FERNALD. — MEXICAN SALVIAS. 513 
= = = Calyx in anthesis 6 to 8 mm. long. 
a. oe broad-ovate, crenate-serrate, obtuse: bracts large, broad-ovate: upper 
p of purple glandular-hairy calyx tridentate: corolla dark-blue, with the 
igs. bracts, &., red-dotted. 
65. S. tricuspipata, Mart. & Gal. l.c. 78; Benth. 1. ¢. 311 ; Hemsl. 
1. c. 566. — Oaxaca, Sierra de San Felipe, alt. 3,080 m., Aug. 28, 1894 
(O. G. Pringle, no. 4845). Originally collected by Galeotti in the 
same mountains. 
b. Leaves incised-serrate, acuminate: bracts minute, lance-subulate: calyx blue 
and green, minutely hispidulous, upper lip entire: corolla paler blue without 
red dots. 
66. S. prasirrotia, Benth. Bot. Sulph. 151, & in DC. Le. 310; 
Hemsl. 1. c. 563. 8. aliena, Greene, Pittonia, i. 157.— Terrc, Maria 
Madre Island, April, 1877 (W. 7. Fisher), May, 1897 (EZ. W: Nelson, 
no. 4247). Originally described from Tepic. 
++ ++ Five species are not identified with recent material. 
From the descriptions alone it is impossible to make out their exact 
relationships, or whether they are all distinct from the species here 
defined. These five plants are: —§. Gracii1s, Benth. Lab. 258, & in 
DC. 1. c. 307, described from “ New Spain”; S. prorracta, Benth. in 
DC. 1. c. 309, described from Oaxaca; S. MEMBRANACEA, Benth. Lab. 
259, & in DC. 1. ¢. 310, described from “ Mexico ”; S. GLABRA, Mart. & 
Gal. 1. c. 68, Benth. l.c., described from Oaxaca ; S. HERBACEA, Benth. 
Lab. 720, & in DC. 1. c. 811, described from Tehuantepec, Oaxaca. 
++ ++ ++ Leaves cuneate at base, or at least attenuate to the petioles. 
= Leaves white-villous or pilose beneath. 
a. Herbaceous. 
1. Raceme dense, 4 to 7cm. long: leaves densely villous beneath. 
O Leaves thick, crenulate-serrate. 
67. S. xaLapensis, Benth. l.c. 308; Hemsl. l.c. 566; Brig. in 
Engl. & Prantl, lec. 8S. polystachya, Mart. & Gal. 1. ¢. 77, not Ort. — 
Southern Mexico. Vera Cruz, Jalapa, alt. 1,230 to 1,380 m., Jan. 16, 
1894 (C. L. Smith, nos. 1749, 1756); near Motzorongo and Omealea, 
Feb. 22, 1894 (Z. W. Nelson, nos. 132, 177). 
O © Leaves thin, sharply serrate. 
68. S. Lonersproara, Mart. & Gal. I. c. 73; Benth. 1. c. 307 ; Hemsl. 
l. ¢. 560; Brig. 1. ¢.— Southwestern Mexico. GUERRERO, between 
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