Stachys. | CII. LABIATE (BAKER). 467 
pedicels very short. Calyx } in. long, densely hairy; teeth lanceolate, 
half as long as the tube. Corolla white, 2 in. long; tube cylindrical, 
twice as long as the lips; upper lip round, shorter than the lower. 
Stamens not exserted. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla, in dry bushy pastures between Lopollo and 
Catemba, Welwitsch, 5509! in swampy woods between Ohai and Catemba, Welwitsch, 
5510! 
4. S. nemorivaga, Briquet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 192. <A tall 
branched herb, with long internodes and branches clothed with spread- 
ing hairs. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong, 13-3 in. long, obtuse, 
rounded or truncate at the base, inciso-crenate, green and pilose on 
both surfaces. Whorls 6-flowered; pedicels short. Calyx in flower 
¢ in., finally $ in. long; tube long, pilose; teeth lanceolate-deltoid, 
$ the length of the tube. Corolla } in. longer than the calyx; tube 
exserted ; lower lip longer than the upper, slightly 3-lobed. Stamens 
not exserted. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Malange, Mechouw, 287. 
Allied to S. ethiopica, Linn. 
5. S. andongensis, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 874. A peren- 
nial herb, with branched pubescent stems 4 ft. long. Leaves shortly 
petioled, ovate-oblong, 2-44 in. long, acuminate, minutely toothed, 
broadly rounded at the base, membranous, dark green and nearly 
glabrous above, pale and pubescent beneath. Whorls about 4, many- 
flowered, only the lowest subtended by large leaves ; pedicels very short. 
Calyx pubescent, nearly } in. long; tube oblong; teeth lanceolate, half 
as long as the tube. Corolla red-violet, 3 in. long; tube cylindrical, 
twice as long as the lips; upper lip rounded, much shorter than the 
lower. Stamens not exserted. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; damp thickets about the gigantic 
rocks of Catete, Welwitsch, 5546! 
6. S. sthiopica, Linn.; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 476. A her- 
baceous perennial, with slender erect branched densely hairy unarmed 
stems. Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate, crenate, 1-1} in. long, hairy 
on both surfaces. Whorls many, forming a lax terminal racemo-e 
panicle; bracts only the lowest longer than the calyx; pedicels 
very short. Calyx hairy, } in. long; teeth equal, lanceolate, as long 
as the tube. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx; lower lip nearly 
as long as the tube.—Britten in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 
Iv. 37, 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Mlanje, Whyte / 
Also in South Africa. 
7. S. palestina, Linn.; Benth in DC. Prod. xii. 491, var. hypo- 
leuca, Baker. A much-branched undershrub, with slender branchlets, 
