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(a) (b)Fig. 1.35. Ocimum campechianum: (a) fol. 32r; (b) inflorescence and leaves of
O. campechianum(Courtesy of Roger L. Hammer).
- Fol. 100r #5.Scutellaria mexicana(Fig. 1.37).Phytomorph #5 on
fol. 100r (Fig. 1.37a) shows three flowers of what matches toScutel-
laria mexicana(Torr.) A.J. Paton (Salazaria mexicanaTorr.) (Figs. 1.37b
and 1.37c). This species also seems to match the description oftena-
maznanapoloa(carrying triplets?) of Hernandez et al. (1651:129) (alias ́
tenamaztonortlalamatl). This shrub, native from Utah to Mexico (Baja
California, Chihuahua, and Coahuila), bears inflated bladder-like
calyces that vary in color, depending upon maturity, from green to white
to magenta, with a dark blue and white corolla emerging from it (Stan-
dley 1920–1926:1271).