FERNALD. — MEXICAN SALVIAS. 547 



Nov. 14, 1865 {Bourgeau, no. 1244) : Vera Cruz, region of Orizaba, 

 without date {BotteiH, no. 576), Oct. 2, 1866 {Bourgeau, no. 3162), 

 Feb.-May, 1885 {A. Gray), March 10, 1894 {E. W. Nelson, no. 189): 

 Jalapa, alt. 1,230 to 1,380 m., Jan., 1894 {C. L. Smith, no. 1781): 

 Oaxaca, near Oaxaca, alt. 1,600 to 2,090 ra., Oct. 2, 1894, and near 

 Tlapaucingo, alt. 1,850 to 2,460 m., Dec. 7, 1894 (E. TV. Nelson, nos. 

 1501, 2087); Sierra de San Felipe, alt. 2,000 m., Sept. 23, 1895 {C. 

 Conzatti, no. 717): Chiapas, without locality {Ghieshreght, no. 128) ; 

 near Yajalon, Nov. 21, 1895, between San Cristobal and Teopisca, alt. 

 2,060 to 2,610 m., Dec. 4, 1895, and valley of Comitan, alt. 1,780 to 

 2,000 m., Dec. 8, 1895 {E. W. Nelson, nos. 3401, 3478, 3484) : Gcate- 

 MALA, Coban, Dept. Alta Verapaz, alt. 1,320 m., Nov., 1886 {H. von 

 TuercJcheim in exsicc. J. D. Smith, no. 500) ; Castillas, Dept. Santa 

 Rosa, alt. 1,230 m., Jan., 1893 (^Heyde & Lux in exsicc. J. D. Smith, 

 no. 4398) : Costa Rica {Oersted). 



Var. PUBENS, Gray. Stems and leaves slightly pilose. — Proc. Am. 

 Acad. xxii. 446. — Jalisco, deep ravines and shaded hillsides, Rio 

 Blanco, Oct., 1886 (Edia. Palmer, no. 662) ; near Guadalajara, Oct. 2, 

 1889 ((7. G. Pringle, no. 2458). 



O O No glands at base of petiole : corolla hardly slender, villous, 2.5 to 4 cm. 



long. 



185. S. LiTTAE, Vis. 111. Plant. Nuov. Ort. Padov. 15; Benth. I.e.; 

 Hemsl. I.e. 560; Briq. I.e. — Oaxaca, near Oaxaca, alt. 2,300 to 

 2,930 m., Sept., 1894 {E. W. Nelson, no. 1342) ; Sierra de Clavellinas, 

 alt. 2,770 m., Oct. 18, 1894 {0. G. Pringle, no. 4991); Rancho de 

 Caciques, alt. 1,540 m., Sept. 5, 1895 (Z. C. Smith, no. 698). 



b. Leaves more or less pilose or tomentose beneath. 



1. Pubescence simple. 



O Leaves merely pilose beneath. 



+ Leaves broad-ovate : corolla deep purple-violet. 



186. S. iodantha. Stem 0.9 to 1.5 m. high, puberulent, much 

 branched above : leaves short-acuminate, serrate, the larger ones 7 cm. 

 long, 4.75 cm. broad, sparingly pubescent above, canescent beneath, 

 slender-petioled : racemes long, rather loosely flowered, subsecund, 1 to 

 2 dm. long; verticels 6-10-flowered, all remote, the lowest 3 to 4 cm. 

 apart : pedicels slender, about equalling the calyx : calyx in anthesis 

 5 mm. long, slightly hispid on the nerves and glandular-dotted ; lobes 

 very short, broad-ovate, mucronate-acuminate : corolla villous, 2 cm. 



