700 LABIATZ. 
ceeding the calyxes; fructiferous calyx tubular, with a truncate 
ciliated mouth, and subulate, unequal, strict teeth. h.S. Na- 
tive of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, at Rio da 
Prata. Nearly allied to the preceding. 
Water Hyptis. Shrub 8 to 4 feet. ? 
130 H. a’riva (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 116.) branches 
erect, twiggy, beset with spreading pili; leaves sessile, ovate- 
lanceolate, acute, serrated, roundedly cordate at the base, gla- 
brous, scabrous above ; floral leaves broad-heart shaped ; heads 
sessile; whorls equal, interruptedly racemose ; racemes simple, 
or a little panicled ; bracteas ovate, bluntish, coloured, about 
equal in height to the calyxes; calyx tubular, with linear, unequal 
teeth, which are shorter than the tube. h. S. Native of 
Brazil, in dried up marshes in the southern deserts of the 
province of Minas Geraes. Corollas pale purple. 
Arid Hyptis. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
131 H. viota‘cea (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 116.) 
branches erect, twiggy, villous at apex, at length glabrous; 
leaves nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, or ovate, acute, doubly 
serrated, rounded at the base: or the lower ones are cordate, 
very scabrous on both surfaces, green, coriaceous ; heads nearly 
sessile; whorls secund, interruptedly racemose ; racemes short, 
simple, or a little panicled ; bracteas ovate, acutish, mem- 
branous, coloured, exceeding the calyxes a little; calyx tubular, 
nearly glabrous, with subulate teeth. h.? S. Native of 
Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, at Trahiras. 
Violaceous-flowered Hyptis. Shrub. 
132 H. ctomera‘ra (Mart. ex Schranck, in syll. pl. bot. 
ratisb. 2. p. 55.) branches clothed with fine pubescence ; leaves 
on short petioles, or sessile, ovate-oblong, or lanceolate, acutish, 
serrated, rounded at the base, pubescent on both surfaces; 
heads nearly sessile, ovoid-globose, few-flowered ; whorls in- 
terruptedly racemose; raceme elongated, a little panicled ; 
bracteas ovate, acute, twice as long as the calyxes ; calyx tubu- 
lar, nearly glabrous, with lanceolate, acute teeth, which are about 
3 times shorter than the tube. h. S. Native of Brazil, in 
the provinces of Minas Geraes, and Goyaz, and the South, in 
humid places. Stem herbaceous,? bluntly tetragonal, usually 
pue: .Corolla hardly exceeding the calyx, pubescent out- 
side. 
Glomerate-flowered Hyptis. Pl.? 
133 H. pauciriora (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 117.) 
herbaceous, pubescent; leaves petiolate, ovate, bluntish, ser- 
rated, rounded at the base, or cordate, clothed with soft hairs 
above, and nearly glabrous beneath, and somewhat canescent ; 
heads ovate-globose, few-flowered, pedunculate, racemose ; ra- 
ceme elongated, loose; bracteas broad-ovate, membranous, a 
little coloured, longer than the calyxes; calyx tubular, mem- 
branous, nearly glabrous, with lanceolate, acute teeth, which are 
shorter than the tube. 1. S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 
vince of Goyaz. Leaves like those of H. pectinàta, and the 
heads like those of H. glomeráta, but smaller, few-flowered, and 
pedunculate. 
Few-flowered Hyptis. PI. 
134 H. roriósa (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 117.) shrub- 
by;? branches ascending, clothed with rufous villi; leaves on 
short petioles, broad-ovate, obtuse, crenated, rounded at the 
base, or cordate, green on both surfaces, and clothed with viscid 
pubescence, or villous; racemes sub-secund, leafy, somewhat 
panicled ; bracteas ovate-lanceolate, exceeding the calyxes ; 
calyx tubular, with lanceolate, erect, acute teeth. hes 
Native of Brazil. Leaves 1-2 inches long. 
Leafy Hyptis. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
135 H. rETR'A (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 117.) shrub- 
by ; branches erect, tomentose; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, 
XV. Hyprtis. 
crenated, cuneated at the base, wrinkled, clothed with soft, 
rufous tomentum on both surfaces ; heads ovoid, few-flowered, 
on short peduncles, crowded into a short, dense raceme ; brac- 
teas ovate-lanceolate, acute, coloured, exceeding the calyxes; 
calyx tubular, nearly glabrous, with lanceolate, acute, erect 
teeth. kh. S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 
Geraes, in the western desert, among rocks near Taioba. Shrub 
slender, naked at the base. Bracteas and calyxes reddish, 
glandular. Racemes sub-secund. 
Rock Hyptis. Shrub. 
136 H. suprotu’npa (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 
118.) shrubby ; branches erect, twiggy, clothed with fine pubes- 
cence; leaves small, sessile, oval-rounded, obtuse, crenated, 
broadly rounded at the base, obtuse, stiff, coriaceous, veiny, 
green on both surfaces, rather scabrous : floral ones similar ; 
heads ovoid, few-flowered, racemose; racemes nearly simple; 
bracteas coloured, lanceolate, acutish, ciliated, exceeding the 
calyxes; fructiferous calyx tubular, with a truncate, ciliated, 
hardly toothed mouth. h. S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 
vince of Goyaz, at Pontefeite. 
Roundish-leaved Hyptis. Shrub. 
137 H. rvrHRoipzs (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 118.) 
shrubby ; branches erect, twiggy, pubescent ; leaves small, ses- 
sile, oval, obtuse, rounded at the base, rather scabrous on both 
surfaces, and clothed with rufous pubescence; heads ovoid, 
few-flowered, racemose; raceme elongated, simple; bracteas 
lanceolate, acute, coloured, pubescent, longer than the calyx; 
calyx tubularly campanulate, with a truncate mouth, and subu- 
late teeth, ? which are about equal in length to the tube. b. S. 
Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, at Fazenda Agua 
Fria. Differs from H. subrotánda in the calyx. 
Lythrum-like Hyptis. Shrub. 
138 H. ranvirrórrA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 118.) 
shrubby ; branches erect, twiggy, finely pubescent; leaves 
small, petiolate, oval, toothed at top, narrowed at the base, 
quite entire, stiff, coriaceous, veiny, green on both surfaces, 
rather scabrous: floral ones similar; heads ovoid, few-flowered, 
racemose; raceme nearly simple; bracteas lanceolate-linear, 
coloured, clothed with adpressed villi, longer than the calyxes; 
fructiferous calyx tubular, with a truncate, ciliated, hardly 
toothed mouth. b. S. Native of Brazil, in the province of 
Goyaz. Nearly allied to H. subrotánda. 
Small-leaved Hyptis. Shrub. 
139 H. rusicu’npa (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 118.) 
branches nearly glabrous, with scabrous angles; leaves peti- 
olate, broad-ovate, shortly acuminated, doubly serrated, cune- 
ately rounded at the base, scabrous above, and tomentose 
beneath, and more particularly on the nerves ; heads ovoid, 
few-flowered, on short peduncles, paniculately racemose ; brac- 
teas lanceolate, coloured, twice as long as the calyxes; calyx 
tubular, with a truncate mouth, and setaceous, strict teeth, 
which are about equal in length to the tube. h.S. Native of 
Brazil, in several places of the province of Minas Geraes- 
ei whole plant generally purplish. Leaves 14 to 2 inches 
ong. 
Reddish Hyptis. Pl. 13 to 21 feet. 
140 H. murca'ra (Schott, mss: ex Benth. lab. p. 119.) her- 
baceous ;? stem nearly glabrous, with scabrous angles; leaves 
petiolate, broad-ovate, acuminated, doubly serrated, cuneately 
rounded at the base, rather scabrous above, and nearly glabrous 
beneath ; heads depressed, nearly globose, few-flowered, almost 
sessile; whorls secund: upper ones approximate : lower ones 
remote; bracteas broad-ovate, acute, villous, exceeding the 
calyxes; fructiferous calyx tubular, pubescent, with a truncate 
mouth, and strict, setaceous teeth, which are shorter than the 
