486 LABIATE. 



(or spreading) down; leaves spathulate or oval-oblong, blunt, pei«oZ«(^; spikes 4-3 (-2)- 

 partite, filiform ; corolla shortly exserted, bearing distinct hair-bundles above the stamens j 

 anthers distinct, mucronate,- inserted above the base of the corolla ; stigma conical, gla- 

 brescent, sessile ; nutlets minute, subglobose, puberulous on the bark. — Kth. Nov. Gen. 

 t. 306 : the villous form. — Schleidenia, Fresen. H. cinereum, canescens, and procambens, 

 'Kth. — 1'-3' high ; corolla white, i"', nutlets i'" long : in the analogous H. ovalifolium, 

 Forsk. {H. coromandelinum, Ketz., H. Kunnei, Lehm., H. niloticum. A, DC.) of the old 

 world I see the nutlets thrice as large, and more distinctly wrinkled on the sides. — Hae. 

 Jamaica !, along the sea-shore, in wet places ; Trinidad !, Sieb, Tr. 89, 337, Sch., Lockh., 

 Cr. ; [Cuba!, Texas!, and California!, to Uruguay!]. 



46. H. curassavicum, L. Suifrutescent, glabrous; leaves lanceolate subsessile; 

 spikes 3-partite or simple ; corolla shortly exserted, glabrous within ; anthers distinct, 

 acuminate, inserted above the base of the corolla ; stigma blunt, glabrous, sessile ; nutlets 

 ovate-3-goual, glabrous. — SI. <. 133. /. 3. — Succulent-glaucous; flowers small, white. — 

 Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., chiefly on the sea-shore ; Antigua !, Wullschl. , [Oregon ! to 

 Patagonia ! ; Sandwich islands ! to Australia ! and the Cape !]. 



Sect. 4. Obthostaohts, iJ. Br. — ¥ruit seceding into 4 nutlets. Flowers lateral, in 

 bracteate spikes or single. — Corolla puberulous at the throat. Anthers subulate, cohering 

 by their puberulous point, inserted about the middle of the corolla-tube. Style short. 



H. par^Jlorum {Schleidenia, DC, and lAthospermum distichum, Pcepp. Cub. 2580, non 

 Orteg.), found in Brazil and Cuba, is distinguished from Orihostachys by longer-pedicellate 

 flowers, the calyx 5-fid and the corolla-plaits produced into a tooth : hence Presenius has 

 reduced Ortlwstachys to Schleidenia, which may be regarded (like Odontotropium) as a 

 peculiar section oi ffeliotropium. 



47. H. filiforiue, Kth. Slender, annual, suffruticose, branched, strigose; leaves 

 lanceolate, subsessile ; flowers at length shortly pedicellate and distant in elongated spi/ces : 

 bracts minute ; corolla-tube as long as the longer calyx-segments, puberulous below the 

 throat : lobes ovate ; stigma conical, as long as the style, puberulous at the top ; nutlets 

 subglobose, hispidulous, 1-foveolate on each side. — SI. t. 132./. 4. Kth. Nov. Gen. t. 204. 

 — Schleidenia, Fresen. H. helophilum. Mart. H. myosotoides, Berter. ! {non Lehm.). — 

 8"-13" high, often diifose; corolla white: tube 1'" long. — Hae. Jamaica!, March, 

 Wullschl., in wet places ;iMexico ! to Brazil !]. 



48. H. fruticosum, L. Shrubby, leafy, strigose or villous-hispid ; leaves lanceolate- 

 acuminate or linear, subsessile, revolute at the margin ; flowers in short, dense, recurved 

 spikes, at length shortly pedicellate ; corolla-tube about as long as the calyx, closed by 

 decurrent, pubescent plaits -. lobes ovate ; stigma conical, as long as the style, puberulous 

 at the 3-dentate top ; nutlets subglobose, hispidulous, 1-foveolate on each side. — Plum. Ed. 

 Burm. t. 237./. 2. — H. ternatum,F. H. demissum, R. S. H. hirtum, Lehm. .'; the short- 

 leaved form. — 5'-l' high, variable in the down, and the leaves 16'''-4"' long, ternately ap- 

 proximate, imbricate, or scattered : corolla white : tube 2'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., 

 Al., Wils., in dry, calcareous soil : Antigua !, Wullschl., Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent !, 

 Guild. ; [Cuba I tb French islands!, Sieb. Mart. 885 ; Guatemala I to Venezuela!]. 



49. H. microphyllum, Sw. Procumbent, diffuse, perennial, suffruticose, hoary- 

 sericeous by strigose down ; leaves approximate or imbricate, minute, elliptical-oblong, 

 pointed, sessile : flowers solitary, sessile between the superior leaves ; corolla-tube as long 

 as the calyx, nearly closed at the puberulous throat : lobes roundish ; stigma conical, pube- 

 rulous, longer than the short style; nutlets subglobose, hoary-strigulose, 1-foveolate on 

 each side. — Nearly allied to H. humifusum, Kth., of Cuba, which has longer, hispid leaves. 

 3"-6"long; leaves l"'-3'", coroUa-tube i'" long.— Hab. Antigua!, r«/te/i/., at CarKsle; 

 [Guadeloupe]. 



CXX. LABIATiE. 



Stamens didynamous-3, inserted into the sympetalous, imbricative, mostly 2 -lipped 

 corolla. Ovary superior, 2-carpellary, 4-lobed, 4-celled : ovules single in each cell, erect : 



