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ori et revera ab eo obtecta, seminibus retinaculis brevibus com-' 
pressis obtusis sustentis. 
Hab. Corumba, December. 713a, 800. 
Ramuli hornotini breves, ex ramis annotinis rae cortice Be 
jam obductis orti, minute puberuli. Folia modica 4:0-7:0 cm. long. 
(raro 8-0 cm. metientia), 2-0-4°5 cm. lat., mabOgES 5 coste secundarie 
6-8-juga, parum perspicue ; petioli 0:5-1:0 ¢ ong. Heds neuli 
0:3em. long. Calycis phylla minora 2-0-vix 2° - em. long., um 
1-0 cm . lat. ; posticum adusque 1‘3 cm. lat. Corolle a icimaleal 
albe vel lacte tubus 10-0 em. long., maxima pro parte 0°3 cm. lat., 
ipso sub Siok subito fere usque ad 1-0 cm. dilatatus; limbus circa 
., lobi circa 2°0 em. long. Filamenta ad 1: bs cm. infra. 
fauces saentas complanata, circa 1°5 cm. long.; authere 0°5 cm. 
long. Stigmatis lobus alter 0-2 cm. long., alter Sak warts Cap- 
sula 1°5 cm. long., bisuleata. Semina fusea, 0-4 cm. diam. ; retina- 
cula 0°2 cm. long., apice alba. 
The position of this remarkable plant is clearly between Ruellia 
and Pentstemonacanthus. From the former it is at once marked 0 
calyx resembles that o sisevaiipacanitheds, a gents: in poise he 
fth stamen is present, whereas Seg Seaeies not e 
trace of a staminod ab bracts and Biketolad Qe 
the large corollas should also be sida 
Stenandrium spathulatum 8. Moore. Corumba., 716a. 
- VERBENACER. 
Lantana coimbrensis 8. Moore. Corumba. 770. 
é 876. 
L. turnerifolia Cham. & Schlecht. Porto Murtinho. 892. 
L. primulina $. Moore. 407, 411, 586, 550, 561. 
Stachytarpheta gesneroides Cham. & Schlecht. (e descript.). 1608. 
erbena aristigera §. Moore. Terere, Paraguay. 849. 
Afgiphila vertictilata Vell. 484. 
LABIAT. 
Ocimum micranthum Willd. beret ete 724, 
Hyptis brunnescens Pohl. 342 
H, velutina Pohl. 340, 845. 
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Hi, lappacea bane Porto Murtinho. 872. 
Hi, caspitosa St. 612 
Hyptis (§ eed se HYPTIS, ;“Xynopawtks) frondosa, sp. nov 
Herbacea, perennis, caule stricto omnimodo folioso valido dense 
hirsuto-tomentoso deinde hirsuto-pubescente, foliis sessilibus orbi- 
cularibus basi alte cordatis apice obtusissimis supra scabridis bulla- 
oem glomerulis ex axillis 
summis oriundis globosis mediocribus plurifloris pedicellis dense 
hirsuto-tomentosis quam folia brevioribus fultis, bracteis ext. ovatis 
vel oe a int. anguste lineari-lanceolatas neue 
