FERNALD, — MEXICAN SALVIAS. 509 
(LZ. C. Smith, no. 268): Guaremata, Buena Vista, Depart. Santa 
Rosa, alt. 1,700 m., Dec., 1892 (Heyde & Luz in exsicc. J. D. Smith, no. 
4401). Frequently cultivated in Mexico as “ Chia-blanco ” — see note 
under S. Chia above. 
+ + Delicate, not canescent: leaves short-petioled: bracts small, deciduous. 
54. §, flaccida. Slender, 2 to 3 dm. high, simple or branching from 
the base, puberulent below, more or less glandular-pilose above: leaves 
very thin and flaccid, glabrous and lucid or minutely hispidulous on the 
nerves beneath, from rhombic-ovate to oblong-ovate, short-acuminate, 
coarsely appressed-serrate, cuneate and entire at base, the uppermost 
largest, 4 to 6 em. long, 2 to 3.5 cm. broad; petioles slender, puberulent, 
0.5 to 1.5 em. long: peduncle 4 to 5 cm. long; raceme short, 2 to 3 
em. long, of 2 or 3 remote 3—6-flowered verticels: bracts lanceolate: 
pedicels 3 mm. long: calyx minutely glandular-hispidulous, narrow- 
campanulate, in anthesis nearly 1 cm. long; the upper lip bluish, entire, 
ovate, bluntly mucronate; the lower lip paler, with 2 lance-attenuate 
lobes: corolla 2 to 2.5 em. long, the white tube one half longer than 
the calyx, hardly ventricose; galea blue, puberulent, one half as long 
as the broad white lip.— Southern Mexico and adjacent Central Ametton 
Curapas, between Tumbala and El Salto, alt. 460 to 1,380 m., Oct. 
29, 1895 (H. W. Nelson, no. 3374): GuaTeMaLa, in woods, Rubeleruz, 
Depart. Alta Verapaz, alt. 770 m., Oct., 1885 (H. von Twerckheim in 
exsicc. J. D. Smith, no. 780). 
* * Perennials. 
+ Erect or suberect, cewiero® spe ~—) _ base, leafy nearly or quite to 
e infloresce 
+ Leaves rounded deacon aa or vars at base, not tapering to the 
istinct petiole: 
= Calyx in anthesis about 3 mm. long. 
a. Racemes terminal and from the bn axils, panicled, and often branching: 
leaves pale green, glaucous beneath: calyx minutely puberulent, with very 
short broad-deltoid teeth. 
1. Racemes 2 to 7 em. long, compactly flowered : pedicels 1 mm. long. 
55. S. Brevicatyx, Benth. in DC. lc. 309; Hemsl. l.c. 553. — 
Southern Mexico. Guerrero, between Ayuainapa and Petatlan, alt. 
1,530 to 2,150 m. Dec. 14, 1894, and at top of Sierra Madre near Chil- 
Pancingo, alt. 2,770 to 3,140 m., Dec. 24, 1894 (2. W. Nelson, nos. 
2146, 2220): Oaxaca, mountains near Tlapancingo, alt. 1,840 to 2,460 
m., Dec. 7, 1894 (#. W. Nelson, no. 2064). Originally from Oaxaca. 
