LABIATE. XV. HYPTIS. 



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tube. 1^. ? S. Native of Brazil, at Rio Janeiro, and at Rio 

 Abaite, in the province of Minas Geraes. Plant many feet 

 high. Bracteas often coloured. 

 Muricated Hyptis. PI. tall. 



141 H. INODORA (Schranck, in syll. pi. soc. ratisb. 2. p. 56. 

 Benth. lab. p. 119.) herbaceous ; stem erect, glabrous, or bifa- 

 riously pubescent, with smooth angles ; leaves petiolate, broad- 

 ovate, acutish, unequally serrated, broadly cuneated, or rounded- 

 at the base, thin, glabrous on both surfaces, pale beneath ; 

 heads depressed, nearly globose, few-flowered, almost sessile ; 

 whorls rather secund : upper ones approximate : lower ones 

 remote ; bracteas ovate-lanceolate, pubescent, equalling the 

 calyx ; fructiferous calyx tubular, pubescent, with a truncate 

 mouth, and setaceous, strict teeth, which are much shorter than 

 the tube. % . S. Native of Brazil, in humid places. Plant 

 many feet high, pale green. Heads 6-10-flowered. Corollas 

 white. Allied to H. muricala, and probably only a variety 

 of it. 



Scentless Hyptis. PI. tall. 



142 H. SYLVULA RUM (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 119.) 

 branches clothed with tomentose pubescence ; leaves petiolate, 

 broad-ovate, acute, doubly serrated, or cut, rounded at the 

 base, green on both surfaces, wrinkled, villous, or clothed with 

 tomentose pubescence ; heads ovoid, few-flowered, nearly ses- 

 sile, racemose ; racemes panicled ; bracteas ovate, or lanceolate, 

 villous, exceeding the calyxes a little ; calyx tubular, pubescent, 

 with a truncate mouth, and setaceous, strict teeth, which are 

 shorter than the tube. "U. S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 

 vince of Minas Geraes, in cut down woods. Allied to H. 

 canescens, but greener. Bracteas green, or coloured at top. 



Small-wood Hyptis. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



143 H. POLYSTA'CHYA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 

 321.) branches pilosely pubescent, with rough angles; leaves 

 petiolate, ovate, acute, doubly serrated, or cut, rounded at the 

 base, rather pubescent above, and clothed with hoary tomentum 

 beneath ; heads ovoid, few-flowered, nearly sessile, secund ; 

 whorls racemose ; racemes loosely panicled ; bracteas ovate, 

 acute, exceeding the floriferous calyxes, but shorter than the 

 fructiferous calyxes ; calyx pubescent, with setaceous, strict teeth, 

 which are shorter than the tube. "%. . S. Native of Mexico, 

 Trinidad, &c. Branches tetragonal. Corolla twice as long as 

 the calyx. 



Var. ft, longiflbra (Benth. lab. p. 120.) calyxes at length 

 twice as long as the bracteas. If. . S. 

 Many-spiked Hyptis. PI. 2 to 3 feet. ? 



144 H. CANE'SCENS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 

 321.) branches clothed with tomentose pubescence ; leaves pe- 

 tiolate, rhomboid-ovate, acute, doubly serrated, or cut, rounded 

 at the base, narrowed into the petioles, clothed with hoary 

 tomentnm beneath, or on both surfaces ; heads ovoid, few-flow- 

 ered, nearly sessile, rather secund, racemose ; racemes panicled ; 

 bracteas ovate, acute, equalling the floriferous calyxes, but 

 shorter than the fructiferous calyxes ; calyx villous, elongated 

 after florescence, with a truncate mouth, and strict, setaceous 

 teeth, which are much shorter than the tube. 1(..1 S. Native 

 of New Spain, and Caraccas. Teucrium rhombifolium, Willd. 

 Nearly allied to H. polystdchya. Angles of stem hardly rough. 

 Corolla glabrous. 



Var. ft, arvensis (Benth. lab. p. 712.) leaves hardly canes- 

 cent. If . ? S. Native of Peru, at Pariahuanca, Mathews. H. 

 arvensis, Poppig, pi. chil. exsic. 



Canescent Hyptis. PI. 1^ foot. 



145 H. MICRA'NTHA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 120.) 

 branches clothed with short pubescence, with smooth angles ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, irregularly serrate-crenated, rounded 

 and rather unequal at the base, pubescent above, pale, or clothed 



with hoary tomentum beneath ; heads small, few-flowered, ra- 

 cemose ; peduncles equalling the heads ; racemes strict, elon- 

 gated, panicled ; bracteas ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, some- 

 what exceeding the calyxes ; calyx pubescent, with a truncate 

 mouth, and strict; setaceous teeth, which are rather shorter than 

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

 at Villa Boa. Allied to H. polystachya, but more green, and 

 less tomentose, and the heads much smaller. 

 Small-flowered Hyptis. PI. 



146 H. SPICA'TA (Poit. ann. mus. 7. p. 474. t. 28. f. 2.) 

 branches nearly glabrous, with scabrous, prickly edges ; leaves 

 petiolate, ovate, acute, unequally serrate-crenated, roundedly 

 cuneated at the base, nearly glabrous on both surfaces, or pubes- 

 cent above ; heads semi-ovoid, loosely racemose ; peduncles 

 equal in length to the fructiferous heads ; racemes panicled ; 

 bracteas ovate, rather membranous, one-half shorter than the 

 fructiferous calyx ; calyx glabrous, elongated in the fructiferous 

 state, inflated at the base, with a truncate mouth, and strict, 

 setaceous teeth, which are shorter than the tube. $ . S. Na- 

 tive of Tropical America, on the east coast, from Mexico to the 

 provinces of Minas Geraes, and Cisplatin in Brazil ; also of 

 St. Domingo, Martinica, Mariane Island, &c. Nepeta muta- 

 bilis, Rich, in act. soc. hist. nat. par. Leaves 1-2 inches long. 

 Corollas small, violaceous. 



Spicate-Qowered Hyptis. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 

 4 to 6 feet. 



147 H. ROSTRA'TA (Salzm. pi. bras. exs. ex Benth. lab. p. 

 121.) branches glabrous, with rough, prickly angles; leaves 

 petiolate, ovate, acute, unequally serrate-crenated, roundly cu- 

 neated at the base, glabrous ; heads globose at the base, loosely 

 racemose ; peduncles rather shorter than the fructiferous heads ; 

 bracteas ovate, membranous, glabrous, 3-4 times shorter than 

 the fructiferous calyxes ; fructiferous calyx glabrous, inflated at 

 the base, long-beaked, with a truncate mouth, and short, seta- 

 ceous, strict teeth. $ . S. Native of Brazil, in shady places 

 near Bahia. Stems branched. Whorls distant, secund. 



Beaked-ca]yned Hyptis. PI. 4 to 5 feet. 



148 H. TENUIFLORA (Benth. lab. p. 121.) branches bifariously 

 pubescent, with smooth angles ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, 

 unequally serrated, roundly cuneated at the base, glabrous ; 

 heads ovoid, few-flowered, loosely racemose ; peduncles twice as 

 long as the fructiferous heads ; racemes panicled : bracteas 

 ovate, membranous, one- half shorter than the fructiferous calyxes ; 

 fructiferous calyx glabrous, elongated, inflated at the base, with 

 a truncate mouth, and strict, setaceous teeth, which are much 

 shorter than the tube. $ . ? S. Native of Brazil, Leandro di 

 Sacramento. Allied to H. spicala. 



Thin-flowered Hyptis. PI. 3 to 4 feet. ? 



149 H. EXPA'NSA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 122.) 

 nearly glabrous ; angles of branches roughish ; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate, acuminated, unequally serrated, cuneated at the base, 

 rather hispid above and on the nerves beneath ; heads ovoid, 

 few-flowered, loosely racemose ; peduncles shorter than the 

 fructiferous heads ; racemes divaricately panicled ; bracteas 

 ovate, acute, membranous, ciliated ; fructiferous calyxes nearly 

 glabrous, scarcely longer than the bracteas, with a truncate 

 mouth, and strict, setaceous teeth, which are one-half shorter 

 than the tube. If. . ? S. Native of Brazil. Allied to,.//, spicata, 

 but differs in the shorter calyxes, and longer teeth, &c. 



Expanded Hyptis. PI.? 



150 H. DU'BIA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 122.) pu- 

 bescent ; angles of branches smooth ; leaves on short petioles, 

 ovate, acute, doubly crenated, cuneated at the base, scabrously 

 hispid above, and pubescent on the veins beneath, wrinkled ; 

 heads ovoid, few-flowered, racemose ; peduncles very short ; 

 racemes a little branched ; bracteas lanceolate, acuminated, 



