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rigid, somewhat coriaceous texture ; for the long, erect spikes, 

 with large, erect b?'actecB ; the opposite solitary Jlowers, 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, corollae labio inferiore 

 ampliato patente, staminibus longe exsertis, bracteis parvis 

 ovatis deciduis. Ruiz et Pnv. Fl. Per. v. 1. p. 26. t. 36. 



f. b. Graham in Ed. N. Phil. Journ. 1830. — /3. minor ; 

 foliis magis ovatis, calycibus valde pubescentibus. 



Hab. Lurin, near Lima. /8. Obrajillo, in the Valley of 

 Canta. 



3. Stachys speciosa ; fruticosa, raraosissiraa, 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. 



Hab. 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, floribus spicato-racemosis, calyce brevi- 

 campanulato corollaque valde pubescenti-hirsutis. 

 Hab. Valley of Canta ? 



The exact station of this plant, I have, by some accident, 

 lost. The species is a very remarkable one. The branches in 

 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. CalyiK with 



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