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acute, 3.5 to 6 cm. long, dull and sparingly puberulent above, closely 

 canescent-puberuleut beneath; petioles canescent, 2 cm. or less long: 

 racemes simple, 1dm. or less in length ; verticels 2-G-flowered : pedicels 

 slender, 2 to 4 mm. long: calyx canescent, in anthesis 1.2 to 1.3 cm. 

 long, the tube becoming corrugated at base, broadened above, twice ex- 

 ceeding the ovate-lanceolate acuminate subequal lobes : corolla 2.5 to 

 3 cm. long, purple-violet, villous, the tube twice exceeding the calyx j 

 the lip one half as long as the galea : style long-exserted, villous. — Ja- 

 lisco, between Colotlan and Bolanos, Sept. 8, 1897 (J. N. Rose, no. 

 2844). 



— = Corolla scarlet or vermilion, without purple tinge. 



a. Upper lip of calyx prolonged into a subulate awn, nearly or quite equalling the 

 calyx-tube ; lower lip with 2 short subulate teeth. 



192. S. cinnabarina, Mart. & Gal. 1. c. 63 ; Benth. 1. c. ; Hemsl. 1. c. 

 554 ; Briq. 1. c, & Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Geneve, ii. 169 (including 

 varieties). — Southern Mexico and Central America. Oaxaca, near 

 Oaxaca, alt. 2,310 to 2,920 m., Sept., 1894 (E. W. Nelson, no. 1345) 

 Sierra de San Felipe, alt. 460 m., Oct. 5, 1894 (C. G. Pringh, no. 4947) ; 

 San Juan del Estado, alt. 2,300 m., Nov. 4, 1894 (Z. <?. Smith, no. 

 273): Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, nos. 72,757): Guatemala, San Miguel 

 Uspantan, Dept. Quiche, alt. 1,850 m., Apr., 1892, and Buena Vista, 

 Dept. Santa Rosa, alt. 1,700 m., Dec, 1892 (Heyde & Lux in exsicc. J. 

 D. Smith, nos. 3118, 4381). 



b. Calyx-lips subequal. 



1. Calyx4obes subulate tipped. 



193. S. elegans, Vahl. Leaves mostly broad-ovate, subtruncate 

 or rounded at base, rarely exceeding 7 cm. in length : rhachis 

 and calyces sordid glandular-villous. — Enurn. i. 238, 362 ; DC. 1. c. 

 342; Hemsl. I.e. 555; Briq. in Engl. & Prantl, I.e. S. incarnata, 

 Cav. Ann. Cienc. Nat. ii. 112 ; HBK. I.e. 293, t. 144; not Etling. S. 

 mi croculis, Poir. Diet. vi. 614. S. ^unicea, Mart. & Gal. I.e. 65. 

 S. microcalyx, Scheele, Linnaea, xxii. 589. S. longiflora, Sesse & Moc. 

 1. c. 8. — Central and southern Mexico. Without locality {Coulter, no. 

 1097) : Guanajuato, without locality, Dec, 1827 (Berlandier, no. 

 1319); oak woods (liarlweg, no. 162): Queretaro, Nov. 13, 1827 

 (Berlandier, no. 1245): Mexico, Santa Fe, July 24, 1865 (Bourgeau, 

 no. 489) ; woods of Maromenas, Oct. 11, 1865 (Bourgeau, no. 1111) ; 

 Valley of Mexico (Schaffner, no. 395) ; woods of Eslava, alt. 2,400 m., 

 Jan. 31, 1899 (C. G. Priugle, no. 7711): Michoacan, Tlalpajahua 



