FERNALD. — MEXICAN SALVIAS. 501 



ciliate, mostly shorter than the calyx : pedicels 2 to 4 mm. long : calyx 

 tubular-campanulate, in an thesis 8 to 10 mm. long, glandular-ciliate on 

 the strong nerves ; lobes about 3 mm. long ; the upper lip broadly ovate, 

 bluntish, entire; lower lip with 2 slightly narrower and more pointed 

 lobes : corolla blue or violet as in S. angustifolia, but the galea more 

 pubescent : style bearded. — S. angustifolia, Gray in Wats. Proc. Am. 

 Acad. xx. 445, in part, not Cav. — Jalisco, in bottoms, Rio Blanco, 

 June, 18G6 (Edw. Palmer, no. 53) ; plains near Guadalajara, July 1, 

 1889 (C. G. Pringle, no. 2913). 



Var. multinervia. Leaves lance-linear to oblanceolate, mostly with 

 5 parallel nerves. — Ttcpic, foothills between Acaponeta and Pedro 

 Paulo, Aug. 2, 1897 (J. N. Pose, no. 1934). 



■w- ++ Raceme long-pedunculate: leaves confined to the lower half of the plant. 



= Upper lobe of the calyx tridentate. 



a. Calyx-tube pilose-hispid, not glandular : attenuate bracts glabrous or glabrate. 



31. S. COMOSA, Peyr. Stem 2 to 6 dm. high, glabrous or glandular- 

 pilose : leaves membranaceous, linear or lanceolate, the upper half crenate- 

 serrate, generally pubescent beneath on the veins. — Linnaea, xxx. 32 ; 

 Hemsl. I.e. 555. S. glechomaefolia, Wats. Proc. Am. Ac;nl. xviii. 137, 

 in part, not HBK. — Central and southeastern Mexico. Without lo- 

 cality (Coulter, no. 1115): San Luis Potosi, without locality, 1878 

 {Parry & Palmer, no. 761) : Mexico, Santa Fe, July 6, 1865-66 

 (Bourgeau, n. 396) : Vera Cruz, Mt. Orizaba, alt. 2,460 to 2,770 m., 

 Aug., 1891 (Seaton, nos. 259, 323). Originally described from Toluca, 

 Mexico. 



Var. hypoglauca. Similar, glabrous: leaves slightly petioled, very 

 glabrous, glaucous beneath, entire or serrulate at tip. — S. hypoglauca, 

 Briq. Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Geneve, ii. 136. — Michoacan, moun- 

 tains about Patzcuaro, July 30, 1892 (C. G. Pringle, no. 4155). A 

 glabrous and glaucous extreme, not separable otherwise from S. comosa. 



b. Calyx and attenuate bracts glandular-hispid. 



1. Leaves linear, revolute, with one conspicuous broad nerve. 



32. S. unicostata. Slender, 2 to 4 dm. high : stem sparingly gland- 

 ular-hispid : leaves 3 to 6 cm. long, 2 mm. or less wide, glabrous : pedun- 

 cles 0.5 to 1 dm. long; raceme 1 to 1.5 dm. long, the lower verticels 

 0.5 dm. apart, the upper approximate ; verticels 3-6-flowered : bracts 

 short, ovate, subulate-tipped : calyx in anthesis 5 mm. long, the tube 

 equalling the lance-subulate lobes : corolla 1.3 cm. long, puberulent. — 



