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longa, 1| uncias lata quo latissima. Capitula? parvse globosse, 

 g unciain longa. Bracteoe lauceolatae acutae pubesceutes. Calyx 

 brevis bilobus pubescens. Corolla alba fauce flava 5-uncialis, tubo 

 gracili curvo extus glanduloso pubescent!, lamina bilabiata, labio 

 superiore trilobo, lobis rotundatis, labio inferiore rotundato 

 latiore emarginato, fauce liispido. Stamina 4. Antberse latae 

 oblongse, filamenta brevia. Stylus crassus ; stigmata laterali 

 rotundato parvo. Ovarium rotundatum pubescens. Drupa 

 minima pubescens, ferme exsicca, sicca valde aromatica. 



In the thickets of the Sapate, tolerably plentiful. An infusion 

 of the leaves is used as tea, as is the case with other species in 

 Brazil. This species is allied closely to Lantana cinerascens in 

 its dry nut, which, like the leaves, is deliciously aromatic. 



LABIATE. 



Hyptts pectinata, Poit. in Ann. Mus. Par. vii. p. 47-1 ; BentJi. 

 in DC. Prodr. xii. p. 127. — Nepeta pectinata, L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 

 p. 799. 



Abundant in the Sapate, where it grows to a height of about 

 6 feet. Flowers small, lilac. 



Distribution. All parts of warm America. Also occurs in Africa 

 and India. 



H. SUAVEOLENS, Poit. in Ann. Mus. Par. vii. p. 472, t. 29. 

 fig. 2 J BentJi. in DC. Prodr. xii. p. 126. — Ballota suaveolens, L. 

 Sp. PL ed. 2, p. 815. — Bysteropogon suaveolens, VRerit. Serf. 

 Angh p. 17. 



In open places on Tobacco Point, and also on the cliffs on 

 Portuguese Bay, where the whole air was scented with it. It 

 attains a height of from 4-5 feet. Flowers larger than the pre- 

 ceding, blue. 



Distribution. Common in Tropical America, and occurring also 

 in the East Indies. 



PLANTAGINEiE. 



Plantago majoe, L. 8p. PL ed. 1, p. 112 ; J. A. Schmidt in 

 Mart. FL Bras. vi. p. 169. 



This occurred as a garden-weed in the precincts of the Gover- 

 nor's house ; and was no doubt accidentally introduced. It has 

 some reputation here as a medicine in chest complaints. The 



