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*♦ — Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, crcnate-serrnte : corolla deep blue. 

 = 1. thin, glabrous beneath : raceme Blender, lax; the remote verticels 2-8- 



Qowered: lower lip of calyx entire. 



165. S. phabnostemma, Donnell Smith, 1. c. 1 •">. — Guatehala, be- 

 tween Rodea and Malacate, Dept. San Marcos, alt. 480 to 1,080 m., 

 Jan. 81, 1896 (E. II'. Nelson, no. 8736). 



= = Leaves tomentolose beneath i raceme rather dense, the verticels many-flow- 

 ered : lower li]i of calyx 2-lobed, 



a. Bracts ovate-acuminate, herbaceous, cinereous-pubescent, 8 mm. or less in 

 length: corolla-tube glabrous; galea Bhorl pilose. 



L66. S. mexicana, L. Racemes becoming lax, 1 dm. or less long: 

 calyx cinereous- pubescent on the nerves, in anthesis 1.5 cm. long. — Sp. 

 •_':; ; Cav. Ic. i. 1G, t. 25 ; Benth. in DC. I.e. 337 ; Hemsl. 1. c ii. 561 ; 

 Briq. in Engl. & Prantl, 1. c. S. melissifolia, Deaf. Cat. Hurt. Par. Ed. 

 .;, :'l. Jungia altissima, Moeuch, Metb. 379. Sclarea mexicana, Dill. 

 Hort Kith. 839, t. 254, f. 330. — Central Mexico. Without locality 

 {Coulter, no. 1100): Guanajuato, 18*0 (A. Duges): Zacatecas, near 

 Monte Escobedo, Apr. -it',, 1897 (J. N. Hose, no. 2635) : Mexico, To- 

 kobaya, Aug. 10, 1865 (Bilimek^no. 308); Valley of Mexico, July 21, 

 1865, and Aug. 1. 1865 (Bourgeau, nos. 993, 619), Sept. 19. 1889 

 (C. G. Pringle, no. 2824); Rio Hondo Canon, 1890 (C. G. Pringle, 

 no. 3157). 



Var. majou, Benth. 1. c. Similar but with glabrate calyx. — X pa- 

 pilionacea, Cav. Ic iv. 9, t. 319. S. nitidifolia, Ort. Dec. 53. — 

 Without locality (Coulter, no. 1101): MEXICO, near City of Mexico 

 ( Graham). 



Var. minor, Benth. I.e. Racemes shorter: calyx pubescent, in 

 anthesis 0.9 to 1..') cm. long. — Ocimum micranthum, Wats. Proc. Am. 

 Acad. xxi. 435, not Willd. — Extending further north than the Bpeci 

 Chihuahua, Frayles, 1885 (Edw. Palmer no. 290): nearBATOPii is, 

 alt. 1,690 to 2,000 m., Oct. 4-5, 189s ( /•;. A. Goldman, no. 205): Sam 

 I.i i- Potosi, near Morales, 1876 (Schqffher, no. 677) ; without local- 

 ity. 1878 (Parry & Palmer, nos. 757, 758): Zacatecas, Plateado, 

 Sept. 3. 1897 (./. N. /Aw. no. 8688): Mr.xico, Toluoa (Andrieux, no. 

 148); San Angel, May 31, 1866 (Bourgeau, no. 126); Amecameca, 

 dan. 5, 1899 (O. C. Deam); Tiaapan, alt. 2,310 m., Sept. 23, 1899 

 (C. <:. Pringle, no. 7930). 



/. Bracts oblong-ovate, acuminate, membranaceous, veiny, glabrate, 2 cm. long: 



corolla long-pilose. 



167. S. lupulina. Stems cinereous-puberulent : haves ovate or 



