LABIATE. XV. HYPTIS. 



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leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, irregularly and 

 bluntly toothed, with undulated margins, narrowly cuneated at 

 the base, stiff, complicate, clothed with rufous down on both 

 surfaces ; heads on long peduncles, globose, densely many- 

 flowered ; bracteas subulate, equalling the heads ; receptacle 

 naked ; calyx pubescent, straight : teeth subulate, soft, villous, 

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

 the woods called Carrascos, in that part of the province of 

 Minas Geraes called Minas Novas. This species differs from 

 H. incisa, in the longer, petiolate, complicate leaves. Corollas 

 purplish. The whole herb is clammy and fetid. 

 Long'pedvnclfd Hyptis. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



39 H. A'LBIPES (St. Hil. ross. ex Benth. lab. p. 88.) hairs 

 adpressed, woolly ; stems procumbent ; leaves nearly sessile, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, serrately crenated, cuneated at the base, 

 clothed with soft viili on both surfaces ; heads on long pedun- 

 cles, globose, densely many-flowered ; bracteas subulate, equal- 

 ling the heads ; receptacle naked ; calyx villous, with soft vil- 

 lous teeth, which are rather shorter than the tube. I/ . ? S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, in fields 

 near Salgado. Leaves 1 to 1 4 inch long : lower ones petiolate. 

 Heads of the preceding. 



White-peduncled Hyptis. PI. procumbent. 



40 H. ZLOXGA'TA (Benth. lab. p. 88.) clothed with soft pfli ; 

 leaves on short petioles, oblong, acute, remotely and deeply 

 crenated or serrated, narrowed at the base, clothed with soft 

 hoary villi on both surfaces ; heads on long peduncles, globose ; 

 densely many-flowered ; receptacle nearly naked ; bracteas 

 linear-subulate, exceeding the calyxes ; calyx densely villous : 

 teeth subulate, clothed with very soft villi, longer than the 

 tube. J? . S. Native of Peru, in various places, Ruiz, et 

 Pav. and Mathews. Stem woody at the base, procumbent. 

 Branches erect, nearly terete. Leaves glandular beneath. Co- 

 rolJa scarcely exceeding the calyx. 



Elongated Hyptis. PI. 1 foot. 



SECT. VII. EmospHi'RiA (from tptoy, erion, wool ; and trdoupo, 

 sphaira, a sphere ; in allusion to heads of flowers being woolly.) 

 Benth. lab. p. 88. Heads semiglobose, densely many-flowered. 

 Bracteas numerous, adpressed, lanceolate, or linear ; those of 

 the fruit bearing heads, spreading, not reflexed on the pe- 

 duncles, clothed with silky tomentum or wool. Receptacle very 

 villous or woolly. Calvx campanulate, straight, almost gla- 

 brous near the base, very villous or woolly at top ; teeth gene- 

 rally short, straight. Corolla hardly exceeding the calyx. 

 Herbs or subsbrubs, generally hard. Heads of flowers usually 

 on short peduncles, few towards the tops of the branches, 

 clothed with soft silky tomentum or woolly villi. 



41 H. LEUCOCE'PHALA (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 89.) suf- 

 fruticose, procumbent at the base ; branches ascending, clothed 

 with hoary pubescence above, and glabrous below ; leaves 

 nearly sessile, lanceolate, bluntly serrated, narrowed at the base, 

 wrinkled, clothed with hoary tomentum beneath ; heads small, 

 on long peduncles, nearly globose, densely many-flowered, 

 clothed with white wool ; receptacle woolly ; bracteas equal- 

 ling the heads, and are, as well as the calvcine teeth, which 

 are subulate, clothed with soft villi. f- . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in sandy fields near Joazeiro, along the river San Francisco, in 

 the province of Bahia. Corolla exceeding the calyx a little, 

 rose-coloured. Plant aromatic. With the exception of this 

 species, which has many of the characters of the 'sections Cyano- 

 cephalus and Cephafahyptis, the rest of them form a very natural 

 section. 



White-headed Hyptis. Shrub procumbent. 



42 H. PASSERI'XA (Mart. mss. ex Bentb. lab. p. 89.) shrub- 



by, divaricate ; branches clothed with silky tomentum ; leaves 

 nearly sessile, small, obovate-oblong, obtuse, quite entire, undu- 

 lated, narrowed at the base, veinless, clothed with silky tomen- 

 tum ; heads small, semiglobose, densely many-flowered, on 

 short peduncles ; receptacle villous ; bracteas lanceolate, obtuse, 

 clothed with silky tomentum, about equal in length to the 

 heads ; calyx campanulate, clothed with silky villi : teeth short, 

 lanceolate. \ . S. Native of Brazil, on Serra de Piedade, in 

 the province of Minas Geraes. Nearly allied to H- Selloi, but 

 differs in the ovate undulated leaves. 

 Sparroft Hyptis. Shrub. 



43 H. SELLOI (Benth. lab. p. 89.) stem shrubby, procum- 

 bent ; branches clothed with silky tomentum ; leaves sessile, 

 linear, obtuse, quite entire, flat, narrowed at the base, veinless, 

 clothed with hoary tomentum ; heads small, semiglobose, 

 densely many-flowered, on short peduncles ; receptacle villous ; 

 bracteas lanceolate, clothed with silky tomentum, about equal in 

 length to the beads ; calyx campanulate, clothed with silky 

 villi : teeth short, lanceolate. Ij . S. Native of the South of 

 Brazil. Shrub divaricate. Branches nearly terete. Corolla 

 glabrous, exceeding the tube of the calyx a little. 



Sello't Hyptis. Shrub. 



44 H. ANGCSTIFOLIA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 89.) 

 stem shrubby, erectish ; branches clothed with silky tomentum ; 

 leaves nearly sessile, linear, acute, toothed at top, quite entire at 

 the base, and narrowed a long way, veined, clothed with silky to- 

 mentum on both surfaces ; peduncles longer than the heads, which 

 are semiglobose and densely many-flowered ; receptacle villous ; 

 bracteas lanceolate, clothed with silky tomentum, equalling the 

 heads ; calyx, campanulate, clothed with silky villi : teeth short, 

 very soft, lanceolate. Jj . S. Native of Brazil, on Serra de 

 Ourada, in the province of Goyaz. Allied to H. Selloi, and as 

 if it was intermediate between it and H. telutlna. Leaves 1J 

 to 2 5 inches long : floral ones exceeding the head. 



Narrow-teated Hyptis. Shrub. 



45 H. SAXA'TUJS (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 90.) suffru- 

 ticose ; branches clothed with silky tomentum ; leaves nearly 

 sessile, oblong-lanceolate, acute, toothed at apex, quite entire at 

 the base, and narrowed, veiny, clothed with silky tomentum on 

 both surfaces ; .peduncles longer than the heads ; heads semi- 

 globose, densely many-flowered ; receptacle villous ; bracteas 

 lanceolate, clothed with silky tomentum, about equal in length 

 to the heads ; calyx campanulate, clothed with silky wool : teeth 

 short, lanceolate. J? . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of 

 Goyaz. Allied to H. anguslifolia, but differs in the form of 

 the leaves. 



Rock Hyptis. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



46 H. HILA'EH (Benth. lab. p. 90.) herbaceous ? hard, clothed 

 with long, loose, silky wool ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate-round- 

 ish, obtuse, crenulated, rounded at the base, thick, stiff; heads 

 semiglobose, densely many-flowered, on short peduncles ; re- 

 ceptacle very villous ; bracteas ovate-lanceolate, about equal in 

 length to the head ; calyx clothed with woolly villi : teeth short, 

 acute. I/ . ? S. Native of Brazil, in the southern part of the 

 province of Goyaz, on the stony mountain called Morro de 

 Tisao. Stems nearly simple, 1 to 1^ foot long. Leaves 1 to 

 1 5 inch long. 



St. Hiiaire's Hyptis. Shrub 1 to 1J foot. 



47 H. VELUTI'SA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. p. 90.) herba- 

 ceous ; the whole plant velvety from silky hairs ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, crenated, narrowed a long way into the peti- 

 oles ; heads semiglobose, densely many-flowered, on short 

 peduncles ; receptacle very villous ; bracteas ovate or lanceo- 

 late, about equal in length to the heads ; calyx very villous : 

 teeth subulate, shorter than the tube. Tl . S. Native of Brazil, 

 not far from Villa Boa, &c., in the province of Goyaz ; and 



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