SPECIES CHINENSES. 123 
3.5-4 cm. long, posterior lobe of corolla 1-1.2 cm. broad; the 
corresponding dimensions in R. Humeana are two to three times 
“as great. 
23°! Salvia benecincta, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Inter species chinenses haec in vicinitatem S. hiantis, Royle 
ponenda; inflorescentiis prima aetate strobiloideis bracteis 
imbricatis fere celatis, postea bracteis conspicuis ornatis notanda. 
Hérba perennis 40-60 cm. alta. Caulis robustus + dense 
fulvo-tomentellus. Folia basalia non visa; caulina superiora 
remota petiolo 4-10 cm. longo fulvo-tomentello suffulta ; lamina 
g-18 cm. longa, 4-10 cm. lata, ovato-lanceolata vel oblongo- 
lanceolata, apice obtusiuscula, basi subhastata vel cordatula, 
siccando papyracea, margine irregulariter crenata, supra + 
pilosula, infra ad costam nervosque fulvo-tomentella, cetera 
minute pilosula. Inflorescentiae terminales et axillares 12 cm. 
longae vel paulo ultro pedunculo + 12 cm. longo praeditae, 
racemiformes verticillastris 7-10 approximatis + 4-floris com- 
positae, prima aetate strobiloideae bracteis arcte imbricatis 
vestitae ; rhachis dense fulvo-villosa; bracteae ad 2.5 cm. longae 
lanceolatae vel + late ovatae, fulvo-pilosae atque ciliatae 
calycem semi-celantes ; pedicelli + 5 mm. longi dense pilosi. 
Calyx circ. 1.5 cm. longus campanulatus ad nervos dense glandu- 
loso-pilosus ; dentes inferiores + 3 mm. longi triangulares 
apiculati, superiores in unum coaliti. Corolla + 3 cm. longa ex 
collectore rubrida; tubus rectus calyce fere duplo longior 
dimidio inferiore cylindricus supra subabrupte ampliatus extus 
+ pilosulus; labium superius concavum circ. 5 mm. longum 
extus glanduloso-pilosum, inferius aequilongum trilobum lobis 
lateralibus parvis, mediano reniformi emarginato . utrinque 
fere glabro. Stamina 2 tubo paululo exserta. Stylus inaequa- 
liter bifidus. 
Yunnan :—Mountain pastures near Lan-ngi-tsin. Alt. 
10,000 ft. Flowers red. August. E. E. Maire. In Herb. 
Edin., No. 109 (anno I9gI4). 
This species is readily distinguished from the Chinese members 
of the genus by the prominent bracts enclosing the young 
inflorescence and later more or less concealing the calyx. 
Xr, Salvia grandifolia, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis S. campanulatae, Wall. a qua foliis multo 
majoribus, petiolis brevioribus dense ferrugineo-tomentosis, 
inflorescentiis late ramosis, floribus basi flavidis supra saturate 
purpureis inter alia differt. 
Herba perennis + i m. alta. Caulis robustus + dense 
