524 LABIATAE. marsypianthes. 



minusve pedunculala. Bracleae lanceolalo-lineares v. subulatae, calycem aequanles. 

 Calycis villosi denles lanceolali acuti, fructiferis erectis, palentibus v. reflexis. 

 Corolla coerulea v. purpurascens, calycem vix excedens. O — Clinopodiuni Cha- 

 maedrys Vahl, Symb. botanic. III. 77. — Ilyplis Chamaedrys Willd. Spec. plantar. 

 III. 85. — Poit. Ann. Mus. Par. VII. 468. l. 27. flg. 4. (male!) — Hyptis pseudo- 

 chamaedrys Poit. 1. c. 469. t. 31. fig. 1. — Hyptis inflata Spr. Syst. vegetab. II. 

 731. — Hyptis lurida Spr. 1. c. — Habitat in Americae aequinociialis cultis, ru- 

 deratis, campis, arenosis maritimis elc. frequens in Mexico, in insula Porlo Rico 

 el Trinilalis, in Cayenna, in Brasiliae provinciis Para, Bahia, Rio Janeiro el Mi- 

 nas Geraes. 



35S2/i. RHAPHIODO^ Schauer. 

 (Schauer, Flora [B. Z.] XXVIII. 345.) 

 Capitula longe pedunculata conferte multiflora, bracteis numerosis su- 

 bulatis involucrata. Flores sessiles ebractcati. Calyx turbinatus, floriferi 

 tubus brevis aequalis interne nudus, limbus ex aciculis subulatis 5 lon- 

 gioribus et 5 pluribusve brevioribus illisque alternis confectus, fructiferi 

 tubus auctus, membranaceus, sub limbo in alam horizontalem coHaris ad 

 instar productus, limbus subimmutatus. Corolla calycem excedens; tubus 

 levitcr curvatus interne glaber, faux subinflata, limbi subbilabiati labium 

 superius biQdum patens, inferius trilobum, lobis lateralibus linearibus 

 patentibus, medio oblongo, basi contracta saccato, sub anthesi dejecto. 

 Stamina 4 declinata edentula villosula, antherae subcordato-reniformes, 

 loculis apice subconfluentibus. Stylus apice reduncus; stigma lerminale 

 subtruncatum. Loborum germinis plerumque non nisi unicus perfecti- 

 bilis, reliquis in gynophoro brevi rudimentariis , ille subadultus pericar- 

 pio membranaceo utriculiformis obovatus compressus laevis, gemmulam 



basifixam anatropam fovens. Fructus ? — Herba Brasiliensis. 



1. RH. (ZAPANIA Nees ab.Esenb. et Mart. Nov. act. acad. Caesar. Leop. Carol. nal. 

 curios. XI. 71. f t. 5.) ECHINUS Schauer I. c. 346. — Caules herbacei filiformes 

 procumbentes foliaque piioso -villosula. Folia longe petiolata ascendentia ovala 

 V. ovato-oblonga, basi rotundata truncata v. subcordata breviter acuminata grosse 

 et inaequaliter serrato-dentata reticulalo-venosa, subtus pallida. Pedunculi filifor- 

 mes foiia superanles, superne bracteis alternis subulatis reflexisque munili. Ca- 

 pitula globosa Cerasi mole, denlibus calycis pilis articulatis hirsulis aciculisque 

 involucri rigidis undique horrentibus echinata. CoroIIa lilacino-coerulea, limbo 

 calycis fere duplo longior, lacinia iufima glabra, reliquis pilis nonnullis articulalis 

 dorso ad apicem barbatis. ^ — Variat foliorum magnitudine, foliisque l%-2- 

 pollicaribus et vix semipollicaribus reperitur. — Crescit in Brasilia Iropica, in 

 provincia Minas Geraes. 



3583. HYPTIS Jcq. 



(Jcq. Collect. botanic. I. 101. - Meisn. Gener. plant. vascular. I. 233. II. 191. - Bth. 



Labiatar. gener. et spec. 64.) 



Sectio I. GYMNEIA Bth. 1. c. 77. 



Flores sessiles. Verticillastri multiflori subglobosi in spicam densam v. race- 



mum interruptum dispositi. Bracteae numerosae adpressae subulatae. Calyx fruc- 



tifer submembranaceus apice recurvus, denlibus subulatis. Caulis superne denu- 



datus. Folia floralia minuta. 



1. H. VIRGATA Benlh. 1. c. f — Herbacea: ramis elongatis strictis subnudis; foll. 

 parvis remotis subsessilib. ovato-oblongis rugosis villosis; verticillastris multi- 

 floris in spicam brevem terminalem congeslis; bracteis parvis subulatis; calycis 

 pubescentis tnbulosi fructiferi recurvi ore obliquo membranaceo reflexo, dentib. 

 subulatis glabris tubo subaequalibus. ^. — Caules e basi lignosa plures hcrbacei 

 erecti, 1-2-pedaIes, glabri v. ad basin pubescentes tetragoni sulcati. Folia pau- 

 cissima, vix 4-6 lineas longa, v. interdum infiraa ovata subpollicaria, omnia ru- 

 gosissima hispida, floralia minuta bracteacformia. Spica dcnsa, l-r/:-poIIicaris, 



