LABIATAE, 
tube. %.? S. Native of Brazil, at Rio Janeiro, and at Rio 
Abaite, in the province of Minas Geraes. Plant many feet 
high. Bracteas often coloured. 
Muricated Hyptis. Pl. tall. s 
141 H. 1Nopóna (Schranck, in syll. pl. soc. ratisb. 2. p. 56. 
Benth. lab. p. 119.) herbaceous ; stem erect, glabrous, or bifa- 
riously pubescent, with smooth angles; leaves petiolate, broad- 
ovate, acutish, unequally serrated, broadly cuneated, or rounded 
at the base, thin, glabrous on both surfaces, pale beneath ; 
heads depressed, nearly globose, few-flowered, almost sessile ; 
whorls rather secund: upper ones approximate: lower ones 
remote ; bracteas ovate-lanceolate, pubescent, equalling the 
calyx ; fructiferous calyx tubular, pubescent, with a truncate 
mouth, and setaceous, strict teeth, which are much shorter than 
the tube. 2%.S. Native of Brazil, in humid places. Plant 
many feet high, pale green. Heads 6-10-flowered. Corollas 
ks Allied to H. muricàta, and probably only a variety 
of it. 
Scentless Hyptis. PI. tall. 
142 H. sytvuna'rum (St. Hil. mss, ex Benth. lab. p. 119.) 
branches clothed with tomentose pubescence ; leaves petiolate, 
broad-ovate, acute, doubly serrated, or cut, rounded at the 
base, green on both surfaces, wrinkled, villous, or clothed with 
tomentose pubescence; heads ovoid, few-flowered, nearly ses- 
sile, racemose ; racemes panicled ; bracteas ovate, or lanceolate, 
villous, exceeding the calyxes a little ; calyx tubular, pubescent, 
with a truncate mouth, and setaceous, strict teeth, which are 
shorter than the tube. 2f. S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 
vince of Minas Geraes, in cut down woods. Allied to H. 
canéscens, but greener. Bracteas green, or coloured at top. 
Small-wood Hyptis. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
143 H. rorysrA'cuvA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 
321.) branches pilosely pubescent, with rough angles; leaves 
petiolate, ovate, acute, doubly serrated, or cut, rounded at the 
base, rather pubescent above, and clothed with hoary tomentum 
beneath; heads ovoid, few-flowered, nearly sessile, secund ; 
whorls racemose; racemes loosely panicled; bracteas ovate, 
acute, exceeding the floriferous calyxes, but shorter than the 
fructiferous calyxes ; calyx pubescent, with setaceous, strict teeth, 
which are shorter than the tube. %.S. Native of Mexico, 
Trinidad, &c. Branches tetragonal. Corolla twice as long as 
the calyx. 
Far. 2, longiflora (Benth. lab. p. 120.) calyxes at length 
twice as long as the bracteas. 2. S. 
Many-spiked Hyptis. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. ? 
144 H. cane’scens (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 
321.) branches clothed with tomentose pubescence; leaves pe- 
tiolate, rhomboid-ovate, acute, doubly serrated, or cut, rounded 
at the base, narrowed into the petioles, clothed with hoary 
tomentnm beneath, or on both surfaces; heads ovoid, few-flow- 
ered, nearly ile, rather d, racemose ; racemes panicled ; 
bracteas ovate, acute, equalling the floriferous calyxes, but 
shorter than the fructiferous calyxes ; calyx villous, elongated 
after florescence, with a truncate mouth, and strict, setaceous 
teeth, which are much shorter than the tube. 21.? S. Native 
of New Spain, and Caraccas. Teùcrium rhombifdlium, Willd. 
Nearly allied to H. polystàchya. Angles of stem hardly rough. 
Corolla glabrous. 
Var. B, arvénsis (Benth. lab. p. 712.) leaves hardly canes- 
cent. 21.2 S. Native of Peru, at Pariahuanca, Mathews. H. 
arvénsis, Poppig, pl. chil. exsic. 
Canescent Hyptis. Pl. 14 foot. 
145 H. micra’ntHa (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 120.) 
branches clothed with short pubescence, with smooth angles; 
leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, irregularly serrate-crenated, rounded 
and rather unequal at the base, pubescent above, pale, or clothed 
XV. Hxeris. 101 
with hoary tomentum beneath ; heads small, few-flowered, ra- 
cemose; peduncles equalling the heads ; racemes strict, elon- 
gated, panicled; bracteas ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, some- 
what exceeding the calyxes; calyx pubescent, with a truncate 
mouth, and strict, setaceous teeth, which are rather shorter than 
the tube. 2/.? S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, 
at Villa Boa. Allied to H. polystachya, but more green, and 
less tomentose, and the heads much smaller. 
Small-flowered Hyptis. Pl. 
146 H. spica‘ra (Poit. ann. mus. 7. p. 474. t. 28. f. 2.) 
branches nearly glabrous, with scabrous, prickly edges ; leaves 
petiolate, ovate, acute, unequally serrate-crenated, rgundedly 
cuneated at the base, nearly glabrous on both surfaces, or pubes- 
cent above; heads semi-ovoid, loosely racemose; peduncles 
equal in length to the fructiferous heads; racemes panicled ; 
bracteas ovate, rather membranous, one-half shorter than the 
fructiferous calyx ; calyx glabrous, elongated in the fructiferous 
state, inflated at the base, with a truncate mouth, and strict, 
setaceous teeth, which are shorter than the tube. ¢.S. Na- 
tive of Tropical America, on the east coast, from Mexico to the 
provinces of Minas Geraes, and Cisplatin in Brazil; also of 
St. Domingo, Martinica, Mariane Island, &c. Népeta mutà- 
bilis, Rich. in act. soc. hist. nat. par. Leaves 1-2 inches long. 
Corollas small, violaceous. 
Spicate-flowered Hyptis. 
4 to 6 feet. 
147 H. RosrRA'rA (Salzm. pl. bras. exs. ex Benth. lab. p. 
121.) branches glabrous, with rough, prickly angles; leaves 
petiolate, ovate, acute, unequally serrate-crenated, roundly cu- 
neated at the base, glabrous ; heads globose at the base, loosely 
racemose ; peduncles rather shorter than the fructiferous heads ; 
bracteas ovate, membranous, glabrous, 3-4 times shorter than 
the fructiferous calyxes; fructiferous calyx glabrous, inflated at 
the base, long-beaked, with a truncate mouth, and short, seta- 
ceous, strict teeth. &. S. Native of Brazil, in shady places 
near Bahia. Stems branched. Whorls distant, secund. 
Beaked-calyxed Hyptis. PI. 4 to 5 feet. 
148 H. rENUiFLÓRA (Benth. lab. p. 121.) branches bifariously 
pubescent, with smooth angles; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, 
unequally serrated, roundly cuneated at the base, glabrous; 
heads ovoid, few-flowered, loosely racemose ; peduncles twice as 
long as the fructiferous heads ; racemes panicled : bracteas 
ovate, membranous, one-half shorter than the fructiferous calyxes ; 
fructiferous calyx glabrous, elongated, inflated at the base, with 
a truncate mouth, and strict, setaceous teeth, which are much 
shorter than the tube. &.? S. Native of Brazil, Leandro di 
Sacramento. Allied to H. spicata. 
Thin-flowered Hyptis. Pl. 8 to 4 feet.? 
149 H. expa'nsa (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 122. 
nearly glabrous ; angles of branches roughish ; leaves petiolate, 
ovate, acuminated, unequally serrated, cuneated at the base, 
rather hispid above and on the nerves beneath; heads ovoid, 
few-flowered, loosely racemose; peduncles shorter than the 
fructiferous heads; racemes divaricately panicled ; bracteas 
ovate, acute, membranous, ciliated ; fructiferous calyxes nearly 
glabrous, scarcely longer than the bracteas, with a truncate 
mouth, and strict, setaceous teeth, which are one-half shorter 
than the tube. 27.? S. Native of Brazil. Allied to H. spicata, 
but differs in the shorter calyxes, and longer teeth, &c. 
Expanded Hyptis. | Pl.? 
150 H. pv'sia (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 122.) pu- 
bescent; angles of branches smooth ; leaves on short petioles, 
ovate, acute, doubly crenated, cuneated at the base, scabrously 
hispid above, and pubescent on the veins beneath, wrinkled ; 
heads ovoid, few-flowered, racemose ; peduncles very short ; 
racemes a little branched ; bracteas lanceolate, acuminated, 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Pl. 
