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LABIATJE. XV. HYPTIS. 



near Paracatu, in the province of Minas Geraes. Habit of 

 Bupthdlmum aqudticum. Corolla pale purplish violet. 

 felvety Hyptis. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



48 H. ORIGANOI'DES (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 91.) 

 suffruticose, procumbent, clothed with adpressed pubescence ; 

 leaves oblong-ovate, obtuse, crenated, narrowed a short way 

 into the petioles at the base ; heads semiglobose, densely many- 

 flowered, on short peduncles ; receptacle villous ; bracteas lan- 

 ceolate-linear, about equal in length to the head ; calyx very 

 villous : teeth subulate, shorter than the tube. I? . S. Native 

 of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, on the tops of the moun- 

 tains called Chapado do Serra San Marcos, and elsewhere in the 

 same province. Allied to H. velutina, but differs in being less 

 woolly, and in the stem being procumbent, &c. 



Marjoram-like Hyptis. Shrub procumbent. 



49 H. DICTYOI'DEA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 91.) 

 branches stiff, panicled above, clothed with hoary villi ; leaves 

 on short petioles, oval, obtuse, crenately toothed, roundly cune- 

 ated at the base, scabrous above, reticulated beneath, and lacu- 

 nosely wrinkled, pubescent on the nerves : upper ones acute, 

 canescent beneath ; heads pedunculate, semiglobose ; receptacle 

 woolly ; bracteas ovate-lanceolate, villous, equalling the heads ; 

 calyx villous : teeth subulate, stiffish, villous, rather shorter 

 than the tube. fj . ? S. Native of Brazil, at Fazenda Dios 

 and Caldas ; and on Serra San Felix, in the province of 

 Goyaz. 



Net-like Hyptis. Shrub. ? 



50 H. ADAMA'NTUM (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 91.) suf- 

 fruticose, the whole plant velvety from silky hairs ; leaves ses- 

 sile, oval, acute, a little toothed, rounded at the base; heads 

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

 ceptacle villous ; bracteas lanceolate, acute, about equal in 

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

 lanceolate-subulate, fj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province 

 of Minas Geraes, in the diamond district, on the banks of the 

 rivulet called Corrego Novo. Leaves hardly half an inch long. 

 Corolla rose-coloured. 



.Diamond-district Hyptis. Shrub 2 to 2j feet. 



51 H. C^ERU'LEA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 91.) herba- 

 ceous ; stems procumbent, branched, villous ; leaves small, nu- 

 merous, sessile, ovate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base, 

 wrinkled, pubescent ; heads semiglobose, densely many-flower- 

 ed ; peduncles rather longer than the heads ; bracteas lanceo- 

 late-linear, recurved, equal in length to the head ; receptacle 

 woolly; calyx very villous; teeth short, subulate. If..? S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, on the moun- 

 tain called Serra da Canastra. Herb much branched, humble, 

 procumbent. Corollas blue. 



Blue-Qowered Hyptis. PI. procumbent. 



52 H. ALPE'STRIS (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 92.) herba- 

 ceous ; stems ascending or erect, sparingly branched, clothed 

 with rufous villi ; leaves numerous, sessile, ovate-oblong, ob- 

 tuse, crenated, cordately stem-clasping at the base, reflexed, 

 wrinkled, clothed with velvety pubescence ; heads semiglobose, 

 densely many-flowered ; peduncles about equal in length to the 

 heads ; bracteas lanceolate-linear, equalling the head ; recep- 

 tacle woolly ; calyx very villous, with short subulate teeth. 

 If. . ? S. Native of Brazil, in humid grassy places near Serra 

 da Canastra, in the province of Minas Geraes. All parts 

 of the plant are larger than in H. ccerulea and H. gratiolce- 



folia. 



Alp Hyptis. PI. elongated. 



53 H. GRATIOLJEFOLIA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 92.) 

 herbaceous ; stems erect, branched at the base ; branches 

 twiggy, clothed with rufous villi ; leaves small, numerous, ses- 

 sile, ovate-obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base, wrinkled, 



clothed with rufous pubescence ; heads semiglobose, densely 

 many-flowered ; peduncles equal in length to the heads ; recep- 

 tacle woolly ; bracteas lanceolate-linear, rather longer than the 

 head, recurved at top ; receptacle woolly ; calyx very villous : 

 teeth subulate, about equal in length to the tube. 1. ? S. 

 Native of Brazil, in elevated plains in the western parts of the 

 province of Minas Geraes. Very like H. ccerulea, in stature, 

 leaves, and heads, but differing in the bracteas and calycine teeth 

 being longer. Heads few, approximating into a terminal co- 

 rymb. 



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



54 H. GOYAVE'NSIS (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 92.) 

 herbaceous or suffruticose ? ascending or erect ; branches 

 densely villous ; leaves sessile, ovate-elliptic, obtuse, crenated, 

 cordate at the base, wrinkled, villous ; heads semiglobose, 

 densely-many-flowered ; peduncles shorter than the heads ; 

 bracteas linear, straight, equalling the heads ; receptacle woolly ; 

 calyx very villous : teeth short, subulate. I? . ? S. Native of 

 Brazil, in fields near Laage, in the southern region of the pro- 

 vince of Goyaz. Plant with a hard or shrubby base. Corollas 

 azure blue, downy. Differs from H. ccerulea in the form of the 

 leaves and habit ; and from H. crenata in the mutic bracteas and 

 short calycine teeth. 



Goyaz Hyptis. Shrub 1 foot. 



55 H. OVA'TA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 92.) stem 

 herbaceous, erect, stiff, villous ; leaves sessile, ovate, obtuse, 

 crenated, cordate at the base, reticulately wrinkled, clothed with 

 tomentose pubescence on both surfaces ; heads semiglobose, 

 densely many-flowered, on short peduncles ; receptacle very 

 villous ; bracteas lanceolate at the base, and are, as well as the 

 calyxes, very villous ; teeth of calyx long-subulate, glabrous. 

 1^.? S. Native of Brazil, between Allegres and Trinidada, in 

 the province of Minas Geraes. Differing from H. crenala, in 

 the broader smoother leaves, &c. 



Ouate-leaved Hyptis. PI. 1 to 2 feet. ? 



56 H. CRENA'TA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 93.) 

 herbaceous ; stem erect, stiff, villous ; leaves sessile, oblong- 

 ovate, obtuse, crenated, rounded at the base, villous on both 

 surfaces, reticulately wrinkled ; heads semiglobose, densely 

 many-flowered ; receptacle woolly ; bracteas lanceolate at the 

 base, long-subulate at apex, exceeding the calyxes ; calyx dense- 

 ly villous, with villous subulate teeth, which are hardly longer 

 than the tube. !{,. ? S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of 

 Minas Geraes, Goyaz, and Bahia, &c. A very polymorphous 

 species, beset with long spreading hairs, and more or less 

 clothed with rusty tomentum. It is distinguished from its 

 nearest ally, H, ccerulea, by the bracteas ending in long subu- 

 late points. 



C'rea/e</-leaved Hyptis. PI. 1 foot. 



57 H. TURNER^FOLIA (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 93.) 

 suffruticose ; branches pubescent ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, a little crenated, rounded at the base or cor- 

 date, clothed with soft adpressed villi, pale beneath ; heads semi- 

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

 woolly ; bracteas lanceolate-linear, equal in length to the head ; 

 calyx very villous at top : teeth subulate, shorter than the tube. 

 Fj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, at 

 Serro Frio, &c. Habit of Pulicaria dysienterica. Leaves 

 rather tomentose beneath. Corolla hardly longer than the 

 calyx, white : the upper lip marked with purple. 



Turnera-leaved Hyptis. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. ? 



58 H. ASTEROI'DES (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 93.) stems 

 erect, lanceolate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base, with re- 

 volute edges, wrinkled, villous ; heads pedunculate, globose, 

 densely many-flowered ; bracteas lanceolate-subulate, about 

 equal in length to the head ; receptacle woolly ; calyx very 



