1266 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



52. Salvia grahami Benth. in Lindl. Bot. Reg. 16: pi. 1370. 1830. 

 Chihuahua and Coahuila to San Luis PotosI, Puebla, and MichoacSn; type 



from Tlapujahua. 



IjOW shrub ; leaves petiolate, narrowly or broadly ovate, mostly 1 to 3 cm. 

 long, obtuse or acute, crenate or subentire, green ; racemes short or elongate, 

 interrupted; calyx 7 to 12 mm. long, green or purplish; corolla red, 22 to 28 

 mm. long. 



53. Salvia microphylla H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 295. 1817. 



Salvia microphvlla canescens A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 21: 407. 1886. 



Salvia microphylla wislizeni A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 21: 408. 1886. 



Chihuahua to San Luis Potosf, Puebla, and Mexico; type from Santa Rosa, 

 Guanajuato. 



Ix>w shrub ; leaves petiolate, obtuse or acute, crenate or subentire, densely or 

 sparsely pubescent beneath; calyx 7 to 12 mm. long, green or bluish; corolla 

 red, 2 to 2.5 cm. long. " Mirto " (Puebla, Jalisco); "pabellSn mexicano"; 

 '•salvia del monte" (Ramirez) ; "toronjil" (Guerrero) ; " bandera mexicana" 

 (Oaxaca, Reko). 



54. Salvia schaflneri Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. 35: 535, 1900. 

 Type from mountains near Morales, San Luis PotosI. 



Branches glandular-puberulent ; leaves deltoid-ovate, acuminate, crenulate, 

 puberulent, petiolate; racemes 15 cm. long or less; calyx 10 to 12 mm. long. 



*' Mirto grande." 



55. Salvia lemmoni A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 20; 309. 1885. 



Chihuahua and Sonora. Arizona ; type from Huachuca Mountains. 



Plants suffrutescent, 30 to 60 cm. high, puberulent; leaves ovate or deltoid- 

 ovate, crenulate, green, slender-petiolate ; calyx 8 to 10 mm. long, glandular- 

 puberulent. 



56. Salvia neurepia Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. 35: 535. 1900. 



San Luis PotosI and Mexico ; type from Morales, San Luis PotosI. 



Plants suffrutescent, the branches puberulent or villous; leaves ovate or 

 rounded-ovate, rounded to subcordate at base, crenate, pubescent ; racemes 

 short or elongate; calyx 10 to 13 mm. long. "Mirto" (San Luis PotosI). 



A decoction of the plant is a local remedy for fevers and headache. 



57. Salvia pringlei Robins. & Greenm. Proc. Amer. Acad. 29: 891. 1894. 

 Type from Tequila, Jalisco. 



Shrub, 1 to 2 meters high, the branches glabrate; leaves ovate, 4 to 9.5 cm. 

 long, acuminate, obtuse or rounded at base, serrate, slender-petiolate; racemes 

 dense ; calyx 1.5 cm. long ; corolla rose-purple, 3.5 to 4 cm. long, villous. 



58. Salvia involucrata Cav. Icon. PI. 2: 3. pi. 105. 1793. 

 Salvia laevigata H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 295. pi. 147. 1817. 

 Mexico, Hidalgo, and Puebla. Guatemala. 



Plants suffrutescent; leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, 6 to 12 cm. long, acumi- 

 nate, crenate-serrate, paler beneath; racemes dense, elongate; calyx about 1.5 

 cm. long, red or purplish. 



59. Salvia pulchella DC. Cat. Hort. Monsp. 142. 1813. 

 Chiapas. Guatemala. 



Plants large, herbaceous or suffrutescent; leaves broadly ovate, 8 cm. long 

 or less, acuminate, crenate, paler beneath ; racemes elongate ; calyx green ; co- 

 rolla red, about 3 cm. long. 



