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Summer (L petiolate oblong-lanceolate)

l. petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, deeply toothed, all rounded-cuneate or narrowed at base; floral ones shorter than the calyx. Stem erect, 1ft. to 3ft. high. Chili. (B. R. 1080.) S. grandiflora (large-flowered).* fl., calyx six to seven lines long, purplish at apex, villous; corolla of a beautiful violet, twelve to fourteen lines long, glabrous; whorls many-flowered, distinct, the lower ones remote. May. l. petiolate, broadly ovate, obtuse, crenate, broadly cordate at base, wrinkled, villous; floral ones sessile. Stem 1ft. high. Siberia, 1800. (B. M. 700, under name of Betonica grandiflora.) S. inflata (inflated). fl. sessile; calyx 1/2in. long, white-tomentose; corolla red, slightly silky outside, half as long again as the calyx; whorls distant, about six-flowered. July. l. sub-sessile, oblong, obtuse, entire, scarcely 1in. long, white-tomentose or woolly on both sides. Branches elongated, clothed with slightly floccose tomentum. h. 1 1/2ft. Persia, 1852. Hardy sub-shrub. (B. R. 1697.) S. lanata (woolly).* fl. striped; whorls many-flowered, the upper ones approximating in a spike. July. l. very thick and soft, oblong-elliptic, narrowed at both ends, scarcely crenulate, wrinkled. Stem 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. high, clothed (as well as the leaves and calyces) with dense wool. Tauria, 1782.

S. Maweana (Mawe's).* fl., calyx 1/4in. long, woolly; corolla pale straw-colour, with purple blotches on the lower lip, 1/2in. long and broad; whorls collected into a narrow-oblong, leafy spike. July. l. spreading, about 1in. long, ovate-cordate, sub-acute, deeply crenate-toothed, grey-green above; petioles of the cauline leaves longer than the blades. Branches 1ft. or more high. Morocco, 1878. Whole plant clothed with silvery-white hairs. (B. M. 6389.) S. Salviae (Salvia-like). A synonym of Sphacele Lindleyi. S. sibirica (Siberian). A synonym of S. albicaulis intermedia.