LABIAT A. 
leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, irregularly and 
bluntly toothed, with undulated margins, narrowly cuneated at 
the base, stiff, complicate, clothed with rufous down on both 
surfaces; heads on long peduncles, globose, densely many- 
flowered; bracteas subulate, equalling the heads; receptacle 
naked ; calyx pubescent, straight: teeth subulate, soft, villous, 
about equal in length to the tube. k.S. Native of Brazil, in 
the woods called Carraseos, in that part of the province of 
Minas Geraes called Minas Novas. This species differs from 
H. incisa, in the longer, petiolate, complicate leaves. Corollas 
purplish, The whole herb is clammy and fetid. 
Long-peduncled Hyptis. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
39 H. A'Lsipzs (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 88.) hairs 
adpressed, woolly ; stems procumbent; leaves nearly sessile, 
ovate-lanceolate, acute, serrately crenated, cuneated at the base, 
clothed with soft villi on both surfaces; heads on long pedun- 
cles, globose, densely many-flowered ; bracteas subulate, equal- 
ling the heads; receptacle naked ; calyx villous, with soft vil- 
lous teeth, which are rather shorter than the tube. 2.? S. 
Native of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes, in fields 
near Salgado. Leaves 1 to 11 inch long: lower ones petiolate. 
Heads of the preceding. 
White-peduncled Hyptis. Pl. procumbent. 
40 H. rroxcA'rA (Benth. lab. p. 88.) clothed with soft pili ; 
leaves on short petioles, oblong, acute, remotely and deeply 
crenated or serrated, narrowed at the base, clothed with soft 
hoary villi on both surfaces ; heads on long peduncles, globose, 
densely many-flowered ; receptacle nearly naked ; bracteas 
linear-subulate, exceeding the calyxes; calyx densely villous : 
teeth subulate, clothed with very soft villi, longer than the 
tube. h. S. Native of Peru, in various places, Ruiz. et 
Pav. and Mathews. Stem woody at the base, procumbent. 
Branches erect, nearly terete. Leaves glandular beneath. Co- 
rolla scarcely exceeding the calyx. 
Elongated Hyptis. PI. 1 foot. 
Secr. VII. Ertospnz‘ria (from eptov, erion, wool; and opacpa, 
Sphaira, a sphere ; in allusion to heads of flowers being woolly.) 
Benth. lab. p. 88. Heads semiglobose, densely many-flowered. 
Bracteas numerous, adpressed, lanceolate, or linear ; those of 
the fruit bearing heads, spreading, not reflexed on the pe- 
duncles, clothed with silky tomentum or wool. Receptacle very 
villous or woolly. Calyx campanulate, straight, almost gla- 
brous near the base, very villous or woolly at top; teeth gene- 
rally short, straight. Corolla hardly exceeding the calyx.— 
Herbs or subshrubs, generally hard. Heads of flowers usually 
on short peduncles, few towards the tops of the branches, 
clothed with soft silky tomentum or woolly villi. 
41.H. rEUcocE'PHALA (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 89.) suf- 
fruticose, procumbent at the base; branches ascending, clothed 
with hoary pubescence above, and gla5rous below; leaves 
nearly sessile, lanceolate, bluntly serrated, narrowed at the base, 
wrinkled, clothed with hoary tomentum beneath; heads small, 
on long peduncles, nearly globose, densely many-flowered, 
clothed with white wool; receptacle woolly ; bracteas equal- 
ling the heads, and are, as well as the calycine teeth, which 
are subulate, clothed with soft villi. h.S. Native of Brazil, 
in sandy fields near Joazeiro, along the river San Francisco, in 
the province of Bahia. Corolla exceeding the calyx a little, 
rose-coloured. Plant aromatic. With the exception of this 
species, which has many of the characters of the sections Cyano- 
céphalus and Cephalohyptis, the rest of them form a very natural 
section. 
White-headed Hyptis. Shrub procumbent. 
42 H. passertNna (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 89.). shrub- 
XV. Hxrris. 691 
by, divaricate ; branches clothed with silky tomentum ; leaves 
nearly sessile, small, obovate-oblong, obtuse, quite entire, undu- 
lated, narrowed at the base, veinless, clothed with silky tomen- 
tum ; heads small, semiglobose, densely many-flowered, on 
short peduncles ; receptacle villous; bracteas lanceolate, obtuse, 
clothed with silky tomentum, about equal in length to the 
heads; calyx campanulate, clothed with silky villi: teeth short, 
lanceolate. h.S. Native of Brazil, on Serra de Piedade, in 
the province of Minas Geraes. Nearly allied to H. Sellói, but 
differs in the ovate undulated leaves. 
Sparrow Hyptis. Shrub. 
43 H. Srrroóri (Benth. lab. p. 89.) stem shrubby, procum- 
bent; branches clothed with silky tomentum; leaves sessile, 
linear, obtuse, quite entire, flat, narrowed at the base, veinless, 
clothed with hoary tomentum ; heads small, semiglobose, 
densely many-flowered, on short peduncles ; receptacle villous ; 
bracteas lanceolate, clothed with silky tomentum, about equal in 
length to the heads; calyx campanulate, clothed with silky 
villi: teeth short, lanceolate. h.S. Native of the South of 
Brazil. Shrub divaricate. Branches nearly terete. Corolla 
glabrous, exceeding the tube of the calyx a little. 
Sello’s Hyptis. Shrub. 
44 H. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 89.) 
stem shrubby, erectish ; branches clothed with silky tomentum ; 
leaves nearly sessile, linear, acute, toothed at top, quite entire at 
the base, and narrowed a long way, veined, clothed with silky to- 
mentum on both surfaces; peduncles longer than the heads, which 
are semiglobose and densely many-flowered ; receptacle villous ; 
bracteas lanceolate, clothed with silky tomentum, equalling the 
heads ; calyx campanulate, clothed with silky villi: teeth short, 
very soft, lanceolate. .S. Native of Brazil, on Serra de 
Ourada, in the province of Goyaz. Allied to H. Selloi, and as 
if it was intermediate between it and H. velutina. Leaves 14 
to 23 inches long: floral ones exceeding the head. 
Narrow-leaved Hyptis. Shrub. 
45 H. saxa'rırıs (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 90.) suffru- 
ticose; branches clothed with silky tomentum; leaves nearly 
sessile, oblong-lanceolate, acute, toothed at apex, quite entire at 
the base, and narrowed, veiny, clothed with silky tomentum on 
both surfaces ; peduncles longer than the heads; heads semi- 
globose, densely many-flowered ; receptacle villous; bracteas 
lanceolate, clothed with silky tomentum, about equal in length 
to the heads ; calyx campanulate, clothed with silky wool: teeth 
short, lanceolate. h.S, Native of Brazil, in the province of 
Goyaz. Allied to H. angustifolia, but differs in the form of 
the leaves. 
Rock Hyptis. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
46 H. Hira'nn (Benth. lab. p. 90.) herbaceous? hard, clothed 
with long, loose, silky wool; leaves nearly sessile, ovate-round- 
ish, obtuse, crenulated, rounded at the base, thick, stiff; heads 
semiglobose, densely many-flowered, on short peduncles ; re- 
ceptacle very villous ; bracteas ovate-lanceolate, about equal in 
length to the head ; calyx clothed with woolly villi : teeth short, 
acute. 2.?S. Native of Brazil, in the southern part of the 
province of Goyaz, on the stony mountain called Morro de 
Tisao. Stems nearly simple, 1 to 14 foot long. Leaves 1 to 
13 inch long. 
St. Hilaire’s Hyptis. Shrub 1 to 14 foot. 
47 H. vrruTINA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. p. 90.) herba- 
ceous; the whole plant velvety from silky hairs; leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, obtuse, crenated, narrowed a long way into the peti- 
oles ; heads semiglobose, densely many-flowered, on short 
peduncles; receptacle very villous; bracteas ovate or lanceo- 
late, about equal in length to the heads; calyx very villous : 
teeth subulate, shorter than the tube. %. S. Native of Brazil, 
not far from Villa Boa, &c., in the province of Goyaz; and 
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