FERNALD, — MEXICAN SALVIAS. 493 
++ ++ Bracts persistent. 
= Leaves villous or long-pilose beneath. 
a, Leaves canescent on both faces, 1 to 3em. long, on slender naked petioles : calyx- 
lobes acutish. 
6. S. srrotina, L. Mant. 25; Jacq. Ic. Rar. i. 1, t. 3; Benth. l. c.; 
Hemsl. ]. c. iv. 107; Briq. in Engl. & Prantl, Le. S. dominica, Vahl. 
Enum. i. 233; Swartz, Obs. 18, t. 1. fig. 1, not L. — Florida and the 
West Indies. Reported from Cozumel Island, Yucatan. 
b. Leaves ferrugineous-villous beneath, 1 dm. or less long, cuneate to winged 
petioles: calyx-lobes setaceous-mucronate. 
7. S. prrvomwes, Benth. Bot. Sulph. 150, & in DC. l.c. 297; Hemsl. 
lc. ii. 563; Brig. 1. c.— Southern Mexico and Central America. 
JaLisco, Guadalajara, Sept., 1886 (Zdw. Palmer, no. 498) ; cool shady 
places, barranca near Guadalajara, Nov. 5, 1888 (C. G. Pringle, no. 
1727) ; San Sebastian, alt. 1,185 to 1,540 m., March 16, 1897 (. WV. Nel- 
son, no. 4072): Moretos, Cuernavaca, Nov. 14, 1865 (Bourgeau, no. 
1239): Oaxaca, Jayacatlan, alt. 1,320 m, Sept. 10, 1894 (L. ©. 
Smith, no. 174). 
— = Leaves short-pilose or glabrate beneath. 
a. Inflorescence an oblong raceme, 4 to 7 cm. long, not secund: calyx tubulose- 
campanulate, in fruit 7 mm. long 
8. S. mrcrantHa, Vahl. Enum, i. 235; Benth. 1. c. 298; Hemsl. 
le. 561; Brig. lc. S. bullata, Ort. Dec. ix. 109; Jacq. Hort. 
Schoenb. iv. 41, t. 481. 8. serotina, Vahl. 1. c. 252, not L. 8S. ocei- 
dentalis, Millsp. 1. c. in part, not Swartz. — Tropical America, in Mexico 
known only from the Yucatan coast. Yucatan, streets of Dolores, 
Island of Mugeres, Jan. 1, 1895 (Millspaugh, no. 18); without locality, 
1896 (Porfirio Valdez, no. 31). S. orbicularis, Benth. Bot. Sulph. 
— from Panama seems to differ from the species only in its fruticose 
e. 
b. Inflorescence secund, loosely-flowered. 
Be gti Bp. gating esp ahaa 
coming 1 to 1.5 dm, long. 
9. S.setosa. Annual, 2 to 5 dm. high; the stems slightly appressed- 
retrorse-setulose on the angles: leaves ovate or rhombic-ovate, thin, 
acute or blunt at tip, cuneate at base to winged petioles, crenate-serrate, 
8 cm. or less in length, sparingly appressed-setulose above, paler and 
minutely puberulent or glabrate beneath: racemes stiff ; verticels mostly 
2-flowered, all becoming remote, the lowest 1.5 to 2.5 cm. apart: bracts 
