FERNALD. — MEXICAN SALVIAS. 507 



of Mt. Mohinora, 13 km. from Guadalupe y Calvo, alt. 2,150 to 2,310 m., 



Aug., 1898 {E. W. Nelson, no. 4850). Inflorescence, as also that of 



related species, suggesting Muscari botryodes. 



.^ *♦ Verticels mostly remote, forming an elongate loose raceme. 



= Stem 5 to 6 dm. high : leaves oblong, blunt or acutish : racemes 2.5 dm. long or 

 loss ; verticels G-20-flo\vered, lower 4 to 5 cm. apart, upper approximate : 

 calyces retiexed : corolla 1 cm. long, the tube included or short-exserted. 



47. S. HELiANTHEMiFOLiA, Benth. Lab. 254, & in DC. 1. c. 304 ; 

 Ilemsl. 1. c. 557 ; Briq. in Engl. & Prantl, 1. c. — South-central Mexico. 

 S.\N Luis Potosi, alt. 1,840 m., 1878 {Parry &, Palmer, no. 729) : 

 Hidalgo, Sierra de Pachuca, alt. 3,000 m., Sept. 14, 1899 (C. G. 

 Pringle, no. 8222): Michoacan, near Tlalpujabua {Graham). De- 

 scribed from Graham's material from Tlalpujahua and from San Martin, 



PUEBLA. 



= = Similar : leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, serrate : verticels subequally re- 

 mote : calyces less retiexed : corolla-tube equalling the calyx. 



48. S. RE5I0TA, Benth. I.e. ; Hemsl. I.e. 564; Briq. 1. c. Described 

 from Mexico without definite locality. 



-1- 1- Bracts hardly persistent, lower verticels becoming slightly remote : nerves 

 of calyx hidden by the long appressed silky pubescence. 



49. S. cryptodonta. Resembling S. lavendidoides : stems canes- 

 cent : leaves narrow-oblong, blunt, crenate-serrate, 2 to 5 cm. long, 0.5 to 

 1.5 cm. wide, rugose, green and appressed-setulose above, white-tomentose 

 beneath, short-petioled : raceme 2 to 5 cm. long ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, ascending : calyx blue, in anthesis 5 mm. long, the short 

 teeth obscured by the dense silky hairs : corolla 1 cm. long, the tube 

 barely exserted ; galea pilose, half as long as the lip. — Durango, 

 Aug. 16, 1897 (/. N. Rose, no. 2338). 



t- -1- -t- Bracts persistent through anthesis, their slender tips conspicuous : nerves 

 of calyx somewhat hidden by long hairs : heads very dense. 



= Leaves lanceolate, slightly canescent: the long-peduncled heads 3 to 5 cm. in 

 lengtii : bracts ascending : calyx white-villous. 



50. S. STACHYOiDES, HBK. 1. c. t. 138; Benth. I.e. 303; Hemsl. 

 I.e. 5G5 ; Briq. I.e. — Southern Mexico. Oaxaca, 29 km. S. W. of 

 the city of Oaxaca, alt. 2,300 to 2,920 m., Sept., 1894 {E. W. Nelson, 

 no. 1387). Originally from Los Joares and Santa Rosa. 



= = Leaves oblong, glabrous or slightly puberulent : heads 2 to 13 cm. long : 

 bracts more spreading : calyx pilose-hirsute. 



51. S. ELONGATA, HBK. 1. c. t. 139 ; Benth. I.e.; Hemsl. I.e. 556. 

 S. Betonica, R. & S. I. c. 188. S. simplex, Spreng. Syst. i. 58. — South- 



