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Allied to Keithia, but with a different habit, and a shorter corolla than in any of the described 
species of that genus. In the calyx it differs from both genera. It may remain in Hedeoma 
for the present, but, if other species like it should be found, it may be the type of a new genus. 
НкркомА DRUMMO0NDI, Benth. Lab. p. 308, & in DC. Prodr. 12, p. 245. Н. acinvides, Scheele 
in Linnea 22, р. 592? Sandy hills, Mexico, western Texas, and Chihuahua. (No. 463, 1518, 
1519, and 1522, Wright. ; No. 620, Fendler, N. Mex. ; No. 285, fasc. П. Lindheimer.) This 
species is certainly annual, and never perennial nor suffrutescent, as Bentham supposed it to be. 
It is a variable plant. Sometimes it is dwarf and cespitose ; the leaves are linear-oblong or ovate, 
and sessile with a narrow base, or with a petiole nearly as long as the lamina ; the calyx is more 
or less hairy, and when the plant grows in shady places the tube of the corolla is about the 
length of the calyx, while usually it is only about half as long. Н. ciliata, Nutt. Pl. Gamb. p. 
183, is probably only a_variety of this polymorphous species. é 
SPHACELE CALYCINA, Benth. Lab. p. 568, and in DC. Prodr. 12, p. 255. (Тав. XXXVII.) 
Near Monterey, California, May; Parry. А strong plant, 2-3 feet high, somewhat shrubby 
at the base. 
SALVIA LANCEOLATA, Willd. Enum. 1, р. 37; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 12, p. 299. S. trichoste- 
moides, Pursh, Fl. 1, р. 19. Borders of the Rio Grande in western Texas, Chihuahua, and 
New Mexico; west to the Copper Mines, (No. 469, 470, and 1529, Wright ; the last a very 
narrow leaved form. Мо. 606 2 & 608, Fendl., N. Mex., the former a small state of the plant.) 
SALVIA AZUREA, Lam.; Benth. l. c. р. 302; Bot. Mag. t. 1128. S. angustifolia, Michz. Fl. 2, 
р. 13. 8. Pitcheri, Torr. in Benth. Lab. р. 251. 8. ceesia, Scheele, in Linnwa, 22, p. 588. 
Common along the Rio Grande, in New Mexico. 5. farinacea, Benth. seems hardly distinct 
from this species. No. 468 Wright, is a narrow-leaved form. 
SALVIA ALBIFLORA, Mart. & Galeotti in Bull. Acad. Bruz. v. 11. ex Benth. in DC. Prodr. 12, 
p. 307. In damp situations, Santa Magdalena, Sonora; Thurber, Schott. Plant about 3 feet 
high, paniculately branched above, smooth. Lower leaves 14-2 inches long and an inch 
broad, on petioles an inch or more in length, acuminate, mostiy acute at the base, serrate. 
Whorls about 6-flowered, rather closely approximate, forming long racemes, which are nearly 
leafless. Pedicels two-thirds as long as the calyx. Upper lip of the calyx entire; lower 
2-toothed. Corolla about 4 lines long ; the upper lip strongly pubescent. 
SALVIA SPICATA, Roem. Ё Schult. Syst. Mant. 1, p. 202; Benth. l. c. р. 315? Apache Springs, 
March ; Parry. Our plant accords with the description of Roemer & Schultes, and it appears 
alid O the nie ал 8. breviflora, Moc. & Sessé. 
SALVIA BALLOTHFLORA, Benth. Lab. р. 270. 8. laxa, Benth. in DC. Prodr. 19, p. 313. Оп 
the Lower Rio Grande and its tributaries, and in the Mexican States south of the Gila ; common. 
(No. 471, 472, 1524, and 1525, Wright. No. 821, 1431, 2240, and 3186, Berlandier.) A 
shrubby species, 2-5 feet high, variable in the form and size of the leaves. Flowers bright 
purplish-blue. Our numerous specimens show a gradual transition from S. ballotzflora мин | 
laxa. “Тһе plant is used as an aromatic by the Mexicans, who call it Majorano,” Schott. 
SALVIA MICROPHYLLA, Н. В. K. Nov. Gen. & Spec. 2, p. 294; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 12, p. 335. 
Mount Carmel, near the Great Cafion of the Rio Grande; Parry. Dry prairies between Elm 
creek and Turkey creek ; Schott. Mr. Bentham, to whom I sent specimens of this plant, says, 
that it is “ very near S. microphylla, but the leaves are almost entire and not rugose; the calyces 
also are longer." It is a shrubby and apparently somewhat spreading plant. The leaves are 
