HYPTIS. LABIAT/E ( Avcrox BENTH. ) 197 
majoris. Involuerum lineari-setaceum , pilis crebris ad marginem obsessum. 
Calyx brevis, tubulosus, dentibus acuminatis equalibus. Corolla parva, al- 
bida, maenlata. Affinis H. polyanthe ex Weinm. 
Sectio xv. PEcrINAnIA Denth. Lab. p. 4?'T. 
Cyms per anthesin subcapitatz, post anthesin elongatz unilaterales pecti- 
nate. Bractes laxo setaces. Calyx subsessilis, fructifer tubulosus truncatus , 
dentibus setaceis strietis, fauce intus villis clausá. 
191. H. rEcTINATA (Poit.! ann. Mus. par. 7, p. 474), glabra vel pubescens, foliis 
petiolatis ovatis crenato-serratis basi rotundatis subtus pallidis vel incano-to- 
mentosis cymis multifloris laxiusculis paniculato-racemosis demum elongatis 
incurvis pectinatis , bracteis laxis setaceis calyce subbrevioribus, calycis tubu- 
losi canescentis ore truncato , fauce intus villosá, dentibus setaceis strictis tubo 
brevioribus.— In AÁmericz sequinoctialis aridis cretaceis et arenosis vulgaris; à 
Mexico (Galeotti n. 6281 etc.), et Americá centrali (Hinds, Cuming n. 1049! etc.) 
per ins. Caribeas, Guianam, Peruviam, Brasiliam (Mart. herb. fl. bras. 
n. 415! Blanch. n. 3798! etc.) usque ad Brasiliam australem (Tweedie!) 
etin ins. Sanetz Catherinz (Gaudichaud!), in Africá occidentali tropicá (Thon- 
ning !), in regno Fazokel (Kotschy n. 225! et 544!), ad Port Natal (Drége! 
Krauss n.330!), in Abyssini&à (Schimp. sect. 2, n. 634! et sect. 3, n. 1559 ), 
Madagascari& ( Bojer!), ad Maderaspatam !, in ins. Mariannis (Gaudichaud !). 
Mentha perilloides Linn. syst. ed. 13, p. 445? non auct. Nepeta pectinata 
Linn. sp. p. 799. Bysteropogon pectinatum L'Hér. sert. angl. p. 19. Nepeta 
aristata Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. p. 110. Brotera Persica Spr. in trans. 
soc. linn. lond. 6, p. 151, t. 4. Hyptis Persica Poit. ann. mus. par. 7, p. 471. 
Ballota disticha Rodsch. obs. p. 35 ex Meyer fl. esseq. p. 208 , non Linn. Bal- 
lota suaveolens Rodsch. Bald. diar. fas. 28, p. 79, ex Meyer 1. c. non Linn. 
llyptis nepetoides Fisch.! Sehranck in denkschr. bot. gesellsch. Regensb. 2, 
p. 92. Hyptis racemosa Zuccagni! in act. acad. taurin ? Bysteropogon coarota- 
tum Thonn.! et Schum.! in act. acad. hafn. 4, p. 34. Caulis basi durus. Rami 
erecti , 2-5-pedales. Folia formá et magnitudine variabilia, nunc vix pollicaria, 
late ovata , obtusa, nunc 2-3-pollicaria , acuminata, acuta, crenaturis obtusis 
vel rarius acutis, utrinque glabra vel pagin& superiore pilis brevissimis raris 
hispidula et subtus cano-tomentosa. Racemi secundi, apice dense coarctati, 
basi interrupti, simplices vel frequentius paniculato-ramosi. Cyms utrinque 
5-30-florze, Juniores capitatz, bracteis dentibusque calycinis subulatis crinitze, 
fructifera ut in Borragineis incurvo-pectinate. Corolla parva, pallide purpu- 
rascens, vel flavida, labiis purpureo-maculatis. Nucule parvse, oblongae, nigrze, 
leves. Variat pube tenui vel densiore nunc in pagin&à inferiore foliorum densá 
albá, calycibus fructiferis 1-2 lin. longis, corollis minoribus majoribusve. (v. s.) 
Seclio xvi. MiwrmpiUu. Zenth. Lab. p. 128, ex parte. 
Flores sessiles vel breviter pedicellati in verticillastris plerumque multifloris 
omnibus axillaribus remotis vel superioribus approximatis paniculatis. Bracteze 
minute vix ulle, vel laxe setacez. Calyx campanulatus equalis, fauce intus 
nudàá. Corolla vix calycem superans. — Herba vel rarius suffrutices vel frutices. 
192. H. ruLEGIOiDES (Pohl in Benth. Lab. p. 128), herbacea basi procumbens, 
ramis adscendentibus adpresse pubescentibus, foliis breviter petiolatis lanceo- 
latis acutis serratis basi angustatis rugosis villosiusculis floralibus conformibus: 
minoribus, verticillastris omnibus distinctis globosis dense multifloris, bracteis 
subulatis calyce brevioribus, calycis tubulosi membranacei basi villosi denti- 
bus lanceolato-subulatis ereetis brevibus. — In Brasiliá : ad. Fazenda do Pari 
provincie Minas Geraes (Pohl). Species inter Minthidium et Apodotem media, 
an ad hanc sectionem referenda? Nucula laves. (v. s.) 
193. H. ALBIDA (Kunth l'in H. etB.nov. gen. et sp. am. 2, p. 319), floccoso-lanata, 
foliis petiolatis vel subsessilibus ovatis obtusis vel supremis subulato-acuminatis 
' etenatis basi rotundato-cuneatis rugosis, verticillastris laxis globosis distinctis, 
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