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bluntly tetragonal. Lower leaves 1-2 indies long. Corolla 

 pale purplish. 



Ditancate Hyptis. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



17 H. LAVANDULA'CEA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 

 82.) herbaceous, clothed with white tomentum, erect ; branches 

 twiggy ; leaves linear, denticulated at apex, narrowed at the 

 base ; heads globose, densely many-flowered, on long pedun- 

 cles ; bracteas subulate, adpressed, about equal in length to the 

 calyxes ; receptacle naked ; calyx tubular, pubescent, with the 

 mouth at length oblique, and the teeth subulate. If. . ? S. Na- . 

 live of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, near Fazenda de 

 Camelliera. Allied to the preceding, but the habit is erect, and 

 the whole plant hoary, and the leaves longer and narrower. 



Lacender-like Hyptis. PI. 2 to 3 feet. ? 



IS H. CAPRARifFOLiA (Pohl, icon. bras. ined. ex Benth. lab. 

 p. 83.) suffiruticose, branched at the base ; branches tall, almost 

 naked at top, clothed with short pubescence ; leaves small, fas- 

 cicled, nearly sessile, lanceolate-cuneated, acute, toothed, nar- 

 rowed at the base, green, pubescent ; heads on long peduncles, 

 small, globose, densely many-flowered ; bracteas subulate, about 

 equal in length to the head ; receptacle naked ; fructiferous 

 calyx elongated, recurved : teeth subulate, pubescent, shorter 

 than the tube. f? . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of 

 Goyaz, on Serra do Chrysais, and on Mount Clarvo. 



Capraria-leaced Hyptis. Shrub. 



19 H. DESERTORVM (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 83.) 

 branches erect, clothed with rufous tomentum ; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate, obtuse, crenated, narrowed at the base, thick, wrinkled, 

 clothed with rusty villi on both surfaces ; heads on long pedun- 

 cles, globose, densely many-flowered ; receptacle naked ; brac- 

 teas equal in length to the head, linear, clothed with rufous 

 villi ; fructiferous calyx elongated, recurved : teeth linear, 

 clothed ith rufous villi. 1 . ? S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 pastures of deserts at Rio Parahybuna, in the province of 

 Minas Geraes. 



Desert Hyptis. PI. 2 to 3 feet. ? 



20 H. BRUXSE'SCENS- (Pohl, icon, ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 83.) 

 shrubby ; ? branches clothed with short, rufous tomentum ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, obtuse, crenated, narrowly round- 

 ed at the base, wrinkled, scabrous above, and clothed with 

 rufous tomentum beneath ; heads on long peduncles, globose, 

 densely many-flowered ; receptacle naked ; bracteas subulate, 

 about equal in length to the calyxes; fructiferous calyx elongated, 

 recurved : teeth subulate, clothed with soft villi, shorter than 

 the tube. ^ . ? S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, 

 at Engendo dos Bois. 



Brunnescent Hyptis. Shrub. ? 



21 H. REFLE'XA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 83.) her- 

 baceous, erect, densely clothed with rufous villi ; leaves nearly 

 sessile, ovate, acute, sharply and unequally toothed, narrowly 

 cuneated at the base, clothed with very soft villi ; heads on 

 long peduncles, globose, densely many- flowered ; bracteas su- 

 bulate, about equal in length to the calyxes ; receptacle nearly 

 naked ; fructiferous calyx elongated, recurved : teeth subulate, 

 clothed with soft villi, snorter than the tube. !.? S. Native 

 of Brazil, in grassy fields near Araxa, in the province of Minas 

 Geraes. Stems many, a little branched. Corolla purplish 

 violet, downy. Plant fetid. 



Reflexed-calyxed Hyptis. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



22 H. CARDIOPHY'LLA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 84.) 

 stems erect, strict, densely clothed with white hairs ; leaves 

 sessile, stem-clasping, broadly heart-shaped, acute, a little ser- 

 rated, clothed with soft silky wool ; heads pedunculate, glo- 

 bose, densely many-flowered ; bracteas subulate, beset with soft 

 villi, about equal in length to the head ; receptacle naked ; 

 fructiferous calyx elongated, recurvedly deflexed : teeth subu- 



VOL. IV. 



late, villous. %. S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of 

 Goyaz and Minas Geraes. Stems many, simple, or sparingly 

 branched. Corollas blue. ? 



Heart-leaved Hyptis. PI. 1 to 1^ foot. 



SECT. VI. CYAXOCE'PHALCS (from, KVOVOQ, kyanot, blue ; and 

 ctoaXij, kephale, a head ; the heads of flowers are blue.) Benth. 

 lab. p. 84. Heads globose, densely many-flowered. Bracteas 

 numerous, adpressed, equal in length to the head, subulate, 

 soft, villous, reflexed on the peduncle. Receptacle naked, or 

 clothed with short pubescence. Fructiferous calyx membranous, 

 turbinately tubular, straight, or a little incurved, glabrous at 

 base ; teeth subulate, straight, clothed with soft villi, about 

 equal in length to the tube. Corolla scarcely exceeding the 

 calycine teeth. Usually hard herbs, or sub-shrubs. Heads of 

 flowers few towards the tops of the branches, generally on long 

 peduncles. When young several of the first species of this 

 section cannot be distinguished from some species of the sect. 

 Cyrla. Others, by the slight inflation of the tube of the calyx 

 at its maturity, come very near the section Xanthiophce a, ex 

 Benth. 



23 H. LAJJA'TA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 84.) 

 suffruticose ; branches clothed with wool like hairs ; leaves 

 numerous, sessile, ovate, acutisb, crenated, cordately stem- 

 clasping at the base, clothed with wool like hairs on both 

 surfaces, nervosely wrinkled beneath ; heads pedunculate, dense- 

 ly many-flowered ; receptacle nearly naked ; bracteas subulate, 

 about equal in length to the head ; calyx nearly straight, with 

 subulate teeth, which are clothed with woolly villi, and are 

 about equal in length to the tube. "if. . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 the province of Goyaz, at Agua Gente and Traheras. 



Woolly Hyptis. PI. 1 to 2 feet. ? 



24 H. ADPRE'SSA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 84.) stems 

 erect, strict, nearly simple, pubescent ; leaves sessile, erect, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, crenately serrated, rounded at the base, 

 subcordately stem-clasping, stiff, nerved, glabrous, or tomen- 

 tose ; heads globose, densely many-flowered, on long pedun- 

 cles ; receptacle naked ; bracteas subulate, equal in length to 

 the head ; calyx straight : teeth subulate, clothed with soft 

 villi, about equal in length to the tube. 1J..? S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, in fields near Torquilla. 

 Habit and flowers similar to H. cardiophylla. 



Adpressed Hyptis. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



25 H. RIGIDA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 85.) suf- 

 fruticose ; branches pubescent, erect ; leaves sessile, ovate, 

 acutisb, serrately crenated, cordately stem-clasping at the base, 

 wrinkled, clothed with very short rufous pubescence beneath ; 

 heads on long peduncles, globose, densely many-flowered ; re- 

 ceptacle nearly naked ; bracteas subulate, about equal in length 

 to the head of flowers ; calyx straightish : teeth subulate, 

 clothed with soft villi, about equal in length to the tube, b . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes. This 

 species differs from H. nercosa in the leaves being narrower 

 and less canescent, and in the heads being smaller, &c. 



Rigid Hyptis. Shrub. 



26 H. FRAGILIFOLIA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 85.) suf- 

 fruticose ; branches erect, pubescent ; leaves sessile, ovate- 

 roundish, obtuse, crenated, cordately stem-clasping at the base, 

 stiff, nearly glabrous above, and at length shining, reticulately 

 veined beneath, and nearly glabrous ; heads pedunculate, glo- 

 bose, densely many-flowered ; receptacle naked ; bracteas su- 

 bulate, about equal in length to the head ; calyxes straight : 

 teeth subulate, clothed with soft villi, about equal in length to 

 the tube. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 

 Geraes, near Pentra. Corolla pale purple. 



Brittle-leaved Hyptis. Shrub. 

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