Abstract
(e.g., Epling 1940; Ramamoorthy 1984; Wood & Harley 1989; Santos 1994). Epling (1939) placed all species recognised into 91 sections (a figure that was increased by subsequent publications: Epling 1940, 1941, 1944, 1947, 1951). The large number of sections, many containing only a single species, makes the positioning of new species within the system extremely difficult. Epling's system is not hierarchic, but Bentham (1834, 1848) proposed a hierarchy of section, subsection and series. Despite that, Epling's classification of Calosphace still remains the best available at the present day because it is the most comprehensive, covering twice as many species as Bentham's treatments. During a taxonomic study of Brazilian species of Salvia, two new species, from Minas Gerais and here described as S. xanthotricha and S. harleyana, were detected. These new species belong in Epling's section Secundae because they possess a red corolla, with both lips short and subequal, and stamens enclosed within the upper lip of the corolla. Both species are related to Salvia secunda Benth., S. melissiflora Benth., S. confJrliJlora Pohl and S. longibracteolata E. P. Santos which form the core of section Secundae.
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