LABIATA. XV. Hyptis. 
202 H, coccinea (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 139.) stem 
tall, pubescent at the base, and ciliated with a few hairs; leaves 
petiolate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, irregularly toothed, round- 
ed or subcordate at the base, thick, villous above, and clothed 
with tomentose pubescence beneath; panicle very loose, almost 
naked, quite glabrous, glaucous; branches and peduncles gene- 
rally 1-flowered, elongated; bracteas elongated: fructiferous 
calyx elongated, a little inflated, with lanceolate, acute teeth. 
Q.S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of Minas Geraes and 
Bahia, in stony fields. Leaves 2-3 inches long. Corolla scarlet, 
a little shorter than that of H. laxiflora. 
Scarlet-flowered Hyptis. Pl. 5 to 6 feet. 
203 H. panicuna‘ra (Benth. lab. p. 139.) branches villous 
at the base; leaves on short petioles, ovate, obtuse, crenated, 
rounded at the base, thick, wrinkled, densely clothed with villous 
tomentum on both surfaces; panicle very loose, nearly naked, 
quite glabrous, glaucous, with elongated branches ; peduncles 
filiform, 1-flowered, rather shorter than the calyxes, which are 
pubescent. h.S. Native of the south of Brazil, Sello. Shrub 
clothed with rusty tomentum and spreading villi. Corolla scar- 
let, downy outside. i 
Panicled Hyptis. Shrub. 
204 H. raxirLóRA (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 139.) 
branches villous at the base ; leaves petiolate, roundish, obtuse, 
crenated, rounded at the base, thick, wrinkled, clothed with to- 
mentose pubescence on both surfaces, reticulated and whitish 
beneath ; panicle very loose, nearly naked, quite glabrous, glau- 
cous; bracteas small, ovate; branches elongated; peduncles 
filiform, 1-flowered, more than twice as long as the calyxes ; 
tube of corolla twice as long as the calyx. h.S. Native of 
Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, in fields at Villa Rica, 
and elsewhere in the same province. Habit of H. paniculata, 
but the leaves are much smaller. Corolla showy scarlet, downy 
outside. 
Loose-flowered Hyptis. Shrub. 
205 H. catycr'na (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 140.) 
stem tall, scarcely pilose at the base; leaves petiolate, oblong- 
elliptic, obtuse, crenated, rounded at the base, very thick, to- 
mentosely villous on both surfaces; superior leaves narrower ; 
panicle very loose, nearly naked, quite glabrous, glaucous, with 
the branches and 1-flowered peduncles elongated; bracteas 
cordate, stem-clasping; fructiferous calyx long-campanulate, 
glabrous, with lanceolate, acute teeth. h.? S. Native of 
Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, on Serra do Chrystais and 
Trabiras. Fructiferous calyx 7-8 lines long. Corolla more 
than an inch, glabrous, scarlet. 
Large-calyxed Hyptis. Shrub.? 
206 H. macra’ntHa (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 140.) 
stem tall, furnished with spreading hairs at the base ; leaves pe- 
tiolate: lower ones oyal: superior ones oblong-elliptic or lan- 
ceolate, serrately crenated, cuneated at the base, coriaceous, 
green on both surfaces, and rather scabrous, glabrous or spread- 
ingly pilose; panicle loose, nearly naked, quite glabrous, rather 
glaucous ; branches elongated ; peduncles a little longer than the 
calyxes; bracteas small, ovate-lanceolate; fructiferous calyxes 
elongated : teeth lanceolate, acute; corolla 4 times as long as 
the calyx. h.?S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 
Geraes, near Paracatu. Intermediate between H. calycina and 
H. longiflóra. Corolla 13 inch long. 
Large-flowered Hyptis. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 
207 H. roNcirróna (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 140.) 
branches pilose at the base; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong or 
rounded, obtuse, crenated, rounded at the base, thick, scabrous 
above, and reticulated, wrinkled beneath, and clothed with 
rufous pubescence; panicle very loose, nearly naked, quite gla- 
brous, glaucous ; branches elongated; peduncles filiform, elon- 
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gated, 1-flowered ; bracteas small, subulate ; calyxes campanu- 
late, increased in the fructiferous state, membranous, reticulated, 
with lanceolate, acute teeth. h.? S. Native of Brazil, in the 
province of Goyaz, in fields from Barbacena to Paracatu. 
Calyx very villous inside, and pubescent outside, at length 
glabrous. Corolla villous outside, 3 times longer than the 
calyx. 
Long-flonered Hyptis. Shrub. ? 
208 H. reticura‘ra (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 141.) stems 
pubescent at the base, rather pilose; leaves petiolate, ovate, 
oblong, or lanceolate, doubly serrated, cuneated at the base, or 
rounded, coriaceous, glabrous and rather scabrous above, reticu- 
lately much veined beneath, and tomentosely pubescent on the 
veins; panicle very loose, nearly naked, quite glabrous, glau- 
cous; branches and 1-flowered peduncles elongated; bracteas 
subulate ; fructiferous calyx campanulate: teeth lanceolate, 
acutish. |. 2t. ? S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 
Geraes, in several places. Stem sub-tetragonal at the base, and 
terete at top. Leaves 2-3 inches long. Corollas of H. coccinea, 
but a little shorter. 
Reticulated-leaved Hyptis. Pl. 1 to 21 feet. 
209 H. crav'ca (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 141.) stem 
tall, scarcely pilose at the base; leaves petiolate, ovate, undu- 
lately crenated, cuneated at the base, thick, coriaceous, green on 
both surfaces, scabrous and nearly glabrous above, reticulated, 
and loosely tomentose beneath; panicle large; flowers on short 
pedicels along the elongated, strict branches; bracteas small, 
lanceolate; calyxes campanulate, nearly glabrous, with broad- 
lanceolate, obtuse teeth; tube of corolla much exserted. Y%.? 
S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of Minas Geraes and St. 
Paul, near habitations. Intermediate between M. crispàta and 
H. reticulata. 
Glaucous Hyptis.  Pl.? : 
N.B. H. menthodóra, Schranck. in syll. pl. soc. ratisb. 2. p. 
56. H. Nepalénsis, Lehm. sem. hort. hamb. 1830. H. ob- 
tusifülia, R. Br. in salt. abyss. app. H. Pohliàna, Jacq., and 
H. marathrósma, Spreng. are very little known, or not de- 
scribed. 
Cult. Very few of the species of Hyptis are worth culti- 
vating for ornament, they are, therefore, seldom seen in gar- 
dens. The shrubby and perennial herbaceous kinds should be 
treated like other common stove plants, and they are readily 
increased from cuttings. The annual kinds should be treated 
like other tender annual plants, by being reared on a hot-bed, &c. 
XVI. ERTOPE (probably derived from «piov, erion, wool ; 
and orn, ope, a hole; because the throat of the calyx is closed 
with wool.) Humb. et Bonpl. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 142. 
Lin. syst. — Didynàmia, Gymnospérmia. Calyx turbinate, 
spreading, and equally 5-toothed in the floriferous state, but 
increased and nutant in the fructiferous state, having the 3 
superior teeth membranously dilated into a lip; the 2 lower 
teeth hardly increased, dejected into a lower lip; throat closed 
with dense white wool inside. Corolla declinate ; tube a little ex- 
serted, much dilated at the throat ; the 4 upper lobes of the limb 
oblong, nearly equal; the 2 uppermost of these erect, and the 
2 lateral ones spreading: lower one abruptly dejected, saccate, 
acuminated, and somewhat bidentate at apex. Stamens 4, didy- 
namous, declinate: lower ones the longest; filaments densely 
villous at the base; anthers ovate-reniform, with confluent 
cells. Style almost equally bifid at apex; stigmas almost 
confluent. Achenia oblong, somewhat compressed, smooth.— 
Shrubs, or sub-shrubs, rarely perennial herbs. Flowers soli- 
tary, opposite, along the axils of a simple or paniculately- 
branched raceme. Floral leaves minute, bractea-formed, soon 
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