LABIAT E. 
dry, smooth.—Much branched, leafy, shrubs or under-shrubs, 
often procumbent. Flowers beautiful, usually scarlet. This 
genus is not distinct from Microméria, unless in the length of 
the corolla, and erect lobes of the limb. 
1 G. uvrrurOnA (Ruiz, et Pav. syst. veg. fl. per. et chil. p. 
149.) shrubby, nearly glabrous; leaves petiolate, ovate, blunt- 
ish, crenated a little, rounded at the base, green, pale beneath ; 
floral leaves conforming to the others ; whorls loose, subsecund ; 
cymes pedunculate, scarcely dichotomous; calyx almost gla- 
brous, with acute teeth, and the throat naked inside; corolla 3 
times as long as the calyx. b. G. Native of Chili, in the 
province of Conception, in fields. Riz6a ovatifólia, Cav. icon. 
6. p. 56. t. 578. bad. Stems hard at the base, but scarcely 
woody. ~ Branches, leaves, and calyxes glabrous, or clothed 
with fine pubescence. Leaves an inch long. Corolla more 
than an inch long, beautiful, scarlet or purple. Stamens a little 
exserted. 
Many-flowered Gardoquia. Shrub 1 foot. 
2 G. rvedsA (Benth. lab. p. 399.) shrubby, villous ; leaves 
petiolate, ovate-rhomboid, serrately toothed, rounded at the 
base, coriaceous, wrinkled, villous on both surfaces, hardly 
canescent beneath; whorls loose, many-flowered ; calyx villous, 
with subulate ciliated teeth, and with the throat almost naked 
inside; corolla scarcely twice as long as the calyx. k. G. 
Native of Peru, Ruiz, et Pav. Hairs rufous. Leaves 1 to 14 
inch long. Cymes on short peduncles. Corolla villous. An- 
thers approximating by pairs. 
Wrinkled Gardoquia. Shrub. 
3 G. zrr1YPTICA (Ruiz, et Pav. syst. fl. per. p. 149.) shrubby, 
erect; branches glabrous; leaves petiolate, ovate, acutish, ser- 
rately crenated, rounded at the base, or cuneated, green on both 
surfaces, glabrous, or a little ciliated; floral leaves smaller; 
whorls usually 6-flowered; calyx green, pilose, with acute 
teeth, and with the throat naked inside; corolla about 4 times 
as long as the calyx. 5. G. Native of Peru, towards Cheu- 
chin and Sayan, Ruiz et Pav.; in the valley of Canta, between 
Obrajillo and Pacron, Chruikshanks. Leaves about an inch long. 
Corolla about 14 inch long, pubescent, scarlet: lobes short. 
Stamens exserted. 
Lilliptic-leaved Gardoquia. Shrub erect. 
4 G. raymorpgs (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 314.) 
shrubby ; branches pubescent ; leaves ovate, acute, subcordate, 
with revolute, subserrated margins, nearly glabrous above, but 
clothed with hoary pubescence beneath ; whorls many-flowered, 
distant; calyx pubescent, with unequal, acuminately subulate 
segments ; corolla about 3 times the length of the calyx. 5 . G. 
Native on the Andes of Quito. ? Leaves 3 lines long. Flowers 
pedunculate. Corolla yellow ? pubescent outside; throat 
bearded with long hairs behind ; limb spotted with purple. 
Thyme-like Gardoquia. Shrub. 
5 G. r'uecans (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. $15.) 
shrubby ; branches pubescent, clothed with white tomentum 
while young; leaves roundish-rhomboid, obtuse, serrated, pu- 
bescent above, and clothed with white tomentum beneath; pe- 
duncles axillary, usually 3-flowered; calyx tomentose, with un- 
equal acuminated teeth. h.G. Native of Quito, on the de- 
clivity of the burning mount Catopaxi, between Mulalo and 
Pansache. Shrub aromatic. Leaves entire towards the base, 9 
lines long. Corolla red, downy outside: throat yellow, spotted 
with red. 
Elegant Gardoquia. Shrub 8 to 4 feet. 
6 G. rurcHE'LLA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) shrubby ; branches 
pubescently tomentose ; leaves ovate or roundish-ovate, obtuse, 
cuneated at the base, with subrevolute crenated margins, rather 
scabrous above, and clothed with white tomentum beneath ; pe- 
duncles usually 3-flowered ; calyx clothed with tomentose pubes- 
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cence, with acuminately-subulate, unequal teeth, 5. G. Na- 
tive of Peru, in hot places between Cascas and Contumasay. 
Leaves 8-9 lines long. Flowers on long pedicels. 
Neat Gardoquia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
7 G. tomentosa (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 314.) shrubby; 
branches pubescent; leaves roundish-ovate, acutish, rather 
truncate at the base, with revolute serrated margins, pubescent 
above, and clothed with white tomentum beneath ; peduncles 
axilary, usually 3-flowered ; calyx clothed with tomentose 
pubescence, with unequal acuminated teeth; corolla 3 times 
as long as the calyx. 5. G. Native of the kingdom of Quito, 
near Llactacunga, Hambato, and Riobamba Nuevo. Shrub aro- 
matic. Leaves hardly 3 an inch long. Flowers pedicellate, 
Corolla pale red, pubescent outside; tube short ; throat bearded 
by long hairs. Stamens inclosed. 
Tomentose Gardoquia. Shrub 3 feet. 
8 G. cranvirtora (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) branches pubes- 
cent ; leaves roundish-ovate, obtuse, acute at the base, toothed 
towards the apex, pubescent above, and clothed with hoary to- 
mentum beneath ; flowers axillary, solitary ; calyx clothed with 
hoary tomentum, with acuminated nearly equal teeth; corolla 4 
times as long as the calyx. k.G. Native of South America, 
in the valley of the river Chambo, between Mount Tunguragua 
and Penipe. Leaves l an inch long. Flowers on short pedun- 
cles. Corolla yellow, downy outside; throat bearded inside. 
Stamens a little exserted. From the description, this does not 
appear to differ from G. incàna, unless in the leaves being ser- 
rated at apex. 
Great-flowered Gardoquia. Shrub 3 feet. 
9 G. BREVIFLÒRA (Benth. lab. p. 401.) shrubby, hoary ; 
leaves on short petioles, roundish-ovate, obtuse, with scarcely 
revolute margins, pubescent above, and clothed with hoary pu- 
bescence beneath ; floral leaves similar to the rest, equalling the 
calyxes ; whorls 2-6-flowered, secund ; calyx a little coloured, 
with lanceolate-acute teeth, and with the throat naked inside; 
corolla exceeding the calyx a little. 1. G. Native of Peru, 
Ruiz et Pavon. Habit of G. incàna ; but the leaves are shorter, 
broader, and greener above, obtuse, or shortly mucronate. 
Hardly distinct from the genus Microméria, in consequence of 
the corolla hardly exceeding the calyx. 
Short-flowered Gardoquia. Shrub, 
10 G. 1nca'na (Ruiz et Pav. syst. fl. per. p. 150.) shrubby, 
hoary ; leaves on short petioles, ovate, obtuse, quite entire, flat, 
pale above, and clothed with hoary tomentum beneath ; floral 
leaves similar to the others, equalling the calyxes; whorls 2-6- 
flowered ; calyx hoary, with an oblique mouth, and short acute 
teeth, and with the throat naked inside. h.G. Native of 
Peru. Ruiz et Pav. fl per. 
ined. 4. t. 493. f, 4. Leaves 
of Heliánthemum cànum, 4 an 
inch long. Corolla beyond an 
L. Garpoavia. 
FIG. 80. 
inch in length, yellow. Geni- 
tals a little exserted. 
Hoary Gardoquia. Shrub. 
11 G. Hooxe'r: (Benth. lab. 
p. 401.) shrubby, quite gla- 
brous ; leaves obovate, quite 
entire, narrowed into the short 
petioles at the base, green on 
both surfaces; peduncles 2-3- 
flowered ; calyx glabrous, sub- 
bilabiate, having the upper lip 
shortly tridentate, erect: throat 
clothed by villi inside. 5. G. 
Native of Florida. D. Don, in 
Sweet. fl. gard. n. s. 8. t. 271. 
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