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(a) (b)(c)Fig. 1.34. Hyptis albida: (a) fol. 45v; (b and c) inflorescence ofH. albida(Courtesy of
Benjamin T. Wilder and Jim Conrad, respectively).
inflorescence, bluish flowers, and ovate leaves are both good fits (Stand-
ley 1920–1926:1272; Standley and Williams 1973:269). Standley (1920–
1926:1272) relates “In El Salvador bunches of the leaves of this plant are
put in the ears as a remedy for earache.”
- Fol. 45r. Salvia cacaliifolia (Fig. 1.36).The blue flowers in a
tripartite inflorescence and distantly dentate deltoid-hastate leaves
(Fig. 1.36a) are quite characteristic of Salvia cacaliifolia Benth.
(Fig. 1.36b). This is native from Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala and
Honduras (Standley and Williams 1973:278).