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LABIATE. XVI. ERIOPE. XVII. LAVANDULA. 



falling off. Bracteas 2, very minute under die calyx. Nearly 

 allied to Hyptis, section Hypenia, but the habit is peculiar. 



1 E. HYPENOIDES (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 142.) shrub- 

 by ; stem pilose at the base, quite glabrous above, and glaucous ; 

 leaves on short petioles, ovate, or oblong, acute, rounded at the 

 base, or cuneated, white beneath ; panicle ample, branched. Jj . 

 S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia, in elevated 

 fields at Rio da Contas. Branches terete. Leaves serrulated, 

 or crenulated. Peduncles tomentose. Calyx villous. Corollas 

 pale, bluish red. 



Hypenia-like Eriope. Shrub 6 feet. 



2 E. MONTICOLA (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 143.) suffruti- 

 cose ; stem clothed with hoary tomentum at the base, glabrous, 

 and bluish above ; leaves on short petioles, ovate-roundish, co- 

 riaceous, glabrous above and shining, but rather scabrous and 

 canescent beneath, with ciliated edges ; panicle branched. 1? . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia, in elevated fields at 

 Sincora. Branches terete, or scarcely tetragonal at the base. 

 Leaves toothed, \ inch long. Corolla pale blue, downy outside. 

 Young branches, peduncles, and calyxes tomentose. 



Mountain Eriope. Shrub 3 feet. 



3 E. OBTUSA'TA (Benth. lab. p. 143.) suffruticose ; stem 

 tomentosely pubescent ; leaves nearly sessile, oval, obtuse, cre- 

 nated a little, coriaceous, rather wrinkled above, and tomentose 

 beneath, with ciliated margins ; racemes branched. ^ . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia. Racemes more 

 villous than the preceding. 



Blunt-leaved Eriope. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



4 E. POLYPHY'LLA (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 143.) suf- 

 fruticose ; stem tomentosely pubescent ; leaves on short peti- 

 oles, ovate, or lanceolate, acute, serrated, coriaceous, shining 

 above, rather tomentose beneath, with ciliated edges ; racemes 

 elongated, nearly simple. J? . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 province of Bahia, at Rio da Contas, and Cayes. An humble 

 shrub. 



Many-leaved Eriope. Shrub. 



5 E. CRASSIFOLIA (Mart mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 143.) shrub- 

 by ; branches pubescent ; leaves sessile, sub-imbricate, broad- 

 ovate, acute, serrated, thick, coriaceous, glabrous on both sur- 

 faces, with naked margins ; racemes simple. fj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of Bahia, in Serra das Lages, and 

 at Sincora. Habit of E. polyphylla. Corolla pale violet, as in 

 the preceding. 



Thick-leaved Eriope. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



6 E. PARVIFOLIA (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 144.) suffru- 

 ticose ; branches tomentosely pubescent ; leaves nearly sessile, 

 ovate, acute, complicate, green on both surfaces, clothed with 

 soft tomentum, with naked edges ; racemes numerous, a little 

 branched. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia, 

 in the woods of Catingas, at Sincora. Shrub much branched. 

 Peduncles and calyxes clothed with short, velvety tomentum. 

 Corollas as in E. crassifblia. 



Small-leaved Eriope. Shrub. 



7 E. NUDIFLORA (H. B. et Kunth, mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 

 144.) suffruticose; branches very hairy ; leaves on short peti- 

 oles, oblong, acutish, callously serrated, cuneated at the base, 

 glabrous, coriaceous, wrinkled, with rather ciliated margins ; 

 racemes simple. ^ . S. Native of Guiana, at Maypure. 

 Humb. et Bonpl. Leaves 1| inch long. Corolla violet. 

 Whorls 4-flowered. Pedicels glabrous. 



Naked-flomered Eriope. Shrub. 



8 C. CRA'SSIPES (Benth. lab. p.'144.) suffruticose; branches 

 erect, nearly simple, pubescent ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate, 

 obtuse, crenated, or lanceolate, acute, serrated, nearly glabrous ; 

 racemes elongated, simple. fj . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 province of Goyaz, in pastures near San Jose. 



Far. /3, acutifolia (Benth. lab. p. 144.) leaves lanceolate, 

 roughish, for the most part glabrous, or furnished with a few 

 hairs. ^ . S. Native of Rio Janeiro. 



Thick -peduncled Eriope. Shrub. 



9 E. TEUCRIOIDES (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 144.) her- 

 baceous, ? procumbent ; branches spreadingly pilose at the base, 

 pubescent at top ; leaves on short petioles, ovate, bluntish, sub- 

 crenated, glabrous, somewhat ciliated ; racemes elongated, nearly 

 simple. I/ . ? S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 

 Novas, in woods. Racemes like those of E. nudicaulis. Co- 

 rollas blue. 



Germander-like Eriope. PI. 



10 E. COMPLICA V TA (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 144.) 

 shrubby ; branches elongated, tomentose, and spreadingly 

 pilose ; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, obtuse, crenated, rounded 

 at the base, wrinkled, villous on both surfaces, rather hoary 

 beneath ; racemes simple, clothed with white tomentum. Tj . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the provinces of Minas Geraes and Bahia, 

 in several places. Racemes 1-3-flowered, terminal. Leaves ^ 

 an inch long. Corolla small, bluish-violet. 



Complicate Eriope. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



11 E. FCE'TIDA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 145.) shrub- 

 by ; branches divaricate, beset with spreading hairs at the base, 

 and tomentose pubescence at top ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 

 acutish, serrately crenated, almost glabrous, coriaceous ; ra- 

 cemes paniculately branched. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 provinces of Minas Geraes and Goyaz. Leaves 1| to 3 inches 

 long, often clammy. Corolla purplish. Odour fetid. 



Fetid Eriope. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



12 E. ALPE'STRIS (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 145.) shrub- 

 by ; branches and petioles clothed with spreading pili ; leaves 

 petiolate, oval, obtuse, crenated, cuneately rounded at the base, 

 wrinkled, villous on both surfaces, hardly canescent beneath ; 

 racemes paniculately branched. Jj . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 the province of Bahia, on the top of Mount Itambe. 



Alp Eriope. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



13 E. MACROSTA'CHYA (Mart. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 145.) 

 shrubby ; branches pubescent, or villous ; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, denticulated, rounded at the base, or 

 subcordate, wrinkled, villous on both surfaces ; panicle ample, 

 branched. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of Minas 

 Geraes, Rio Janeiro, &c., in elevated fields, and on the banks of 

 rivers. Leaves lj to 3 inches long. Corolla bluish purple, 

 pubescent outside. 



Far. j3, villbsa (Benth. lab. p. 145.) stem clothed with rufous 

 tomentum, and spreading pili. Leaves clothed with rufous villi 

 beneath, and more wrinkled than in the species. 



Long-spiked Eriope. Shrub tall. 



Cult. Plants of easy culture. A light, rich soil will suit 

 them, and cuttings will strike root readily in the same kind of 

 earth. 



XVII. LAVA'NDULA (from lavo, to wash ; from its use 

 in fomentations and baths.) Tourn. inst. 93. Lin. gen. no. 

 711. Schreb. gen. no. 965. Gsert. fruct. 1. p. 320. t. 66. 

 Juss. gen. 113. ed. Usteri, p. 127. Benth. lab. p. 146. 

 Stce'chas, Tourn. inst. 95. Fabricia, Adans, fam. 188. Chse- 

 tostachys, Benth. in Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 2. p. 19. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx ovate-tubular, 

 nearly equal, 1-3, or rarely Li-nerved, shortly 5-toothed ; the 

 4 lower teeth nearly equal, or the two lowest ones are narrower : 

 the upper one, (and sometimes the lateral ones are broader,) 

 sometimes drawn out at the apex into a dilated appendage. Co- 

 rolla with an exserted tube, a somewhat dilated throat, and an 

 oblique, bilabiate limb : upper lip 2-lobed : lower one 3-lobed : 



