560 LABIATAE. hyptis. 



Sectio XIV. PECTINARIA Btli. 1. c. 127. 



Cymae per anlhesia subcapilalae, post auihesin elongaiae unilaierales pecli- 

 natae. Bracleae laxae selaceae. Caljx subsessilis, fruciifer lubulosus Iruncalus, 

 denlibus selaceis slriclis, fauce inlus villis clausa. 



167. H. PECTINATA Poit. Ann. mus. Paris. VII. 474. - Blh. 1. c. 127. - Glabra v. 

 lenuiter pubescens: foll. peiioialis ovalis crenato-serratis, basi rolundatis, sublus 

 pallidis; cymis mullifloris laxiusculis paniculalo-racemosis, demum elongatis in- 

 curvis peclinatis; bracteis laxis selaceis, calyce subbrevioiib.; calycis lubulosi 

 canescenlis ore truncato, fauce intus villosa, dentib. setaceis slriclis, tubo bre- 

 vioribus. '^ — Caulis basi durus sublignosus. Rami erecti 2-5-pedales, angulis 

 laevibus, saepius pubescentibus. Folia forma et magniludine variabilia, nunc vix 

 pollicaria late ovata oblusa, nunc 2-3-pollicaria acuminata acuia, crenaturis ob- 

 lusis V. rarius aculis, utrinque glabra v. pagina superiore pilis brevissimis raris 

 hispidula et subtus tenuiter cano-tomentosa. Racemi secundi, apice dense co- 

 arclati, basi inlerrupti simplices v. frcquenlius paniculato-ramosi. Cymae ulrinq. 

 5-30-florae, juniores capilatae, bracleis dentibusque calycinis subulatis crinitae, 

 fructiferae ut in Borragineis incurvo-peclinatae. Corolla parva, pallide purpu- 

 rascens v. flavida, labiis purpureo-maculatis. Achaenia parva oblonga nigra 

 laevia. — Menlha perilloides Linn. Syst. (ed. 13.) 445? non Auct. — ]\'epeta pecti- 

 nata Linn. Spec. plant. 799. — Bystropogon pectinatum L'Herit. Sert. Angl. 19. — 

 JSepeta aristata Rich. Acl. soc. hist. nat. Par. 110. — Brotera Persica Spr. in 

 Transact. of the Linn. soc. VI. 157. t. 4. — Htjptis Persica Poit. Ann. mus. Par. 

 VTl. 471. — Ballota disticha Rodsch. Obs. 35. [ex Meyer, Flor. Esseq. 203. non 

 Linn.] — Ballota suaveolens Ilodsch. Bald. Diar. fasc. 28. p. 79. [ex Meyer 1. c. 

 non Linn.] — Hyptis nepetoides Fisch. ex Schrank in Denkschr. der Bot. Gesellsch. 



Regensb. II. 52. — Hyptis racemosa Zuccagni in Act. Acad. Taurin ? — Bys- 



tropogon coarcfatum Schum. el Thonn. Kongl. Dansk. Vidensk. Sclsk. Afhandl. 

 IV. 34. — Habilat in Araericae aequinoctialis aridis cretaceis et arenosis vulgacis, 

 eliam in Africae nec non Asiae regione tropica spontanca, sed non indigena, (in 

 insulis Cuba, Jamaica, Porto Rico, Caribaeis, in Mexico calidiore, Panama, Peru- 

 via, insula Trinitatis, ad Essequebo, Demerara, in Brasilia), in Africa occidentali 

 Iropica, Madagascaria, ad Maderaspatam et in insulis Marianis. 



Sectio XV. MINTHIDIUM Btb. 1. c. 128. 



Flores in verticillaslris axillaribus plerumque muliifloris sessiies v. breviter pe- 

 dicellati. Bracleae minutae vix ullae v. laxae setaceae. Calyx campanulatus aequa- 

 lis, fauce intus nuda. Corolla vix calycem excedens. — Herbae apice saepe sub- 

 paniculalae. 



1G8. H. PULEGIOIDES Pohl, Ic. ined. ex Blh. I. c. 128. — Herbacea, basi procum- 

 bens: ramis adscendentib. adpresse pubescenlib.; foll. breviler petiolalis lanceo- 

 lalis acutis serratis, basi angustaiis rugosis villosulis, floralib. conformib. raino- 

 rib.; verticillastris omnib. distinctis globosis, dense raullifloris; bracteis subulatis 

 calyce breviorib.; calycis tubulosi raembranacei basi villosi dentib. lanceolalo- 

 subulatis erectis brevibus. 2|.? — Species \nler 31inthidium el Apodoten vaedia, 

 an ad hanc sectionem referenda? Achaenia laevia. — Habital in Brasilia ad Fa- 

 zenda do Pari provinciae Minas Geraes. 

 169. H. ALBIDA H. B. Kth. Nov. gen. el spec. plant. II. 319. — Bth. 1. c. — Fruti- 

 cosa floccoso-lanala: foll. subsessilib. ovalis obtusis v. supremis subulalo-acu- 

 minatis crenatis, basi rotundato-cunealis rugosis; verlicillastris laxis globosis 

 dislinclis; racemis subpaniculatis; bracteis brevib. setaceis ; calyce fruclifero sub- 

 globoso dense lanato, dentib. mollissimis selaceis, lubo subaequalibus. 2|. — Rami 

 et folia lana alba subfloccosa dense vestiti. Folia superiora minora, floralia li- 

 nearia subulato-acurainata, verlicillaslro vix longiora. CoroIIa vix calyce longior. 

 Achaenia subinflata ovato-rotuudala compressa. Calyces lana alba densissima 

 oranino immersi. — Ilabilal in Mexico, in regione tcmperaia montium juxta la- 

 cus Cusco in convalle Saucti Jacobi et prope urbem Valladolid. 



