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LABIAT^E. L. GARDOQUIA. 



Cunila coccinea, Nutt. ex Hook. exot. fl. 3. t. 163. Melissa 

 coccinea, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 224. Leaves \ an inch long, 1-3 

 nerved, glandularly dotted. Peduncles sometimes short and 

 1 -flowered. Corolla scarlet, clothed with glandular pubescence. 

 Stamens distant, a little exserted. (fig. 80.) 



Hooker's Gardoquia. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1834. Shrub 1 

 to 2 feet. 



12 G. SERI'CEA (Presl, mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 402.) suffruti- 

 cose, procumbent, clothed with silky tomentuvn ; leaves sessile, 

 linear, quite entire, with revolute margins, clothed with silky 

 wool on both surfaces ; floral leaves and bracteas similar to the 

 cauline leaves, but smaller ; flowers axillary, solitary ; calyx 

 silky, with short, nearly equal teeth : throat naked inside. ^ . 

 G. Native of Peru, in the valleys of the Cordillera. Leaves 

 3-5 lines long. Corolla 10-11 lines long, scarlet, pubescent. 

 Stamens exserted : superior ones inclosed or abortive. ? 



Silky Gardoquia. Shrub procumbent. 



13 G. ARGE'NTEA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 313.) 

 shrubby, clothed with silky silvery pubescence ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, with revolute, quite entire margins ; flowers 

 axillary, solitary ; calyx bilabiate, silky, with acute teeth, and a 

 naked throat ; corolla 3 times as long as the calyx. Tj . G. 

 Native of Peru, on the Andes near Micuipampa. Leaves 2-3 

 lines long. Calyx tridentate. Corolla scarlet, downy outside ; 

 throat bearded below. Stamens inclosed. 



Silvery Gardoquia. Shrub. 



14 G. DI'SCOLOR (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 312.) 

 branchlets clothed with canescent pubescence ; bark soluble ; 

 leaves oblong, acute, cuneated at the base, quite entire, puberu- 

 lous above, but clothed with silky hoary pubescence beneath ; 

 flowers axillary, solitary ; calyx villous, having the throat 

 closed with white hairs : the limb bilabiate, with lanceolate- 

 acute, unequal segments ; corolla 2-4 times as long as the 

 calyx. 17 G. Native of the Spanish Main, on Silla de 

 Caraccas. Leaves on short petioles, 4-8 lines long. Throat 

 of corolla naked. Corolla purple. 



Discoloured-\ea\ed Gardoquia. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1827. 

 Shrub. 



15 G. GILLIE'SU (Graham, in edinb. phil. journ. 1831. sept. 

 377. Benth. lab. p. 402.) suffruticose ; branches divaricate, 

 pubescent ; leaves oblong-linear or cuneated, obtuse, quite 

 entire, narrowed at the base, green on both surfaces, flat ; floral 

 leaves similar to the others, and are, as well as the bracteas, 

 rather shorter than the calyxes ; whorls few, many-flowered, 

 rather loose, irregular ; calyx elongated, erect, with lanceolate- 

 subulate, nearly equal teeth, and the throat naked inside, tj . 

 G. Native of Chili, near Valparaiso. G. Chilensis, Hook, et 

 Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. hot. p. 58. Stems divaricate or pro- 

 cumbent. Branches ending each in a long terminal raceme. 

 Leaves 3-6 lines long. Calyx bilabiate. Corolla pubescent, 

 scarlet. 



Gillies's Gardoquia. Fl. April, July.? Clt. 1828. Shrub 

 procumbent. 



16 G. OBOVA'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. syst. fl. per. p. 150.) shrubby; 

 branches canescent ; leaves obovate-oblong, narrowed at the 

 base, with revolute, quite entire margins, smoothish above, pale 

 and few-veined beneath, glabrous on both surfaces ; whorls 

 about 2-flowered, secund ; calyx nearly glabrous, with short 

 obtuse teeth, and with the throat villous inside. t? . G. Na- 

 tive of Peru, at Cheuchin. Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. ined. 4. t. 

 494. f. a. Leaves 3-4 lines long, on very short pedicels. 

 Corolla about 3 times as long as the calyx, very villous. Sta- 

 mens much exserted. 



Obovate-leaved Gardoquia. Shrub 3 feet. 



17 G. OLABRA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 313.) 

 branches pubescent; leaves lanceolate- oblong, acute at both 



ends, with revolute serrated margins, glabrous, full of glandular 

 dots beneath ; flowers axillary, solitary ; calyx glandularly 

 dotted, bilabiate, with acuminated, nearly equal teeth, or the 3 

 upper teeth are longest ; corolla twice as long as the calyx. Tj 

 G. Native near Quito. Leaves on short petioles, scarlet, 

 shining above, f an inch long. Corolla downy outside, with a 

 pilose throat. Stamens inclosed. 

 Glabrous Gardoquia. Shrub. 



18 G. TAXIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 312.) branches 

 clothed with hoary villi ; leaves linear-lanceolate or oblong, ob- 

 tuse, narrowed at the base, quite entire, glabrous, dotted be- 

 neath ; flowers axillary, solitary ; calyx bilabiate, with acumi- 

 nated, nearly equal teeth, and having the throat closed by hairs. 

 Jj . G. Native of New Granada, on the Andes, especially on 

 the declivity of Paramo de Saraguru, near Ona. Leaves 4-5 

 lines long. Corolla red, ? pubescent outside, with a rather 

 pilose throat. Genitals exserted. 



Yen-leaved Gardoquia. Shrub. 



19 G. STRIA'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. syst. fl. per. p. 148.) shrubby ; 

 branches clothed with wool-like villi ; leaves small, ovate, quite 

 entire, flat, or complicate, quite glabrous on both surfaces, stri- 

 ated or ciliated on the back ; whorls 2-flowered, secund ; calyx 

 glabrous, with short obtuse teeth, and the throat rather villous 

 inside. ^ . G. Native of Peru, on arid hills in the provinces 

 of Tarma and Huanuco. Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. ined. 4. t. 494. 

 f. b. Leaves sessile, 2 lines long, rounded or subcordate at the 

 base : upper ones obtuse. Corolla scarlet, downy outside, 3 

 times the length of the calyx. Stamens a little exserted. 



Striated-leaved Gardoquia. Shrub 3 feet. 



20 G. MICROPHY'LLA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 311.) branches 

 crowded, pubescently pilose while young ; leaves ovate, obtuse, 

 cordate, with revolute, quite entire margins, glabrous, having 

 the margins and middle nerve ciliated ; flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary ; calyx rather scabrous, bilabiate, with acute, ciliated, un- 

 equal teeth, and a naked throat ; corolla 5 times as long as the 

 calyx. Jj . G. Native of the Andes of Pasto, in frigid places 

 near Rio Blanco, between Guachucal and Tulcan. Leaves on 

 short petioles, hardly a line long. Pedicels short. Corolla red, 

 downy outside ; throat bearded. Stamens hardly exserted. 



Small-leaved Gardoquia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



21 G. JAMESO'NI (Benth. lab. p. 404.) shrubby, procum- 

 bent, glabrous ; leaves small, broad-ovate, obtuse, quite entire, 

 flat, or conduplicate, green and glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 whorls about 2-flowered ; calyx glabrous, with short obtuse 

 teeth, and with the throat naked inside. T; . G. Native of 

 Peru, at Paramo de Antisana, Jameson. Leaves hardly a line 

 long, numerous, sessile. Corolla smaller than that of G. revo- 

 luta, pale red, pubescent outside. Stamens all fertile. 



Jameson's Gardoquia. Shrub procumbent. 



22 G. REVOLU'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. syst. fl. per. p. 149.) suffru- 

 ticose, procumbent ; branches pubescent ; leaves small, round- 

 ish, very blunt, quite entire, cordate at the base, with revolute 

 margins, glabrous above, clothed with white tomentum beneath ; 

 whorls about 2-flowered ; calyx tomentose, witli short broad 

 teeth, and the throat almost naked inside. (7 . G. Native of 

 Peru, in the fissures of rocks towards Huassa-huassi, Panao, 

 and Huariaca, Ruiz, et Pav. ; Cordilleras, Haenke and Mathews. 

 Leaves numerous, sessile, hardly a line long, blistered. Flowers 

 usually solitary, but sometimes 3 on each peduncle. Corolla 

 scarlet, 10-11 lines long, pubescent, a little incurved. Stamens 

 all fertile. 



jReco/<e-leaved Gardoquia. Shrub procumbent. 



-f- Doubtful species. 



23 G. CAPITA'TA (Spreng. syst. cur. post. p. 225.) heads 



