FERNALD. — MEXICAN SALVIAS. 543 



rhombic-ovate, acuminate at tip, rounded-cuneate at base, about 1 dm. 

 long, appressed-serrate, green and sparingly puberulent above, canescent- 

 puberuleut beneath, on slender canescent petioles 8 cm. or less in length : 

 racemes in bud resembling the fruit of the hop (JIumulus lupulus) ; the 

 membranaceous veiny bracts caducous : racemes becoming 1.5 dm. long; 

 the verticels lO-raany-flowered, the lowest a little remote : pedicels 1 

 cm. or less long, puberulent: calyx hispidulous at base, glabrate above, 

 violet-tinged, in anthesis 1.3 to 1.7 cm. long; the tube 3 or 4 times 

 exceeding the lobes ; upper lip broad-ovate, short-acuminate, entire, 

 lower with 2 narrower acuminate lobes: corolla 3 to 4.5 cm. long, the 

 tube once to once and a half longer than the calyx ; galea slightly ex- 

 ceeding the lip: style exserted, densely bearded. — Oaxaca, mountains 

 of San Juan del Estado, alt. 2,310 m., Sept. 11, 1894 {L. C. Smith, 

 no, 167); near Tiapancingo, alt. 1,850 to 2,460 m., Dec. 7, 1894 

 (£J. W. Mlson, no. 2068). 



•*- -I- Leaves round round-truncate or cordate at base. 



■*-f Leaves glabrous beneath. 



= Bracts somewhat persistent, lasting through anthesis : calyx in anthesis 2 cm. 



long : corolla 5 cm. long, violet. 



168. S. lANTHiNA, Otto & Dietr. Allgem. Gartenz. xv. 362; De- 

 caisne, Fl. des Serres, ix. 73, t. 884. — Habitat unknown, supposed to 

 come from Mexico or Peru. 



= = Bracts caducous. 



a. Calyx villous. 



1. Corolla violet, 3.75 to 5 cm. long, three or four times exceeding the calyx : 

 leaves thin, lung-acuminate, glandular-punctate. 



169. S. RECURVA, Benth. in DC. I.e. 336 ; Hemsl. 1. c. 564 ; Briq. 

 I.e. — Chiapas, very rare in the forests (G/desbreght, nos. 24, 756). 

 Originally collected in the Sierra de San Pedro Nolesco. 



2. Corolla twice as long as the calyx. 



170. S. CONCOLOR, Lamb, in Benth. Lab. 297; Benth. in DC. 1. c. ; 

 Hemsl. 1. c. 555. — Described from "Mexico." 



b. Calyx glabrate, with acuminate-attenuate lobes : corolla 2.5 cm. long, thrice 



exceeding the calyx. 



171. S. GLABRATA, HBK. 1. c. 299 ; Benth. I.e. ; Hemsl. 1. c. 556 ; 

 Briq. 1 c. — Described from Venezuela, but reported from " Mexico" 

 by Benth. 1. c. 



