692 LABIATAE. 
near Paracatu, in the province of Minas Geraes. Habit of 
Bupthálmum aquáticum. Corolla pale purplish violet. 
Velvety Hyptis. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
48 H. ortcanorpss (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 91.) 
suffruticose, procumbent, clothed with adpressed pubescence ; 
leaves oblong-ovate, obtuse, crenated, narrowed a short way 
into the petioles at the base; heads semiglobose, densely many- 
flowered, on short peduncles; receptacle villous ; bracteas lan- 
ceolate-linear, about equal in length to the head; calyx very 
villous: teeth subulate, shorter than the tube. b. S. Native 
of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, on the tops of the moun- 
tains called Chapado do Serra San Marcos, and elsewhere in the 
same province. Allied to H. velutina, but differs in being less 
woolly, and in the stem being procumbent, &c. 
Marjoram-like Hyptis. Shrub procumbent. 
49 H. picryor’pEa (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 91.) 
branches stiff, panicled above, clothed with hoary villi; leaves 
on short petioles, oval, obtuse, crenately toothed, roundly cune- 
ated at the base, scabrous above, reticulated beneath, and lacu- 
nosely wrinkled, pubescent on the nerves: upper ones acute, 
canescent beneath ; heads pedunculate, semiglobose ; receptacle 
woolly; bracteas ovate-lanceolate, villous, equalling the heads ; 
calyx villous: teeth subulate, stiffish, villous, rather shorter 
than the tube. h.?S. Native of Brazil, at Fazenda Dios 
and Caldas; and on Serra San Felix, in the province of 
Goyaz. 
Net-like Hyptis. Shrub. ? 
50 H. Apama’ntum (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 91.) suf- 
fruticose, the whole plant velvety from silky hairs; leaves ses- 
sile, oval, acute, a little toothed, rounded at the base; heads 
semiglobose, densely many-flowered, on short peduncles; re- 
ceptacle villous; bracteas lanceolate, acute, about equal in 
length to the head; calyx clothed with woolly villi: teeth short, 
lanceolate-subulate. h.S. Native of Brazil, in the province 
of Minas Geraes, in the diamond district, on the banks of the 
rivulet called Corrego Novo. Leaves hardly half an inch long. 
Corolla rose-coloured. 
Diamond-district Hyptis. Shrub 2 to 23 feet. 
51 H. cxnv LzA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 91.) herba- 
ceous; stems procumbent, branched, villous ; leaves small, nu- 
merous, sessile, ovate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base, 
wrinkled, pubescent ; heads semiglobose, densely many-flower- 
ed; peduncles rather longer than the heads; bracteas lanceo- 
late-linear, recurved, equal in length to the head; receptacle 
woolly ; calyx very villous; teeth short, subulate. %.? S. 
Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, on the moun- 
tain called Serra da Canastra. Herb much branched, humble, 
procumbent. Corollas blue. 
Blue-flowered Hyptis. | Pl. procumbent. 
52 H. arPr'srRIs (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 92.) herba- 
ceous; stems ascending or erect, sparingly branched, clothed 
with rufous villi; leaves numerous, sessile, ovate-oblong, ob- 
tuse, crenated, cordately stem-clasping at the base, reflexed, 
wrinkled, clothed with velvety pubescence ; heads semiglobose, 
densely many-flowered ; peduncles about equal in length to the 
heads; bracteas lanceolate-linear, equalling the head; recep- 
tacle woolly; calyx very villous, with short subulate teeth. 
X.?S. Native of Brazil, in humid grassy places near Serra 
da Canastra, in the province of Minas Geraes. All parts 
of the plant are larger than in H. cerilea and H. gratiole- 
olia. 
A Alp Hyptis. Pl. elongated. 
53 H. cnATIoLEFOLIA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 92.) 
herbaceous ; stems erect, branched at the base; branches 
twiggy, clothed with rufous villi; leaves small, numerous, ses- 
sile, ovate-obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base, ved: 
XV. Hrris. 
clothed with rufous pubescence ; heads semiglobose, densely 
many-flowered ; peduncles equal in length to the heads ; recep- 
tacle woolly; bracteas lanceolate-linear, rather longer than the 
head, recurved at top; receptacle woolly ; calyx very villous: 
teeth subulate, about equal in length to the tube. 44.2? §, 
Native of Brazil, in elevated plains in the western parts of the 
province of Minas Geraes. Very like H. cærùlea, in stature, 
leaves, and heads, but differing in the bracteas and calycine teeth 
being longer. Heads few, approximating into a terminal co- 
rymb. 
Gratiola-like Hyptis. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. ? 
54 H. Goyave’nsis (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 92.) 
herbaceous or suffruticose ? ascending or erect; branches 
densely villous ; leaves sessile, ovate-elliptic, obtuse, crenated, 
cordate at the base, wrinkled, villous ; heads semiglobose, 
densely-many-flowered ; peduncles shorter than the heads; 
bracteas linear, straight, equalling the heads ; receptacle woolly; 
calyx very villous: teeth short, subulate. 1.? S. Native of 
Brazil, in fields near Laage, in the southern region of the pro- 
vince of Goyaz. Plant with a hard or shrubby base. Corollas 
azure blue, downy. Differs from H. cærùlea in the form of the 
leaves and habit; and from H. crenata in the mutic bracteas and 
short calycine teeth. 
Goyaz Hyptis. Shrub 1 foot. 
55 H. ova rA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 92.) stem 
herbaceous, erect, stiff, villous; leaves sessile, ovate, obtuse, 
crenated, cordate at the base, reticulately wrinkled, clothed with 
tomentose pubescence on both surfaces; heads semiglobose, 
densely many-flowered, on short peduncles; receptacle very 
villous ; bracteas lanceolate at the base, and are, as well as the 
calyxes, very villous; teeth of calyx long-subulate, glabrous. 
%.? S. Native of Brazil, between Allegres and Trinidada, in 
the province of Minas Geraes. Differing from H. crenàta, in 
the broader smoother leaves, &c. 
Ovate-leaved Hyptis. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. ? 
56 H. crenata (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 93.) 
herbaceous ; stem erect, stiff, villous; leaves sessile, oblong- 
ovate, obtuse, crenated, rounded at the base, villous on both 
surfaces, reticulately wrinkled ; heads semiglobose, densely 
many-flowered ; receptacle woolly ; bracteas lanceolate at the 
base, long-subulate at apex, exceeding the calyxes ; calyx dense- 
ly villous, with villous subulate teeth, which are hardly longer 
than the tube. %.? S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of 
Minas Geraes, Goyaz, and Bahia, &c. A very polymorphous 
species, beset with long spreading hairs, and more or less 
clothed with rusty tomentum. It is distinguished from_ its 
nearest ally, H. cærùlea, by the bracteas ending in long subu- 
late points. 
Crenated-leaved Hyptis. Pl. 1 foot. 
57 H. rurnerzroua (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 93.) 
suffruticose; branches pubescent ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong- 
lanceolate, obtuse, a little crenated, rounded at the base or cor- 
date, clothed with soft adpressed villi, pale beneath; heads semi- 
globose, densely many-flowered, on short peduncles ; receptacle 
woolly ; bracteas lanceolate-linear, equal in length to the head; 
calyx very villous at top: teeth subulate, shorter than the tube. 
h.S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, at 
Serro Frio, &c. Habit of Pulicària dyssentérica. Leaves 
rather tomentose beneath. Corolla hardly longer than the 
calyx, white: the upper lip marked with purple. 
Turnera-leaved Hyptis. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. ? 
58 H. asrerorpes (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 93.) stems 
erect, lanceolate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base, with re- 
volute edges, wrinkled, villous; heads pedunculate, globose, 
densely many-flowered; bracteas lanceolate-subulate, about 
equal in length to the head; receptacle woolly; calyx very 
