 ventricos’ glabra 
-calycem longé superante. Hooker in bot. mag. fol. 2872. 
S. involucrata, Cav. ic. 2. p. 3. t. 105. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 147. Spreng. 
syst..1. 62. ; 
S. levigata. Humboldt et Kunth nov. gen. et sp. pl. 2. p. 238. t. 147. 
Spreng. syst. 1. 64. 
Caulis orgyalis et ultra, quadrangularis, suffruticosa. Folia cordato- 
ovata, acuminata, serrata, glabra, venis purpurascentibus. Flores capitato- 
thyrsoidet, lete purpuret, ternatim ex azxillis bractearum ovatarum, mag- 
narum, deciduarum, coloratarum, provenientes, pedicellatt. Calyx coloratus, 
bilabiatus, labio superiore acuto integro, inferiore breviore bidentato. Co- 
rolla ventricosa, glabra, unciam et ultrd longa, galed pubescente, labio 
rotundato, trilobo. Anthere parve, albe, uniloculares, connectivo deorsim 
longe producto, semisagittato. Stylus pubescens. 
This very handsome plant is a native of Mexico, 
whence it was lately introduced by Mr. George Acker- 
mann, by whom its seeds were given to Mr. Tate. It is 
a most lovely border flower during the autumn months; 
and in the conservatory it is in blossom during the greater 
part of the summer. Propagated freely by cuttings, and 
requiring just the same treatment as Salvia splendens. 
Our drawing was made in Mr. Tate’s Nursery, in 
October last. 
_. * From salvo, to save or cure; in allusion to the reputed medicinal quali- 
ties of some species. 
