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S. leucantha, Cav., forma iobaphes. Calyx and corolla both deep 

 violet. — Morelos, on ledges of the Sierra de Tepoxtlan, alt. 2,310 m., 

 Oct. 14, 1900 (C. G. Pringle, no. 8402). 



S. (Macrostachyae) albicans- Shrub 3 to 5 m. high, the branches 

 ciuereous-puberulent : leaves elliptic-ovate, acuminate, rounded or sub- 

 cuneate at base, 4 or 5 cm. long, 2 to 2.5 cm. wide, rugulose, minutely 

 canescent-puberulent, becoming glabrate ; the margin finely appressed- 

 serrate ; petiole slender, cauescent, 1 cm. or less long : racemes 3 to 

 10 cm. long, the verticels about 1 0-flowered, mostly crowded, the lower 

 becoming 1.5 cm. apart; bracts thick and firm, densely cinereous-tomen- 

 tose, ovate, acuminate, 1 to 1.5 cm. long, semi-persistent, the earliest 

 finally deciduous : calyx cuneate-campauulate, densely white tomentose, 

 in anthesis 8 mm. long, the short broad lobes slightly unequal, the longer 

 upper one acute, the lower blunt: corolla 14 mm. long, canesceut with- 

 out ; the narrow galea and the tube whitish, the broad lip deep blue : 

 style densely bearded. — Guerrero, limestone mountains above Iguala, 

 alt. 1,230 m., Sept. 14, 1900 (C. G. Pringle, no. 8430). Nearly related 

 to S. Shannoni, Dounell Smith (no. 128 of the writer's Synopsis), but 

 the smaller thinner leaves, not tomentose beneath, and the inflorescence 

 more canescent. 



S. Sessei, Benth. Mr. Pringle's nos. 7065 and 7080, from Cuerna- 

 vaca, cited under S. pubescens, Benth., are not that species, but are better 

 placed with S. Sessei. Mr. Pringle's no. 8378 is also referable to the 

 latter species. 



Monarda Pringlei. Simple, about 1 m. high, the stem obtusely 

 angled, minutely and sparingly puberulent above: leaves thin, lanceo- 

 late, 7 to 9 cm. long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm. wide, subtruncate at base, the lower 

 half rather coarsely appressed-serrate, the elongate-acuminate upper half 

 entire, minutely puberulent on both faces, slightly paler beneath ; peti- 

 ole slender, puberulent, 0.5 cm. long: the glomerule terminal, 12-15- 

 flowered ; bracts like the foliage-leaves, but smaller and entire; bractlets 

 filiform, often equalling the calyces : calyx 10 or 12 mm. long, cylindric, 

 slightly curved, puberulent, with subulate spreading teeth 2 or 3 mm. 

 lono - , and numerous crisp ascending shorter hairs in the throat : corolla 

 vermilion, 4.5 cm. long, the slender tube long-exserted, tapering gradu- 

 ally to the ampliate curved throat; lips subequal, 1.5 cm. long, the nar- 

 row galea sparingly pilose. — Nuevo Leon, moist wooded canon near 

 Monterey, June 14, 1888 ( C. G. Pringle, no. 2199). A handsome plant 

 related to M. didyma, L., but differing in its simple habit, minute puber- 

 ulence, narrow leaves, and fewer flowers. 



