498 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



23. S. NiTiDA, Benth. in DC. 1. c. 300 ; Herasl. 1. c. 562 ; Briq. 1, c. 

 Hyptis nitida, Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. xi. pt. 2, 189. — De- 

 scribed from Oaxaca. Not seen. 



= = Leaves rhombic-ovate, dull. 



24. S. galinsogifolia. Stems 1.5 to 6 dm. high, branching, minutely 

 puberulent, the young parts canescent : leaves 5 cm. or less in length, 

 blunt or acutish, minutely and sparingly puberulent or glabrous, the 

 lowest shorter than the slender petioles: peduncles 1.5 dm. or less in 

 length; verticels from 1 to 5, the lowest becoming 3 to 5 cm. apart; 

 rhachis canescent : bracts reuiform, short acuminate, pale-brown or 

 roseate-tinged, puberulent, ciliate-margined : calyx white-villous, with 

 bluntish ovate-lanceolate lobes : corolla 8 to 9 mm. long, puberulent ; 

 the galea thrice exceeded by the lip. — S. hyptoides, Gray in Wats. 

 Proc. Am. Acad. xxi. 435 ; Rose, Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. i. 110; not 

 Mart, and Gal. — Northwestern Mexico. Chihuahua, Hacienda San 

 Miguel, 1885 {Edw. Palmer, no. 205) : Sonora, in shade, mountain- 

 canon. Alamos, Sept., 1890 {^Edw. Palmer, no. 682) ; Huehuerachi, alt. 

 1,230 m., Dec, 1890 ((7. V. Hartman, no. 323, F. E. Lloyd, no. 452). 

 Resembling S. hyptoides. 



++ ++ Leaves setulose-hirsute. 



= Calyx white-lanate, with short deltoid lobes. 



25. S. LASIOCEPHALA, Hook. & Am. Bot. Beech. 306; Benth. 1. c. ; 

 Hemsl. 1. c. 559; Briq. 1. c. — Tepic, Tepic (the type station), Feb., 

 1895 {F. K La7nb, no. 621). 



= = Calyx-tube hirsute ; lobes lanceolate. 



26. S. HTPTOIDES, Mart. & Gal. I.e. 74; Benth. I.e.; Hemsl. I.e. 558; 

 Briq. I.e. S. elsholtzioides, Benth. Bot. Sulph. 152, t. 50. — Southern 

 Mexico to Venezuela. Jalisco, bluffs of the Rio Grande de Santiago, 

 near Guadalajara, Oct. 19, 1889 (C G. Pringle, no. 2297) : Vera Cruz, 

 Jalapa, alt. 1,230 to 1,390 m., 1894 {C. L. Smith, no. 1664) : Oaxaca, 

 dry banks, Sierra de San Felipe, alt. 2,160 m., Oct. 11, 1894 {G. G. 

 Pringle, no. 5624) ; Jayacatlan, alt. 1,320 m., Nov. 4, 1894 (Z. C. Smith, 

 no. 269); El Fortin, alt. 520 m., 1897 (C. Oonzatti & V. Gonzalez, 

 no. 478): Guatemala, Coban, Dept. Alta Verapaz, alt. 1,320 m., March, 

 1886 (^H. von Tuerchheim in exsicc. J. D. Smith, no. 299) ; Jumayte- 

 peque, Dept. Santa Rosa, alt. 1,850 m., Sept., 1892 (Heyde «&; Lnx, in 

 exsicc. J. D. Smith, no. 4047 : Costa Rica, Volcan el Viejo (^Oersted). 



Var. subspicata. Plant simple, 1 to 2 dm. high : verticels 2 to 5, 



