52 SCHOMBURGK’S GUIANA PLANTS. 
Schomburgk, n. 694.—Also from Trinidad, Anderson ; and 
from Pernambuco, Gardner, n. 1049.—The following gre 
the characters I propose for this new genus and species. 
Cryptocatyx. Cal. membranaceus, tenuissimus, obsolete 
dentatus. Cor. tubulosa, bilabiata, labiis erectis, sup. brevis- 
simo bifido, inf, elongato, trifido. Stam. 4. didynama, inf. 
longiora, omnia antherifera, antheris oblongis bilocularibus. 
Ovar. biloculare, loculisuniovulatis, ovulis a basi loculi erectis. 
anatropis. Stylus inclusus. Stig, obliquum capitatum. 
Fruct. sponte bipartitus, pericarpio calyceque subevanidis, 
pyrenis oblongis monospermis. Sem. testa duriuscula tenui 
exalbuminosa ; embryone recto; cotyledonibus magnis. 
C. nepetefolia. Herba annua, ramosa, basi procumbens 
ssepe radicans, apice adscendens. Rami crassiusculi, obscure 
tetragoni, glabri vel pilis appressis paucis onusti. Folia op- 
posita, petiolata, ovato-rhombea, grosse dentata, basi cuneato- 
truncata et integerrima, 1-12 pollicaria, utrinque viridia et 
glabra vel pilis appressis paucis pubescentia. Spice ovoideo- 
oblongse, axillares, pedunculate, solitariz vel glomerate, 
petiolo breviores. Flores numerosissimi, minuti, sessiles, 
seriebus circiter 12 densissime imbricati. Rachis post flores 
delapsos cicatrizata. Bractez cuneate, acuminate, mem- 
branaceze, complicato-carinatee, margine ciliatze, flores parum. 
excedentes, calyx corolle tubo dimidio brevior, sub lente 
minutissime pubescens. Corolla alba, glabra, vix ultra 
semilineam longa.  Pyrenes maturitate omnino liberi, 
graniformes, 4 lin. longi. —An old plant in herbaria, but not 
described among Verbenacee@; its habit rather rerarablisgi 
Composite. 
96. Lippia microphylla, Linnea, VII. p. 226.—Stony 
places in savannahs. British Guiana. Schomburgk, n. 75. 
—For the characters and affinities of this genus, see Chamisso 
and Schlechtendal, in the Linnea above quoted, and Mr 
Bentham's remarks, in Taylor's Annals qf Natural History, 
v. II. p. 446. 
97. L. salviafolia, Te: Hort. Schinbr. III. p. 18t 285? 
— British Guiana. Schomburgk, n. 730. 
