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STÁCHYS germánica; var. pubéscens. 
Pubescent German Stachys. 
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. Lanrat&. § Nepetez. 
STACHYS. L.—-Calyx ovato-campanulatus, 10-nervis, equalis, 5-dentatus, intüs fauce nudå 
vel vix pilosá. Corolla tubo calycem subequante, 2-labiata, labiis subequalibus, superiori sub. 
patente integro fornicato vel subplano : inferiori patente 3-fido, lobo medio integro vel emarginato. 
Stamina 4, sub labio superiori ascendentia. Anthere 2-loculares, loculis divaricatis. Stylus apice 
subzequaliter 2-fidus. Achenia sicca, levia.—Benth. 
St. germanica ; canescens, verticillis multifloris, foliis ovatis; serraturis imbricatis, caule lanato. 
Pers. synops. 2. 123. 
Var. pubescens ; foliis dense villosis, minis serratis. 
** St. pubescens. Schrad.” Hort. Gotting. 
This was sent to the Horticultural Society from the Göttingen Garden, under 
the name of S. pubescens : it appears to be a mere variety of S. germanica, with 
thicker leaves than usual. — .* - 
It is a hardy perennial, flowering from June to the end of August. 
Mr. Bentham having kindly supplied us with a continuation of his very 
valuable and interesting characters of the.genera of Labiate, we gladly take this 
opportunity of printing it, being desirous that not a day should be lost in putting 
Botanists in possession of information which is of such great importance to them. 
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“ This genus, which appears to be spread over nearly the whole of the globe, is a numerous 
and very natural one, and consequently difficult in regard to the distinction of its species. The 
generic character brings it nearest to Betonica. amd to Chaiturus: it differs from the former 
chiefly by the shorter tube of the corolla, and the divaricate cells of the anthers. Chaiturus is 
easily distinguished from Stachys by its-habit and inflorescence; yet the erect position of the 
upper lip of the corolla, and the shorter stamina scarcely protruding from the tube of the corolla, 
are the only characters I have been able to find. ' 
The S. lavandulefolia has been established as a separate genus, under the name of Zietenia, by 
Gleditsch, who, according to Persoon (Ench. 2. p. 124), distinguishes it from Stachys by the 
long subulate lacinie of the calyx, and the abortion of three of the nuts; but neither of these 
characters appears to me sufficiently important for the generic separation of plants otherwise 
resembling each other. 2 ; ; 
The genus Stachys belongs to the Labiate with ascendent stamina, which I should propose 
to divide into four tribes, the Ajugoidee, Monardea, Nepetee, and Prasiee ; the remainder of 
the Labiate, those with declinate stamina, forming a single tribe, the Ocymoidee. I now 
proceed to continue the enumeration ofthe genera, as commenced in the last Number of 
the Register, giving the characters of those which I have been able to examine myself, and 
inserting the names only of such as I am no otherwise acquainted with than by the descriptions 
of authors. ; 
Tribus 2. SATUREINEA. (Continued from fol. 1282.) 
$ 3. Anthere dimidiate vel casse. 
22. Westringia. Smith.—Calyx «qualis, 5-nervis, 5-dentatus. Corolla tubo calycem sub- 
»quante, bilabiata: labio superiori erecto subplano emarginato vel bifido, inferiori patente 
3-fido. Stamina 4, distantia.  Anthere superiorum. dimidiate, inferiorum 2-partite, casse. 
Stylus apice subzqualiter bifidus. / 
23. Microcorys. Br. prodr. p. 502. 
Tribus 3. AJUGOIDEX. . i : 
Corolla labium superius abbreviatum vel bifidum, demissum ; inferius longius, patens. Stamina 
ascendentia, longè exserta. : : 
24. Leucosceptrum. Smith.— Calyx ovato-campanulatus, subequalis, 5-dentatus. Corolla 
tubo calyce breviori, bilabiata : ` labio superiori erecto emarginato, inferiori patente 3-fido. 
Stamina 4, ascendentia, ex emarginaturà labii superioris longè exserta. Antherz, loculis divari. 
catis confluentibus, subuniloculares. Stylus apice bifidus : lobo superiori: breviore. Achenia 
reticulato-rugosa. . 
