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very hairy; leaves ovate, acute, petiolate, serrated: floral ones 
similar in shape ; flowers axillary, usually solitary, pedicellate ; 
segments of calyx ovate, mucronulate. Y%. F. Native of 
Nipaul. Root tufted. Stems numerous, erect, branched. 
Leaves like those of Calamint, opposite. Corolla pale- rose- 
coloured, villous, twice the length of the calyx. 
Wall Stemodia. Pl. 4 to 3 foot. 
Secr. Il. DrawósrE (an anagram of Modéstia, the name of 
sect. I.) Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnea, 3. p. 4. Capsule with 
a septicidal dehiscence.— Herbs or under-shrubs. Leaves oppo- 
site, or 3 in a whorl, entire. Flowers axillary, blue, solitary. 
* Calyx bractless. 
15 S. vrnrICILLA'RIS (Link, enum. 2. p. 144.) erect, clothed 
with clammy down; leaves opposite, or 4 in a whorl, lanceo- 
late, or linear-lanceolate, serrated, half stem-clasping; flowers 
nearly sessile, solitary in the axils of the leaves, therefore verti- 
cillate. ©. H. Native of tropical and extra-tropical Brazil. 
Conóbea verticillàris, Spreng. nov. prov. p. 13. Branches nu- 
merous, erect, branched in the cultivated plant; but the stem is 
simple, and hardly an inch long in the wild plant. Corolla 
small, purple. Calyx bractless. 
Whorled-leaved Stemodia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1825. PI. 
l inch to 1 foot. 
16 S. AnExA'n1A (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 357. 
t. 175.) procumbent ; leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate, crenately 
serrated ; flowers axillary, solitary or twin, on short pedicels ; 
segments of calyx linear, 3-nerved, ciliated, nearly equal. 2%. 
S. Native on the inundated banks of the river Magdalena, 
near Banco and El Penon, between Mompox and Morales. 
Condbea ovata, Hort. Condbea pumila, Spreng. nov. prov. p. 
13. Herpéstis diffüsa, Willd. herb. no. 11444. Herb much 
branched ; branches rather hairy. Leaves smoothish, 3-5 lines 
long. Corolla twice the length of the calys, blue. Perhaps the 
same as L. parviflora. 
Sand Stemodia. P]. procumbent. : 
17 S. PARVIFLÒRA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 52. Link. 
enum. 2. p. 144. exclusive of the syn. of Spreng.) procumbent, 
much branched, downy; leaves opposite, or 3 in a whorl, peti- 
olate, ovate, crenated. %. S. Native of South America. 
Erinus verticillàtus, Mill. dict. ed. 8th. Corollas small, white ; 
tube incurved. 
Small-flowered Stemodia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. Pl. 3 foot. 
18 S. suFFRUTICÒsA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 357.) 
suffruticose, rather hairy ; leaves 3 in a whorl, sessile, oblong, 
crenated ; flowers axillary, usually twin, pedicellate ; segments 
of the calyx linear, somewhat 5-nerved. b. S. Native of 
ew Granada, between Ona and the river Saraguru, at the alti- 
tude of 1200 hexapods.  Colümnea trifoliàta, Link. enum. 2. p. 
145. Stemddia trifoliàta, Rchb. Leaves 9-18 lines long, and 
3-6 broad. Flowers larger than those of Thymus serpyllum. 
Corolla blue, hairy outside; tube hardly exceeding the calyx. 
Very nearly allied to S. durantif olia. Calyx bractless. 
Cre Stemodia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 
all. 
19 S. cra'snA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 811.) stem ascending, an- 
gular, glabrous; leaves opposite, stem-clasping, lanceolate, re- 
motely toothed, scabrous ; flowers axillary, opposite, sessile.— 
Native of Monte Video, Sello. 
Glabrous Stemodia. Pl. 
20 S. JoRULLE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 358.) 
erect, pilose; leaves 3 in a whorl, petiolate, ovate; flowers soli- 
tary, axillary, on long pedicels; segments of calyx linear. 2%. 
S. Native of New Spain, at the foot of the burning Mount 
Jorullo, at the altitude of 490 hexapods. Stem branched. 
XXVI. Sremopta. 541 
Leaves doubly and deeply crenate-serrated, entire at base, 5 
lines long. Corolla twice the length of the calyx, blue ? 
Jorullo Stemodia. Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
21 S. patu’srris (Aug. St. Hil. rem. bras. p. 216. mem. mus. 
12. p. 314.) root creeping; stems ascending; leaves opposite, 
and 3 in a whorl, sessile, oblong-linear, acute, obsoletely tooth- 
ed: superior ones narrower, nearly linear: upper ones, and 
those of the branches, linear, very narrow ; flowers subspicate, 
on short pedicels; calyx puberulous. 2. S. Native of the 
South of Brazil, on the margins of marshes, and in humid places 
on the banks of the Rio Negro and la Uraguay. Corolla blue ; 
palate convex on one side, and concave on the other, white. 
Capsule about equal in length to the calyx. Plant puberulous 
at top. 
Marsh Stemodia. Pl. 1 to $ foot. 
22 S. cnATIOL&FÜLIA (Aug. St. Hil. pl. rem. bras. p. 217. 
mem. mus. 12. p. 315.) leaves opposite, sessile, linear, acute, 
obsoletely toothed, glabrous; flowers panicled, nearly sessile, 
usually solitary in the axils of the bracteas ; calyx smoothish. 
Qt. F. Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio Grande do Sul, 
on the edges of woods on the banks of the Ploropasso. Corolla 
pale blue. 
Gratiola-leaved Stemodia. Pl. 1 to 1} foot. 
* * Calyx bibracteate. 
23 S. marr’tima (Lin. spec. 881. Jacq. amer. p. 181. t. 174, 
f. 66. pict. 261. f. 48.) procumbent, hairy ; leaves opposite, has- 
tate at the base, and half stem-clasping; flowers axillary, soli- 
tary, sessile. &.? S. Native of Jamaica, in inundated parts 
by the sea side ; Cuba, in humid places near Havannah ; also 
of New Andalusia, near Bordones.— Brown. jam. 261. t. 22. f. 
2.— Sloane, hist. 1. p. 175. t. 110. f. 2. Leaves viscid. Calyx 
bibracteate. Corolla blue. The plant has a bitterish taste, 
and a pleasant aromatic smell. 
Sea-side Stemodia. Fl. July, Aug. 
feet. 
24 S. DURANTIFÒLIA (Swartz, obs. p. 240.) erect ; leaves 3 in 
a whorl, and connate, serrated ; flowers axillary, solitary, there- 
fore usually 3 in a whorl, nearly sessile. ¢.S. Native of 
Jamaica, in marshy places by the sea side. Capraria duranti- 
folia, Lin. spec. p. 876. ameen. acad. 5. p. 379.—Sloane, hist. 1. 
p.196. t. 124. f. 2. Branches hairy, viscid. Leaves pubes- 
cent. Calyx bibracteate, with subulate segments, shorter than 
the corolla. Corolla small, blue. 
Duranta-leaved Stemodia. Fl. July, Aug. 
1 foot. 
25 S. uyprorpes (Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnea, 3. p. 8.) 
pubescently hairy ; leaves opposite, and 3 in a whorl, ovate-lan- 
ceolate, sharply toothed, narrowed below, and auriculately stem- 
clasping at the base ; spikes terminal, dense-flowered, panicled ; 
calyx bibracteate, with narrow-linear, acuminated segments. Y. 
G. Native of the southern provinces of Brazil. Habit of 
Hyptis or Méntha. Branches axillary, erect, shorter than the 
stem, pyramidally panicled. Root throwing out stolons. Cauline 
leaves 21 inches long. Flowers on short pedicels. 
Hyptis-like Stemodia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 
26 S. srri’cta (Cham. et Schlecht, l. c. p. 10.) clothed with 
clammy pubescence ; leaves obovate, acute, toothed, narrowed 
at bottom, but sessile and subdilated at the base, and quite 
entire : lower ones opposite: superior ones 3 in a whorl ; spikes 
terminal, verticillate; calyx bibracteate, like that of the pre- 
ceding. Y. S. Native of tropical Brazil, Sello. Flowers 
smaller than those of the preceding, disposed in leafy verticillate 
racemes, on short pedicels. Floral leaves similar to the rest in 
shape. 
Strict Stemodia. 
CIC SI8I7: BIS 2 to? 
Clt. 1823. PI. 
Pl. 1 to 1} foot. 
