FERNALD, — MEXICAN SALVIAS. 535 



Serres, xii. 109, t. 1237; Hemsl. I.e. iv. 81. — Introduced iuto culti- 

 vatiou from Mexico. 



X X Leaves long-petioled. 



-If Corolla 2.5 to 2.75 cm. long. 



□ Leaves thin, hardly rugose, with subacuminate tips, pubescence rather sparse. 



141. S. Lemmoni, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. xx. 309, & Syn. FI. 1. c. 

 461 ; Hemsl. 1. c. — Arizona and Chihuahua. Chihuahua, Canon de 

 San Diego, Sept. 17, 1891 (C. V. Hartman, no. 738) ; foothills of Sierra 

 Madre, near Colonia, Aug. 29, 1899 {E. W. Nelson, no. 6315). 



n n Leaves rugose, mostly rounded at tips : pubescence more abundant. 



142. S. neurepia. Freely branching shrub: branches puberulent, 

 the younger parts pilose or densely villous : leaves ovate or round-ovate, 

 truncate or subcordate at base, coarsely crenate, thick, rather densely 

 short-pubescent on both faces, 2.25 to 2.75 cm. long, twice exceeding 

 the slender petioles : racemes 1 dm. or less in length ; verticels mostly 

 2-flowered, all becoming a little remote : bracts ovate, ciliate, caducous : 

 calyx glandular-puberulent, a little hispidulous on the nerves, tubular- 

 campanulate, in anthesis 1 to 1.3 cm. long ; the tube twice exceeding 

 the ovate-acuminate lobes : upper lip entire : corolla-tube pale, glabrous, 

 twice exceeding the calyx ; the pilose galea hardly equalling the red lip : 

 style bearded. — Central Mexico. San Luis Potost, in woods near 

 Morales, 1876 (Schaffner, no. 661) ; without locality, alt. 1,850 to 2,460 

 m., 1878 {Parry & Palmer, no. 754) ; in the market of San Luis Potosi, 

 1898 {Ediv. Palmer, no. 640). Graham's no. 1096 without locality 

 apparently belongs here, and Bourgeau's no. 856 from near Guadalupe, 

 Mexico, though with larger thinner leaves, may be an extreme form. 

 This species, as well as S. micropkylla, is sold in the market of San Luis 

 Potosi as a Mirto, decoction from them being used to allay fever, head- 

 aches, and nervous irritations. 



-H- -H- Corolla 3.25 to 3.5 cm. long. 



143. S. Schaffneri. Branches glandular-puberulent and slightly 

 pilose : leaves thickish, rugose, deltoid-ovate, acuminate, rounded-trun- 

 cate at base, puberulent on both faces, 2.5 to 4 cm. long, 1.5 to 3 cm. 

 wide, irregularly crenulate, on slender petioles 1 to 2.5 cm. long : 

 racemes becoming 1 to 1.5 dm. long; verticels mostly 4-flowered, all 

 becoming remote, the lowest 2.5 cm. apart: bracts 5 mm. long, ovate, 

 long-acuminate : pedicels 3 to 5 mm. long : calyx tubular-campanulate 

 and minutely hispidulous, in anthesis, 1 to 1.2 cm. long; the tube twice 



