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LABIATE. XV. HYPTIS. 



and glabrous. Jj . S. Native of Brazil. Leaves 1 to \\ 

 inches long. Corolla very villous outside. 

 Protea-like Hyptis. Shrub. 



108 H. CORDA'TA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 110.) 

 herbaceous, clothed with rufous villi ; leaves nearly sessile, 

 ovate-roundish, very blunt, crenated, roundly subcordate at the 

 base, wrinkled, scabrously hispid above, and clothed with rufous 

 villi on the nerves beneath ; heads pedunculate, semiglobose, 

 densely many-flowered ; bracteas lanceolate, quite entire, equal- 

 ling the head ; calyx nearly glabrous, with erectish stiff teeth. 

 1i.?S. Native of Brazil. 



Cordage-leaved Hyptis. PI. 



109 H. RF.M&TA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 110.) 

 herbaceous, tall, clothed with short rufous villi ; leaves on 

 short petioles, broad-ovate, very blunt, crenated, roundly cune- 

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

 rufous villi at the nerves beneath ; heads pedunculate, semiglo- 

 bose, densely many-flowered, somewhat proliferous ; bracteas 

 ovate, quite entire, acute, equalling the head ; calyx villous at 

 the base, with erectish, stiff, glabrous teeth. I/ . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, on Serra Santa Isabel, 

 at Paracatu. Perhaps only a variety of H. cordata. 



Remote Hyptis. PI. 



110 H. VILLOSA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 110.) 

 herbaceous ? densely clothed with rufous villi ; leaves sessile, 

 roundish, very blunt, crenated, roundedly cordate at the base, 

 very thick, wrinkled, scabrously hispid above, but clothed with 

 rufous villi beneath ; heads semiglobose, densely many-flower- 

 ed, pedunculate ; outer bracteas broad-ovate, foliaceous, tooth- 

 ed, exceeding the calyx ; calyx villous, with stiff, nearly gla- 

 brous teeth, y., ? S. Native of Brazil, in the province of 

 Goyaz. 



Far. ft, reticulata (Pohl, 1. c.) stem more humble, the leaves 

 more reticulately wrinkled, and the heads larger. 7/ . ? S. 

 Native of the province of Minas Geraes, at Padrocino. 



Villous Hyptis. PI. 2 feet. 



111 H. ORBICULA'TA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 

 111.) herbaceous, clothed with rufous villi ; leaves sessile, 

 rounded, very blunt, roundly cordate at the base, wrinkled, sca- 

 brously hispid above, and pubescent beneath ; heads sessile, 

 nearly globose, densely many-flowered ; bracteas ovate-lanceo- 

 late, quite entire, equalling the head ; calyx nearly glabrous, 

 with stiff erect teeth. If.? S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 

 vince of Minas Geraes, on the summits of the mountains called 

 Chapada do Serra San Marcos. 



Or&icu/ar-leaved Hyptis. PI. 



112 H. NIGRE'SCENS (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 111.) 

 herbaceous, procumbent ? blackish, pubescent ; leaves sessile, 

 ovate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base, scabrous on both 

 surfaces, lacunosely wrinkled beneath, and pubescent on the 

 nerves ; heads few, on very short peduncles, semiglobose, 

 densely many-flowered ; outer bracteas ovate, obtuse, wrinkled, 

 shorter than the head : inner ones lanceolate, obtuse, longer 

 than the head; calyx villous, with stiff teeth. If.. S. Native 

 of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, between Rio Corumba and 

 Rio San Marcos. 



Blackish Hyptis. PI. procumbent. ? 



113 H. COMPLICA'TA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 111.) 

 shrubby ; branches clothed with long silky pili ; leaves nume- 

 rous, sessile, broad-roundish, obtuse, a little crenated, cordately 

 stem-clasping at the base, complicate, stiff, rather scabrous 

 above, and lacunosely veined beneath ; heads few, nearly ses- 

 sile, semiglobose, densely many-flowered ; bracteas lanceolate, 

 acute, equalling the head ; calyx pilose at the base, with stiff 

 teeth, which are at length somewhat recurvedly spreading. ^ . 

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



fields near Sahara. Habit of H. rotundifblia, but very different 

 in the form of the leaves, &c. 



Complicate-leaved Hyptis. Shrub. 



114 H. ROTUNDIFOLIA (Benth. lab. p. 111.) stem shrubby, 

 clothed with villous tomentum ; leaves petiolate, ovate-round- 

 ish, crenated, rounded at the base, much wrinkled, stiff, sca- 

 brous, rather villous on both surfaces ; heads semiglobose, 

 densely many-flowered, pedunculate : upper ones fastigiate ; 

 bracteas linear, longer than the calyxes ; calyx very villous at the 

 base, with stiff teeth, which are at length somewhat recurvedly 

 spreading. V} S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of 

 Goyaz and Minas Geraes, &c. Shrub much branched, densely 

 leafy. Leaves generally 3-4 in a whorl. Corolla hardly longer 

 than the calyx. 



Round-leaved Hyptis. Shrub 1 to 2j feet. 



115 H. MONTI'COLA (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 111.) shrub- 

 by ; branches clothed with rubiginose villi ; leaves small, petio- 

 late, ovate, obtuse, crenated, cuneated at the base, coriaceous, 

 rather scabrous above, and reticulated and clothed with rufous 

 pubescence beneath ; peduncles about equal in length to the 

 leaves, stiff; heads semiglobose, densely many-flowered ; brac- 

 teas lanceolate, stiff, equalling the head ; calyx tubular, villous 

 at the base, with short stiff teeth, fj . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 the provinces of Rio Janeiro, Minas Geraes, and Goyaz, in 

 sandy places. Shrub much branched. Corolla pale red, downy. 

 Calycine teeth at length somewhat recurved. 



Mountain Hyptis. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



116 H. TRICE'PHALA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 112.) 

 suffruticose ; branches twiggy, villous ; leaves petiolate, ovate- 

 elliptic, obtuse, crenated, cuneately- rounded at the base, coria- 

 ceous, scabrous above, and clothed with rufous pubescence be- 

 neath ; peduncles equal in length to the leaves ; heads semiglo- 

 bose, densely many-flowered ; bracteas lanceolate, stiff, equal- 

 ling the head ; calyx tubular, villous, with stiff glabrous teeth, 

 tj . S. Native of Brazil, on Serra da Caraca, in the province 

 of Minas Geraes. Allied to H. monticola ; but the stems are 

 elongated and less branched ; the leaves larger and longer, and 

 the calycine teeth shorter. 



Three-headed Hyptis. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



117 H. CONFE'RTA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 112.) 

 erect, tall, clothed with rubiginose tomentum ; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate-elliptic, obtuse, crenated, cuneated at the base, wrinkled, 

 scabrous above, but clothed with rubiginose tomentum beneath ; 

 heads pedunculate, large, semiglobose, densely many-flowered ; 

 bracteas ovate, quite entire, foliaceous, villous, exceeding the 

 head ; calyx villous, with stiff, rather spreading teeth. I?. ? S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the provinces of Goyaz and Minas Geraes. 

 Leaves 3-4 inches long. Corolla very villous, white, tipped 

 with rose-colour. 



Croivded-fiowered Hyptis. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



118 H. ALUTA'CEA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 112.) 

 herbaceous, erect or ascending, humble, villous ; leaves nearly 

 sessile, oval, obtuse, crenated, cuneated at the base, wrinkled, 

 scabrously hispid above, villous beneath ; heads on long pedun- 

 cles, large, hemispherical, densely many-flowered ; bracteas 

 exceeding the head, lanceolate : outer ones broader, villous ; 

 calyx villous, with stiff erect teeth. If . ? S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the provinces of Goyaz and Minas Geraes. Habit of Pilto- 

 don humilis. Leaves 2 inches long. Corolla pale red. 



Tanned Hyptis. PI. | foot. 



119 H. FERRUGI'NEA (Benth. lab. p. 113.) erect, clothed 

 with rufous tomentum ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong, serrate- 

 crenated, cuneated at the base, wrinkled ; heads globose, densely 

 many-flowered, rather panicled ; peduncles longer than the 

 heads ; bracteas ovate, acute, equalling the heads ; calycine 

 teeth stiff. I/ . ? S. Native of New Spain, Mo9ino et Sesse. 



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