702 LABIATE. 
longer than the fructiferous calyxes, pubescent, ciliated; calycine 
teeth setaceous, strict, one-half longer than the tube. %.? S. 
Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, at Rio 
Abaite. Allied to H. expánsa, but is less branched, and more 
villous, and the bracteas are narrower and longer. 
Doubtful Hyptis. | Pl.? 
Sect. XIII. Mzsormz mra (from pecoc, mesos, the middle; 
and eóoipa, sphaira, a globe; in reference to the heads of flow- 
ers being semi-globose.) Benth. lab. p. 122. Heads rather 
loose, few-flowered. Bracteas sometimes minute, or scarcely 
any, sometimes subulate, about equal in length to the calyxes. 
Calyxes nearly sessile in the heads, obliquely campanulate in 
the fructiferous state, with a truncate mouth, and subulate, 
strict teeth ; the throat closed inside by hairs, or more or less 
ciliated, with 5 fascicles of hairs, which are disposed between 
the teeth. Tube of corolla inclosed, or a little exserted.— 
Herbs, rarely shrubs, for the most part pilose. Heads pedun- 
culate: lower ones rarely all from the axils of the leaves: cau- 
line ones conforming, solitary, or in fascicles: the superior ones 
usually disposed into a loose panicle. 
151 H. PLEcTRANTHoipEs (Benth. lab. p. 122.) stem her- 
baceous, erect, clothed with long hairs, with smooth angles ; 
leaves on very short petioles, broad-ovate, or roundish, obtuse, 
crenately serrated, rounded at the base, or subcordate, pilose ; 
heads few-flowered, loosely racemose, pedunculate; racemes 
loose, panicled; bracteas lanceolate, acute, shorter than the 
calyxes, villous: teeth equalling the tube. ./.? S. Native of 
the South of Brazil, Sello. Stem generally purplish. Leaves 
an inch long. Corolla twice as long as the calyx. Stamens 
exserted. 
Plectranthus-like Hyptis. Pl. 
152 H. rv'wira (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 122.) 
herbaceous, humble, erect; stem beset with spreading pili ; 
leaves on very short petioles, broad-ovate, roundish, serrately 
crenated, rounded, or subcordate at the base, green, pilose ; 
heads loosely few-flowered, pedunculate, racemose; bracteas 
loose, subulate, shorter than the calyxes ; fructiferous calyx ses- 
sile: throat villous inside. 2/.? S. Native of Brazil, in the 
province of Goyaz, on Serra de Chrystais. Very nearly allied 
to H. commünis, but smaller, and more pilose, and the leaves 
are broader. 
Dwarf Hyptis. Pl. 1 foot. 
153 H. commu‘nis (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 123.) 
herbaceous, humble, glabrous, or more or less villous; leaves 
on short petioles, rounded, ovate, or oblong, crenated, cuneated, 
or narrowed at the base ; heads loosely few-flowered, peduncu- 
late, racemose ; bracteas loosely subulate; calyxes sessile, vil- 
lous: throat woolly inside. 4%. S. Native of Brazil, in the 
province of Minas Geraes, in elevated fields, and among rub- 
bish on the mountains. H. flabellata, Pohl, icon. ined. Stems 
= rooting at the base. Corolla blue, nearly glabrous out- 
side. 
Common Hyptis. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
154 H. rruticosa (Salzm. pl. bras. exsic. ex Benth. lab. p. 
128.) branches divaricate, tomentose while young; leaves on 
short petioles, ovate, obtuse, crenated, cuneated at the base, 
much wrinkled, pale beneath ; peduncles solitary, axillary, 
longer than the leaves; heads loosely few-flowered, nearly 
globose ; bracteas loose, subulate; fructiferous calyx rather 
gibbous above the base, with an oblique, villous mouth, and 
spreading teeth, h.S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of 
Bahia, Minas Geraes, in fields and woods. Corolla blue, scarcely 
pubescent, equalling the calycine teeth. Genitals inclosed. 
Shrubby Hyptis. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
155 H. meuissolpes (H, B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 
XV. Hvrris. 
320.) suffruticose ; branches clothed with rufous villi; leaves on 
short petioles, ovate, acute, serrately crenated, rounded at the 
base, villous above, and densely clothed with hoary tomentum 
beneath; peduncles very short, axillary, usually twin; heads 
many-flowered, rather loose, secund; bracteas minute, seta- 
ceous ; calyx pubescent, ovate, strict in the ripe state: throat 
villous inside: teeth short, setaceous, villous. h. S. Native 
of Tropical America, in bushy places in New Granada, on the 
banks of the river Juanambu. Shrub much branched, aro- 
matic. Corolla white, downy. 
Melissa-like Hyptis. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
156 H. rrrósa (Benth. lab. p. 124.) branches rather pilose; 
leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, serrulated, cordate at the base, 
rather canescent; peduncles rather longer than the leaves; 
heads 6-10-flowered, nearly globose; bracteas minute, seta- 
ceous; fructiferous calyx much increased, ovate-tubular, equal, 
truncate, very hairy: teeth shorter than the breadth of the 
calyx. bh. S. Native of Peru, Pavon. Leaves an inch 
long. 
Pilose Hyptis. Shrub. 
157 H. svavEorrws (Poit. ann. mus. par. 7. p. 472. t. 29. f. 
2.) stem herbaceous, erect, pilose; leaves petiolate, broad- 
ovate, sinuately serrated : lower ones cordate at the base : upper 
ones rounded, or cuneated, pubescent, villous, or tomentose ; 
peduncles rather shorter than the few-flowered heads, solitary, 
or 2-3-together in the axils, racemose ; racemes panicled ; 
bracteas minute, setaceous; mouth of calyx truncate, villous. 
©. S. Native of Tropical America, from Mexico to Rio 
Janeiro, Peru; also of several of the West India Islands; 
Philippines, Manilla, Moluccas, about Madras, Java, &c. 
Ballóta suavéolens, Lin. spec. 815. Jacq. hort. vind. 3. p. 24. 
t. 42. Bystropógon suavéolens, Lher. sert. angl. 19. Hyptis 
Plumiéri, Poit. ann. mus. 7. p. 473.  H. ebracteàta, R. Br. in 
Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 391. — Bystropógon gravéolens, 
Blum. bijdr. p. 824. ?—Plum. icon. t. 163. f. 1.—Browne, jam. 
257. t. 18 f. 3.— Sloan. hist. 1. p. 171. t. 102. f. 2. Herb 
annual, branched. Leaves 1-2 inches long. — Corollas blue. 
Sneet-scented Hyptis. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. Pl. 2 to 
6 feet. 
158 H. enavE'orews (Salzm. pl. bras. exsic. ex Benth, lab. 
p. 125.) stem herbaceous, erect, rather pilose, with smooth 
angles ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, sinuately serrated, cordate 
at the base, wrinkled, clothed with clammy pubescence on both 
surfaces; peduncles axillary, many times longer than the few- 
flowered fascicles: superior ones irregularly panicled; bracteas 
minute. ©. S. Native of Brazil, on the sea-shore near 
Bahia. Nearly allied to H. suavéolens. Odour heavy and 
aromatic. 
Heavy-scented Hyptis. Pl. 4 to 6 feet. 
159 H., umprésa (Salzm. pl. bras. exsic. ex Benth. lab. p. 
125.) stem herbaceous, erect, villous, with scabrous angles, an 
nearly naked axils; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, acute, irre- 
gularly serrated, or deeply lobed, rounded at the base, rather 
pilose above, pale and pubescent beneath, or at length glabrous ; 
peduncles axillary, filiform, sub-fasciculate, much longer than 
the loose, 3-10-flowered heads; bracteas minute, setaceous ; 
calyx pubescent: mouth villous. ©. S. Native of Brazil, in 
woods near Bahia ; also very common in the provinces of Rio 
Janeiro, Minas Geraes, Goyaz, and St. Paul, in shady places ; 
and of Peru, at Huanuco and Tarma, Mathews. H. gravéolens, 
Schranck, in syll. pl. ratisb. 2. p. 56. ? Nearly allied to H. 
viscida, but the hairs are less clammy. Corollas bluish lilac. 
Shaded Hyptis. PI. 
160 H. rorya’ntHa (Poit. ann. mus. 7. p. 470.) stem her- 
baceous, erect, pubescently villous ; the axils very pilose; leaves 
petiolate, ovate, acutish, irregularly crenate-serrated, rounded, 
