LABIATA. 
or cordate at the base, scabrous from pili above, and clothed 
` with white tomentum beneath; panicle ample; peduncles fili- 
form, much longer than the loosely 5-20-flowered heads; brac- 
teas minute, setaceous ; calyx pubescent, with a villous mouth. 
©.? S. Native of Peru, near Quito, Loxa, and Gonzanama. 
Bystropógon sideefolium, Lher. sert. angl. 19. ? Herb sweet- 
scented. Leaves 1} to 2 inches long. Corollas minute, pubes- 
cent, violaceous. 
Many-flowered Hyptis. 
to 6 feet. 
161 H.ir4'eiwA (Schiede, et Deppe, in Linnea, 5. p. 101.) 
clothed with soft pubescence; leaves petiolate, ovate, or el- 
liptic, acute, doubly serrated, cuneated at the base, or narrowed, 
pubescent above, canescently tomentose beneath ; heads loosely 
few-flowered, axillary, opposite, pedunculate, small; bracteas 
loose, setaceous, scarcely shorter than the calyx; calyx villous, 
ovate, with spreading, subulately acuminated teeth. ©.? S. 
Native of Mexico, about Jalapa, &c., among bushes. Nearly 
allied to the preceding, but differs in the leaves and calyx, &c. 
Corolla lilae, puberulous. 
Lilac-flowered Hyptis. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
162 H. urticoipes (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 
320.) stem herbaceous, erect, downy, with rather rough angles; 
leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, serrated, cuneated at the base, 
rather hispid above, and pubescent beneath ; heads loosely few- 
flowered, on long peduncles, disposed in secund, panicled ra- 
cemes; bracteas minute, setaceous; calyx pubescent, with a 
villous mouth. ©.? S. Native of Mexico, at the foot of 
Mount Macultipec, near Jalapa. Branches tetragonal. Corol- 
las minute. An intermediate species between H. polyántha and 
H. pectinata. 
Nettle-like Hyptis. Pl. 
163 H. nAcEMULOsA (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 126.) 
stem herbaceous, erect, clothed with rufous pubescence, with 
smooth angles; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, doubly serrated, 
rounded at the base, and running into the petioles, rather villous 
above, and clothed with rufous tomentum beneath; cymes capi- 
tate, few-flowered, on very short peduncles, disposed in sub- 
secund, axillary racemes; bracteas minute, setaceous; calyx 
clothed with rufous tomentum: mouth villous: teeth shorter 
than the tube. ©.S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of 
Minas Geraes and Rio Janeiro, in elevated pastures and woods. 
Habit of H. polystachya, but the bracteas and calyxes are very 
distinct. Corolla pale violet, ex St. Hil., pale red, spotted with 
purple, ex Mart. 
Racemulose Hyptis. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
164 H. camuroria (Weinm. in syll. pl. ratisb. 1. p. 226. ex 
Benth. lab. p. 127.) stem branched, pilose, radicant ; leaves 
cordate-ovate, acuminated, crenately toothed, scabrous from 
pili, petiolate, whitish beneath; heads axillary, pedunculate, 
shorter than the internodes; bracteas setaceous, equalling the 
heads ; calyx short, tubular, with equal, acuminated teeth. 2%. 
S. Native of Brazil. Stem acutely tetragonal Leaves 1-2 
inches long. Heads size of peas. Corolla small, white, spotted 
with violet. 
Dead-nettle-leaved Hyptis. 
Fl July, Aug. Clt. 1819. Pl. 4 
Pl. procumbent. 
Secr. XIV. PrcriNA' RIA (from pecten, a comb; so called 
from pectinate, unilateral cymes.) Benth. lab. p. 127. Cymes 
at first almost capitate, but at length elongated, unilateral, and 
pectinate. Bracteas loose, setaceous. Calyxes nearly sessile, 
tubular in the fructiferous state, with strict, setaceous teeth, 
and the throat closed by villi inside. 
165 H. pectina‘ta (Poit. ann. mus. 7. p. 474. Benth. lab. 
127.) glabrous, or downy; leaves petiolate, ovate, crenately- 
XV. Hyrris. 1038 
serrated, rounded at the base, pale beneath ; cymes many-flow- 
ered, rather loose, paniculately racemose, at length elongated 
and incurved ; bracteas shorter than the calyxes?; teeth of calyx 
shorter than the tube. %. S. Native of Tropical America, 
common in cretaceous, sandy places from Mexico to Rio J. neiro ; 
Peru; most of the West India Islands ; Guinea ; Madagascar ; 
East Indies, at Madras; Arabia, at Sennaar, Bove. Méntha 
perilloides, Lin. syst. ed. 13. p. 445, but not of others. Népeta 
pectinàta, Lin. spec. 799. — Bystropógon pectinàtum, Lher. sert. 
angl. p. 19. — Népeta aristata, Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. p. 
110. Brotéra Pérsica, Spreng. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 151. t. 4. 
Hyptis Pérsica, Poit. ann. mus. 7. p. 471. Ballota dísticha, 
Rodsch. obs. p. 95. Meyer, esseq. p. 209, but not of Lin. 
Ballota suavéolens, Rodsch. bald. diar. fasc. 28. p. 79. ex 
Meyer, l. c. but not of Lin. Hyptis racemosa, Zucc. in act. 
acad. taur.? Bystropdgon coarctàtum, Thonn. et Schum. in 
act. acad. hafn. 4. p. 34. Stem rather woody at the base. 
Leaves variable in form and size. Corolla small, pale purple, 
or yellow, spotted with purple. 
Pectinate Hyptis. Fl. year. Clt. 1776. Pl. 2 to 5 feet. 
Secr. XV. Mentnipium (so called from the habit of the 
species being that of Mentha, or Mint.) Benth. lab. p. 128. 
Flowers sessile, or on short pedicels, disposed usually in many- 
flowered whorls. Bracteas minute, or hardly any, or loose and 
setaceous. Calyx campanulate, equal; throat naked inside. 
Corolla hardly exceeding the calyx.— Herbs often panicled at 
apex. 
P66 H. puxecioipes (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 128.) 
herbaceous, procumbent at the base ; branches ascending, clothed 
with adpressed pubescence; leaves on short petioles, lanceolate, 
acute, serrated, narrowed at the base, wrinkled, very villous : 
floral ones conform, smaller ; whorls all distinct, and globose, 
densely many-flowered; bracteas subulate, shorter than the 
calyx ; calyx tubular, with a villous base, and lanceolate, subu- 
late, erect, short teeth. Y%.?S. Native of Brazil, in the pro~ 
vince of Minas Geraes, at Fazenda do Pari. This species is 
intermediate between the present section and sect. Apodotes. 
Penny- Royal-like Hyptis. Pl.? 
167 H. arsina (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 319.) 
shrubby, clothed with floccose wool ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate, 
obtuse, or the upper ones are subulately acuminated, crenated, 
roundly cuneated at the base, wrinkled; whorls loose, globose, 
distinct ; racemes sub-panicled ; bracteas short, setaceous ; 
fructiferous calyx nearly globose, densely woolly: teeth very 
soft, setaceous, about equal in length to the tube. 5. S. Na- 
tive of Mexico, at Lake Cusco, in the valley of St. Jago, and 
near Valladolid. Corollas hardly longer than the calyx. 
Whitish Hyptis. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. Shrub 2 to 3 
feet. 
168 H. runz'scews (Benth. lab. p. 129.) suftruticose, clothed 
with tomentose pubescence ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong, 
acutish, serrated, rounded at the base, a little wrinkled, pale. 
beneath; whorls small, globose, many-flowered, remote ; ra- 
cemes panicled ; bracteas short, setaceous ; calyx villous: teeth 
stiff, subulate, equalling the tube, at length spreading in a 
stellate manner. kh. S. Native of New Spain. Branches 
eee tetragonal. Corolla a little longer than the calycine 
teeth. 
Pubescent Hyptis. Shrub. 
169 H. Mocrnta‘na (Benth. lab. p. 129.) suffruticose, pubes- 
cent; leaves on short petioles, cordate-ovate, doubly serrated, 
wrinkled ; whorls globose, many-flowered, distinct, racemose ; 
racemes panicled; bracteas short, setaceous ; calyx villous: 
teeth stiff, subulate, glabrous, twice as long as the tube, spreading 
