Martiane. N. O. Labiate. 
TAB. CDLXI. 
ERIOPE MACROSTACHYA. 
Fruticosa, ramis pubescentibus villosisve, foliis petiolatis ovato- 
lanceolatis acutis denticulatis basi rotundatis subcordatisve 
Tarius cuneatis rugosis utrinque villosis, panicula ampla ra- 
mosa, 
Eriope macrostachya. Mart. in Benth. Lab. Gen. et Sp. p. 145. 
Has. Elevated Campos, and woods of the mining districts in 
Brazil. Martius and others. 
The essential character, derived from the corolla, is very 
nearly the same in Eriope as in Hyptis, and the affinity with the 
section Hypenia of that genus is certainly very close. Yet the 
peculiar form of the mature calyx, bilabiate and closed at the 
mouth with hairs, appears constant ; as is also the inflorescence, 
the flowers being solitary and opposite as in Scutellaria, forming 
leafless simple or paniculately branched racemes. There are 
about fifteen species known, all Brazilian. Bentham. 
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Calyx cut open. /f. 3. Corolla cut open. 
Ff. 4, 5. Stamens. f, 6, Ovary and style :—all magnified. 
