FERNALD, — MEXICAN SALVIAS, 543 
rhombic-ovate, acuminate at tip, rounded-cuneate at base, about 1 dm. 
long, appressed-serrate, green and sparingly puberulent above, canescent- 
puberulent beneath, on slender canescent petioles 8 cm. or less in length: 
racemes in bud resembling the fruit of the hop (Humulus lupulus) ; the 
membranaceous veiny bracts caducous: racemes becoming 1.5 dm. long 
the verticels 10-many-flowered, the lowest a little remote: pedicels 1 
em. or less long, puberulent: calyx hispidulous at base, glabrate above, 
violet-tinged, in anthesis 1.3 to 1.7 cm. long; the tube 3 or 4 times 
exceeding the lobes; upper lip broad-ovate, short-acuminate, €ntire, 
lower with 2 narrower acuminate lobes: corolla 3 to 4.5 em. long, the 
tube once to once and a half longer than the calyx; galea slightly ex- 
ceeding the lip: style exserted, densely bearded. — Oaxaca, mountains 
of San Juan del Estado, alt. 2,310 m., Sept. 11, 1894 (L. C. Smith, 
no. 167); near Tlapancingo, alt. 1,850 to 2,460 m., Dec. 7, 1894 
(Z. W. Nelson, no. 2068). 
+ + Leaves round round-truncate or cordate at base. 
++ Leaves glabrous beneath. 
= Bracts somewhat persistent, lasting through anthesis: calyx in snibeas 2 cm. 
long : corolla 5 cm. long, violet. 
168. S. ranruina, Otto & Dietr. Allgem. Gartenz. xv. 362; De- 
caisne, Fl. des Serres, ix. 73, t. 884. — Habitat unknown, supposed to 
come from Mexico or Peru. 
= = Bracts caducous, 
a. Calyx villous. 
1. Corolla violet, lly o 5 em. long, three or four times exceeding the calyx: 
aves thin, long-acuminate, glandular-punctate. 
169. S. vishsdibie Benth. in DC. l.c. 836; Hemsl. 1. c. 564; Brig. 
1. c. — Cutaras, very rare in the forests (Ghiesbreght, nos. 24, 756). 
Originally a Bielp in the Sierra de San Pedro Nolesco. 
2. Corolla twice as long as the calyx. 
170. S. concotor, Lamb. in Benth. Lab. 297; Benth. in DC. 1. ¢.; 
Hemsl. 1. c. 555. — Described from ‘ Mexico.” 
b. Calyx glabrate, with ee Tia ag spe lobes corolla 2.5 cm. long, thrice 
xceeding the 
171. S. eraprata, HBK. 1. c. 299; Benth. 1. c.; Hemsl. 1. c. 556 ; 
Brig. 1 ¢. — Described from Venezuela, but reported from ‘* Mexico ” 
by Benth. 1. c. 
