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Salvia axillaris, M09. & Sesse. In the mountains near San 

 Luis Potosi (G48 Scliaffuer) ; 698 Parry & Palmer; 1118 Coulter. 

 A very peculiar species, with very much of the habit, as noted by 

 Bentham, of a Tlnjmus or Satureia. The long slender stems become 

 procumbent and rooting at the nodes. The leaves vary from oblong- 

 linear and acute to broadly oblanceolate and obtuse, rarely sparingly 

 toothed, 3 to lines long: pedicels shorter than the leaves: fruiting 

 calyx 4 lines long ; corolla very narrowly tubular, 6 to 9 lines long, 

 the lower lip much exceeding the upper, probably pale blue or pink ; 

 anthers purple. S. cuneifoUa, Benth. (as represented by 1118 Coul- 

 ter), is apparently only a form of this species, with the rather broader 

 leaves often toothed at the summit. 



Salvia ? Of the S. Grahami group, the stouter erect stems 



somewhat villous-pubescent : leaves ovate-oblong, acute, cuneate or 

 rounded at base, acutely toothed: corolla "bright magenta," 16 lines 

 long, the very broad lower lip much exceeding the upper. — In the 

 Sierra Madre, south of Saltillo, Coahuila (1078) ; 1096 Coulter, in 

 part. 



Salvia ? Stoloniferous and rooting at base, the erect slender 



stems somewhat woody, a span high, pubescent with short spreading 

 hairs on opposite sides : leaves rather thick, nearly glabrous, ovate to 

 oblong-ovate, cuneate at base, acutish, rather acutely toothed, 6 to 15 

 lines long, short-petioled ; bracts subpersistent, ovate-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, 1-2-flowered : calyx purple, dilated campanulate, 6 lines long 

 or more, with broad acute teeth, the upper lip entire ; corolla an inch 

 long, apparently reddish-purple, broadly tubular, the lower lip a little 

 exceeding the upper: style bearded. — In the San Rafael Mountains, 

 San Luis Potosi (666 Schaffner) ; 740 Parry & Palmer. 



Salvia ? Near S. elegans: stems slender, herbaceous, pu- 



berulent on opposite sides : leaves thin, on very slender petioles, very 

 nearly glabi'ous, oblong-ovate, cuneate at base, crenate, 1 to H inches 

 long : calyx tubular, 4 lines long, with short acute teeth ; corolla 

 bright scarlet, 9 lines long, narrowly tubular, the broad lower lip 

 about equalling the upper. — At Guanajuato (Duges), and known as 

 '* Mirto rojo chico." 



Salvia ? Stems decumbent, herbaceous, villous and pubes- 

 cent, a span high : leaves broadly ovate, truncate or cordate at base, 

 rarely subhastate, coarsely toothed or entire, obtuse or acute, an inch 

 long or less ; bracts deciduous : verticils 2-6-flowered : calyx campan- 

 ulate, 3 or 4 lines long, the upper lip entire or truncate, the lower 

 shortly bifid ; corolla blue, 9 lines long, the very broad lower lip 



