singular apparatus is this, The small subulate process is the 
real filament; the Jilament-like body is the connectivum, or 
fleshy substance which connects the two lobes of all 
anthers, and which generally is parallel with the lobes, 
and less than they are themselves; but which. in Salvia 
is SO greatly extended as entirely to separate the two lobes 
to a great distance ; which ascends in one direction, and 
descends in another: on its upper extremity, which is 
freely exposed to air and light, bearing one perfect half of 
an anthera: on its lower, which is hidden within the tube 
of the corolla, exhibiting the rudiment of the other lobe in 
the form ofan attenuated, discoloured margin. The articu: 
lation already spoken of can now be understood, and will 
be immediately seen to be the same as that by which the 
anther swings from the filament in common cases. 
We have said thus much u 
because, although there is nothing actually new in these 
remarks, the real structure of the stamens of Salvia is but 
little known; secondly, because they exhibit an amusing 
instance of the endless freaks of nature in the variation of 
her creations ; and, thirdly, because they offer a striking 
proof of the importance in all sciences, and most especially 
in Botany, of looking a little deeper than the surface cf 
things, --a practice the necessity of which cannot be too 
strongly impressed upon all students of natural history, 
but which is too seldom inculcated by its professors. If 
any further proof of this position were required, there 
is scarcely a plant which grows in which some one or 
other could not be found. 
pon the subject, firstly, 
A hardy, herbaceous plant, native of Austria, Hungary, 
and Moldavia. Flowers during nearly the whole summer. 
Stated in the Hortus Kewensis to have been introduced in 
1776. Our drawing was made in the garden of the Horti- 
cultural Society, in June last. 
The bractez of this species are stated in Rémer and 
Schultes’s work to be six in number to each whorl; but 
this we presume must be some mistake. We always find 
them opposite in pairs. 
A perennial, naked- 
stemmed plant, growing to the 
height of two or three 
feet, and emitting a strong, un- 
