4.4.6 
SALVIA ameena. 
Caritbhean Sage. 
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DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. LABIATE. Jussieu gen. 110. Brown prod. 499. Sect. I, 
Stamina 2 fertilia; v. dum 4 fertilia, anther omnium dimidiate. 
SALVIA. Supra vol. 4. fol. 347. 
S. amena, foliis oblongo-ovatis rugosis serratis; floribus spicato-verticillatis 
secundis, galed corollw recta villosi; bracteis linearibus deciduis. Jacq. 
eclog. 69. t. 47; (sub SALVIA boosiana.) 
Salvia ameena. Curtis’s magaz. 1294. Aiton’s epitome in add. 379. 
Salvia boosiana. Jacq. eclog. loc. cit. 
Salvia Boosii. Zrattinick observat. botan. 1. 59. Ejusd. archiv. der gewiichs- 
kunde. 1. n9. 92; (fide Jacquint in loc. cit.) 
Salvia latifolia. Anderson in trans. soc. enc. arts and man. 25. 210; (exempl. 
prototypum spontaneum ex ins. Sct’. Vincentti in herb. D. Lambert). 
Salvia violacea. Donn. cant. ed. 4.8; (non aliorum). 
_ Radix perennis. Caules fruticosi, 6 ad 8 pedes alti, digitum minorem 
inferits crassi, erecti, lignost, cortice fusco-viridi rimoso vestiti. Rami 
positi, patentes, laxt, obtuse tetragoni, glabri, purpurascenti-virides. Folia 
_. opposita, petiolata, oblongo-ovata, acuminata, serrata, undata, rugosa, 
utrinque glabra, facie leté viridi, nitida; dorso pallida ad lentem subtilissime 
. punctata sed opaca venisque prominentibus reticulata, majora 6 pollices longa, 
2% lata; petioli bipollicares et breviores, glabri, teretes, supra depresst. 
Flores brevissimé pedicellati, in spicis terminalibus verticillatis secundis : 
verticilli3-6-flort, singuli bracteis 2 minimis lineari-lanceolatis marcescentibus 
deciduis suffulti. Cal. cylindricus, striatus, ad lentem pubescens, subrin- 
gens; labio superiore integro acuto, inferiore bifido segmentis divaricatis 
acutis, Cor. cyanca: tubo albo glubro, sub fauce constricto; fauce ampliata 
subplicata sub labiis angustata glabra; labiis subequalibus, superiort extus 
villoso recto concavo obtuso apice emarginato, inferiore trilobo plano glabro, 
lacinid media rotundaté majore, lateralibus oblongis. Fil. longitudine corolle, 
alba, post anthesin erecta, in medio pedicellata, parte inferiore latiore con- 
~ nata et interdim glandulé antheriformi aucta: anth. lutescentes, erecta, 
 didyme. Stylus longitudine labii superioris, flavescens, sub stigma villosus: 
stig. bifidum laciniis inequalibus revolutis. Jacq. loc. cit. 
A West-Indian shrub, known in our hothouses for: at 
least twenty years past; and prized for the beautiful blue of 
the inflorescence. We are told by Baron Jacquin, that the 
plant was recognized by Messrs. Humboldt and Bonpland, 
in a visit to the Schoenbrnnn Gardens, as one they had ob- 
served in the course of their travels, but we cannot identify 
it to our satisfaction with any of the numerous species in 
