550 LABIATA. 
8. Poliomintha longiflora, A. Gr. in Proc. Am. Acad. viii. p. 296. 
Norta Mzxico, without locality ( Gregg, 313). Hb. Kew. 
4. Poliomintha marifolia, A. Gr. in Proc. Am. Acad. viii. p. 365. 
Keithia marifolia, Schauer in Linnea, xx. p. 705. 
Norte Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 749); 
Sovran Mexico, Zimapan (Aschenborn, 212; Coulter, 1080). Hb. Kew. 
5. Poliomintha mollis, A. Gr. in Proc. Am. Acad. viii. p. 365, et Synop. Fl. N. 
Am. ii. p. 361. 
Hedeoma mollis, Torr. Bot. U.S. & Mex. Bound. Surv. p. 129. 
This species has hitherto only been collected on the Texan bank of the Rio Grande. 
10. GARDOQUTA. 
Gardoquia, Ruiz et Pay. Prodr. Fl. Peruv. et Chil. p. 86, t.17; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 11. 
p. 1189. 
About twenty-eight herbaceous, half-shrubby, and shrubby species, ranging from 
Mexico to Chili. 
1. Gardoquia helleri, Peyr. in Linnea, xxx. p. 34. 
Soutu Mexico, Orizaba, Tepetitlan, 8000 to 9000 feet (Heller, 212). 
2. Gardoquia mexicana, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 50; DC. Prodr. xii. p. 235. 
South Mexico, between Regla and the Barranca (Hartweg, 377), Orizaba (Botteri, 
839), Zimapan (Coulter, 1130), Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 328). Hb. Kew. 
8. Gardoquia micromerioides, Hemsley, n. sp. (Tab. LXIX. A. figg. 1-5.) 
Suffruticosa, preter flores cito glabrescens, foliis parvis subsessilibus lineari-oblongis, floribus 
axillaribus solitariis longiuscule pedunculatis, calyce elongato fere equaliter 5-dentato, fauce 
pilis longis albis clausa, dentibus lineari-subulatis paullo brevioribus quam tubus, coroll 
labio antico equaliter trilobato, lobis rotundatis. 
Suffrutex ramosus, erectus, 6-15-pollicaris, preeter flores cito glabrescens, ramis gracilibus, 
nitidis, internodiis sepissime brevioribus quam folia. Folia subcoriacea, subsessilia, lineari- 
oblonga vel anguste lanceolata, 3-9 lineas longa, obtusiuscula, integerrima, utrinque promi- 
nenter glandulosa, venis immersis inconspicuis. Flores axillares, solitarii, 6-9 lineas longi, 
pedunculati, basi bibracteolati; pedunculi graciles, 3—4.lineas longi, suberecti ; bracteole anguste 
lanceolate, 1-14 lineam longe ; calyx siccus atro-purpureus, angustus, 3-4 lineas longus, preeter 
faucem glaber, 13-nervis, dentibus subzequalibus, lineari-subulatis, quam tubus paullo brevi- 
oribus, fauce pilis longis albis clausa; corolla fere recta, hirsuta, labio postico bifido, antico 
equaliter trilobato, lobis oblongis, rotundatis; stamina 4, longiora labium posticum vix equantia ; 
stylus inzqualiter bifidus. Nucule mature non vise. 
Nort Mexico, San Luis Potosi (Schaffner, 70; Parry & Palmer, 244). Hb. Kew. 
In habit this closely resembles Hedeoma hyssopifolia, A. Gr., and Micromeria boliviana, 
Benth. ; and it is almost intermediate in its floral characters between Micromeria and 
Gardoquia. 
