SPICILEGIA GORGONEA. 157 
Cotyledones mericarpio conformes cordate, radicula parva 
crassiuscula. 
164. Hyptis spicigera, Lamk. Dict. 3. p. 185. Benth. Lab. 
Gen. et Spec. (1882-36) p. 78. Nepeta maxima, Sloane 
Hist. of Jam. (1707) t. 8. bona. 
Has. In herb. ins. Cap. Vir. (Mus. reg. Par.) 
Occurrit hac species sed infrequens in vetere orbe et in novo 
in Senegambia per ripas Casamance, Le Prieur et Per- 
rottet! in herb. Delessertiano in Madagascaria, (ex Benth.), 
in ins, Lucon, prope Manillam, (ex Benth.); in ins. Antil- 
licis in herb. Desf.! in ins. Jamaica in uliginosis circa 
urbem St. Jago de la Vega, (ex Sloane); in Peruvia et 
Brasilia, (ex Benth.) 
In hac specie folia floralia parva primum ovata, integra, mox 
384 lineari-partita et ab hanc causam bracteolas esse plures 
celeb. Bentham apparuit. Calyx (8 m. metr. longus) tu- 
bulosus, 10-striatus, 5-dentatus; dentibus tubo dimidio 
brevioribus. Corolla apice villosa. Filamenta parum ex- 
Serta, exteriora longiora. Stylus inclusus. Stamina in- 
trorsa adequans. Mericarpia oblongo-ovata, obtusa, ad 
basin exteriorem cicatricula minuta fungosa notata. Co- 
tyledones ovate, obtuse, cordate, radicula parva crassius- 
cula. 
165. Lavandula rotundifolia, Benth. Lab. Gen. et Sp. 
AB. Ubique in insula S. Nicolai, (Forbes, n. 33. die 27 
Martii, 1822, sp. florida et fructifera); ad medium montem 
Verede, ins, S. Vincentii, (Vogel, n. 77. Junio, 1841, spec. 
fructifera et florida.) In ins. S. Antonii, (Vogel, n. 5.) et 
in herb, Mus. reg. Par. : : 
Frutex ramis lignosis, glabris, elongatis, basi foliosis. Folia 
Petiolata, late oblongo-ovata, laciniato-dentata, basi cu- 
neata, glabra, coriacea, rugoso-nervosa; floralia scariosa, 
Ovata, acuta, 5-striata, cinereo-puberula, calyce breviora, 
in spicam adpressam crassiusculam ramosam disposita. 
Cymule uniflores. Calyz sub 2-labiatus, tubuloso-ovatus, 
15-striatus, 5-dentatus, dentibus ovatis acutis subzequali- 
bus, fructiferis recurvis. Corolla calycem sub 2-plum 
