FERNALD, — MEXICAN SALVIAS. 511 
O O Leaves abides lanate beneath in the axils Pots a nerves, finely and 
gularly serrate: pedicels 1 mm. 
60. S. Ghiesbreghtii. Tall, 1 m. (?) or less ae stems puberu- 
lent, with long ascending branches: leaves long-acuminate, rounded at 
base, 3 to 6 cm. long, 1 to 3 em. wide, puberulent above, pilose or 
glabrate beneath, except for the often densely lanate mid-nerve, on 
petioles 1 cm. or less in length: racemes slender, flexuous, 1 to 2.5 dm. 
long; verticels 10—20-flowered, the lower 1.5 cm. apart: bracts small, 
Ovate-attenuate, caducous: calyx hispid, with short-deltoid ciliate subu- 
late-tipped teeth: corolla pale blue, pilose, 1.2 cm. long; the ventricose 
tube twice exceeding the calyx; galea and lip subequal: style bearded. 
— S. polystachya, Hemsl. 1. c. 563, in part, not Ort. — Cu1apas, among 
the mountains, July, 1864-70 (Ghiesbreght, nos. 129, 74 
= = Calyx in anthesis about 5 mm. long. 
a. Lower surfaces of firm leaves the pedicels and the calyces permanently canes- 
cent with fine stellate pubescence. 
61. S. Paumert, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. xxi. 408. — Curmuanua, 
hillsides at the Frailes, on the mountains above Batopilas, 1885 (Hdw. 
Palmer, no. 259) 
b. ete surfaces of skip the pedicels and the calyces canescent with appressed 
short hairs: race very elongate, the verticels subequally remote: broad 
lip ss corolla sich eaceoainig the galea 
62. S. Leprostacnys, ane Lab. 258, & in DC. 1. c. 308; Hemsl. 
l.c. 560; Briq. in Engl. & Prantl, 1.c. — South central Mexico. 
Jatisco, near Plateado, ee 81, 1897 (J. NV. Rose, no. 2682): Mors- 
Los, hills near Cuernavaca, Nov. 10, 1895 (C. G. Pringle, no. 7078). 
c. Lower sees of leaves canescent-tomentose, glabrate or glabrous: calyx vil- 
us or hirsute: galea and lip of corolla subequal. 
63. S. potystacuya, Ort. Leaves broad-ovate, tomentose beneath : 
racemes Sass psy calyx canescent, villous. — Dec. 55; Cav. Ic. i. 17, 
t. 27; HBK. l.c. 296; Benth. l.c.; Hemsl. Le. 563; Briq. Le. S 
ees Lag. Nov. Gen. & Spec. 2. S. Durandiana (as subspecies), 
Briq. Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxx. 238, & Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. 
Genéve, ii. 188. — An extremely variable species, the typical form seen 
only from Micuoacan, Tlalpujahua (Graham). 
Var. caEstA, Briq. Leaves narrow-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, glaucous, 
glabrous or minutely pubescent, not tomentose, beneath: inflorescence as 
in the type but racemes more elongated, the lower verticels often remote : 
