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SALVIA amarissima. 
Bitter Mexican Sage. 
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DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. LABIATH. Jussieu gen. 110. Brown prod. 499. — Sect. I. 
Stamina 2 fertilia; v. dum 4 fertilia, anther omnium dimidiatee. z 
SALVIA. Cal. subcampanulatus, bilabiatus, labio superiore 3-dentato, 
inferiore bifido. Cor. ringens. I%lamenta 2 fertilia bifida, lobo altero ad- 
scendenti antherd dimidiata, altero sterili, Folia rugosa. Flores verticil- 
lato-racemosi. Brown loc. cit. 500.. 
S. amarissima, foliis cordatis crenatis, petiolis bicallosis, caule calycibusque 
hirto-viscosis, bracteis ovatis ciliatis. Vahl enum, 1. 242. 
Salvia amarissima. Orteg. dec. 4. Donn cant. ed. 8.10. Willd. enum. 1. 40. 
Aiton’s Epit.in add. 373. Sweet hort. lond.'7; (excluso syn. Hort. Kew. ) 
Salvia amara. Jacq. hort. scheenb. 3. 2. t. 355. 
Salvia circinata. Cavan. ic. 4. 9.t. 318. Lag. elench. 13. 
Ex semine nata primo jam autumno caulis ad 2pedalem altitudinem stricté 
attollitur, et floret. Subsequis anni caules ex eddem radice exeunt plures suf= 
Sruticost, digitum crassi, humane altitudinis, ramosi, obtusé 4-gont et 4-sul- 
cati, scabri, hispidi. Fol. opposita, cordata, acuta, crenata, rugosa, viscosa, 
villosa, mollia, graveolentia, valde amara, 3-4-uncialia, cum petiolo hespido 
dimidio breviore. Petiolo subjacent. glandule gemelle subrotunde pallidé 
wirentes. Pedunculi communes A-foni, erecti, elongati, terminales. inter 
summa 2 folia, dein veluti in dichotomia positi dum ex dictorum foliorum asillis 
novi ramuli emittuntur, ipst serius florigeri. Flores verticillate, brevitér pedi- 
cellati. Bractee (decidue), ad verticillos opposite ( semiunguiculares ), 
lanceolate, cuspidate, striate, subserrulate, cilrate, putentissime, reflexe, 
purpurascentes. _ Cal. campanulatus, compressus, fere 10-striatus, hirtus, bila- 
biatus ; labio superiore subrotundo, acutulo, amplo; inferiore 2-partito seg- 
mentis semiovatis et acutis, utroque labio erecto et ceequilongo. Corolle foris 
willose tubus albus; faux alba et calyce duplo longior ; limbus saturate caru- 
leus, ringens: galea ovata, oblonga, emarginata, connivens: labium 3-lobum, 
atentissemum, galed longius, lacinia media subrotundd, emarginata, maxima, — 
lateralibus oblongis, obtusis, parvis, medic approximatis. Genitalia galea 
inclusa. Planta primi anni stricto habitu suo fe liisque majoribus multin dif 
fert ab adultiore. Jacq. loc. cit. 
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Sazvia is one of the genera suffered to remain unbroken, 
~ and forms an extensive group, represented in all the quarters 
of the globe. Vahl has recorded 137 species in his Enume- 
ratio Plantarum. The great majority are herbaceous; though 
some are shrubby. Mr. Nuttall reckons about 47 published 
species natives of America, We have only two that belong 
to these islands. : 
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