FERNALD. — MEXICAN SALVIAS. 501 
ciliate, mostly shorter than the calyx: pedicels 2 to 4 mm. long: calyx 
tubular-campanulate, in anthesis 8 to 10 mm. long, glandular-ciliate on 
the strong nerves; lobes about 3 mm. long; the upper lip broadly ovate, 
bluntish, entire; lower lip with 2 slightly narrower and more pointed 
lobes: corolla blue or violet as in S. angustifolia, but the galea more 
pubescent: style bearded. — S. angustifolia, Gray in Wats. Proc. Am. 
Acad. xx. 445, in part, not Cav.—Jaisco, in bottoms, Rio Blanco, 
June, 1866 (Zdw. Palmer, no. 53); plains near Guadalajara, July 1, 
1889 (C. G. Pringle, no. 2913 
Var. multinervia. Leaves lance-linear to oblanceolate, mostly with 
5 parallel nerves.—T epic, foothills between Acaponeta and Pedro 
Paulo, Aug. 2, 1897 (J. NW. Rose, no. 1934). 
++ ++ Raceme long-pedunculate: leaves confined to the lower half of the plant. 
= Upper lobe of the calyx tridentate. 
a. Calyx-tube pilose-hispid, not glandular: attenuate bracts glabrous or glabrate. 
31. S. comosa, Peyr. Stem 2 to 6 dm. high, glabrous or glandular- 
pilose: leaves membranaceous, linear or lanceolate, the upper half crenate- 
serrate, generally pubescent beneath on the veins. — Linnaea, xxx. 32; 
Hemsl. lc. 555. S. glechomaefolia, Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. xviii. 137, 
in part, not HBK.— Central and southeastern Mexico. Without lo- 
cality (Coulter, no. 1115): San Luts Porost, without locality, 1878 
(Parry & Palmer, no. 761): Mexico, Santa Fé, July 6, 1865-66 
(Bourgeau, n. 396): Vera Cruz, Mt. Orizaba, alt. 2,460 to 2,770 m., 
Aug., 1891 (Seaton, nos. 259, 323). Originally described from Toluca, 
Mexico. 
Var. hypoglauca. Similar, glabrous: leaves slightly petioled, very 
glabrous, glaucous beneath, entire or serrulate at tip.— S. hypoglauca, 
Brig. Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genéve, ii. 136. — Micoacan, moun- 
tains about Patzeuaro, July 30, 1892 (C. G. Pringle, no. 4155). A 
glabrous and glaucous extreme, not separable otherwise from S. comosa. 
b. Calyx and attenuate bracts glandular-hispid. 
1. Leaves linear, revolute, with one conspicuous broad nerve. 
32. S. unicostata. Slender, 2 to 4 dm. high: stem sparingly gland- 
ular-hispid : leaves 3 to 6 cm. long, 2 mm. or less wide, glabrous: pedun- 
cles 0.5 to 1 dm. long; raceme 1 to 1.5 dm. long, the lower verticels 
0.5 dm. apart, the upper approximate; verticels 3-6-flowered: bracts 
short, ovate, subulate-tipped: calyx in anthesis 5 mm. long, the tube 
equalling the lance-subulate lobes: corolla 1.3 cm. long, puberulent. — 
