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rigid, somewhat coriaceous texture; for the long, erect spikes, 
with large, erect bractee ; the opposite solitary flowers, and 
its long-scaled corolla, clothed with yellow hairs. 
2, Salvia rhombifolia ; caule herbaceo bifariam piloso. erecto 
ramoso, foliis subrhomboideo-cordatis subacutis rugosis 
subtus praecipue pubescentibus crenato-serratis, racemis 
terminalibus, verticillis remotis, corolle labio inferiore 
ampliato patente, staminibus longe exsertis, bracteis parvis 
ovatis deciduis. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. v. l. p. 26. t. 36. 
J. b. Graham in Ed. N. Phil. Journ. 1830.—4. minor ; 
. foliis magis ovatis, calycibus valde pubescentibus. 
Has. Lurin, near Lima. 4. Obrajillo, in the Valley of 
Canta. 
3. Stachys speciosa ; fruticosa, ramosissima, ramis erectis 
glabris, foliis ovatis glabriusculis crenato-serratis breve 
petiolatis subtus impresso-punctatis, petiolis paulo supra 
basin articulatis, verticillis paucifloris foliosis subspicatis, 
calycibus cylindraceis hirsutis corolla pilosa subquadruplo 
brevioribus, filamentis longioribus exsertis. 
Has. Below Obrajillo, in the Valley of Canta. 
This is a very beautiful species, with leaves scarcely an 
inch long, while the fine purple corollas are nearly twice that 
length, Style much exserted. -Anthers subreniform, the cells 
Separated by a fleshy connectivum. | 
4. Teucrium nudicaule; herbaceum, erectum, ramis virgatis, 
foliis parvis remotis pubescentibus profunde trifidis seg- 
mentis linearibus obtusis integerrimis, supremis seu. brac- 
teis tripartitis, foribus spicato-racemosis, calyce brevi- 
campanulato corollaque valde pubescenti-hirsutis. 
Has, Valley of Canta? 
The exact station of this plant, I have, by some accident, 
lost. The species is a very remarkable one. "Phe branches im 
my possession are. about a foot and a half long, and seem to 
be but a small portion of the plant. The pairs of leaves are, 
in the older portions of the stem, three and four inches apart, 
not half an inch long, and always deeply trifid. Calyw with 
