526 LABIATAE. hyptis. 



Folia floralia uli bracteae lineare.s acutae inlegerrimae, pilis brevibus cilialo- 

 pubescentes, calyce paullo longiores. Calyces sessile.s, fauce inlus nuda, denlibus 

 villosis lubo subaequalibus. CoroIIa parva alba, vix dentibus calycinis longior. 

 — Nepeta maxima etc. Sloane, Hist. Jam. 1.173. t. 108. fig. 1. — Nepeta foliis ser- 

 ratis Plum. Ic. 162. — Hyptis Madagascariensis Bojer mss. an Sweet, Hort. Bot. 

 [ed. 2.] 594? — Habitat in America et Africa tropica, in insulis Antillis, in Brasilia 

 et in Peruvia, in Senegambia Africae tropicae, in Madagascaria et in insula Manilla. 



5. H. LOPHANTHA Mart. mss. ex Bth. 1. c. — Herbacea: caule humili erecto ramoso 

 glabriusculo, angulis vix asperis; foll. petiolatis oblongis obtusis crenato-serralis, 

 basi anguslalis, utrinq. glabriusculis, subtus pallidis, floralib. bracteaeformib.; 

 verticillastris 6-10-f1oris in spicas terminales interruptas subapproxiraatis; brac- 

 teis linearib. calyce subbreviorib.; calycis pubescentis recti ore aequali truncato, 

 dentib. subulatis strictis rigidis. O? — Ab affini H. spicigera differt caule semi- 

 pedali v. vix pedali basi ramosissimo, foliis parvis obtusis et spicis interruptis 

 calycibusque majoribus. — Habitat in Brasilia, in herbidis pascuis in Serro Frio 

 provinciae Minas Geraes. 



6.? H. STRICTA Benth. I. c 79. t — Herbacea: caule erecto scabro-pubescente; 

 foll. breviler petiolatis oblongo-Ianceolatis obtusis grosse serratis, basi angusta- 

 tis, supra villosulis, sublus cano-tomentosis; racemo subramoso; verticillastris 

 muIliQoris, supremis interrupte spicatis, inferiorib. in spiculas breves dispositis; 

 bracteis subuiatis calyce breviorib.; calycis glabriusculi tubulosi recti ore aequali 

 truncato, dentib. subulatis. 2|, — Radix (v. caulis pars inferior?) nodosa. Caulis 

 2-3-pedaIis, subsimplex, parce foliosus tetragonus, anguli pilis brevissimis rigidis 

 scabridi, facies glabrae v. pilis raris pubescentes. Folia inferiora r/i-2'/i-polIi- 

 caria, supra rugosa, pilis brevibus rigidis villosa et scabra, subtus tomento al- 

 bido dense lanata, margine saepe subincisa, superiora parva, floralia minuta. 

 Racemus elongatus, in parte superiore ex verticillastris globosis approximalis 

 compositus, in parte inferiore ex spiculis cylindricis remotis, basi inlerruptis 

 l-r/i-pollicaribus. Calycis faux intus nuda, dentes tubo breviores. Achaenia 

 oblonga obtusa laevia. Species inter Spicariam, Apodoten et Pohfdesmiam quasi 

 media. — Habital in Brasilia meridionali. 



Sectio ni. APODOTES Bth. I. c. 79. 



Flores sessiles. Verticillastri e capitulis binis sessilibus sed saepe dislinctis 

 compositi, axillares, remoti v. rarius in racemum terminalem interruptum dispo- 

 siti. Bracteae subulatae v. lanceolatae. Calyx fruclifer rectus, denlibus subulatis 

 V. lanceolato-subulatis rigidulis. Herbae nudicaules v. foliosae. 



7. H. NUDICAULIS Benth. I. c f — Herbacea: caulib. simplicib. erectis subnudis 

 sericeo-Ianalis; foll. subradicalib. ovalib. obtusis crenatis rugosis hispidis; ra- 

 cemo simplici; verlicillastris globosis multifloris, supremis approximatis; bracteis 

 subulatis flores aequanlib.; calycis pubescentis tubulosi dentib. abbreviatis acu- 

 tis. 2|, — Caules e basi crassa lignosa rufo-Ianala pauci, 2-3-pedaIes et ultra, 

 simplicissimi. Folia omnia ad basin approximata, 2-3-poIIicaria, basi angustata, 

 supra pilis longis rigidis dense hispida, subtus nervosa, nervis hispidis. Nodi 

 superiores aphylli. Verlicillaslri semipoUicem diamelro lenentes, multiflori infe- 

 riores pollicem et ullra distantes, superiores in spicam terminalemapproximati. 

 Folia floralia bracteis conformia. Calyces fuscescentes, demum glabrati, fauce 

 intus nuda. CoroIIa parva, extus vix pubescens, tubo calycem subaequanle, sor- 

 dide purpurea. Stamina glabra v. superiorum filamenta intus pubescentia (St. Hil.). 

 Achaenia ovato-oblonga pallida laevia. — Habitat in Brasilia in campis el ad 

 vias prope Villa de Campanha provinciae Minas Geraes, ad Macacou in Serra 

 Urruhii provinciae Goyaz. 



8. H. SERICEA Blh. I. c. — Caulib. subsimplicib. sericeo-lanatis, superne subaphyl- 

 lis; foll. subsessilib. ovatis oblusis subintegerrimis crassis nervosis, utrinq. seri- 

 ceo-Ianatis; capitulis globosis dense mullifloris, breviter pedunculalis racemosis; 

 bracleis subulatis capitulum .lequanlib.; calycis tubulosi sericco-Ianati dentib. 



