490 LABIATE. 



* Corolla small ; whorls distant. 



18. S. occidentalis, Sw. Annual, diffuse ; leaves ovate, pointed, cuneate at the base, 

 serrate, glabrescent (or with scattered hairs), floral subulate ; whorls distantly racemose, 

 6-2-flowered j calyx glandular, about half as long as the blue corolla : upper lip entire, 

 blunt, inferior 2-partite, its segments deltoid, bluntish or mucronate. — SI. t. 107./. 2. — 

 Hyptis glandulosa, Sieb. Mart. 151. S. obscura, Benth. I: the form with mucronate in- 

 ferior calyx-lobes. — Leaves 14"-1", corolla 3'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., a common 

 weed; Antigua!, Nichols., Dominica!, S. Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad!, Lockh., Cr., com- 

 mon in dry savannahs; [Cuba ! and Mexico ! to Peru ! ; Galapagos !]. 



] 9. S. tenella, Sw. Annual, diffuse, or creeping ; leaves deltoid, truncate or sub- 

 cordate at the base, serrate with spreading serratures, glabrescent or pubescent chiefly 

 beneath, floral small, lanceolate; whorls distantly racemose, 6-10(-2)-flowered ; calyx 

 glandular, exceeding half the blue corolla : upper lip entire, bluntish, inferior 2-partite, its 

 segments ovate, shortly mucronate ; superior stigma-lobe convolute, bluntish. — Sw. Ic. t. 2 : 

 a small-leaved, small-flowered form, which however passes into the common, larger-flowered, 

 diffuse S. micrantha, V. {Jacq. Schcenbr. t. 481.).— Leaves 6"'-12'", corolla 2"'-4'" long.— 

 Hab. Jamaica!, Al., Wullschl., Wits., March, a common weed; [Cuba!, S.Thomas!; 

 Mexico]. 



20. S. serotina, L. Suffruticose, softly pilose ; leaves deltoid, bluntish, truncate or 

 subcordate at the base, crenate with appressed, truncate crenatures, softly pubescent, 

 floral small, lanceolate; whorls distantly racemose, 6(-2)-flowered ; calyx glandular, 

 exceeding half the blue (or white) corolla : upper lip entire, conform to the inferior 2 deltoid 

 teeth; stigma-lobes filiform.— Jacq. Ic. Bar. t. 3. Sw. Obs. t. 1. /. 1. — S. dominica, Sw. 

 — Leaves 12"'-6'", corolla 3'" long. — Hab. Bahamas!, Swains.; Jamaica!, Waters; An- 

 tigua 1, Lane, Wullschl., Dominica ! ; Trinidad !, Sieb. Tr. 124 ; [Virgin to French islands !, 

 Sieb. Mart. 379]. 



** Corolla shortly exserted ; whorls approximate. 



21. S. hispanica, L. Annual, rigid-erect, pubescent ; leaves ovate, pointed, serrate, 

 long-petioled, floral ovate, exceeding the short pedicels ; raceme spiciform : whorls approxi- 

 mate, many -flowered ; calyx campanulate, villous-pubescent : upper lip ovate, pointed, 

 2 inferior teeth ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; corolla blue, shortly exserted, glabrous, 

 including the stamens.— Bot. Reg. 5 t. 359.— 1'-2' high; leaves 2"-4", corolla 4"'-5'" 

 long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., Al., Pd., iu coffee-plantations, Port Royal ; [Mexico ! to 

 Quito ; naturalized in south-western Europe]. 



*** Corolla above half an inch long ; whorls at length distant. 



22. S. eriocalyx, Better. Shrubby ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, 

 pubescent above, hoary-tomentose beueath, floral deciduous ; whorls racemose, little distant, 

 6-1 0-flowered ; calyx woolly: upper lip roundish, blunt, 2 inferior teeth deltoid, bluntish; 

 corolla red, villous, about twice as long as the calyx, including the stamens. — 8' high ; 

 leaves 3"-2", corolla 8'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macfl, Pd., Wils., in the mountains of 

 Port Royal. 



23. S. lamiifolia, Jacq. Suffruticose, erect, slightly puberulous; leaves ovate, poiut- 

 leted, serrate, glabrescent, floral oval-subulate, deciduous ; whorls racemose, distant, 6-10- 

 flowered ; calyx glabrescent between the puberulous ribs -. teeth 3, conform, subulate ; 

 corolla blue, villous above, twice as long as the calyx, including the stamens. — Jacq. 

 Schoenbr. t. 318.— Leaves 5"-4", corolla 10 7 " long.— Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild.; Trinidad!, 

 Sieb. 2V. 189; [Cuba]. 



24. S. coccinea, L. Herbaceous, erect ; leaves cordate-ovate or ovate, crenate, hoary- 

 pubescent beneath, floral ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, deciduous ; whorls racemose, distant, 

 6-1 0-flowered; calyx puberulous: teeth. 3, ovate-deltoid; corolla crimson, puberulous, 

 twice to thrice as long as the calyx ; stamens exserted.— Pohl Ic. Bras. t. 192. — Leaves 

 l"-2", corolla 8"'-10'" long. 



o. Stem appressed-pabescent. 



0. ciliata, Benth. Stem pilose, stout. — S. pseudococcinea, Jacq. Ic. Bar. t. 209. 



