490 LABIATJ2. 



* Corolla small i whorls distant. 



18. S. occidentalis, Sw. Annual, diffuse ; leaves ovate, poiiited, euneate at the base, 

 serrate, glahrescent (or with scattered hsirs), floral subulate ; whorls distantly racemose, 

 6-2-flowered ; calyx glandular, about half as long as the blue corolla : upper lip entire, 



* blunt, inferior 3-pai-tite, its segments deltoid, bluntish or mucronate. — SI. t. Wt.f. 2. — 

 Hyptis glandulosa, Sieb. Mart. 151. S. obscura, Benilt. I : the form with mucronate in- 

 ferior calyx-lobes. — Leaves 14"-1", corolla 3'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, all coll., a common 

 weed; Antigua!, Nichols., Dominical, S. Vincent !, Guild, j Trinidad !, ioctt., O., com- 

 mon in dry savannahs; [Cuba ! and Mexico I to Peru ! ; Galapagos !]. 



19. S. tenella, 5w. Annual, diffuse, or creeping; leaves deltoid, truncate or sub- 

 cordate at the base, serrate with spreading serratures, glabrescent or pubescent chiefly 

 beneath, _;?ora^ small, lanceolate; whorls distantly racemose, 6-10(-3)-ilowered; calyx 

 glandular, exceeding half the blue corolla : upper lip entire, bluntish, inferior 2-partite, its 

 segments ovate, shortly mucronate ; superior stigma-lobe convolute, bluntish. — Sw. Ic. t. 2 : 

 a small-leaved, smaU-flowered form, which however passes into the common, larger-flowered, 

 diffuse S. micrantha, V. {Jaeq. Schwnbr. t. 481.).— Leaves 6"'-13"', corolla 2"'-4"' long.— 

 Hab. Jamaica!, Al., Wullschl., Wils., March, a common weed; [Cuba!, S.Thomas!; 

 Mexico]. 



20-. S. serotina, L. Suffrutico,8e, softly pilose ; leaves deltoid, blimtish, truncate or 

 subcordate at the base, crenate with oppressed, truncate crenatures, softly pubescent, 

 floral small, lanceolate; whorls distantly racemose, 6(-2)-flowered ; calyx glandular, 

 exceeding half the blue (or white) corolla : upper lip entire, conform to the inferior 2 deltoid 

 teeth; stigma-lobes filiform. — Jacq. Ic. Ear. t. 3. Sw. Obs. t. 1. /. 1. — S. dominica, Sw. 

 — ^Leaves 12"'-6"', corolla 3'" long. — Hab. Bahamas!, Swains^; Jamaica!, Waters; An- 

 tigua !, Lane, Wullschl., Dominica ! ; Trinidad !, Sieb. Tr. 134 ; [Virgin to French islands !, 

 Sieb. Mart. 379]. 



** Corolla shortly exserled; whorls approximate. 



1 21. S. hispauica, L. Annual, rigid-erect, pubescent; leaves ovate, pointed, serrate, 

 long-petioled, floral ovate, exceeding the short pedicels ; raceme spiciform : whorls approxi- 

 mate, many-flowered; calyx campanulate, villous-pubescent : upper lip ovate, pointed, 



2 inferior teeth ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; corolla blue, shortly exserted, glabrous, 

 including the stameus.— 5oi!. iJ^j?. 5. it. 359.— 1'-3' high; leaves 3"-4", corolla 4"'-5"' 

 long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., AL, Pd., in coffee-plantations. Port Royal ; [Mexico I to 

 Quito ; naturalized in south-western Europe]. 



*** Corolla above half an inch long ; whorls at length distant. 



33. S. eriocalyx, Berter. Shrubby ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, 

 pubescent above, hoary-tomentose beneath, floral deciduous ; whorls racemose, little distant, 

 6-] 0-flowered ; calyx woolly: upper lip roundish, blunt, 3 inferior teeth deltoid, bluntish; 

 corolla red, villous, about twice as long as the calyx, including the stamens. — 8' high ; 

 leaves 3"-3", corolla 8'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf, Pd., Wils., in the mountains of 

 Port Royal. 



33. S. XatumtoWa,, Jacq. Suffruticose, erect, slightly puberulous ; leaves ovate, point- 

 leted, serrate, glabrescent, floral oval-subulate, deciduous ; whorls racemose, distant, 6-10- 

 flowered ; calyx glabrescent between the puberulous ribs : teeth 3, conform, subulate \ 

 corolla blue, villous above, twice as loug as the calyx, including the stamens. — Jacq. 

 Schmnbr. t. 318.— Leaves 5"-4", corolla 10'" long. —Hab. S. Vincent!, Quild.; Trinidad!, 

 Sieb. Tr. 189 ; [Cuba]. 



34. S. coccinea, L. Herbaceous, erect ; leaves cordate-ovate or ovate, crenate, hoary- 

 pubescent beneath, floral ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, deciduous ; whorls racemose, distant, 

 i6-l 0-flowered; calyx puberulous: teeth 3, ovate-deltoid; corolla crimson, puberulous, 



J," twice to thrice as long as the calyx ; stamens exserted. — PoM Ic. Bras. t. 192. — Leaves 

 f- l"-3", coroUa 8"'-10"' long. 



o. Stem appressed-pubescent. 



p. ciliata, Benth. Stem pilose, stout. — S. pseudococcinea, Jagq. Ic. Bar. t. 309. 



