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bracts ovate, aristate, 3 mm. long, caducous : calyx cyliiulric, bluish, 

 glandular-puberuleut, the tube five tiuies exceeding the ovate acuminate 

 lobes, in anthesis 6 mm. long: corolla 1.5 cm. long, the pale tube long- 

 exserted ; the deep-blue lip and the pilose galea subequal : style pilose. 

 — PuEBLA, limestone hills near Tehuacan, alt. 1720 m., Aug. 23 

 1901 (C. G. Pringle, no. 8593). Related to S. alamosana, Rose (no. 108 

 of the writer's Synopsis), but differing in its less branching habit, closer 

 finer pubescence, slender petioles, more deltoid leaves and fewer flowers. 



Salvia (Pulgentes) ancistrocarpha. Coarse erect herb ; the stems 

 closely glandular-puberulent above, and hispidulous especially upon the 

 angles with short whitish flat trichomes : leaves ovate, cordate with 

 closed sinus or subtruncate, acutish, closely crenate, scabrellous above, 

 hispidulous on the nerves beneath, the primary ones 8 to 10 cm. long, 

 5 to 6 cm. broad at base: racemes elongate, the primary one becoming 

 4 dm. long: verticels 4- 9-flovvered, the lowest 2 or 3 cm. apart: bracts 

 round-ovate, scarcely veiny, coarsely ciliate, tipped by a hook-like 

 slender awn 4 or 5 mm. long, caducous : pedicels 2 or 3, becoming 6 mm. 

 long: calyx tubular-campanulate, in anthesis 13 to 15 mm. long, in 

 fruit pulverulent, hirtellus on the veins, the teeth acuminate : corolla 

 pure red, 3 to 3.5 cm. long, the slightly pilose galea shorter than the 

 iiroad lower lip: style glabrous. — Mbxico, Tultenango Canyon, Oct. 

 7, 1902 {C. G. Priiigle, no. 8074). A gorgeous plant closely related to 

 and somewhat suggesting S. adenophora, Fernald (no. 152 of the 

 writer's Synopsis). Differing in its herbaceous stem, its harsh pubes- 

 cence, its longer acuminate-toothed calyx, its larger nearly glabrous 

 more vivid corolla, and in the smoother bracts with their peculiar 

 claw- or hook-like appendages. 



Salvia (Tubiflorae) Townsendii. Stems about 1 m. high, minutely 

 pruinose-puberulent : leaves narrowly ovate or ovate-lanceolate, elongate- 

 acuminate, about 1 dm. long, 2.5 to 3 cm. broad, dark green and 

 glabrate above, pale and minutely pilose beneath, crenate, on puberulent 

 petioles 1 to 2 cm. long: racemes 1 to 2.5 dm. long, closely flowered; 

 the verticels r2-20-flowered, the lowest becoming 2 cm. apart, the 

 upper crowded: pedicels 3 to 7 mm. long, ascending: calyx in anthesis 

 3 to 3.5 mm. long, strongly glandular-dotted, and minutely hispidulous 

 on the nerves, the lobes very short and broad : corolla villous, deep 

 purple-violet, 2.5 cm. long, the galea exceeding the drooping lip : 

 stamens and style exserted, glabrous. — Chihuahua, near Seven Star 

 Mine, Sept. 16, 1899 {C. H. T. Tnivasend ^ C. M. Barber, no. 42G). 

 Nearly related to *S'. michoacana, Fernald (no. 187 of the writer's Synop- 



