Tab. 6389. 

 STACHYS Maweana. 



Native of Marocco. 



Nat. Orel. Labiate.— Tribe Stachyde*:. 

 Genus Stachys, Linn. {Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. ii. p. 1208, 



Stachys Maweana ; perennis, albo-lanata, caulibus adscendentibus robustis 

 obtuse 4-gonis foliosis, foliis inter minoribus longe petiolatis ovato-cordatis 

 subacutis grosse crenato-serratis bullatis, floralibus brevius petiolatis angus- 

 tioribus basi acutis. verticillastris paucifloris, calycis tubuloso-campanulati 

 dentibus triangulari-oyatis acutis vix mucronatis, corollas stramineaB pur- 

 pureo-maculata? tubo calycem excedeute, labio superiore brevi concavo 

 integro, inferiore late obovato-oblongo lobis lateralibus angustis antice rotun- 

 datis intermedio rotundato, sinubus inter lobos angustis acutis, gemtabbus 

 glaberrimus, antherarum loculis divaricatis. 



S. Maweana, Ball SpieUeg Flor. Marocc. (in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xvi.) p. 626. 



A tall branched " wound wort," conspicuous for its silvery 

 hoary character. The genus to which it belongs {Stachys) 

 contains above two hundred species, of which few are worthy 

 of cultivation for ornament ; and our object in selecting the 

 present for publication was not so much for its silvery ap- 

 pearance or flowers as because, though named after an 

 eminent horticulturist, it has been but imperfectly described 

 by its author. In his « Flora of Marocco,' Mr. Ball says that 

 he has seen only an imperfect specimen, collected by Mr. 

 Mawe between Sektanaand Frouga in Southern Marocco, and 

 of which he describes the leaves as cuneate at the base, the 

 flowers large for the genus, and the corolla he suspects to be 

 purple. Fortunately, Mr. Mawe considered the plant worthy 

 of cultivation, and introduced it into his garden at Benthall 

 Hall, where it flowered in the month of July, and afforded 

 good specimens, from which the drawing now published was 

 made. From this it will be seen that the leaves are really 

 cordate at the base, and the flowers straw-coloured, witn 

 purple blotches on the lip. 



OCTOBER 1st, 1878. 



