676 CXII LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Stachys. 
are specimens difficult to refer to either one. The specimens described by Bentham 
under the names of sericea, vestita, splendens and meliss@folia, are so mixed up caa 
it is useless to individualize them. Corolla colour as of S. sericea; tube exser 
or not. 
** Herbs, stem 4-angled. Whorls few-fld. ; bracts minute. 
4. S. oblongifolia, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 64, Lab. 545 
and in DC. Prodr. xi. 474; erect, pubescent or villous, leaves 8 on y 
petioled oblong-lanceolate subacute crenate-serrate, floral longer eth 
the calyx, whorls 2-6-fld. all distant, calyx 1-3 in. nilo Cat 
triangular or lanceolate, tips setaceous, corolla-tube included. all. . 
2076, in part. 
Plains of BENGAL, AssAM and SILHET; in wet places, Wallich, &c. d 
Annual. Stem 1-2 ft., scabrid below. Leaves 2-3 by $-1l in., base ps y 
cordate; petiole 1—2 in., floral sessile. Whorls 4-3 in. diam., never spicate. KM 
variable, sometimes short and cupular with very broad teeth. Corolla very sma", 
pink. Nutlets subglobose, smooth.—The form of the leaves best distinguishes this 
from S. melissefolia. 
9. S. palustris, Zinn.; erect, stem scabrid or hispid with reversed 
hairs, leaves sessile narrowly oblong- or ovate-lanceolate acuminate S dl 
base rounded or cordate, floral longer than the calyx, whorls sub tube 
distant, calyx à in. hispid, teeth lanceolate, tips spinescent, corolla- Pan. 
included. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 470; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. (70; 
Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1911. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kashmir, alt. 5-6000 ft.; Thomson.—DISTRIB. N. and W. 
Asia, Europe, N. America. ` 
Herbaceous, 1-2 ft., perennial. Leaves 3—4 by $-1 in., floral leafy. Whorls 
4-1 in. diam., never spicate. Calyx-teeth equalling the tube. Corolla small, pink. 
Nutlets broadly obovoid, nearly smooth. 
6. S. sylvatica, Linn.; stem erect hispidly hairy, leaves long 
petioled broadly ovate-cordate serrate softly hairy, floral sessile longer "olla 
the calyx, whorls few-fld., calyx 4 in., teeth triangular, tips acicular, co Liv. 
small, tube exserted. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 469 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 
726; Reichb. Ic, Fl. Germ. t. 1211, 1232. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kashmir, Falconer, —DISTRIB. Europe and N. Asia. rather 
Fætid when bruised. Rootstock creeping, stoloniferous. Stem 1-3 ^ longer. 
slender. Leaves 2-4 in., radical early withering; petiole of lower often 
Whorls glandular-hairy. Corolla X in. long, pink. Nutlets subglobose. 
id 
7. S. scaberula, Vatke in Bot. Zeit. 1875, 462; erect, stem e 
with reversed hairs, leaves petioled ovate-cordate acuminate crenate m per 
cent, floral longer than the calyx sessile, whorls 4—6-fld. distant or ug 
. 1 € le - 
crowded, calyx 4 in. glandular-pubescent, teeth triangular acuminate, corolla 
tube exserted. 
KHaASIA MTs. ; banks of the Kala Panee, alt. 5-6000 ft., J. D. H. & T. T. o in., 
Rootstock slender, creeping ; stem 1-2 ft., simple or branched. Lewes broadly 
broadly cordate, beneath subscaberulous ; petiole }-} in., scabrid. Ca dott d with 
campanulate, teeth shorter than the tube. Corolla } in. long, white dotte 
pink. Nutlets subglobose, smooth. 
*** Shrubs or undershrubs, stems terete or nearly so. 
8, 
8. S. tibetica, Vatke in Bot. Zeit. 1875, 447; glabrous or puberuP 
much branched, branches slender, leaves shortly petioled oblong ov 
