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aud in the middle from 4 to 5 inches broad, and, like aereral allied species, with blood-red spots ; smaller 
leaves not exceeding 1 inch in length ; corollas about 14 lines long. 
794. Alloplixtus DarienensiSj Seem. ; caulc suSruticoso scandcutc radicante glabro^ foliis ovato- 
lanceolatis longe pctiolatis in petlolum attenuatis longe acuminatis denticiilatis intcgerrimisve supra 
\Tridibns subtua pallidioribus ntrinque glabris^ fioribus axillaribus solitariis vcl aggrcgatis^ bractcis 
linearibus, calyeis lobis Hnearibus coroUam sub3ec[uantibus inciso-laciuiatis pilosiusculis (sub Icute), 
corolla subclaviformi (flava) extus pubcrula, starainibua cohserentibus, capsula glabra. Dark woods, 
Cape CorrienteSj Darien. 
An epiphytical shrubby plant ; leaves, including petiole, from 14- to 16 inches long, and in the middle 
about %\ inches broad ; capsule two-valved, about 3 lines in diameter. 
795. Episcia pulcheJla, Mart., Nov. Gen. vol. iii. p. 45. — Besleria jmkhellaj DoUj De Cand. 
Prodr. vol. \ii. p. 539. Cape CorricnteSj Darien. 
Another Gesneriacea, perhaps an AUopJectm, was coUeeted by me in the Isthmus (Herb, no, 1053), 
but the specimens are too imperfect for a satisfactory determination. 
LABIATE*. 
796. OciMUM sanctum, Linn., De Cand. Prodx. vol. xii. p. 38, Naturalized in the neighbour- 
hood of Panama. 
797. OciMUM micrantJmm,'Wi}X^.,'Dc Cand. Prodr. vol. xii. p. 40. — Nomen veraacul. "Toronjil"? 
In waste places near Panama. 
Ocimum j?tinimum, Linn. (De Cand. Prodr. vol. xii. p. 33), is, on account of its agreeable odour, culti- 
vated in the gardens of Panama. 
798. Marsypianthus hyptoides, Mart., Dc Cand. Prodr. vol. xii. p. 84. About Panama viejo. 
799. Hyptis crenata, Pohl, De Cand. Prodr. vol. xii. p. 102. — Var. angustifolia, Benth. MSS.; 
foliis angustioribus. Savanas between Nata and Santiago de Veraguas. 
A shrub from 1 to 2^ feet high ; flowers pale blue. 
800. Hyptis cantata, Jacq., De Cand. Prodr. vol. xii. p. 106. In waste places about Panama; 
Chagres (Pendler^ no. 230.) 
801. Hyptis lantanafoUa, Poit., De Cand. Prodr. vol. xii. p. 110. In savanas near Panama. 
802. Hyptis ferruginea, Benth.^ De Cand. Prodr. vol. xii. p. 111. About Calzado largo. 
" This agrees," writes IMr. Bentham, " with my character of -H". ferruginea, a species I have never seen 
since I described it, except that the leaves are broader. It is probably a broad-leaved variety of H. ferruginea, 
quite distinct from JI. exceha:'' A shrub fi'om 3 to 4 feet high ; leaves about 2 inches long, and 1 or \\ 
inch broad ; flowers white ; blossoms in October. 
803. Hyptis spicaia, Poit., De Cand. Prodr. vol. xii. p. 121. Common all over the country, 
from tlie lower coast-region to an elevation of 5000 feet. 
* In determining the plants of this Natural Order, I have been kindly assisted by G-. Bentham, Esq. — 
B.S. 
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