FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 233 
A perennial herb, much branched at the crown of the root, 
with slender square erect simple stems 1-12 ft. long. Leaves 
in numerous decussate pairs on the lower part of the stem, about 
2 in. long, quite sessile, obtuse, firm in texture, minutely crispato- 
crenulate on the margin, bright green above, matted with white 
tomentum beneath. Racemes 3-6 in. long; whorls 4-8, with 
6-10 flowers in each; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx 
4 in. long, copiously glandular; tube almost campanulate. Co- 
rolla 3 in. long, pale lilac, glabrous; upper lip } in. long; lower 
twice as long, with small side and a large orbicular end lobe. 
Anthers contained in the upper lip of the corolla, the end cell 
oblong, and the short spreading fork of the connective also bear- 
ing a small oblong cell.— Central Madagascar, Baron 2011! 2073! 
2074! Mr. Baron has also regathered all the four species 
gathered on the Ankarata Mountains by Mr. Kitching, which I 
described in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xviii. pp. 275-277. 
STACHYS (§ STACHYOTYPUS) SPILERODONTA, n. sp. 
Perennis, dense pilosa, caulibus brevibus simplicibus, foliis plurijugis 
sessilibus oblanceolato-oblongis obtusis conspicue crenatis, verticillis 
multifloris in racemum terminalem aggregatis, bracteis parvis, pedicellis 
brevibus, calycis dense hispidi dentibus lanceolato-deltoideis mucronatis 
quam tubus duplo brevioribus, corolle tubo calyci zquilongo, labio 
superiore obovato, inferiore majore trilobato, genitalibus inclusis. 
An erect perennial herb, with simple densely pilose ascending 
stems 6-9 in. long. Leaves in several decussate pairs on the 
lower part of the stem, erecto-patent, 12-2 in. long, 2 in. broad, 
thick in texture, closely deeply crenate, green and hispid on the 
upper surface, pale green and densely hispid, with raised brown 
veins, beneath; upperleaves smaller and more distant. Racemes 
2-4 in. long; whorls 4-8, with 6-10 flowers in each; bracts 
minute; pedicels very short. Calyx } in. long, densely pilose. 
Corolla with a tube just as long as the calyx, a densely pilose 
small orbieular upper lip, and a larger lower one (} in. long) with 
3 orbieular lobes. Stamens and stigma reaching out of the tube 
into the upper lip of the eorolla.— Central Madagascar, Baron 
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Sracnys (§ SracHYOTYPUS) OLIGANTHA, n. sp. 
Perennis, glabra, caulibus brevibus simplicibus, foliis paucijugis sessili- 
bus oblanceolatis obtusis integris vel parce dentatis, racemis laxis ter- 
minalibus paucifloris, bracteis foliis conformibus, pedicellis brevissimis, 
