FERNALD. — MEXICAN SALVIAS. 545 
= = = Calyx long-pilose ; corolla 2.5 to 8 em. long. 
176. S. venosa. Herbaceous, with erect branches; stem hollow, 
strongly quadrangular, pilose: leaves thin, ovate or rhombic ovate, cren- 
ulate-serrate, short-acuminate at tip, rounded-cuueate at base, 3.5 to 
8 cm. long, green and short-pilose above, conspicuously veiny and cine- 
reous-pilose beneath ; the upper most often sessile, the others on slender 
pilose petioles 2.5 cm. or less in length: racemes 0.6 to 1.2 dm. long; 
the rhachis white-pilose, densely so in the axils; verticels 2-8-flowered,. 
all remote, the lowest 1 to 2 em. apart: pedicels filiform, white-pilose, 
becoming 5mm.long: calyx in anthesis 7 mm. long; the tube thrice 
exceeding the ovate short-acuminate lobes: corolla villous ; the tube twice 
longer than the calyx; the galea 5 mm. long, arcuate-cucullate above the 
short lip: style bearded. — Curapas, on plains, Aug. (Ghiesbreght, no. 
749); near San Cristobal, alt. 2,150 to 2,460 m., Sept. 18, 1895 (Z. 
W. Nelson, no. 3138). 
+ Shrub with oblong-lanceolate leaves green and sparingly pilose beneath : 
thethls and calyx glandular-pilose; the —— calyx-lip 3-dentate, the middle 
tooth filiform. -appendiculate: corolla 1.5 cm. long. 
177. S. ANvennirera, Briq. Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Geneve, ii. 168. 
— Described from Cataras. Not seen. 
+ + Leaves glabrous beneath or merely puberulent on the nerves. 
++ Leaves ovate: corolla scarlet or carmine. 
. TUBIFERA, Cav. Ic, i. 16, t. 25; Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxvii. t. 44; 
see lc. 341; Hemsl. lc. 566; Briq. in Engl. & Prantl. le. s. 
bigiors. Willa. Spec. i. 141. — Described from Mexico. Not seen. 
++ ++ Leaves oblong, 2 cm. long: corolla blue-violet. 
179. S. zacuatpensts, Briq. Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genéve, ii. 
166.— Described from Curapas. Not seen. 
++ ++ ++ Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 1.5 to 2 dm. long. 
= Verticels 2-flowered: calyx 1.7 cm. long: corolla crimson-violet. 
180. S. pexxa, Briq. 1. c. 169. — Described from Costa Rica. Not 
seen. 
== Verticels 4-6-flowered: calyx in anthesis 9 mm. long: corolla vermilion. 
181. S. miniata. Glabrate shrub: branches very slender, deeply 
furrowed: leaves thin, minutely puberulent on the nerves above, other- 
wise glabrous, long-acuminate at both ends, sharply serrate; petioles 1 
to 2 cm. long: ee 1 dm. long; raceme slightly longer; verticels 
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