468 CII. LABIATE (BAKER). [ Stachys. 
coated with white tomentum. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, entire, 14-2 in. 
long, rounded at the base, green and thinly tomentose above, densely 
white-tomentose below. Whorls crowded into a terminal spicate panicle, 
the lower subtended by large leaves. Calyx } in. long, white tomen- 
tose ; teeth deltoid, much shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube as long 
as the calyx; lower lip as long as the tube.—S. hypoleuca, Hochst. ex 
Schimp. Pl. Abyss. Exsice. ii. No. 855; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1. 
197 ; Engl. Hochgebirgstl. Trop. Afr. 369. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia : Mount Aber, near Jenausa, Schimper, 855! 
Var, Schimperi, Baker. Leaves shorter, linear-oblong. Whorls of flowers more 
numerous and laxer.—S. Schimperi, Vatke in Linnea, xxxvii. 330; Engl. Le. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Urahut District, Schimper, 592! 
The type is also Oriental. 
8. S. Hildebrandtii, Vatke in Linnea, xliii. 95. An undershrub 
6 ft. high., with slender woody branchlets, densely clothed with white 
tomentum. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong, crenate, 1—2 in. long, firm, 
dull green and thinly pubescent above, densely coated with whitish 
tomentum beneath. Whorls few, crowded into a short terminal spicate 
panicle; lower bracts longer than the flowers. Calyx densely pubescent, 
4 in. long ; teeth deltoid, acute, much shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube 
not exserted; lower lip shorter than the tube.— Engl. Hochgebirgsf. 
Trop. Afr. 369. 
Nile Land. British Somaliland: Serrut Mountains, near Maid, 5800 ft., Hil- 
debrandt, 1426 ! 
Nearly allied to S. palestina, Linn. 
9. S. bizensis, Schweinf. Pl. Abyss. Sept. Exsicc. No. 1827. A shrub, 
with slender branchlets clothed with white tomentum. Leaves sessile, 
lanceolate, 1-14 in. long, entire or obscurely crenate, acute or obtuse, 
thick, grey and thinly tomentose above, densely coated with white 
tomentum beneath, the main veins raised. Whorls few-flowered, 
axillary; pedicels ;4;-4 in. long. Calyx } in. long, densely clothed 
with white tomentum; tube subcylindrical, strongly ribbed ; teeth 
equal, lanceolate, acuminate, half as long as the tube. Corolla pallid, 
not much longer than the calyx. Stamens included. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: summit of Mount Bizen, 8000 ft., Schweinfurth, 1847 : 
33. LAMIUM, Linn,; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. ii. 
1210. 
Calyx-tube straight, 5-nerved; teeth 5, mucronate, subequal. 
Corolla-tube usually exserted; limb bilabiate; upper lip ascending; 
concave ; lower detlexed, 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, arcuate ; 
anther-cells divergent. Disk equal. Style bifid at the apex. Nucules 
triquetrous, with a truncate apex.—Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves 
