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LABIATE. XV. HVPTIS. 



often pedicellate, disposed along the branches of the panicle, 

 which is sometimes very wide and divaricate, and sometimes 

 coarctateand raceme-formed, with cyme-formed or spike-formed 

 branches. Bracteas twin under the calyx, minute, rarely seta- 

 ceous, loose, about equal in length to the calyx. Calyx tubu- 

 larly campanulate, equal, rarely incurved, increased in the fruc- 

 tiferous state : teeth lanceolate, acute, rarely obtuse. Tube of 

 corolla inclosed, or much exserted, usually scarlet. Filaments 

 very villous. Herbs or subshrubs, for the most part tomentose 

 or pilose at the base, panicled, nearly naked, and quite glabrous 

 and glaucous at top, with subcoriaceous leaves. Hardly dis- 

 tinct from the last section. 



192 H. DENSIFLORA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 137.) 

 stem tall, scarcely pilose at the base ; leaves petiolate, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acutish, crenated, rounded at the base, thick, rather 

 scabrous above, reticulately wrinkled, and clothed with tomen- 

 tose pubescence beneath ; panicle raceme-formed, coarqfate, 

 quite glabrous, glaucous ; branches spike-formed ; flowers 

 nearly sessile, densely approximate ; calyx tubular, incurved, 

 with lanceolate, acute teeth ; tube of corolla inclosed. ^ , S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, at Caretao, &c. 

 Leaves 1-2 inches long. Calyx nearly glabrous. Corolla gla- 

 brous. 



Dense-flowered Hyptis. Shrub. 



193 H. BRACHY'STACHYS (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 

 137.) stem pilosely hispid at the base; leaves small, nearly ses- 

 sile, ovate-obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base, wrinkled, rather 

 tomentose or villous ; floral leaves and bracteas minute, ovate, 

 or setaceous, acute ; panicle coarctate, quite glabrous, glaucous, 

 with spike-formed branches ; flowers nearly sessile, approxi- 

 mate ; calyx pubescent, tubular, incurved, reticulated, with 

 short obtuse teeth ; tube of corolla hardly exserted. It . ? S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, on the road from 

 Rio Crixas to Rio Maranhao, &c. Corollas pale violet, downy 

 outside. 



Short-spiked Hyptis. PI. 3 feet. 



194 H. MELOCHIOI'DES (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 137.) 

 stem pilose at the base ; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong or lan- 

 ceolate, acutish, serrate-crenated, rounded, cuneated at the 

 base, thick, wrinkled, pubescent above, and clothed with hoary 

 tomentum beneath : floral ones and bracteas small, lanceolate- 

 subulate ; panicle coarctate, raceme-formed, quite glabrous, 

 glaucous ; flowers nearly sessile, approximate ; calyx pubes- 

 cent, tubularly campanulate, with lanceolate-subulate increased 

 teeth ; tube of corolla hardly exserted. Tj . ? S. Native of 

 Brazil. Habit of the preceding. 



Melochia-like Hyptis. PI. tall. 



195 H. PRUINOSA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 137.) 

 stem tall ; branches pilosely hispid at the base, and clothed with 

 rusty tomentum ; leaves sessile, roundish, obtuse, crenated, cor- 

 date at the base, thick, scabrous above, and lacunosely wrinkled 

 beneath ; panicle much branched, quite glabrous, glaucous ; 

 flowers pedicellate, approximate towards the tops of the 

 branches ; bracteas minute, subulate ; calyx tubular, incurved, 

 with an oblique mouth, and lanceolate, acuminated teeth : in- 

 creasing in the fructiferous state, veined, and transversely wrin- 

 kled ; tube of corolla hardly exserted. I/.? S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, on Serra San Felix. Corolla 

 downy outside. 



Pruinose Hyptis. PI. tall. 



196 H. BLANCHE'TI (Benth. lab. p. 712.) stem pilose at the 

 base ? ; leaves petiolate, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, crenated, coria- 

 ceous, glabrous on both surfaces ; panicle loose, branched, 

 quite glabrous, glaucous ; flowers approximate towards the tops 

 of the branches ; bracteas minute, subulate ; calyx tubularly 



campanulate, incurved, with an oblique mouth, and broad, acu- 

 minated teeth, much increased in the fructiferous state ; tube of 

 corolla hardly exserted. 3{..? S. Native of Brazil, near 

 Bahia, Blanche!. Habit of H. pruinosa, but differs in the form 

 of the leaves. 



Blanche? s Hyptis. PI. tall. 



197 H. SI'MPLEX (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 138.) stem 

 tall, tomentosely villous at the base ; leaves nearly sessile, 

 ovate, obtuse, crenated, rounded or subcordate at the base, 

 thick, wrinkled, tomentose on both surfaces, or villous above ; 

 panicle loose, much branched, glabrous, rather glaucous ; pe- 

 duncles filiform, 1-flowered; bracteas minute, setaceous ; calyx 

 campanulate, erectish, with short acute teeth ; tube of corolla 

 almost inclosed. 2.? S. Native of Brazil, in the province 

 of Goyaz, among rocks on Serra Dourada. Leaves 1 inch 

 long. 



Simple Hyptis. PL tall. 



198 H. SALZMA'NNI (Benth. lab. p. 138.) shrubby; branches 

 leafy, spreadingly pilose; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, erosely 

 crenated, wrinkled, pubescent, pale beneath ; panicle very 

 loose, nearly naked, quite glabrous, glaucous, with elongated 

 branches ; peduncles filiform, 1-3-flowered ; calyx campanu- 

 late, veiny, with equal acute teeth ; tube of corolla hardly ex- 

 serted. t? . S. Native of tropical Brazil, in sandy places near 

 Bahia, and in many other places in the same province, as well 

 as of Minas Geraes, Corolla pale blue. 



Far. (3, tomenlbsa (Benth. lab. p. 138.) leaves tomentose on 

 both surfaces, white beneath. 



Salzmann's Hyptis. Shrub 3 feet. 



199 H. CALOPHY'LLA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 138.) 

 plant tall ; branches panicled above, quite glabrous, scarcely 

 glaucous ; leaves petiolate, large, ovate, acuminated, sinuately 

 lobed, crenated, deeply cordate at the base, scabrous above, and 

 clothed with white wool beneath ; panicle very loose, with fili- 

 form branches; peduncles very short, 1-flowered; bracteas 

 minute, setaceous ; fructiferous calyx much increased, glabrous, 

 membranous, rather glaucous, obliquely campanulate, with a 

 very short 5-toothed mouth ; tube of corolla scarcely exserted. 

 11 . ? S. Native of Brazil, on a mountain called Morro d'An- 

 daia, in Minas Novas. Leaves 4-6 inches long. Corollas very 

 small. 



Beautiful-leaved Hyptis. PL 5 feet. 



200 H. VITIFOLIA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 138.) 

 branches pilosely hispid at the base, panicled, quite glabrous 

 and glaucous at top ; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, acuminated, 

 irregularly crenated, and sinuately lobed, deeply cordate at the 

 base, scabrous above, and clothed with white tomentum be- 

 neath ; panicle loosely divaricate, with filiform, 1-flowered pe- 

 duncles ; calyx glabrous, membranous, much increased in the 

 fructiferous state, obliquely campanulate, with a very short, 5- 

 toothed mouth ; tube of corolla much exserted. J? . ? S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, at Santa Cruz. Floral 

 leaves and bracteas minute. Corollas scarlet. 



Fine-leaved Hyptis. Shrub tall. 



201 H. CRISPA V TA (Pohl, icon. ined. ex Benth. lab. p. 139.) 

 stem tall, scarcely pilose at the base ; leaves petiolate, oblong, 

 with undulately crenated margins, rounded at the base, very 

 thick, stiff, hairy above, and clothed with soft villi beneath ; 

 upper leaves lanceolate linear : floral leaves and bracteas 

 small, lanceolate ; panicle quite glabrous and glaucous ; flowers 

 solitary, opposite, along the branches, on short peduncles; calyx 

 tubularly campanulate, clothed with soft villi : teeth broad-lan- 

 ceolate. 1? . ? S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, 

 on Serra Dourada. Allied to H. ca.lyci.na. Corolla villous, 

 twice as long as the calyx. 



Curled-leaved Hyptis. Shrub tall. 



