FERNALD. 



MEXICAN SALVIAS. 507 



of Mt. Mohinoru, 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 

 less ; verticels G-20-flowered, lower 4 to 5 cm. apart, upper approximate : 

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



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

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

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

 Hidalgo, Sierra de Pachuca, alt. 3,000 in., Sept. 14, 1899 (CI G. 

 Pringle, no. 8222): Michoacax, near Tlalpujahua {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 reflexed : corolla-tube equalling the calyx. 



48. S. remota, Benth. 1. c. ; Hemsl. 1. c. 5G4 ; Briq. 1. c. Described 

 from Mexico without definite locality. 



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

 of calyx hidden by the long appressed silky pubescence. 



49. S. cryptodonta. Resembling S. lavenduloides: 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 authesis 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. — Duraxgo, 

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



-»— -*— -*— 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 

 length : bracts ascending : calyx white-villous. 



50. S. stachyoides, HBK. Let. 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. 55G. 

 S. Betonica, R. & S. 1. c. 188. S. simplex, Spreng. Syst. i. 58. — South- 



