LABIATE. XV. HYPTIS. 



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Stem bluntly tetragonal. Leaves 2-3 inches long. Bracteas 

 densely villous. 



Rusty Hyptis. PI. 



120 H. XANTHIOCE'PHALA (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 113.) 

 herbaceous, ? erect, or ascending, quite glabrous ; leaves on 

 short petioles, ovate, serrated, roundly cuneated at the base, 

 coriaceous, quite glabrous on both surfaces, shining above ; pe- 

 duncles stiff, compressed, longer than the leaves ; heads semi- 

 globose, densely many-flowered ; bracteas ovate-lanceolate, stiff, 

 outer ones cuneated, a little serrated ; calyx woolly at base, 

 with stiff, glabrous teeth. !.? S. Native of Brazil, in fields 

 in the province of Minas Geraes, in the Diamond district. 

 Heads size of those of H. confer/a and H.ferruginea. 



Yellorv-headed Hyptis. PI. 



121 H. ANOMALA (Benth. lab. p. 113.) branches clothed with 

 tomentose pubescence ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, 

 rounded at the base, or cuneated, wrinkled, tomentose beneath ; 

 heads semi-globose, densely many-flowered, on short peduncles, 

 somewhat panicled at the tops of the branches ; bracteas ovate, 

 acute, about equal in length to the calyxes ; calycine teeth 

 stiffly and subulately awned. TJ. . ? S. Native of the South of 

 Brazil, Sello. Stems many feet high, bluntly tetragonal. Leaves 

 1 i inch long. Bracteas tomentose. Calyx villous. Genitals a 

 little exserted. 



Anomalous Hvptis. PI. tall. 



122 H. OESPITOSA (St. Hi), mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 113.) 

 stems numerous, erect, beset with rufous hairs ; leaves sessile, 

 ovate, bluntish, coarsely and unequally serrated, rounded at the 

 base, or narrowed, rather coriaceous, nerved, nearly glabrous ; 

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

 bracteas lanceolate, exceeding the head ; calyx villous : teeth ovate 

 at the base, and stiffly and subulately awned at apex. If.. ? S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of St. Paul, and in the South, 

 among bushes, and in fields. Stem nearly simple, tetragonal. 

 Leaves 1 inch long. Corolla pale red, rather shorter than the 

 calycine teeth. 



Tufted Hyptis. PI. 1 foot. 



SECT. XII. POLYDE'SMIA (from iroXi/c, polys, many; and 

 desme, a bundle ; in reference to the many heads of flowers.) 

 Benth. lab. p. 114. Heads of flowers nearly sessile, rarely on 

 long peduncles, numerous, disposed in paniculately branched 

 racemes, rarely in simple racemes, dense, sometimes many- 

 flowered and depressed, or irregularly sub-globose, and some- 

 times ovoid and few-flowered. Bracteas numerous, adpressed, 

 ovate, lanceolate, rarely linear. Fructiferous calyx sometimes 

 increased into a cylindrical tube, which is truncate at apex, with 

 setaceous, strict, rarely obsolete teeth, sometimes (in some of 

 the species with ovoid heads) tubularly campanulate, with lance- 

 olate, acute teeth. Tube of corolla generally exserted. Herbs 

 or underslmibs, usually many-flowered. 



123 H. VESTITA (Benth. lab. p. 114.) stem shrubby; 

 branches clothed with floccose tomentum ; leaves petiolate, 

 roundish, obtuse, or hardly acuminated, erosely crenated, trun- 

 cately cordate at the base, very much wrinkled, villous on both 

 surfaces ; heads sessile ; whorls approximate, racemose ; ra- 

 cemes panicled ; bracteas ovate, or lanceolate, obtuse, equalling 

 the calyxes; fructiferous calyx tubularly inflated, glabrous, with a 

 truncate mouth, and obsolete teeth : throat naked inside, f; . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in woods in the provinces of Minas Geraes 

 and St. Paul, &c. Shrub many feet high. Branches bluntly 

 tetragonal. Corolla blue, glabrous. Genitals exserted. In 

 Brazil the plant is called Erva de Santa Anna, Ervo do Pape, 

 and Berbena, where it is used as a vulnerary. 



Clothed Hyptis. Shrub tall. 



124 H. DUPLICA'TO-DENTA'TA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. 



lab. p. 114.) shrubby ; branches rather tomentose; leaves peti- 

 olate, ovate, bluntish, erosely crenated, rounded or cuneated at 

 the base, scabrous above, and clothed with hoary tomentum 

 beneath ; heads sessile ; whorls approximate, fasciculately 

 racemose ; racemes panicled ; bracteas lanceolate, obtuse, thick, 

 tomentose, exceeding the calyxes a little ; fructiferous calyx 

 tubularly inflated, villous, with a truncate mouth, and short, 

 unequal, or obsolete teeth. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 provinces of Minas Geraes and Goyaz, in open parts of woods. 



Var. /3, virescens (Pohl, 1. c.) Fj . S. Native of Minas 

 Geraes, at Manuel Pareira. 



Doubly-lootlied-leaved Hyptis. Shrub. 



125 H. ALTUFOLIA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 

 115.) shrubby ; branches clothed with floccose tomentum ; 

 leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, bluntish, erosely crenated, trun- 

 cately cordate at the base, wrinkled, tomentose on both sur- 

 faces ; heads sessile ; whorls approximate, fasciculately race- 

 mose ; racemes panicled ; bracteas lanceolate, thick, tomentose, 

 exceeding the calyxes ; fructiferous calyx tubularly inflated, gla- 

 brous, with an obsoletely or irregularly toothed mouth : throat 

 naked inside. fj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of 

 Minas Geraes, in humid places. Allied to the two preceding. 



Althaea-leaved Hyptis. Shrub. 



126 H. BARBARA (Schranck, in densk. hot. gesell. regensb. 

 2. p. 52. Benth. lab. p. 115.) stem shrubby; branches to- 

 mentose ; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, acuminated, deeply 

 toothed, truncate at the base, thick, wrinkled, clothed with soft 

 villi ; heads sessile ; whorls loose, approximate, somewhat ra- 

 cemose ; racemes panicled ; bracteas ovate, acute, equalling the 

 calyxes ; calyx tomentose, campanulate, with a truncate mouth, 

 and strict, subulate teeth, which are equal in length to the tube. 



fj . S. Native of Brazil. Habit of H. vestita, but the tomen- 

 tum is softer, and lower surfaces of the leaves rather silky. 

 Bearded Hyptis. Shrub. 



127 H. OBVALLA'TA (Spreng. ex Benth. lab. p. 115.) stem 

 shrubby ; branches tomentose ; leaves on short petioles, ovate, 

 acutish, erosely crenated, truncately cordate at the base, thick, 

 much wrinkled, tomentose on both surfaces ; heads sessile ; 

 whorls distinct, fasciculately racemose ; racemes panicled ; 

 bracteas numerous, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 2-3 times longer 

 than the calyxes; calyx villous, with a truncate mouth, and subu- 

 late, strict teeth, which are about equal in length to the tube. 

 Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, and in the 

 South. Allied to H. teslita and H. barbata. Corolla pubescent. 



Environed Hyptis. Shrub. 



128 H. CARPINIFOLIA (Benth. lab. p. 115.) stem shrubby; 

 branches clothed with rufous villi ; leaves sessile, ovate-round- 

 ish, obtuse, or acuminated, toothed, cordate at the base, cori- 

 aceous, nearly glabrous above, rugosely veined beneath, tomen- 

 tose, at length glabrous ; heads sessile ; whorls approximate, 

 distinct, fasciculately racemose ; racemes panicled ; bracteas 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, exceeding the calyxes ; fructiferous 

 calyx tubular, glabrous, with a truncate, ciliated mouth, and 

 subulate, strict teeth, which are about equal in length to the 

 tube. fj . S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of Goyaz, 

 Minas Geraes, &c. ; and of Peru, in dry fields and hills. Co- 

 rolla blue, downy outside. Branches bluntly tetragonal. Odour 

 very aromatic. 



Hornbeam-leaved Hyptis. Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



129 H. AQUA'TICA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 116.) 

 shrubby ; branches beset with spreading hairs ; leaves nearly 

 sessile, ovate-oblong, bluntish, toothed, cordate at the base, 

 coriaceous, nearly glabrous above, rugosely veined beneath, and 

 tomentose, but at length glabrous ; heads sessile ; whorls ap- 

 proximate, distinct, fasciculately racemose ; racemes somewhat 

 panicled ; bracteas ovate-lanceolate, subulately acuminated, ex- 



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