LABIATE. XV. HYPTIS. 



703 



or cordate at the base, scabrous from pili above, and clothed 

 with white tomentum beneath ; panicle ample ; peduncles fili- 

 form, much longer than the loosely 5-20-flowered heads ; brae- 

 teas minute, setaceous ; calyx pubescent, with a villous mouth. 

 Q. ? S. Native of Peru, near Quito, Loxa, and Gonzanama. 

 Bystropdgon sidaefblium, Lher. sert. angl. 19. ? Herb sweet- 

 scented. Leaves 1| to 2 inches long. Corollas minute, pubes- 

 cent, violaceous. 



Many-flowered Hyptis. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. 4 

 to 6 feet. 



161 H. LILA'CINA (Schiede, et Deppe, in Linnsea, 5. p. 101.) 

 clothed with soft pubescence ; leaves petiolate, ovate, or el- 

 liptic, acute, doubly serrated, cuneated at the base, or narrowed, 

 pubescent above, canescently tomentose beneath ; heads loosely 

 few-flowered, axillary, opposite, pedunculate, small ; bracteas 

 loose, setaceous, scarcely shorter than the calyx ; calyx villous, 

 ovate, with spreading, subulately acuminated teeth. . ? S. 

 Native of Mexico, about Jalapa, &c., among bushes. Nearly 

 allied to the preceding, but differs in the leaves and calyx, &c. 

 Corolla lilac, puberulous. 



Zi/ac-flowered Hyptis. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



162 H. URTICOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 

 320.) stem herbaceous, erect, downy, with rather rough angles ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, serrated, cuneated at the base, 

 rather hispid above, and pubescent ben'eath ; heads loosely few- 

 flowered, on long peduncles, disposed in secund, panicled ra- 

 cemes ; bracteas minute, setaceous ; calyx pubescent, with a 

 villous mouth. .? S. Native of Mexico, at the foot of 

 Mount Macultipec, near Jalapa. Branches tetragonal. Corol- 

 las minute. An intermediate species between H. polyantha and 

 H, pectinata. 



Nettle-like Hyptis. PL 



163 H. RACEMULOSA (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 126.) 

 stem herbaceous, erect, clothed with rufous pubescence, with 

 smooth angles ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, doubly serrated, 

 rounded at the base, and running into the petioles, rather villous 

 above, and clothed with rufous tomentum beneath ; cymes capi- 

 tate, few-flowered, on very short peduncles, disposed in sub- 

 secund, axillary racemes ; bracteas minute, setaceous ; calyx 

 clothed with rufous tomentum : mouth villous : teeth shorter 

 than the tube. 0. S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of 

 Minas Geraes and Rio Janeiro, in elevated pastures and woods. 

 Habit of H. polyslachya, but the bracteas and calyxes are very 

 distinct. Corolla pale violet, ex St. Hil., pale red, spotted with 

 purple, ex Mart. 



Racemulose Hyptis. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



164 H. LAMIIFOLIA (Weinm. in syll. pi. ratisb. 1. p. 226. ex 

 Benth. lab. p. 127.) stem branched, pilose, radicant ; leaves 

 cordate-ovate, acuminated, crenately toothed, scabrous from 

 pili, petiolate, whitish beneath ; heads axillary, pedunculate, 

 shorter than the internodes ; bracteas setaceous, equalling the 

 heads ; calyx short, tubular, with equal, acuminated teeth. If, . 

 S. Native of Brazil. Stem acutely tetragonal. Leaves 1-2 

 inches long. Heads size of peas. Corolla small, white, spotted 

 with violet. 



Dead-nettle-leaved Hyptis. PI. procumbent. 



SECT. XIV. PECTINA V RIA (from pecten, a comb ; so called 

 from pectinate, unilateral cymes.) Benth. lab. p. 127. Cymes 

 at first almost capitate, but at length elongated, unilateral, and 

 pectinate. Bracteas loose, setaceous. Calyxes nearly sessile, 

 tubular in the fructiferous state, with strict, setaceous teeth, 

 and the throat closed by villi inside. 



165 H. PECTINA'TA (Poit. ann. mus. 7. p. 474. Benth. lab. 

 127.) glabrous, or downy; leaves petiolate, ovate, crenately- 



serrated, rounded at the base, pale beneath ; cymes many-flow- 

 ered, rather loose, paniculately racemose, at length elongated 

 and incurved ; bracteas shorter than the calyxes ? ; teeth of calyx 

 shorter than the tube. 1. S. Native of Tropical America, 

 common in cretaceous, sandy places from Mexico to Rio J neiro ; 

 Peru ; most of the West India Islands ; Guinea ; Madagascar ; 

 East Indies, at Madras ; Arabia, at Sennaar, Bove. Mentha 

 perilloides, Lin. syst. ed. 13. p. 445, but not of others. Nepeta 

 pectinata, Lin. spec. 799. Bystropogon pectinatum, Lher. sert. 

 angl. p. 19. Nepeta aristata, Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. p. 

 110. Brotera Persica, Spreng. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 151.1.4. 

 Hyptis Persica, Poit. ann. mus. 7. p. 471. Ballota disticha, 

 Rodsch. obs. p. 35. Meyer, esseq. p. 209, but not of Lin. 

 Ballota suaveolens, Rodsch. bald. diar. fasc. 28. p. 79. ex 

 Meyer, 1. c. but not of Lin. Hyptis racemosa, Zucc. in act. 

 acad. taur. ? Bystropogon coarctatum, Thonn. et Schum. in 

 act. acad. hafn. 4. p. 34. Stem rather woody at the base. 

 Leaves variable in form and size. Corolla small, pale purple, 

 or yellow, spotted with purple. 



Pectinate Hyptis. Fl. year. Clt. 1776. PI. 2 to 5 feet. 



SECT. XV. MENTHIDIUM (so called from the habit of the 

 species being that of Mentha, or Mint.) Benth. lab. p. 128. 

 Flowers sessile, or on short pedicels, disposed usually in many- 

 flowered whorls. Bracteas minute, or hardly any, or loose and 

 setaceous. Calyx campanulate, equal ; throat naked inside. 

 Corolla hardly exceeding the calyx. Herbs often panicled at 

 apex. 



166 H. PULEGIOIDES (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 128.) 

 herbaceous, procumbent at the base ; branches ascending, clothed 

 with adpressed pubescence ; leaves on short petioles, lanceolate, 

 acute, serrated, narrowed at the base, wrinkled, very villous : 

 floral ones conform, smaller ; whorls all distinct, and globose, 

 densely many-flowered ; bracteas subulate, shorter than the 

 calyx ; calyx tubular, with a villous base, and lanceolate, subu- 

 late, erect, short teeth. Tf.. ? S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 

 vince of Minas Geraes, at Fazenda do Pari. This species is 

 intermediate between the present section and sect. Apodotes. 



Penny- Royal-like Hyptis. PI. ? 



167 H. A'LBIDA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 319.) 

 shrubby, clothed with floccose wool ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate, 

 obtuse, or the upper ones are subulately acuminated, crenated, 

 roundly cuneated at the base, wrinkled ; whorls loose, globose, 

 distinct ; racemes sub-panicled ; bracteas short, setaceous ; 

 fructiferous calyx nearly globose, densely woolly : teeth very 

 soft, setaceous, about equal in length to the tube. fj . S. Na- 

 tive of Mexico, at Lake Cusco, in the valley of St. Jago, and 

 near Valladolid. Corollas hardly longer than the calyx. 



Whitish Hyptis. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. Shrub 2 to 3 

 feet. 



168 H. PUBE'SCENS (Benth. lab. p. 129.) suffruticose, clothed 

 with tomentose pubescence ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong, 

 acutish, serrated, rounded at the base, a little wrinkled, pale 

 beneath ; whorls small, globose, many-flowered, remote ; ra- 

 cemes panicled ; bracteas short, setaceous ; calyx villous : teeth 

 stiff, subulate, equalling the tube, at length spreading in a 

 stellate manner, fj . S. Native of New Spain. Branches 

 bluntly tetragonal. Corolla a little longer than the calycine 

 teeth. 



Pubescent Hyptis. Shrub. 



169 H. MOCINIA'NA (Benth. lab. p. 129.) suffruticose, pubes- 

 cent ; leaves on short petioles, cordate-ovate, doubly serrated, 

 wrinkled ; whorls globose, many-flowered, distinct, racemose ; 

 racemes panicled ; bracteas short, setaceous ; calyx villous : 

 teeth stiff, subulate, glabrous, twice as long as the tube, spreading 



