86 DICOTYL. sz; EXOGENAE. HYPTIS. 
libera, edentula. Stylus apice breviter bifidus vel integer. Discus hypogy- 
nus integer vel antice in glandulam brevem tumens. Nucula ovoided vel 
oblonga, leves vel punctato-rugulosae, in speciebus paucis alà membra- 
naceá circumdatae.— Herb, suffrutices vel frutices, omnes America cali- 
dioris, imprimis Brasiliae incole, nonnullae in Africam vel Asiam al- 
late. Inflorescentia et habitus valde variabilis, sed genus semper facile 
recogznoscendum corolla lobo inferiore singulari , ab omnibus diverso nisi 
a Peltodonte , Eriope vel Marsypiantho (ab Hyptide forsan immerito se- 
paratis) quorum priores differunt calyce, Marsypianthes fructu. Calyx 
Íructifer in Hyptide saepissime auctus, tubulosus, evadit campanulatus 
vel inflatus, rectus, obliquus vel valde incurvus. Corolla lobi superiores 
nunc omnes erecti aequales et approximati , nunc 2 superiores patentes et 
breviter connati , laterales ab illis remoti cum infimo labium inferius for- 
mantes ; in plerisque dispositio intermedia. Filamenta nunc glabra , nunc 
superiora vel omnia leviter vel dense barbata. Stylus basi in nonnullis 
speciebus cartilagineo-incrassatus subpersistens. 
Sectio 1. GyuxEIA. Zenth. Lab. p. 17. 
Flores sessiles. Verticillastri multiflori, subglobosi, in spicam densam dispositi, 
vel longe dissiti in racemum simplicem vel basi ramosum. Bractese numerose 
adpresse subulate. Calycis dentes inzquales longiuscule subulati, fruoctifer 
membranaceus apice incurvus. — Herbe, caule superne denudato, foliis floralibus 
minutis. Stylus apice (in plerisque) breviter bifidus. 
1. H. vigGATA (Benth. Lab. p. 77), herbacea, ramis elongatis strictis subnudis, 
foliis radicalibus ovalibus obtusis duplicato-crenatis caulinisque parvis remotis 
subsessilibus rugosis villosis, verticillastris multifloris in spicam brevem ter- 
minalem congestis, bracteis parvis subulatis, calycis pubescentis tubulosi fruc- 
tiferi recurvi ore obliquo membranaceo reflexo, dentibus subulatis glabris tubo 
Subzqualibus. )/ In Brasilis prov. Minas Geraes (Pohl! St. Hil. ! Riedel!), 
in Drasilià meridionali (Sellow!). Caules e basi crassá lignosá plures, 
1-2-pedales, glabri vel ad basin pubescentes. Folia radicalia 1-2-pollicaria, 
caulina rara vix 4-6 lineaslonga, floralia minuta bractesformia. Spica densa, 
l-li-pollicaris. Calyces fructiferi 3-4 lin. longi, dentibus subulato-setaceis 
2-3 lin. longis. Corolla brevis, « alba, labio superiore punctis purpureis no- 
tato. Filamenta hinc pubescentia » ($t. Hil.). Nucule oblongz, subcompressz, 
pallidz, leves. (v. s.) 
2. H. INTERRUPTA (Pohl in Benth. Lab. p. 77), herbacea, elata, viscido-pubes- 
cens, foliis petiolatis ovato- vel oblongo-ellipticis eroso-dentatis sublobatis 
rugosis utrinque viridibus pubescentibus, vertieillastris multifloris in racemum 
interruptum terminalem subramosum dispositis, bracteis lineari-subulatis 
acutis calycem squantibus, calycis pubescentis tubulosi früctiferi recurvi ore 
obliquo membranaceo, dentibus subulatis tubum subsequantibus. — In Brasi- 
lie prov. Goyaz ( Pohl!), in pascuis prov. occidentalis Minas Geraes ( À. do 
St. Hilairé! X Herba tota viscido-pubescens vel villosa. Caules 2-3-pedales, 
stricti, subsimplices, superne floriferi subpaniculato-ramosi. Folia infe- 
riora, li-4-pollicaria, media minuta subsessilia, floralia subnulla. Bractez 
numerose, adpresse. Racemus nunc simplex pedalis et ultra, nuno brevior, 
ramosus. Verticillastri infimi pollicem remoti, supremi in spicam approximati. 
Calyx fructifer elongatus, striatus, dentes demum stellato-divaricati. Corolla 
calyce brevior, extus pubescens, « flavescens, labio superiore purpureo-macu- 
lato. Staminum inferiorum filamenta glabra, superiorum hinc pubescentia » 
(St. Hil.). Nueule oblongze, subcompressze, pallide, leves. (v. s.) 
3. H. MALACOPHYLLA, herbacea, elata , undique mollissime villoso-lanata, sub- 
ferruginea, foliis breviter petiolatis ovatis eroso-dentatis sublobatis basi cor-, 
datis rugosis utrinque mollissime villoso-lanatis, verticillastris in spicam 
