LABIATJE. XV. HYPTIS. 



705 



elongated, tubularly campanulate, equally 5-toothed, toitien- 

 tose ; corolla about twice as long as the calyx. h . S. Native 

 of Peru, Tafalla. Corollas tomentose outside. Acbenia oblong, 

 obtuse, flat, wingless. Leaves 4 inches long. 

 Tafalla s Hyptis. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



SECT. XVII. UMBELLA'RIA (from umbella, an umbel; cymes 

 umbel-formed.) Benth. lab. p. 133. Cymes pedunculate, um- 

 bel-formed, many-flowered. Bracteas minute, setaceous. Ca- 

 lyxes pedicellate, tubular, with lanceolate or setaceous teeth, 

 and the throat naked inside. Tube of corolla inclosed or ex- 

 serled. Species dissimilar in habit. 



18 H. RHABDOCA'LTX (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 133.) 

 shrubby ; branches tomentosely pubescent ; leaves on short pe- 

 tioles, roundish, sharply serrated, cordate at the base, wrinkled, 

 clothed with soft pubescence on both surfaces : floral ones simi- 

 lar ; cymes axillary, stiff, few-flowered ; calyx pubescent ; co- 

 rolla equalling the teeth of the calyx. J; . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the province of Rio Janeiro, in grassy places. Leaves 6-9 

 lines long. 



Tirig-calyxed Hyptis. Shrub. 



183 H. TOMENTOSA (Poit. ann. mus. 7. p. 469.) suffruticose ; 

 branches clothed with floccose tomentum ; leaves on short peti- 

 oles, ovate-oblong, obtuse, crenated, rounded at the base, wrin- 

 kled, tomentose on both surfaces ; cymes axillary, many-flow- 

 ered ; calyx clothed with white wool, with equal acuminated 

 teeth. ^ . S. Native of Mexico, near Actopan and Acapulco. 

 Tomentum whitish or yellowish. Leaves 1 to 1J inch Jong. 

 Corolla pubescent outside. 



Tomentote Hyptis. Shrub H to 2 feet. 



SECT. XVIII. SIAGOXA'RRHEN (from aiayuv, siagon, the 

 cheek-bone ; and appr\v, arrhen, a male ; application not evi- 

 dent.) Mart, ex Benth. lab. p. 133. Cymes regularly dichoto- 

 mous, many-flowered, racemose, rarely difibrmed, disposed in 

 an elongated, contracted panicle. Bracteas setaceous. Calyxes 

 nearly sessile, tubularly-campanulate, incurved, with an oblique 

 mouth, lanceolate, acute, rarely obtuse teeth, and the throat 

 naked inside. Corollas blue : tube for the most part a little 

 exserted. Filaments very villous. Shrubs, rarely tall herbs, 

 generally clothed more or less with white tomentum, having the 

 habit of species of Antsomelit. 



184 H. LECCOPHY'LLA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 

 134.) branches glabrous at the base, and floccosely tomentose 

 at top ; leaves on short petioles, ovate-oblong, obtuse, crenu- 

 lated, rounded at the base ; cymes pedunculate ; bracteas 3 

 times shorter than the calyx ; calyx clothed with white wool, 

 with lanceolate, acute teeth. >j . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 province of Minas Geraes. Branches bluntly tetragonal. Co- 

 rolla red, villous outside : tube a little exserted. Leaves 1-2 

 inches long. 



H'hite-leated Hyptis. Shrub. 



185 H. LAURIFOLIA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 134.) 

 shrubby ; branches erect, rather tomentose ; leaves petiolate, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, crenulated, cuneated at the base, green 

 on both surfaces, or the upper ones are rather tomentose be- 

 neath ; cymes pedunculate ; calyx clothed with white wool, with 

 lanceolate, acute teeth. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in sandy 

 places near Penha, in the province of Minas Geraes. Habit of 

 H. leucophylla ; but the racemes are more loose ; the whorls 

 remote, and the flowers smaller and fewer. Corollas pale 

 blue. 



Laurel-feared Hyptis. Shrub. 



186 H. SCA'BRA (Benth. lab. p. 134.) shrubby; branches to- 

 VOL. IT. 



mentose: leaves on short petioles, ovate or elliptic, roundly cor- 

 date at the base, wrinkled, very scabrous above, and clothed 

 with white tomentum beneath, and the floral ones on both sur- 

 faces ; cymes pedunculate ; calyx clothed with white tomentum : 

 teeth equal, lanceolate, acute. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 the provinces of Minas Geraes and Rio Janeiro, &c , on the 

 margins of woods. Branches bluntly tetragonal. Leaves 3-4 

 inches long. Corollas downy outside, pale blue. Habit of 

 Gomphostemma. 



Scabrous Hyptis. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



187 H. CA V NA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 135.) 

 branches floccosely tomentose ; leaves on short petioles, oval- 

 roundish, very blunt or emarginate, rnucronulate, scarcely cre- 

 nulated, rounded at the base, clothed with scabrous tomentum 

 above, and hoary tomentum beneath, but the floral ones are 

 clothed with hoary tomentum on both surfaces ; cymes loose, 

 few-flowered ; calyx clothed with white wool : teeth lanceolate, 

 acute. 1j . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 

 Geraes, at Rio Abaite. Lower leaves 4 inches long. Corolla 

 deeply lobed. 



Hoary Hyptis. Shrub. 



188 H. SORDID A (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. 1. c. p. 135.) 

 branches clothed with floccose tomentum ; leaves on short peti- 

 oles, oval-roundish, very blunt, mucronate, scarcely crenated, 

 rounded at the base or cordate, tomentose on both surfaces, 

 whitish beneath ; calyx clothed with white wool : teeth lanceo- 

 late, acute. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 

 Geraes. Allied to H. cana, but the flowers are more dense, 

 and the calyxes longer. 



Sordid Hyptis. Shrub. 



189 H. ALTi'ssuiA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 135.) 

 shrubby, tall ; branches somewhat floccosely tomentose ; leaves 

 petiolate, oblong, bluntish, finely crenulated, rounded at the 

 base, wrinkled, clothed with hoary tomentum ; raceme ample ; 

 calyx clothed with clammy pubescence : teeth lanceolate, acute. 

 ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, in fields 

 near Meiaponte, and elsewhere. Shrub much branched ; 

 branches twisted. Corolla purplish blue. 



rery-lall Hyptis. Shrub 1 5 feet. 



190 H. LATIFOLIA (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 135.) 

 shrubby ; branches clothed with soft velvety pubescence ; 

 leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, obtuse, crenated, rounded at the 

 base, somewhat complicate, very thick, stiff, velvety above, and 

 clothed with white tomentum beneath ; panicle coarctate, dense- 

 flowered ; flowers sessile ; bracteas lanceolate, deciduous ; calyx 

 clothed with white villi : teeth short, bluntish. f; . S. Native 

 of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, at Serro Frio. 

 Leaves 3-4 inches long. Corolla downy outside. 



Broad-leated Hyptis. Shrub. 



191 H. ? SALVLEFOLIA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 

 136.) shrubby; branches clothed with soft adpressed pubes- 

 cence ; leaves petiolate, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, crenated, round- 

 ed at the base, wrinkled, clothed with soft villi on both sur- 

 faces, whitish beneath ; panicle contracted, raceme-formed, 

 secund, with a pubescent axis; flowers solitary, approximate, 

 nearly sessile ; calyx clothed with white villi, with an oblique 

 mouth, and short, very blunt, truncate teeth. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, at Calumbis. Leaves 

 3 inches long. Calyx bilabiate, as in Eriope, and the corolla 

 is almost the same. This species is apparently intermediate be- 

 tween the sections Hypenja, Siagonarrhen, and the genus Eriope. 



Sage-leared Hyptis. Shrub tall. 



SECT. XIX. HYPE'SIA (from VJTIJKTJ, hypene, a beard ; in re- 

 ference to the filaments being very villous.) Mart. mss. ex 

 Benth. lab. p. 136. Flowers almost solitary, nearly sessile, or 

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