694 LABIAT E. 
— Procumbent or divaricate herbs, with the heads of flowers on 
long peduncles. 
68 H. swerrtis (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 97.) herba- 
ceous, procumbent; branches ascending, very pilose; lower 
leaves petiolate: rameal ones nearly sessile, ovate, acute, sharply 
serrated, rounded or cordate at the base, stiff, green on both 
surfaces, and pilosely hispid; heads few, pedunculate, globose, 
densely many-flowered ; bracteas equal in length to the heads ; 
receptacle naked; calyx hispid, with 5-10 unequal, subulate, 
stiff, divaricate teeth. %.? S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 
vince of Minas Geraes, in places which are inundated during the 
winter. Herb pale green. Corolla violaceous, twice as long as 
the calyx. 
Sideritis-like Hyptis. Pl. procumbent. 
69 H. rona'ra (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 97.) herbaceous, 
procumbent, pilosely pubescent ; leaves broad-ovate, acute, sinu- 
ately lobed, crenated, cordate at the base, green on both sur- 
faces; heads on long peduncles, globose, densely many-flower- 
ed; bracteas about equal in length to the head; receptacle 
naked; calyx hispid, with 5-6 nearly equal, subulate, stiff, 
pubescent teeth, which are shorter than the tube. 2. S. 
Native of Drazil, in pastures near San Joze, in the province of 
St. Paul. Stems usually rooting at the nodi. Leaves like those 
of Altheé‘a hirsùta : floral ones sessile. Corolla blue. Odour 
fetid. 
Lobed-leaved Hyptis. PI. procumbent. 
70 H. rAcENA'R1A (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 98.) her- 
baceous; branches ascending, nearly glabrous; leaves petiolate, 
ovate, acuminated, acute, doubly toothed, rounded at the base, 
green, pubescent; heads pedunculate, panicled, nearly globose, 
densely many-flowered ; receptacle naked ; bracteas about equal 
in length to the head; calyx glabrous, with subulate teeth, 
which are shorter than the tube. 2/.? S. Native of Brazil. 
Bracteas, as well as the teeth of the calyx, generallv hooked at 
top. Calyx usually 5-toothed. 
Bottle-shaped-calyxed Hyptis. Pl. ascending. 
Secr. XI. Crrnaronv/eris (from xegadn, kephale, a head; 
and Hyptis.) Benth. lab. p. 98. Heads semi-globose, or at 
length globose, densely many-flowered. Bracteas numerous, 
adpressed, ovate, lanceolate, linear, rarely subulate. Recep- 
tacle glabrous, rarely villous. Calyx campanulate or tubular, 
straight, glabrous, pubescent, or villously hispid, never woolly : 
teeth subulate or lanceolate at the base, rarely very short and 
obtuse. Corolla exceeding the calyx a little.—EHerbs or sub- 
shrubs, with axillary, pedunculate, or nearly sessile heads of 
flowers. 
$ 1. Gwipucrünia (from Gnidia and fólia ; in reference to 
the leaves resembling those of the genus Gnidia.) Benth. lab. 
p. 98. Leaves small, quite entire, cordate at the base, with re- 
volute edges. ^ Fructiferous heads globose, villous. 
Bracteas 
ovate, or lanceolate. 
71 H. mprica‘ra (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 98.) 
branches erect or ascending, twiggy, pilose; leaves sessile, 
erect, adpressed to the stem, imbricate, with revolute ciliated 
edges, dilately cordate at the base, glabrous; heads globose, 
densely many-flowered ; peduncles rather shorter than the 
leaves; bracteas ovate, acute, stiff, rather longer than the head; 
calyx campanulate, hispid, glabrous at the base, with subulate 
villous teeth, which at length spread. 2/. S. Native of Bra- 
zil, in the provinces of Goyaz and Minas Geraes. Corolla 
with the 2 upper segments red, the lower one rose-coloured and 
the lateral ones yellowish. Receptacle glabrous. à 
Imbricate-leaved Hyptis. PI. ascending. 
72 H. prrassorpzs (Mart, mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 99.) suffru- 
1 
XV. Hvyrris. 
ticose; branches villous; leaves small, sessile, numerous, spread- 
ing, very blunt, quite entire, with revolute edges, cordately 
stem-clasping at the base, blistered, and quite glabrous above, 
one-nerved, and villous beneath; heads densely globose, many- 
flowered, on very short peduncles; bracteas lanceolate, villous ; 
calyx nearly glabrous at the base, elongated, with very villous 
subulate teeth. h.S. Native of Brazil, in the province of 
Minas Geraes, on Serro Frio. Habit of Peng a or Ditássa. 
Receptacle very pilose. 
Ditassa-like Hyptis. Shrub. 
§ 2. LaAvANDULA'CEE (so called from the leaves being like 
those of Lavender.) Benth. lab. p. 99. Leaves narrowed at 
the base, and quite entire, a little toothed at top. Fructiferous 
heads globose, villous. Bracteas lanceolate, or linear. 
73 H. uwartorpes (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 99.) 
suffruticose ; branches erect, strict, tall, somewhat canescent; 
leaves sessile, linear, almost quite entire, clothed with fine hoary 
pubescence ; heads nearly globose, densely many-flowered, on 
long peduncles; bracteas lanceolate, clothed with white tomen- 
tum: exteror ones exceeding the head; receptacle nearly 
naked; calyx villous, with subulate, erect, softly villous teeth, 
which are about equal in length to the tube. h.S. Native of 
Brazil, in the provinces of Goyaz and Minas Geraes, in fields. 
Corollas white, spotted with purple. Very nearly allied to 
H. strictissima, and only differs in the heads being larger and 
more villous, &c. 
Linaria-like Hyptis. Shrub. 
74 H. srrictyssrma (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 99.) 
suffruticose ; branches erect, strict, tall, clothed with short ad- 
pressed pubescence; leaves sessile, linear, almost quite entire, 
narrowed at the base, clothed with fine hoary pubescence; 
heads nearly globose, densely many-flowered, on long pedun- 
cles; bracteas linear: exterior ones about equal in length to 
the head; receptacle naked; calyx tubularly campanulate, vil- 
lous: teeth subulate, erect, one half shorter than the tube. R. 
S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of Goyaz, on the tops of 
the mountains called Chapada do Serra San Marcos. 
Very-strict Hyptis. Shrub. 
75 H. pENsiFOLIA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 100.) 
. suffruticose ; branches erect, clothed with short adpressed pu- 
bescence ; leaves sessile, oblong, quite entire, or denticulated at 
top, narrowed at the base, veiny, nearly glabrous, or clothed 
with fine tomentose pubescence ; heads globose, densely many- 
flowered, on long peduncles ; bracteas lanceolate : outer ones 
longer than the heads, obtuse ; receptacle naked ; calyx tubu- 
larly campanulate, villous: teeth subulate, erect, much shorter 
than the tube. h.S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of 
Goyaz and Minas Geraes. Habit of H. linarioides, from which 
it appears to differ only in the broader leaves. 
Dense-flowered Hyptis. Shrub. 
76 H. veroniczroria (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. 
p. 100.) stem procumbent, pubescent; leaves sessile, oval, 
toothed at top, rounded at the base, cuneated, nearly glabrous 
on both surfaces; heads on long peduncles, nearly globose, 
densely many- flowered ; bracteas lanceolate, obtuse, about equal 
in length to the head ; receptacle naked ; calyx tubular, villous: 
teeth subulate, erect, one half shorter than the tube. 
Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, at Engenho, near 
San Sebastian. 
Speedwell-leaved Hyptis. | Pl. procumbent. 
§ 3. PEDuNcurósx (so ealled from the heads being supported 
by long peduncles.) Benth. lab. p. 100. Heads of flowers 
