This paper is a precursor to a revision of the family Lamiaceae for the Flora of Taiwan volume four. Twenty taxa including a recombination, Salvia formosana (Murata) Yamazaki var. matsudae (Kudo) T.C. Huang & J.T. Wu comb. nov., and 19 revised names are provided. SEM micrographs of pollen grains and nutlets and chromosome numbers of some taxa are provided.